Saturday, 10 May 2014

Lagos journalists protest abduction of Chibok girls

“It could have been any of our children, so, we expect their immediate release.
Some journalists in Lagos on Saturday staged a peaceful protest against the abduction of students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno.
The protest was organised by the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, in collaboration with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ.
The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions and chanted solidarity songs to demand freedom for the kidnapped girls.

Chibok: American Marines locate abducted girls in Sambisa forest


There were indications yesterday that the 230 female students abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, have been sited at the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, by the Special Forces of the United States Marines.

The girls who were abducted on April 14, were part of the 250 students boarded at the school for the West African School Certificate, WASC/ Senior Secondary School Certificate, SSSC, examinations, triggering world-wide condemnations.