•Mrs Abigail Orbunde and Ms Patience Ogute The wife of former Chief of Staff to Benue Governor Hon. Terwase Orbunde and a domestic aide abducted by gunmen in Makurdi last Friday evening have regained freedom. Mrs Abigail Kashimana Orbunde and Ms Patience Ogute, regained freedom yesterday afternoon after payment of an undisclosed ransom to abdu...
•Joshua Rogers Channels Television reporter, Joshua Rogers, who was kidnapped from his home in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State, has regained his freedom. He regained his freedom unharmed around 10 p.m. yesterday, less than 24 hours after his abduction on Thursday, reports NAN. Charles Oporum, his colleague, confirmed the news of his r...
•UNICAL main gate The University of Calabar has announced that three students of the institution who were kidnapped about three weeks ago have been released. A statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the school, Effiong Eyo, said the students were released unharmed and have been reunited with their parents. Eyo said the Vice [&he...
The two abducted Claretian missionaries at the Parish Rectory of Saint Vincent De Paul Parish in Fier, Catholic Diocese of Pankshin, have regained freedom from their abductors. According to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State Chapter, Reverend Father Polycarp Lubo, the priests were released in the early ho...
The abducted wife of the slain Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Olori Iyabo Aremu, and one other person have been rescued. It was gathered that the victims were released last night and arrived in Koro town around 10:45 pm. The Police Public Relations Officer in Kwara, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, disclosed […]
•Some of the kidnapped school children The pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Montessori School in Emure Ekiti kidnapped on January 29 have regained their freedom. The schoolchildren were released earlier today. However, the driver, who was also among the abductees, was killed and burnt by the assailants, reports Channels TV. Efforts t...
•Emefiele A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after his lawyers perfected his bail conditions. His lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mathew Burkaa, confirmed this to our correspondent. Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court ha...
•Safiyanu Isa Andaha The chairman of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Hon Safiyanu Isa Andaha and his political godfather Adamu Umar Custom who were kidnapped on New Year day have regained their freedom. Our correspondent gathered reliably that the sum of N10m was paid to the kidnappers after the initial demand of N50m [&hellip...
•Justice Joy Unwana Five days after their abduction along the Okobo-Esuk Inwang-Ndon Ebom road in Akwa Ibom, Justice Joy Unwana of Oron High Court, Akwa Ibom and her driver have regained their freedom. The duo were abducted on Monday. Justice Unwana’s orderly was killed by the abductors during the incident, reports The Nation. Akwa Ibom [&hell...
•Emefiele Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre after meeting his N300 million bail condition. He was released yesterday Friday, December 22, 2023. The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Adamu Duza, confirmed the news today, stating that Emefiele had met h...