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Nigeria:
Rekindled Hope for Injured Children of the N'East
This Day, 17 October 2016
While most children without limbs lost to gunshots or bombings in the North-east may have had their dreams dashed, a few have been given a new lease of life, including prosthetics… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Don't Jeopardise Release of Remaining Chibok Girls, Lai Mohammed Tells "Reckless" Analysts
Premium Times, 17 October 2016
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the Nigerian media and commentators to refrain from making statements capable of jeopardizing the successful… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Torrent of Emotions As Chibok Girls, Parents Reunite After Two Years Apart
This Day, 17 October 2016
It was a torrent of emotions during a special thanksgiving service held yesterday at the Department of State Services (DSS) health facility, when the 21 Chibok girls released from… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt to Negotiate the Release of More Chibok Girls
Premium Times, 16 October 2016
Boko Haram has expressed its willingness to negotiate the release 83 more Chibok girls, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said Sunday, days after the release of 21 abducted… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Were Without Food For 40 Days - Chibok Girls
Vanguard, 16 October 2016
The 21 freed Chibok Girls say on Sunday in Abuja that for "one month and 10 days" of their abduction by the Boko Haram insurgents they stayed without food in the bush. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls - CAN Applauds Federal Government, Rejoices With Parents
Leadership, 17 October 2016
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Rev Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, on behalf of the organisation has commended the federal government for the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Group Urges Military to Intensify Efforts to Rescue Remaining Girls
Leadership, 17 October 2016
Following the recent release of 21 Chibok girls, the Global Excellence Foundation (GEF) has challenged the Nigerian military to build on the current success in the fight against… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why I Can't Disclose What My Govt Gave Boko Haram for Chibok Girls - Buhari
Premium Times, 16 October 2016
President Buhari has denied knowledge of what his government exchanged with Boko Haram for the 21 abducted Chibok girls, saying he would need to return from Germany to be fully… Read more »
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Nigeria:
114 Chibok Girls Feared Dead, Married Off or Radicalised, Sources Claim
This Day, 16 October 2016
Of the roughly 197 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls who still are unaccounted for after Boko Haram militants kidnapped them in Borno State two years ago, about 114 have either died,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Were Without Food for 40 Days - Chibok Girls
Leadership, 17 October 2016
The 21 freed Chibok Girls have disclosed yesterday in Abuja that they stayed for "one month and 10 days" after their abduction by the Boko Haram insurgents without food. Read more »
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Nigeria:
21 Freed Chibok Girls Beg Nigerians to Pray, Fast for the Release of Remaining Girls
Daily Trust, 16 October 2016
The twenty recently released Chibok girls have begged Nigerians to pray and fast for the release of the rest of the abducted girls. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls Recount Ordeal, Reunite With Parents
Guardian, 16 October 2016
Twenty-one of the over 200 missing Chibokschoolgirls freed after being held by Boko Haram for more than two years on Sunday spoke of their ordeal as they were reunited with their… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Will Ensure Liberation of All Chibok Girls - Lai Mohammed
Guardian, 16 October 2016
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the release of the 21 Chibok girls "is only a first step in what we believe will be a total liberation of all the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Faction Ready to Negotiate Release of 83 More Chibok Girls - Govt
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 16 October 2016
Girls are part of group taken from school in 2014 in northeastern Borno state, where Boko Haram has waged a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Were Without Food for 40 Days, Says Released Chibok Girl
Leadership, 16 October 2016
One of the 21 Chibok girls released by Boko Haram last week, Gloria Dame, has revealed that the abductees were, at a time, without food for a total of one month and 10 days. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls - Speaker Urges Special Prayers
Vanguard, 16 October 2016
The Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has called on Nigerians to offer special prayers for the safe release of the remaining abducted Chibok… Read more »