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Nigeria: Four Years After, Chibok Girls' Parents Grieve
Premium Times, 16 April 2018
Four years after Boko Haram insurgents abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, North-east Nigeria, parents of those still in captivity are still in grief, saying they… Read more »
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Nigeria: Chibok Girls - Four Years and Counting
Vanguard, 17 April 2018
The abduction of 276 final year students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State on 14th April 2014, became a great turning point in the nation's military… Read more »
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Nigeria: Citizens See Little Progress in 4 Years Since Chibok Kidnapping
VOA, 16 April 2018
Four years ago, Nigerian activists issued a simple demand: Bring Back Our Girls. They demanded the Nigerian government rescue 276 school girls taken in the night by Boko Haram from… Read more »
Four Years On, Some Chibok Girls Are Still In Captivity
The abduction of the 276 girls by Boko Haram on April 14 in 2014 sparked a global outcry. The girls were sleeping at their school, awaiting exams, when they were taken. Although dozens have been released and 57 managed to escape, there are at least 100 girls still being held captive by the militants.
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Nigeria: Chibok Girls - Four Years After
This Day, 13 April 2018
Government must do more to ensure the release of the remaining schoolgirls Read more »
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Nigeria: Rescue of Remaining Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu, a Must, Says Saraki
Guardian, 15 April 2018
President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram's… Read more »
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Nigeria: 98 of 113 Chibok Girls in Boko Haram Custody Dead, Says Salkida
This Day, 15 April 2018
As the nation commemorated the fourth anniversary of the abduction, by Boko Haram, of 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, saturday, the news… Read more »
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Nigeria: Chibok Schoolgirls Kidnapping - Timeline
Guardian, 13 April 2018
A group of young women shown in a video released by Boko Haram on Monday are purported to be among the more than 200 abducted from Chibok, northeast Nigeria, on April 14, 2014. Read more »
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Nigeria: Group Plans Fourth Anniversary of Chibok Girls' Abduction
Guardian, 12 April 2018
The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group has said if the rest of the kidnapped Chibok girls were not released before Saturday, it would mark the fourth anniversary of their… Read more »
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Nigeria: Preventing Boko Haram Abductions of Schoolchildren in Nigeria
Crisis Group, 12 April 2018
Four years after the abductions in Chibok, and months after more kidnappings in Dapchi, over 100 schoolgirls are still missing. Nigeria must act to make schools safe - beefing up… Read more »
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Nigeria: Over 1,000 Children Abducted, 2,295 Teachers Killed in North East - Unicef
Leadership, 13 April 2018
Since the Boko Haram insurgency started in North East Nigeria nearly nine years ago, at least, 2,295 teachers have been killed and more than 1,400 schools have been destroyed,… Read more »
InFocus
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President Muhammadu Buhari says that the government is partnering with local and international communities to ensure the rescue of every missing schoolgirl. Buhari was speaking on ... Read more »
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A faction of the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is concerned at the price paid to secure the release of the 82 Chibok girls held by Boko Haram for three ... Read more »
