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It is one of Facebook's fastest growing communities and has become such a phenomenon that last week, Mark Zuckerberg asked to meet its founder. But what is Fin? Female IN or Fin is a "secret" Facebook group that has recently clocked up over a million members, largely from Nigeria. But it's a secret that founder Lola Omolola wants you to know all about - if you're a woman that is. Though it has a vaguely romantic air, secret is just Facebook terminology, Ms Omolala says. It means invitation-only - you need to know a member to get in. "It's a safe place, for a woman who has something to say," Ms Omolola explains. "You don't have to agree but it is her story, she can say it." The group is a sort of confessional space, where women share stories that they might be uncomfortable - or even afraid - to tell in person. When I said anything I got a pinch - a real, live pinch Lola Omolola It doesn't offer anonymity - member...

  The fate of the Chibok girls     In April 2014 Islamist militants kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria. This month dozens were released. But when will the rest be free? It was 14 April 2014 when the militants came to take them. They were sleeping in their dormitory at Chibok Girls’ Secondary School, with many having come from distant villages to take exams. Then Boko Haram struck. Altogether 276 girls were kidnapped. The Islamist militant group had terrorised the north-eastern corner of Nigeria since a wave of attacks in 2009. They had kidnapped many girls and women before in a conflict that hadn’t garnered significant worldwide attention, but this time was different. A massive social-media driven campaign followed under the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. Michelle Obama was among the slew of famous people who endorsed it. But what happened to the girls?      ...