82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are released, Nigerian officials say

Associated Press/Olamikan Gbemiga ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 who they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, officials said on Saturday. The girls were released through negotiations with the government, one official said, asking not to be named. A […]

‘It’s no paradise’: Switzerland funds Nigerian TV series to discourage migrants from coming

Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is spending $ 450,000 on filming a TV series with African actors showing the perils of living in Europe illegally, which will be shown on Nigerian television. “We have seen that a lack of information or false information is one of the main problems that leads to illegal migration,” […]