The UN secretary-general on Monday issued a statement calling for the 'immediate and unconditional' release of the students who were taking from the boarding school on Friday night.
President Muhammadu Buhari warned demonstrators in a televised address on Thursday not to "undermine national security" as he called for an end to widespread protests gripping Africa's most populous country.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to those taking part in widespread demonstrations to 'resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos'.
Africa's most populous nation is holding scaled-down celebrations due to the coronavirus pandemic to commemorate six decades since it gained self-rule from Britain in 1960.
The goal is to become the world's largest free trade zone by cutting trade tariffs and barriers for 1.2 billion people.
In a statement marking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty said it continued to receive regular reports of torture and other human rights abuses in military and police custody.
On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks.
Saturday’s election, which US observers said had lost some credibility after being abruptly delayed by a week by officials citing organisational glitches, was expected to be Nigeria’s tightest since the end of military rule two decades ago.
For Atiku’s supporters, the fact he was able to visit Washington on 17 and 18 January without being arrested was proof that the allegations were baseless.
The attacks happened late Monday in six neighbouring villages - Wonaka, Ajja, Mada, Ruwan Baure, Doka, Takoka, and Tudun Maijatau - in the state's Mada area.
Polls to elect a new president and parliament take place on 16 February, while governorship and state assembly elections take place two weeks later.
Muhammadu Buhari, an austere and pious former general, will take on wealthy former vice-president Atiku Abubakar at the polls on 16 February.
Kaduna state is where Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south, and has seen previous bouts of sectarian violence.
He spent five months in Britain last year for treatment for an unspecified illness, an absence that prompted many to question his fitness to run a country that is Africa’s top oil producer and one of its biggest economies.
The motion in the lower house called for the president to appear to discuss the situation in Benue, where the highest-profile killings have taken place.
The 75-year-old former military ruler declared this week that he would seek another term, ending months of speculation about his future after bouts of ill health.
The 75-year-old spent much of last year in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment, triggering accusations by opposition groups and other critics that he was unfit for office.
The $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people, was accepted by 44 countries on Wednesday, but Nigeria and South Africa did not sign up, diminishing its impact.
