ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families Saturday as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters’ lives. Brightly dressed families rushed through the crowd in the capital, Abuja, and embraced. One small […]
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Nigeria Identifies 82 Freed Chibok Girls; Parents Await Word
Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian newspapers published the names Monday of 82 Chibok schoolgirls set free three years after being kidnapped by Islamic extremists, but they remained behind closed doors and their parents awaited word on whether they could see them. In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, centre, meets […]
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Nigerian President ‘Delighted’ to Meet Newly Freed 82 Chibok Schoolgirls
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy at meeting Sunday with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed after being held captive for three years by Boko Haram Islamic extremists. “We’ve always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom & safe return of our daughters” […]
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Timeline: Nigeria’s Chibok Girls, Kidnapped by Boko Haram
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — It has been nearly three years since Boko Haram extremists abducted almost 300 Chibok schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria, shocking the world. Almost 200 of the girls remain captive. On Thursday, Nigeria’s army announced that soldiers had found one of the schoolgirls wandering in the bush near the Islamic extremist group’s forest […]
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Nigeria Says 21 of Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls are Freed
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago have been freed. In this undated image taken from video distributed Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, an alleged Boko Haram soldier standing in front of a group of girls alleged to be some of the 276 […]