Nigeria, May 10 -- Veteran journalist Stephanie Busari on Saturday delivered an emotional commencement speech to the American University of Nigeria (AUN) class of 2026, praising graduating students for persevering through hardship and paying special tribute to former Chibok schoolgirls abduction victims who completed their university education.

During this year's graduation ceremony, the 17th since the university's establishment, 261 graduates received undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including 12 of the former Chibok schoolgirls.

The 12 girls were part of the 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State in April 2014.

While some escaped, others were freed and neg...