a borno state official said an armed group kidnapped the women on thursday. eyewitnesss say the women were forced to enter the group's vehicles at gunpoint. they were then driven away to an unknown location. the abduction happened close to the school where boko haram militants took the students. the nigerian government has deployed the military to crack down on the group and rescue the school girls. but boko haram is increasing its attacks. >>> south korean president is turning to a former jurn list to bring stability back to her government. she's chosen moon as the new prime minister. he will succeed the outgoing prime minister who took responsibility for the government's handling of the ferry disaster. his appointment is seen as a move to remain public support. he's a former chief editorial writer at one of south korea's major newspapers. the president's office said moon can properly push the state agenda. park also named south korea's ambassador to japan as head of the national intelligence service. he has shown eagerness to mend the strained relations bet

borno state against boko haram attacks. tens of thousands of young men are at check points or joining paroles and joint missions with the nigerian army. they're all officially backed by borno state and provided equipment. some are paid you wages. >> the moment we see them or follow them, we may die. we are prepared for that. >> recruits have been easy to find like mohammed, he joined a year ago after boko haram attacked his district. he lives in are a part of the city where the young have very little. it's in areas of abject poverty that boko haram has thrived. but this is a place where mohammed and many like him maintain their vigilance of anything suspicious. this family is still traumatized by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> they even tried to kill my grandfather. they have killed so many people in our area. >> reporter: with boko haram attacks breezing, the role of the vigilanties is not just concentrated on this high pressure job. many men are spying on potential informers and would be attackers. >>> there is a siege-like mentality here because boko haram are commanding th

they are all officially backed by borno state and provided with equipment - some are paid wages. >> theoment we see them or follow them, we are prepared for that. >> recruits have been easy to find. like mohammed, joining after boko haram attacked his district. he lives in old maiduguri, a deprived part of the city where the young have little. it's in areas of ab jelent poverty -- abject poverty that boko haram thrived. this is a place where they maintain a vigilance for anything suspicious. his family is traumatised by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people, including his father and three younger brothers. >> even they try to kill my grandfather, so they couldn't make it. they kill so many peoples in our area. >>> with boko haram attacks increasing the role is not just concentrated on a high-profile job. many members are tasking with intelligence duties, spying on people who may be informers, tracking attackers. this is a war and the vigilantes are playing an important role in defending the city. there's a siege-like mentality. boko haram are commanding the ground outsid

three communities of the local government district in borno were attacked in this incident also confirmed by security officials in the state. >>> the catholic church has told nuns they must cooperate with inquiry into the discovery of remains of 800 children in an unmarked grave. it was discovered 40 years ago, in the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers. it was thought at the time that the children had died during island's great famine of the 1840s. research now points though to an incident to the 20th century. >> the virgin mary looks down on the spot where the mass grave was found. on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, run by nuns of the catholic church. the grave was found 40 years ago. people were told it contains remains of those that died in the great famine. these men remember the day they made the grim discovery. >> there it was. skulls piled up top of each other. maybe eight or nine feet deep. >> it's hard to describe. you know what i mean? at the time we didn't realize the magnitude of what was going on. we were kids. >> new research by a local historian found the grave contained the b

borno state over a 3-day period. andrew simmonds has the latest. >> no confirmation or denial on the kidnappings. more information from a senior local government official speaking via telephone to afp newsagency saying yes, there were more than 90 people taken hostage. amongst them were 60 women, and amongst those were a group of children, between 3 and 12. these incidents were supposed to have taken place over a 3-day period. that was from thursday, friday and saturday. also they were around about 30km from chib uk. this is the school where there were more than 200 abductions more that two months ago. we are in day 71 of the crisis, and 219 school girls are still missing. boko haram are the pictures in this latest report of kidnapping. the reasoning behind it, if it's true, it unclear. some speculate it could be to put the heat on the authorities, to get the whole story back into the public right in an attempt to get the freedom of some of their prisoners in possible negotiations. >>> that was andrew simmonds. >>> ukraine's president said he may revoke the one-week ceasefire, after the russian separatists shot down a military helicopter killing nine s

the claims by the vigilante, by local officials, who say that these abductions have taken place. now, the borno state governor has asked for an investigation to be launched into whether this information is accurate. what we understand is that the chief of police in the state is trying to put together some sort of investigation. that does fly in the face of what we're hearing from the central government here in the captain capitol that's principally responsible for security. they say they've received no reports of any abduction taking place. >> what is the central government doing to figure out whether these reports are true or not? >> well, they do have various resources that they can mobilize to try to figure out what's going on. there's a large presence of soldiers in the military in the area who have been there for over a year now when a state of emergency was declared in the area, so the central government will be depending principally on the military to investigate these claims, along with the police in the area. what we understand or how it normally works is that there would be some kind of sec