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WHERE ARE THE CHIBOK GIRLS KIDNAPPED ON APRIL 15? •BRING B ACK THE GIRLS: A group of a women demanding the return of the girls in Abuja…yesterday. BA
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Jonathan accepts U.S. offer to join girls rescue battle Scores ‘feared dead in attack’ Soyinka seeks rapid action
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HE world is joining forces with Nigeria to rescue the school girls abducted by Boko Haram gunmen. President Goodluck Jonathan accepted yesterday America’s offer to send in men and equipment to join the battle to rescue the girls who were snatched away from their hostels in Chibok, Borno State on April 15. Besides, the United Na-
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tion (UN) warned that no harm must befall the girls. Britain said it would help. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Dr. Reuben Abati said Jonathan accepted the offer during a telephone conversation with United States Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry. Abati issued a statement, Continued on page 4
•Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga speaking during the signing of the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement between Nigeria and Canada, in Abuja…yesterday. With him are and Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Hon. Christian Paradis and Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan
Eight girls abducted
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USPECTED Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of their strongholds in the North overnight, police and residents said yesterday. The abduction of the girls, aged 12 to 15, follows the kidnapping of more than 200 other schoolgirls by the Islamist militant group last month in Chibok, Borno State. Continued on page 4
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