Tag: kidnapped schoolgirls
Curfew and market closures for Nigerian town of kidnapped girls
Authorities in Nigeria’s Zamfara state have declared a curfew and shut market activities after violence marred the return of hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls to...
Nigeria arrests businessman in connection with girls’ abductions
Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman suspected of being at the head of a Boko Haram intelligence network that helped plan the...
U.S. trims Nigeria surveillance flights seeking abducted girls
The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by...
Nigeria girls protesters to challenge ban in court
Nigerian protesters seeking the return of more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram said on Tuesday they would challenge...
Nigerian police ban protests in Abuja over abducted girls
Nigerian police have banned any more protests in the capital Abuja concerning a group of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, saying they...
Special Report – The rifts behind Nigeria’s mass kidnap
When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur...
U.S. cannot confirm Nigerian claim to have located kidnapped girls
The United States said on Tuesday it does not have information that would support Nigeria's claim that it knows the whereabouts of...
Israel sends experts to help hunt for Nigerian schoolgirls
Israel has sent intelligence experts to Nigeria to help search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamist rebel group...
Nigeria’s president cancels visit to village of abducted girls
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist...
U.S. criticizes Nigeria over kidnapping response
A top U.S. Defense Department official criticized Nigeria on Thursday for being too slow to adapt in response to the threat of...
Nigerian president to visit town where girls were seized
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit the northeastern village where more than 200 schoolgirls were seized a month ago by...
ISS: Nigeria kidnappings – what a difference a hashtag makes
Over three million people have tweeted about it by now. The #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign has seen a phenomenal uptake, with heads of...
Nigeria rejects swap of Boko Haram prisoners for schoolgirls
Nigeria's president has rejected an offer from Islamist rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it abducted for imprisoned militants, but the...
U.S. Africa Command Team supports Department of State-led support effort in...
U.S. Africa Command has sent a team of 16 military personnel to Nigeria to help the government in the West African country...
U.S. deploys surveillance aircraft over Nigeria to find girls
The United States has deployed manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria and is sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian government to find more...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for prisoners
The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters...
Islamic officials condemn kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls
Islamic scholars and human rights officials of the world's largest Muslim organisation on Thursday denounced the mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by...
Nigeria’s president at WEF pledges to free kidnapped girls
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed...
Nigeria’s Boko Haram threatens to sell schoolgirls on market
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Monday for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria last...
