Boko Haram Claims Schoolgirl Abductions
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last month and threatens to sell them.
Boko Haram
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Nigeria:
Tinubu - Boko Haram Out to Destroy the Nigerian Spirit
This Day, 6 May 2014
Former governor of Lagos State and one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday said he was convinced that the ultimate objective of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Protests Over Girls' Rescue Continue As Shekau Vows to Sell Them
This Day, 6 May 2014
Protests targeted at pressurising the federal government into rescuing some 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped three weeks ago from their secondary school in Chibok, Borno State,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kidnapped Girls Highlight Nigeria's Many Security Challenges
DW, 5 May 2014
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls, a day after President Goodluck Jonathan ordered a three day shut down of the capital Abuja… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Claims Abduction of 200 Schoolgirls
DW, 5 May 2014
Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 teenage schoolgirls and is threatening to sell them. The girls have been held for three weeks. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shekau Takes BH Further Down Al Qaeda Path
African Arguments, 2 May 2014
After four years of incessant Boko Haram violence in northern Nigeria and an estimated 8,000 deaths, Nigerians are now protesting what they see as an ineffectual government… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Kidnap of Chibok School Girls
Premium Times, 5 May 2014
The Boko Haram insurgent group has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of over 200 girls in Chibok, Borno State, the BBC is reporting. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abducted Schoolgirls, "Booty of War", Says Shekau
This Day, 5 May 2014
The leader of the infamous Boko Haram sect, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, Monday declared that he was responsible for the abducted of over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abducted School Girls - Matters Arising
Independent (Lagos), 5 May 2014
There isn't arguing the sad fact that in every war situation created by men, women and children are the major victims. The females, whether young or old are the ones that have… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abduction - Principal, Compol Give Conflicting Reports On Number of Missing Girls
Independent (Lagos), 5 May 2014
Officials of the Borno Government on Monday in Abuja gave conflicting report about the number of girls that were abducted in the Government Girls School Chibok. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok - Students Protest in Calabar, Demand Unconditional Release of Colleagues
This Day, 5 May 2014
Calabar, capital of Cross River State Monday stood still as over two thousand students from different Secondary Schools took to the streets protesting the abduction of female… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Senate Leader Backs Military Action On Abducted Girls
Leadership, 5 May 2014
Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has thrown his weight behind Senate President David Mark's call for a full military action to rescue the 234 abducted female students of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Schoolgirls Abduction - Borno Students Call for a Worldwide Classroom Boycott On Wednesday
This Day, 5 May 2014
Youths and students in troubled Borno state on Monday called on students all over the world to stay away from classes in protest against the over 200 schoolgirls of Government… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abducted School Girls - Lagos Speaker Hails U.S. Pledge to Assist Nigeria
Independent (Lagos), 5 May 2014
Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday commended the US Government on its pledge to assist Nigeria in the rescue of the abducted school girls… Read more »
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Nigeria:
First Lady, FG Backlashed Over Arrest of #bringbackourgirls Protest Leader
Vanguard, 5 May 2014
Social media commentators severely criticized first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and Federal Government over an alleged arrest of a #BringBackOurGirls Protest Leader, Mrs. Naomi… Read more »
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Nigeria:
U.S. Plans Three Strategies Against Boko Haram
Vanguard, 6 May 2014
LAGOS--The United States plans to use three channels to attack the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko haram. Read more »
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Nigeria:
As Shekau Claims Responsibility - Two Abducted Schoolgirls Die
Leadership, 6 May 2014
An intermediary of Boko Haram has claimed that two of the girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, have died from snakebite while 20 others are… Read more »
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Nigeria:
#BringBackOurGirls - We'll Sell Chibok Girls Into Slavery - Boko Haram
Vanguard, 6 May 2014
ABUJA--Few hours after President Goodluck Jonathan publicly admitted that his government did not know where the more than 200 female students of a secondary school in Borno State… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Why Have You Taken Our Girls?
ThinkAfricaPress, 2 May 2014
The Nigerian Islamist sect has kidnapped 234 school girls. Why? Read more »