State Of The Nation: Nigeria On Auto Pilot, Let's Rally To Save her! - by Chief Bisi Akande

Being text of a World Press Conference addressed by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, in Lagos on May 11th 2014 on Boko Haram and Nigeria's security situation

Good morning gentlemen! Today is Sunday May 11th 2014.....exactly 26 days after over 200 of our daughters in Chibok, Borno State, were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents. Twenty six days later, we neither know where they are nor are we any close to knowing it, going by available information. Yet, 11 more girls have been abducted in Warabe.

Protest Leader Of #BringBackOurGirls, Naomi Mutah Nyadar arrested in Abuja - PREMIUM TIMES

The leader of the ongoing protest pressuring the Nigerian government to act and rescue over 240 schoolgirls abuducted in Chibok, Borno state has been arrested.

Naomi Mutah Nyadar was picked up from her home in the city by the police early Monday morning and is detained at Asokoro police station at the moment.

“We believe it is in connection with the protests she is leading,” her lawyer, Samuel Ogala, of the Falana and Falana Chambers told Journalists.

Mrs. Nyadar has sustained the #BringBackOurGirls protest at the Unity Fountain, less than 200 metres away from the Transcorp Hilton Hotels venue of the planed World Economic Forum, WEF, starting in less than 52 hours. The protest ground could be sighted from the left wing of the hotel’s rooms.