Nigerian Government have reached a deal with Boko Haram to release Chibok girls!
Talks between the Nigerian government and Islamists Boko Haram reportedly secure the release of schoolgirls kidnapped in April.
The president's principal secretary Hassan Tukur told the AFP news agency that an agreement to end hostilities had been reached after talks with the Islamist group.
He said: "Boko Haram issued the ceasefire as a result of the discussions we have been having with them.
The talks are thought to have taken place in neighbouring Chad, with the country's president Idriss Deby mediating negotiations.
Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls at gunpoint from a school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, on April 14.
Some of the girls managed to escape from the group in the aftermath of their kidnap or during fighting among militants, but 219 remain missing.
"Nigerian authorities are going out of their way to say there is no deal, that there are no conditions attached to the ceasefire."
Mr Jonathan has faced strong criticism over a deteriorating security situation in Nigeria, with areas in the northeast Borno state inaccessible due to the threat from Boko Haram.
The group has demanded the release of detained extremists in exchange for the girls.
It comes after 107 Boko Haram militants and eight soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Cameroon on Friday, the defence ministry said.
Source. http://news.sky.com/story/1355240/nigeria-deal-agreed-to-return-kidnapped-girls
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