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Those Innocent girls deserves any ransom for their release, but, We were told no ransom was paid to release the 21 chibok girls, if this report by saharareporter is anything to go by: A source told SaharaReporters after the DSS concluded the negotiation with Boko Haram fighters to release the first batch of Chibok girl kidnapped by the insurgent Islamist sect in April 2014 and were invited to pick the girls inside Sambisa Forest when the Nigerian Army was contacted to provide cover. Only a few military generals were aware of the entire operation because they coordinated with the DSS to visit Sambisa Forest in the middle of the night. Boko Haram had stipulated that no soldiers could accompany the DSS team that would recover the 21 abducted girls. However, to be on the safe side, the Nigerian government asked that some well-armed soldiers accompany the DSS officers and some negotiators from the Switzerland government just to be on the safe side. As planned, and using satellite te...

Leaders of the movement, Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu, in a statement jointly signed said that the “wonderful development” confirms what it has always known about the activity of the government to rescue the Chibok girls. The group said that while it awaits further details, it salutes the work of the nation’s security services at the front lines: its commitment, resilience and tireless efforts of the members of the Multi-National Joint Task Force and the Civilian JTF. The group also thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Swiss government and all negotiators involved in securing the release.

Information Minister Lai Mohammmed explained that President Muhammadu Buhari, the  (DSS), and the Nigerian military had been working closely with “a friendly European country and a renowned international humanitarian organization,” “This is not a swap. This was a release which was effected because over time, we succeeded in confidence building. “This particular release is significant because it’s just a first step in what we believe will lead to the eventual release of all our girls in custody. It is significant also because we have been able to establish more than ever before a confidence in both the leadership of Boko Haram and Nigerians. “I am not aware of any monetary transaction,” he said. “When you are fighting insurgency, it’s a combination of carrot and stick.‎ The release of these girls does not mean the end to military operations. But it could mean a new phase in the conduct of the war against terror,” he said. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, confirm...

21 of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorist in April 2014 has been released to the Nigerian government.

Four girls out of the 168 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, that were abducted by Boko Haram in April, have escaped. The Chairman, Chibok Local Government Area, Mr. Bana Lawan, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders meeting for validation of draft humanitarian response plan for the abducted girls. The meeting was organised by the National Emergency Management Agency. Lawan, who was represented by the Director for Personnel and Management, Mr. Musa Elijah, said the number of escapees had risen to 57 as against 53, while 164 girls were still held by the terrorist group. He said, “The people of Chibok are anxiously waiting for the safe return of their children. Except for the unfortunate situation where two of the parents have passed on. They were known to have BP (blood pressure) issues, although I am not a medical expert, but they will not be opportuned to welcome back their daughters. “Latest report reaching us is that instead o...

THE Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has said that the military will not use force to rescue over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram on April 14 because of the need to save their lives. Badeh, who received members of the Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness outside the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, insisted that the military had since located where the girls were being held. The CDS assured that the military had the capacity to bring back the girls alive and therefore advised that it should be allowed to do its work. He said, “We want our girls back; our military can do it, but where they are held, we cannot go with force. “If we go with force, what will happen? they will kill them . So nobody should come and say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing. We know what we are doing; we can’t go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back. So we are working. “The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we ca...

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to show them praying. Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from northern Nigeria on 14 April and threatened to sell them. The BBC's John Simpson in the northern city of Maiduguri said that Boko Haram's comments showed signs that the group were willing to negotiate. Three of the girls are shown speaking in the 17-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP, wearing the full-length hijab. Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim. Correspondents said the girls appeared calm and one said that they had not been harmed. BBC

Boko Haram Shows Video Of kidnapped girls US Experts Set to Start Work Chibok, Nigeria Kidnapped Girls: Chibok women protest in Abuja Again Boko Haram kills 300, Abducts 11 more girls Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kidnap 8 More Girls Over a 100 School Girls Abducted in Borno

US Secretary of State John Kerry says a specialist team is set to start work in Nigeria to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants. He said the US team, working with the Nigerian government, would do everything possible to free the girls. Earlier, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he hoped "a turning point" had been reached in the fight against Islamist insurgents Boko Haram. Nigeria has been criticised for its slow response to the kidnappings. The schoolgirls were seized from their boarding school on the night of 14 April in the town of Chibok in north-eastern Borno state. The Nigerian group's latest actions have attracted such unanimous international condemnation that few will want to be publicly associated with them for quite some time” It is believed they are being held somewhere in the vast forested areas that stretch from near Chibok into neighbouring Cameroon. "Our inter-agency team is hitting the ground in Nigeria n...

“Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into the wilderness. If they are dead; we want to see their corpses.” Some women of Chibok, Borno State, on Tuesday marched to Nigeria’s National Assembly, urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue the remaining 230 female students abducted two weeks ago. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that 273 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on April 14. Of the number, 43 girls had so far escaped from their abductors unharmed. However, the women, led by Naomi Mutah, said since the incident, no government official had reached the community to explain the efforts being made to rescue the girls. “Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into the wilderness. If they are dead; we want to see their corpses. For the past two weeks that the incident occurred, nobody has talked to us; has the government thrown away the bath wa...

IN another daring operation, members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Monday night killed about 300 people in Gamboru Ngala, Borno State. Gamboru Ngala is a border town with Cameroon. The insurgents reportedly drove into Gamboru Ngala in armoured vehicles. It was learnt that the insurgents, who seemed to have targeted a local market, shot sporadically at traders at the market before proceeding into the town to wreak more havoc. Gamboru is situated along Nigeria-Cameroon border and is the administrative headquarters of the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. It is about 200 kilometres  from Maiduguri, the state capital city. Senator Ahmed Zannah, who is representing the area in the Senate, confirmed the killings. He said the invaders spent about 12 hours wreaking havoc on defenceless Nigerians. He revealed that several other persons were injured in the attack, while almost all the houses and shops in the town were burnt down. The senator, who spoke i...

"Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls aged 12 to 15 from a village near one of their strongholds in northeast Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday. "They were many, and all of them carried guns. They came in two vehicles painted in army colour. They started shooting in our village," said Lazarus Musa, a resident of Warabe, where the attack happened. A police source, who could not be named, said the girls were taken away on trucks, along with looted livestock and food. The Islamist rebels are still holding more than 200 girls they abducted from a secondary school on April 14. Reporting by Lanre Ola; Writing by Tim Cocks Related articles Boko Haram kidnaps more girls in Nigeria Gunmen abduct eight more girls in northeast Nigeria: police - Reuters

The call for the rescue of the abducted girls by the Islamic sect  boko haram, is almost turning to a fun fair, all we want is, GET BACK THE GIRLS WHERE EVER THEY ARE TO THEIR PARENTS  After so much noise internationally and domestically for failing to respond to the kidnapping of hundreds of children by Boko Haram three weeks ago, Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday promised to rescue the more than 200 girls kidnapped by militant Islamists After weeks of silence, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan pledged during a nationally broadcast speech on Sunday to find an estimated 230 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school by insurgent group Boko Haram in mid-April. “Wherever these girls are, we’ll get them out,” said President Jonathan on live television Sunday. However, he accused some of the victims’ parents of withholding information about their daughters and called for “maximum cooperation” from parents. Jonathan’s speech comes in the wake...