Daily Trust, April 14, 2015

Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust on Tuesday joins the rest of the world in marking the first anniversary of the terrorist organization Boko Haram’s abduction of 276 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok, There are 219 still missing.

The mass kidnapping sparked the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, drawing international attention to the fate of the victims and demanding their immediate release. 

The commemoration comes as an extensive Amnesty International report shows that more than 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by the Islamist sect since the beginning of last year.

ABOUT THE SOURCE: Daily Trust is an English-language newspaper published by the privately held Media Trust company based in Abuja, It was launched in January 2001 and is one of the largest circulating newspapers in Northern Nigeria.