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An image from the book Bring Back Our Girls. The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon. Glenna Gordon Seven years ago this April 14, armed Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped 276 school girls in the remote Nigerian town of Chibok. Fifty-seven of them managed to escape by jumping onto the highway as the trucks into which theyd been forced were driving away. The Boko Haram convoy continued on, taking the remaining 219 hostages to a destination...

Seven years ago this April 14, armed Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped 276 school girls in the remote Nigerian town of Chibok. Fifty-seven of them managed to

Robert Lawson announces candidacy for Harrisburg City Council Updated Mar 01, 2021; Facebook Share A real-estate professional and lifelong Harrisburg resident has announced his candidacy for city council. Robert Lawson, 48, has thrown his hat in the ring to run for Harrisburg City Council in the May Primary. Lawson, a Democrat, said he takes pride in his home city, but noted he is disheartened by a decline over the past decade. “As a member of Harrisburg City Council, my goals include reimag...

Nigerian flag / Labrador Photo Video / Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2021 / 05:27 pm (CNA).- The kidnappings of Catholic priests and others in Nigeria must end, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja said this week. He spoke during his visit to a church whose priest was abducted and released just weeks before Christmas. Kaigama had repeatedly appealed for prayers for the safe release of Father Matthew Dajo and for others also held captive. “We thank God that despite his travails in the hands...

Vanguard News From Chibok to Kankara By Yinka Odumakin IT took a six years trip from Chibok to Kankara for those who aid terror in Nigeria to have their disgrace in full. When the Chibok girls were abducted in broad daylight and driven through military check points with attendant ochestrated international wailings to boot, only a few Nigerians could see through the whole drama that was unfolding at the time. In no time the park in Abuja became a gathering point for their girls and other misapli...

Copy to Clipboard Do Kyung-Soo of EXO (Getty Images) EXO Kyungsoo, real name Doh Kyung-soo, is one of the star members of global K-pop sensation EXO. Kyungsoo whose stage name is D.O, is currently serving under the mandatory military service of South Korea. But a recent Korean report along with SM Entertainment stated that the singer/actor will be discharged in January 2021.  According to fan updates, EXO member Xiumin aka Minseok has already returned from the military in December. D.O will be...

As the year draws to a close, the Journal Inquirer has compiled a list of the Top 10 Stories of 2020. This is the next in that series, which concludes on Dec. 31. One of the worst tropical storms — Isaias — tore through Connecticut in early August, leaving one dead and more than 600,000 people without power for days on end, prompting a review of what many called an inadequate response by Eversource Energy, the state’s major utility company, and ultimately action by the state legi...

Share IT took a six years trip from Chibok to Kankara for the aiders of terror in Nigeria to have their disgrace in full. When the Chibok girls were abducted in broad daylight and driven through military checkpoints with attendant ochestrated international wailings to boot, only a few Nigerians could see through the whole drama that was unfolding at the time. In no time, the park in Abuja became a gathering point for their girls and other misaplied ladies to showcase their skills on televised i...

At first glance, the October killings of protesters by security forces in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, seem to have little in common with the November Boko Haram massacre of at least 43 farmers in Nigeria’s northeast, or the December 11 abduction of hundreds of school students in Katsina State. With vastly different circumstances, motivations, and perpetrators—and separated by hundreds of miles—all three episodes could easily be recorded as just further tragic installments in Nigeria...

Nigerian armed group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the kidnapping of more than 300 students from a secondary school attacked last Friday in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria. "We are behind what happened in Katsina," Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in an audio message posted by the Nigerian news portal HumAngle. "What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage non-Islamic practices, as Western education is not the kind of education allowed by Allah and...