Dozens of Women, Children Set Free from Boko Haram

“The government is (looking into possibility of) negotiating with some of the Boko Haram leadership”, the president said. The Islamic radical group has been claiming towns as their “Islamic Caliphate”. Two of the women in that group were noticeably pregnant.

The French president announced Monday that France will for the first time launch airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, after using surveillance flights to determine whether they would be necessary.

At least three people died when a bomb exploded at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled their homes because of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.

We urge both parties to approach the said negotiation with open mind and with utmost consideration of the interest of humanity.

Abubakar called on Boko Haram terrorists “to have a rethink, lay down their arms and abandon their odd and uncivilized ideology for the betterment of mankind”. The World Food Program (WFP) and the American Red Cross have also reported a growing hunger crisis in the region, fueled by Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria and in the neighboring countries where Nigerians have fled.

Olatunji said the army would not trample on the rights of any Nigerian, including captured Boko Haram insurgents.

The President made the statement while responding to questions from members of the Nigerian community in France under the auspices of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NIDO).

There is fear that they have been killed in suicide bombings, as Boko Haram have frequently used girls for such attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger.

Buhari, who has promised to stamp out Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency that has left more than 15,000 dead, said the government would not release any prisoners unless it was convinced it could “get the girls in reasonably healthy condition”.