Tuesday 13 May 2014 14.27 A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video, showing dozens of girls in captivity, that was posted by Islamist rebels yesterday.
The country's interior minister had previously insisted the government would not agree to free imprisoned militants in return for the girls' release, as suggested by the leader of Boko Haram.
However a new official statement says all options are now open to obtain their safe release.
The mother watched the video on television yesterday evening and spotted her daughter among the girls sitting on the ground and wearing veils, said Dumoma Mpur, parent-teachers association chairman at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok.
The leader of rebel group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, issued the video offering to release the schoolgirls in exchange for prisoners held by the government.
It was not immediately apparent when the video of the girls was filmed.
"The video got parents apprehensive again after watching it but the various steps taken by the governments and the coming of the foreign troops is boosting our spirit, even though I have not seen the any one soldier in Chibok yet," Mr Mpur said
The United States and Britain have sent experts to help with the search and Nigeria has sent two divisions to the northeastern border region.
A senior Obama administration official said the US is sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian government.
The US has sent military, law enforcement and development experts to Nigeria to help search for the missing girls.
They were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from the school in the northeast on 14 April.
"We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] assets over Nigeria with the government's permission," the US official said.
A State Department spokeswoman said US teams on the ground "are digging in on the search and coordinating closely with the Nigerian government as well as international partners and allies".
Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US was also considering deploying unmanned, drone aircraft to aid the search.
One of the US officials said it had been carrying out the manned surveillance flights "for a few days" but they did not elaborate.
Last week, US Undersecretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Nigeria had requested surveillance and intelligence help from the US.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said he believes the girls are still in Nigeria.
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