JUST IN: Trump Hosts Two Chibok Girls At The White House

American president Donlad Trump, on Wednesday, hosted two Chibok school girls at the White House.

The girls, who escaped from Boko Haram in 2014, after the famous Chibok abduction, met the presdent in the company of his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who escaped from Boko Haram in 2014, recently graduated from Canyonville Christian Academy in Oregon in February 2017.

The girls, who were being sponsored by the Jubilee Campaign, a human rights group in Virginia, have gone on to open a GoFundme account to raise money for their university education at  Southeastern University in Florida.

“Hello our names are Lydia Pogu and Joy Bishara. We are 2 of the girls that escaped the Boko Haram who attack our school in Chibok, Nigeria,” the duo said via GoFundme.

“We finally achieved our dream and have graduated high school. We need funds for living expenses through the summer as we leave boarding high school Canyonville Christian Academy for Southeastern University.”

The details of their meeting with Trump remains unknown.

 (TheCable)

FG Allegedly Preventing BBOG Group From Accessing The Chibok Girls

The Federal Government has allegedly denied members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group access to the 106 rescued Chibok girls four weeks after 82 of them were released by the Boko Haram insurgents.

This was made known to the media in Abuja by members of the group’s strategic team.

Speaking on behalf of the team, Aisha Yesufu, said even some relatives of the girls, who were also members of the BBOG group, were also denied access to the girls now in the care of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.

She said that their inability to meet with the girls had slowed its identities’ verification process.

According to her, the coalition was not discouraged by government’s attitude, noting that the group was still gathering data through unofficial sources to complete an independent verification of the girls’ identities.

She said; “Right from the first girl that was found, none of us in BBOG was allowed to see them. We have 106 girls but we have never met them.

“Some of our members who are relatives have been denied access based on the fact that they are members of the BBOG movement.

“This is okay by us as long as the parents are able to see their daughters. The girls should be given the best type of education available.”

“There is no collaboration between BringBackOurGirls and the Federal Government, if there was collaboration, we would have concluded the verification process.

“The Federal Government has refused to establish that collaboration with us and so we are doing it on our own. Members of Kibaku Community that are members of the BBOG are liaising with the Chibok parents to get data for our verification process.”

Corroborating Yesufu’s position, BBOG spokesperson, Sesugh Akume, stated that the movement had not been allowed to meet with the rescued Chibok girls.

He said, “We don’t know why, but they have not allowed us to meet the girls and this is why we have been unable to complete the identities verification process.”

By Chijioke Jannah

We Did Not Pay Ransom For Chibok Girls - FG

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has denied reports that a ransom of two million euro was paid by the Federal Government of Nigeria to terrorist group, Boko Haram for the release of the 82 Chibok girls. 

He said this in a response to a BBC claim that Boko Haram received the ransom as part of the deal to release the girls.

Mohammed insisted that apart from the five commanders of the group that were freed, no other deal was reached.

According to him “Apart from the five Boko Haram commanders, the exchange of which we have already made public, no other concession was made.

“Any other thing to the contrary is absolutely false.

“I emphatically deny on behalf of the Federal Government that any sum of ransom was paid in exchange of the 82 Chibok girls.”

A thanksgiving service was held for the girls in Abuja.

By John Owen Nwachukwu