Ronke Idowu
Updated April 14, 2021
Desks with name tags of the missing schoolgirls taken on April 14, 2019, in Abuja during the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok abduction. Channels TV/ Sodiq Adelakun
Seven years since Boko Haram gunmen seized 276 girls aged between 12 and 17 from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State calls have been reignited for the rescue of the missing schoolgirls.
Although most of the 276 girls escaped or were later released, more than 112 girls are still missing.
In a statement to mark the anniversary, Amnesty International blamed the Federal Government for failure to learn from the Chibok attack and protect school children from attacks.
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By Adesina Wahab
HOLDING the unenviable record of being home to the highest number of out-of-school children, OSC, about 15 million, and also regarded as the poverty capital of the world, Nigeria’s quest for economic and social growth will be further hampered if the trend of abduction of school children is not stopped now, stakeholders have said.
The mass abduction of school children started with the kidnap of students of Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 and was followed by the abduction of over 110 school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State on February 19, 2018.
While over 100 of the Chibok girls are still missing, only Leah Sharibu, is still unaccounted for among the Dapchi girls. However, with the abduction of students in Government Science College, Kankara, Katsina State, last December and a repeat of the incident at the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, penultimate Wednesday, it is like the kidnap of students to bargain for certain
Nigerian police working to rescue abducted orphans and staff
by Sam Olukoya, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 25, 2021 11:41 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 25, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT
LAGOS, Nigeria Police in Nigeria are working to rescue seven children and a man who were abducted from an orphanage in the capital over the weekend.
The children and a staff member of the Rachel’s Orphanage Home in the capital city, Abuja, were abducted Saturday by a large group of armed men who broke into the home.
“We have launched a strategic operation to ensure they are safely rescued,” police spokeswoman Mariam Yusuf, told the Associated Press Monday.