BBOG group, others, remember Chibok Girls one year after Abduction

Events are being held globally to mark one year since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria’s north-east region. Starting from Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, a procession is to be held with 219 girls taking part to represent each missing girl. Similar marches are planned worldwide, including in London and Washington.

Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group start countdown to rescue of Chibok Girls’

Members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign began a six-week count-down for the rescue of the Chibok girls who have been held in captivity for about ten months now. The co-convener of the group and former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, said the countdown will help them monitor the activities of the multinational forces in their bid to recover lost territories from insurgents and rescue Chibok girls in the process.

Ezekwesili hits at political class

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has slammed the political class in Nigeria, blaming them for the country's woes. She expressed this opinion at a summit organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former Education Minister told participants at the summit that what Nigerians need from their political leaders are a combination of 'competence, character and capacity'. No one of these qualities, she noted, can go without the other.

Ezekwesili appeared non-partisan as she had no soft words for the political elite. She noted that at present, there are no political parties in Nigeria but political platforms which politicians use to actualise their selfish ambitions. For her, we are yet to get real political parties that are driven by ideologies of nation-building.