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Armed Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be members of ISWAP group who invaded Kautikari village of Chibok Local Government Area in Borno state have freed four girls hitherto abducted on Friday 14th January, 2022, relevant sources have said.

The kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls from Chibok seven years ago led to the launching of a multi-million dollar plan, backed by a former UK prime minister, to bolster security at schools – but it failed to stop abductions and protect children. By Nduka Orjinmo The swirl of dust thrown up as a helicopter came down to land heralded …

The Federal Government on Wednesday revealed the role President Muhammadu Buhari played in the release of the abducted schoolgirls from the Government Girls Science School in Dapchi, Yobi State. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the “directive by the President to all security agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the girls” abducted on February …

Islamist militants Boko Haram on Monday released a new video purporting to show at least 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014.

Two Chibok schoolgirls, who escaped from the Boko Haram militants have graduated from a high school in Washington D.C.

Cpl. Ibrahim Usman, one of wounded soldiers in the fight against the  Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to troops’ welfare.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the federal government is ready to continue negotiations with Boko Haram for the release of the remaining Chibok secondary school girls as long as international organisations are involved.

The presidency has confirmed that 21 out of the over 200 adopted Chibok girls have been released. Vice President Yemi Osnbajo is slated to receive the girls in Abuja since the President is out of the country.

There are reports that twenty one out of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014 have been released to the Nigerian government.

——Disputes Allegation of hitting Girls The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) is examining the latest video from Boko Haram group purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.