Nigeria offers $300,000 reward for help finding kidnapped schoolgirls

Nigeria offers $300,000 reward for help finding kidnapped schoolgirls

Off By Sharon Black

US and Britain have offered military support to find over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram

Police in Nigeria have offered a $300,000 (£177,000) cash reward for credible information leading to the rescue of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

The call for help follows the US and Britain offering military and technical support to Nigeria to hunt down the group, which abducted a second group of schoolgirls on Monday, as Barack Obama led a mounting international outcry.

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