I have information on abducted girls – Shettima

The governor of Nigeria’s Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram.
Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military for verification.
Mr Shettima added that he did not think the girls had been taken across the border to Chad or Cameroon.
Earlier, France’s president offered to host a summit on Boko Haram.

Man Jailed for 25 years for attempting to kill Obama

An Idaho man who admitted trying to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House received a 25-year prison sentence on Monday.
Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 23, appeared in federal court after pleading guilty in September to terrorism and weapons charges. He had been originally indicted on 17 criminal counts.
Prosecutors had charged Ortega-Hernandez with firing a Romanian-made assault rifle out of the window of his car the evening of 11 November, 2011.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO MEET WITH POPE FRANCIS

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO MEET WITH POPE FRANCIS AND JOIN OBAMA, OTHER WORLD LEADERS AT NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT IN THE NETHERLANDS

President Goodluck Jonathan will join other world leaders, including President Barack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande of France, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany at the 2014 global Nuclear Security Summit which opens at the Hague in Holland on Monday, March 24, 2014.