ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The demonstrators who marched to the home of Nigeria’s president today, demanding more action to free nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls, are even angrier now than they were before.

The Nigerian president chose not to meet with them — instead sending advisers to read a message urging Nigerians to stop criticizing the government. Protesters say it’s another sign of the president’s insensitivity over the abductions.

President Goodluck Jonathan had also refused to meet with some parents of the abducted children who came to Nigeria’s capital to see him earlier this month.

Across Nigeria today, many schools were closed today to protest the abductions and the government’s failure to rescue the girls — as well as the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years.

Meanwhile, in the central Nigerian city of Jos (jahs), family and friends are continuing the search for people missing since a pair of bombings Tuesday at a marketplace. The death toll has risen to at least 130, making the bombings the deadliest to be linked to the Boko Haram (BOH’-koh hah-RAHM’) extremists — though they have not claimed responsibility.

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APPHOTO NIN109: People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Scores of protesters chanting “Bring Back Our Girls” marched in the Nigerian capital Thursday as many schools across the country closed to protest the abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government’s failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (22 May 2014)

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