Goodluck Jonathan To Meet Abducted Girls’ Parents
 
Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan is due to meet for the first time parents of the girls abducted by militant Islamists 100 days ago.

He has been under intense pressure to meet the parents after being accused of handling the crisis badly.  

Parents pulled out of a meeting with him last week amid a political row but said today's meeting should go ahead. 

The parents of 11 of the girls have reportedly died since their abduction by the Boko Haram group.  

The abduction of the more than 200 school girls sparked global outrage.  

Boko Haram has offered to free the girls in exchange for the release of its fighters and relatives held by the security forces.  

The government has however rejected this.

Source: BBC