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According to the report from NAN, none out of the 21 released Chibok schoolgirls was assaulted during the two years spent with Boko Haram insurgents. Quoting a source close to negotiations to free the remaining of those abducted in April 2014, NAN dismissed reports that the only girl who came back with a child was impregnated by an insurgent. The agency said the girl was pregnant before her abduction. “The girl and her parents have confirmed this. The child is not a Boko Haram Child,” the source reportedly said. “None of the girls released was sexually harassed or abused while in captivity by their abductors. “The current state of the girls is a source of joy as they are receiving the best medical, psychological and other forms of support from the authorities as directed by the federal government. “All groups including the families, The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) and Chibok Community are happy with their condition as medical experts work to address their health conditions...

electricity cable belonging to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) that connected News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Lagos Office, to the power line destroyed on Monday by some suspected vandals. The Deputy Director of Technical Services of the agency, Mr Mathias Ajudua , said the act was discovered when the official of EKEDC came to repair their transformer thinking it was a fault from the transformer. Ajudua stated that while the EKEDC officials were checking round the equipment, they discovered that two yards of cable that connected the agency to power line had been cut off by a vandal Ajudua estimated the cost of the cable to about 200,000 Naira. Eko DISCO should urgently assist the agency to repair the cable so that it would be connected back to national grid, He appeals to the management of Eko DISCO.