Malala Yousafzai in Abuja to campaign for schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram

Malala Yousafzai, the girls' education campaigner who was shot by the Taliban, has arrived Nigeria to campaign on behalf of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram.

Ms Yousafzai, 17 who was an early backer of the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign, arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Sunday morning. As well as meeting relatives of the kidnapped girls, she is expected to have  audience with President Goodluck Jonathan.

Her visit to Nigeria takes place almost three months to the day since the abduction of the girls, who were taken by Boko Haram militants from a boarding school in Chibok, in north-east Borno State, on April 14. She has decided to celebrate her 17th birthday (July 12th, yesterday) by lending her voice to the BringBackOurGirls campaign.

The presence of such a high-profile women's rights campaigner will add to the pressure on the Nigerian government, which was accused in the early days of the kidnapping of not doing enough to resolve it.
 

In recent weeks there has been claims that the trail has effectively gone cold in the hunt for the girls, despite help from Britain, America and France.