12:13:00
Screengrab from the latest Boko Haram video showing abducted school girls- Credit : AFP


Northeast Nigeria-based Boko Haram sect leader, Abubakar Shekau has released another video showing  abducted school girls in Nigeria.

The newly released video , exclusively obtained by French news agency, AFP, shows hundreds of the school girls huddled together purportedly praying after they were converted to Islam by the sect.

All the girls wore the Islamic Hijab dress covering their entire body.

The release of the video follows a revelation yesterday by the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima that the girls had been sighted somewhere in Nigeria.

11:30:00

L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling has finally apologized for the racist remarks he made while chastising his  bi-racial girlfriend for posting black people on her Instagram page. Speaking with CNN's Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview set to air today, Donald, 81, said he's not racist.

"When I listen to that tape, I don't even know how I can say words like that.... I don't know why the girl had me say those things."
"You're saying you were set up?" Cooper asked.


"Well yes, I was baited,"  Sterling said. "I mean, that's not the way I talk. I don't talk about  people for one thing, ever. I talk about ideas and other things. I don't
talk about people. I'm not a racist. I made a terrible, terrible mistake. And I'm here with you today to apologize and to ask for forgiveness for all the people that
I've hurt." Continue...

11:00:00

A multi-cultural solidarity campaign was held at the University of Bayreuth,
Germany on the 7th of May 2014. The solidarity campaign was conducted to press home demands for the release of the over 200 Nigerian girls adopted by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

The campaign which included a prominent Professor of Anglophone literature, Professor Susan Arndt, Fellows and students across disciplines had the Bring-Back-Our-Girls message translated into
different languages to further drive home the point. Continue to see more photos...

10:52:00

The Nigerian police this afternoon tried to stop protesters from gathering at the Unity fount for a #BringBackOurGirls sit-in in Abuja. The police didn't want the peaceful meeting to happen and sent officers to the location to disperse the few that gathered there and stopped many from coming to the meeting.

But despite the interruption from police, the group eventually held the meeting peacefully. See more photos after the cut...

15:40:00

TMZ just reported this breaking news...Chris Brown was a few hours ago sentenced one year in jail for violating his probation in the Rihanna case during an appearance in court today. But thankfully he will only spend 131 days or less in jail for time already spent in jail.

TMZ reports

Chris Brown was in court Friday afternoon, where he admitted he violated his probation by getting into a fight with a dude in Washington D.C.
That's all the judge needed to hear. He sentenced Chris to 1 year in jail. However, Chris got credit for 116 days he spent in rehab, and another 59 days behind bars. That leaves 131 days in the pokey.
But we're told the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept has been releasing inmates sentenced
to 1 year after 240 days.  And here's the thing. Chris gets credit for 2 days for every 1 he served behind bars, so when you add it up, he has credit for 234 days -- 6 days shy.  So he could be released in days. Continue ..

14:22:00

Borno State governor Kashim Shettima was in tears yesterday as he appealed
to indigenes of the state to embark on a 3-day fast for the missing Chibok girls. The proposed fasting, which will run from May12th - 14th, is to seek the face of God over the missing girls
and for peace to return to the state.

The Governor got very emotional while in a meeting with the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), Chibok, who came to protest the abduction of the missing girls.

11:58:00

Nollywood actress Chika Ike today visited her Alma mater, St. Francis Catholic
secondary school Idimu in Lagos. The actress, who was a
former Head Girl of the school, talked to the students on the importance of
staying in school. See more photos after the cut...

11:55:00

19 year old 400l Law student of University of Benin, Ceasar Augustus Ekeoba, died on May 6th. Doctors said
he suffered from Cerebral Abscess which culminated in his death. Until his death, he was class representative, loved by lecturers and adored by
students, this is according to his friends. They say Caesar had done UNIBEN Law Faculty proud in many
competitions, a master of advocacy and an intellectual. He and
some students had just returned from the US where they represented Nigeria
at the Jessup Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, before he died.



A procession was held for him yesterday at the University Campus. May his soul rest in peace, amen. Continue to see more photos...

11:54:00

Oscar winning actress Anne Hathaway yesterday Thursday May 8th took to the streets of Los Angeles to raise awareness for the Bring Back Our Girls cause. She was joined by her husband Adam Shulman and a few others. During the protest, Anne grabbed a megaphone and said...
"These Nigerian girls are part of the 5% who are able to seek an
education, they were taken from their beds in the middle of the night by
cowards, cowards who tell them that girls do not deserve an education.
Do we agree with these cowards?" she asked the crowd, then yelled,
"What do you want?" the crowd replied "Our girls!"
See more photos after the cut...

09:44:00

Below is a New York Times editorial published yesterday May 6. Y'all need to read this. Find below..

Three weeks after their horrifying abduction in Nigeria, 276 of the more
than 300 girls who were taken from a school by armed militants are
still missing, possibly sold into slavery or married off. Nigerian
security forces apparently do not know where the girls are and the
country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been shockingly slow and
inept at addressing this monstrous crime.

09:31:00

The Pakistani schoolgirl who made a heroic recovery after being shot in the head by Taliban because she stood up for education, Malala Yousafzai, has shown support for missing Chibok girls. Speaking with CNN, the 16 year old Nobel Peace nominee said "I think they haven’t studied Islam yet, they haven’t studied Quran yet, and they should go and they should learn Islam. Islam means peace. I think that they should think of these girls as their own sisters.
How can one imprison his own sisters and treat them in such a bad way?"



Super model Naomi Campbell also lent her support.

09:28:00

Will and Jada Smith's 13 year old daughter, Willow, was photographed in bed with her friend, 20 year old actor, Moises Arias, who is shirtless in the pic. Many feel it's inappropriate because she's just 13, whether anything inappropriate happened or not. Willow and the Disney actor have been friends for a while.

09:10:00

We thank the international community for being interested in this case, especially CNN. CNN has been all about Nigeria and this case for the last few days! It has made our government sit up and act...albeit three weeks after the kidnap.

10:28:00


US marines are in Nigeria to help the country’s security services tackle increasing threats, TheCable understands. Nigeria is playing host to the 7th World Economic Forum Africa in Abuja today amid heightened security challenges. The summit is expected to be attended by over 10 heads of state and government as well as over 900 delegates from 70 countries. Presidents of Algeria, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo have confirmed attendance.
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