Eighty-two Chibok girls were released by the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Saturday
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The girls were released on Saturday
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari said he was pleased that the negotiation bore fruit with the release of the additional Chibok girls
Sanusi made the call in Abuja on Friday at the inaugural annual lecture to mark third anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok Girls, with theme: “Where goes our girl-child, our nation goes.”
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, in Abuja on Friday, to mark three years of abduction of the girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Dogara stated that his prayers are with the parents and relations of the girls and urged Nigerians not to relent in praying for their safe return
Speaking on the third year anniversary of the abduction of the girls, Saraki pledged that the Senate will continue to do everything within its power to advocate for the return of the remaining Chibok girls
The President, who said this in a message to mark the third anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls on April 14, noted that the administration was willing to bend over backwards to make the abductors of the girls release them
The advice was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, following the former President’s reaction to the report by a British newspaper that the British armed forces’ offer to attempt to rescue the girls were rebuffed by then President Jonathan
The girls were abducted on April 14, 2014
‘The girls were located in the first few weeks of the RAF mission,” a source involved in Operation Turus told the Observer. “We offered to rescue them, but the Nigerian government declined’
Brown told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria that the initiative continued in spite of the Boko Haram attacks
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In a statement in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the BBOG’s continued portrayal of the government as an adversary and the needless firing of darts at President Muhammadu Buhari, who is doing his utmost best to bring the girls back home safely, are ultimately counter-productiv
If the search team is lucky, the whole of the country will be proud and happy for it; if the outcome is to the contrary, we must also have the courage to brace up and move forward with the larger picture of annihilating Boko Haram and other terror agents from our geographical space
This was contained in a statement by Adam Segal, a representative of The 2050 Group – Publicity, obtained by the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria
The minister disclosed this at the Air Force Base in Yola, Adamawa State at a briefing to conclude a day and night rounds of search sortie of the missing girls to Sambisa forest
This followed a motion by Raphael Igbokwe, which was unanimously adopted through a voice vote
Ezekwesili led a delegation of the group for the rescue mission organised by the Federal Government
The former Vice President added that a lack of education was one of the most alarming threats to security in the North East, as many of the terrorists have been shown to be people who have either never had the chance or ability to read the Koran for themselves and interpret the tenets of Islam beyond the false teachings of their terrorist commanders
In a letter addressed to the Convener of the group, Obiageli Ezekwesili, which was made available to the media on Sunday, the government said it was unable to postpone the trip as scheduled