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FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, people demonstrate calling on the Nigerian government to rescue girls taken from a secondary school in Chibok region, in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria&#8217;s military says it has no news of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists nearly a year ago, despite liberating dozens of towns from the girls&#8217; Boko Haram abductors. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Kidnapped Nigerian girls deserve more than just a hashtag, activist says

By Kevin Jones - Catholic News Agency

People march during a silent protest calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, who were abducted a year ago, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 13, 2015. Nearly 300 schoolgirls from Chibok were abducted in a mass kidnapping on the night of April 14-15. Dozens escaped on their own but 219 remain missing. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria president-elect: Can’t promise to find Chibok girls

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Nigerian former Gen. Muhammadu Buhari speaks moments after he was presented with a certificate to show he won the election in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to Buhari, a 72-year-old former military dictator, who was elected in a historic transfer of power following the nation's most hotly contested election ever. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muhammadu Buhari vows to take on Boko Haram, corruption in Nigeria

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

Opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari holds his ballot paper in the air before casting his vote in his home town of Daura, northern Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Muhammadu Buhari, the challenger, scored decisive victory in Nigerian vote

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, people demonstrate calling on the Nigerian government to rescue girls taken from a secondary school in Chibok region, in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. Nigeria&#8217;s military says it has no news of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists nearly a year ago, despite liberating dozens of towns from the girls&#8217; Boko Haram abductors. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

With #BringBackOurGirls no longer trending, Nigerians aghast at ‘inaction’ from donors

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

Security forces stand in front of protesters against the recent election in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Voting in Nigeria's elections continued in certain areas on Sunday after technical problems prevented some people from casting their ballots on Saturday and despite extremist violence in the northeast and protests in the south. (AP Photo)

Hope, fear as Nigerians await results of presidential vote

By Michelle Faul and Hilary Uguru - Associated Press

Some of the parents of the kidnapped school girls sit outside a compound during a meeting in Chibok, Nigeria. At least 11 parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again. Since the mass abduction of the schoolgirls by Islamic extremists three months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok, is under siege from the militants, residents report. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

EDITORIAL: Missing girls of Nigeria still missing

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A police officer stand guards as people cast their votes during Presidential and National assembly election in Yola, Nigeria Saturday, March 28, 2015. Nigerians went to the polls Saturday in presidential elections which analysts say will be the most tightly contested in the history of Africa's richest nation and its largest democracy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Boko Haram kills 41, prevents hundreds voting in Nigeria

By Michelle Faul and Haruna Umar - Associated Press

Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, frets that the Obama administration is willing to negotiate the release of spies or terrorists. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ed Royce: Stakes are high in Nigeria vote Saturday

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chadian soldiers stand at a checkpoint in front of a Boko Haram flag in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants last week, and is now controlled by a joint Chadian and Nigerien force. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ** FILE **

Boko Haram using civilians as human shields, official says

By Michelle Faul and Edwin Kindzeka Moki - Associated Press

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan points as he speaks to supporters in Yola, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Youths angry at the Nigerian government's failure to fight Islamic extremists threw stones Thursday at President Goodluck Jonathan's electioneering convoy in the eastern town of Jalingo, breaking windshields and windows on several vehicles. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

RICHARD GRENELL: Nigeria on the brink

By Richard Grenell

This May 12, 2014, file photo taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network shows their leader Abubakar Shekau speaking to the camera. (AP Photo/File)

Islamic State group accepts Boko Haram pledge of allegiance

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Chadian troops participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N'djamena, Chad, Monday March 9, 2015. The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct this training annually and set up plans long before Boko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue said Monday that his soldiers alongside troops from Niger had entered Nigeria but he declined to give further details about the ongoing operation. Ngobongue described Boko Haram fighters as &#8220;bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion.&#8221; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nigeria seeks better intel on Boko Haram from West

By Hannah Crites - The Washington Times

Nigeria president, Goodluck Jonathan, inspects the honor guard, during an event to commission Naval warships in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

WILLIAM REED: Goodluck Jonathan steering Nigeria with a steady hand

By William Reed

Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari from the All Progressives Congress party waves to his supporters in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Two of Nigeria's top diplomats vowed that their nation's postponed elections will occur March 28. (Associated Press)

Nigerian minister rejects U.S. criticism, vows to hold election

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People stand with their belongings as they leave there homes traveling by bus after recent fighting between Nigerian government forces and Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Nigeria's electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram, an official close to the commission told The Associated Press on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

Nigeria elections postponed following Boko Haram violence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry sits beside Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's former military ruler and opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate at the U.S. consulate house in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. In a rare high-level visit to Africa's most populous country, Mr. Kerry on Sunday urged Nigeria's leading presidential candidates to refrain from fomenting violence after next month's vote, and he condemned savage attacks by Boko Haram, an al Qaeda-linked insurgency. (AP Photo/Akintunde Akinleye, Pool)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Diplomatic meddling can push Nigeria over the brink