Interpol Wants To Join In The Chibok Girls Search

The President of the International Criminal Police Organisation, Mireille Ballestrazzi, has assured President Goodluck Jonathan and the Nigerian people that the organisation would track down and free the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State, wherever they may be.
President Jonathan, who disclosed this on Saturday, said he received the commitment when he spoke with Ballestrazzi of the French National Police.

Jonathan congratulates Zuma, ANC on victory in South African polls

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated President Jacob Zuma and his party, the African National Congress, on their resounding victory in the South African general elections.

VIDEO: Mitchelle Obama's Address on Chibok Girls Kidnaps

US First Lady Michelle Obama has said the mass kidnap of Nigerian schoolgirls is part of a wider pattern of threats and intimidation facing girls around the world who pursue an education.
She said she and her husband Barack Obama were "outraged and heartbroken" over the abduction on 14 April of more than 200 girls from their school.

WEF: Nigeria, Dangote, WFP to fight malnutrition in Africa with $50 Million

A major initiative to combat malnutrition in Africa was yesterday, unveiled by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the World Economic Forum going on in Abuja.

The package, which is drawing technical and financial support from global food and nutrition agencies, research institutions and donors, will see the injection of $50 million by Nigeria’s leading industrial and agricultural group, Dangote, into the project.

Woman attacks ex-husband’s genitals with liquid substance

An Ilorin, Kwara State Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 35-year-old woman, Fausat Yakub, in prison for allegedly attacking her ex-husband, Tunde Idris, with a dangerous liquid substance.
The prosecutor, Corporal Sanni Abdullahi, told the court that the accused poured a liquid substance suspected to be a chemical on the victim’s body.

Sambisa Forest Update: US/UK/CHINA Joint Team Locates Abducted Girls Hideout

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.

Why I’m relocating from Nigeria – Kunle Afolayan

Few weeks ago ,prolific Nollywood actor cum director and producer, Kunle Afolayan, indicated his interest to relocate abroad.Afolayan recently took to Facebook to express his frustration about Nigeria and his plans to relocate as he could no longer bear the hardship. Afolayan, while expressing his displeasure on the situation of things, said: “I have been diagnosed with hypertension so I should



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Why I’m relocating from Nigeria – Kunle Afolayan

Few weeks ago ,prolific Nollywood actor cum director and producer, Kunle Afolayan, indicated his interest to relocate abroad.
Afolayan recently took to Facebook to express his frustration about Nigeria and his plans to relocate as he could no longer bear the hardship.

Obama's Wife Set to Address World on Chibok Girls kidnap

American First Lady Michelle Obama is to speak out against the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamic militants when she gives the weekly presidential address instead of her husband, the White House said Friday.

15 million teenage girls give birth annually after being sexually assaulted – UNICEF

Given global increase in cases of rape and sex assault, more than 15 million teenage girls between the ages of  15 and 19 are reported to give birth every year.
In a statement issued yesterday by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, ‘A Field office’, which was made available to Saturday Vanguard in Makurdi, many of the pregnancies result from non-consensual sex.