Ashionye Ogene

Six months on, outrage and sorrow over the mass schoolgirl abduction has disappeared – except for families in Nigeria.

A lawyer close to the armed group tries to negotiate for peace, and the return of hundreds of abducted girls.

In northeastern Nigeria, the Civilian Joint Task Force patrols streets with guns, machetes and even bows and arrows.

Amid Boko Haram attacks that have killed hundreds, northern Nigeria schoolgirls struggle for education against all odds.

Unemployment, rampant abject poverty, and lack of education are fuelling drug use in Kano State.