Nigerian Government Releases Names of Freed Chibok Girls

The Nigerian government has released the names of the 82 Chibok girls that had been released by terrorist group, Boko Haram, on Sunday.

The girls released on Sunday were all part of the group of 276 schoolgirls that were kidnapped from their school in Chibok in 2014.

The government announced on Sunday that they had procured the release of the girls by releasing five Boko Haram commanders in exchange for the girls.

Early on Monday morning, the Nigerian presidency released the names of the 82 freed girls, after which parents nervously checked the list for their daughters’ names.

On Sunday evening, the girls met with Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where he welcomed the girls back and addressed the media and other government officials.

Besides the release of the girls, the biggest talk-worthy subject to hit the newsstands in Nigeria on Monday, was the visibly ailing health of the country’s 74-year-old president.

Buhari has been in the UK for several months this year to receive medical attention. While the office of the presidency has been insisting that Buhari is not fatally ill, the latest pictures of the president suggest otherwise.

In fact, Buhari made it clear that he was still not well, when he announced on Sunday, after addressing the girls, that he would immediately be flying back to London for further medical treatment.

Buhari told reporters that he had never been this sick in his life.

The government also said that they would still give their all in securing the safe return of the remaining 113 girls that are still missing.