Nigeria teacher in seized girls plea

Goodluck Jonathan admits Nigeria's security forces still do not know where dozens of schoolgirls abducted by militants last month are being held.

President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that Nigerian security forces still do not know where more than 200 abducted girls are being held.

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader tells the BBC.

Nigerian police cite security reasons for banning protests in Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants.

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Girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai says the world must not stay silent over the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria.

Nigerian military say they know where 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April are but cannot make it public.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight girls in northern Nigeria, following last month's mass abduction, police say.