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LASG and Parents Joyful Over Release Of Kidnapped Epe Model School Students

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:21:14 +0000

Lagos State Government (LASG) on Friday welcomed release of kidnapped school students in Epe and assured residents of Safety of lives and properties. The state government expressed excitement over the release of six students of Igbonla-Epe Model College who were abducted on May 25, 2017 in their school premises. In a press statement, the State’s Commissioner [...]

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The Fate Of The Girl Child In Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:33:20 +0000

In recent times the Nigerian child has suffered great pain. The children of Nigeria have been greatly abused especially the girl child. The girl child in Nigeria has been assaulted, harassed, molested, sexually abused and cajoled into early marriage. The girl child in Nigeria has been greatly abused and have not received the right attention [...]

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President Buhari Gives Chibok Parents 100,000 Naira Each, Promises To Rescue Their Daughters Alive | #News

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:30:34 +0000

The federal government has reassured that it was determined to rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls alive from their captors. Over 200 girls were on April 14 abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Efforts to rescue them ever sunce have proven futile. President Muhammadu Buhari, however, promised that the [...]

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#Chibok: Escapee School Girls Living In Guilt, says Ezekwesili

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:15:42 +0000

Some of the 57 schoolgirls, who managed to escape from Boko Haram custody after their abduction from their hostel on the night of April 14, are feeling guilty, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili said yesterday. The former Education Minister, who is one of the coordinators of the #BringBackOurGirls protests, made this known while speaking on the meeting [...]

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Michelle Obama: Nigeria kidnappings ‘unconscionable’

Ade Adewale — Sat, 10 May 2014 15:51:24 +0000

Michelle Obama expresses heartbreak over the mass kidnapping of Nigerian school girls, calling them "unconscionable."

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U.S. military advisers arrive Nigeria to help find the missing school girls [VIDEO]

Adewale A. — Sat, 10 May 2014 08:22:46 +0000

U.S. advisers arrives in Nigeria to aid in search for the kidnapped schoolgirls. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

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How Forensic DNA technology could identify lost Nigerian girls

Ade Adewale — Tue, 06 May 2014 21:45:00 +0000

Forensic DNA technology could help identify and reunite with their families the more than 200 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Islamist militants, scientists told AFP Tuesday. Software already exists to match missing people with their relatives,…

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US urged Nigeria to act after threats to sell abducted school girls

Ade Adewale — Tue, 06 May 2014 05:33:02 +0000

Calls for the United States to help find and free hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria are mounting after Boko Haram claimed the abduction and threatened to sell the girls as "slaves". "I abducted your girls," the Islamist group's leader Abubakar…

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Boko Haram threatens to sell abducted Nigeria school girls as slaves

Ade Adewale — Tue, 06 May 2014 05:27:23 +0000

Boko Haram on Monday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria that has triggered international outrage, threatening to sell them as "slaves". "I abducted your girls," the Islamist group's leader Abubakar…

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Nigeria arrests woman protesting for the release of abducted school girls

Ade Adewale — Mon, 05 May 2014 15:35:12 +0000

A Nigerian woman who led a protest demanding the release of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists was arrested Monday after meeting Nigeria's First Lady Patience Jonathan, activists said. The first lady's office has denied reports…

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Desperate parents urge Nigeria for international help to free school girls

Adewale A. — Sat, 03 May 2014 19:48:34 +0000

Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release. Frustrated by the lack of progress so far in trying to free their daughters, the parents…

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Abducted School Girls in Nigeria [VIDEO]

Adewale A. — Fri, 02 May 2014 22:36:14 +0000

CNN talks to children's rights advocate, Toyin Olakanpo, about the abducted girls in Nigeria and the govt. response.

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Desperate parents protest in the town where school girls were abducted

Adewale A. — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:14:22 +0000

Hundreds of parents in Nigeria, many dressed in red, held a day of desperate protest on Thursday in the town where the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls by Islamists has left families lurching from fury to despair. The parents began their march outside…

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