•Pastor Josh Sullivan A US missionary abducted from his church last week has been rescued by police after a shoot-out in which three suspects were killed, South African police said today. Josh Sullivan, 45, was taken at gunpoint last Thursday while he was delivering a sermon at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell outside the […]...
The kidnapped Rev. Fr. Father Philip Ekeli, has regained freedom after spending 10 days in captivity in Edo State. But a seminarian, Peter Andrew, who was kidnapped alongside the priest was killed by his abductors, reports Daily Trust. Recall that the priest and seminarian were on March 3, kidnapped by gunmen at St Peter Catholic […]
•Freed Major General Mahrazu Tsiga (retired) A former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Maharazu Tsiga yesterday regained freedom from his kidnappers after spending 22 days in captivity. A source confirmed to our correspondent last night that Tsiga has been released, reports Channels TV. He said General Tsiga is recei...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara has said that God allowed the ongoing political crisis in the state to give him and the people of the freedom. The governor spoke last night when the Primate of the Anglican Communion Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Henry Ndukauba, led other bishops to [&hell...
•Ex-Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued Folashade Odumosu, the wife of former Assistant Inspector General of Police and former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The victim regained her freedom yesterday. It was gathered that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police,...
The Ondo Anglican priest, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, his wife, and two children, who were abducted on Sunday, have been freed. The details of their release at the time of filing this report were sketchy, reports The Nation. The kidnappers had earlier demanded a ransom of N75 million. The Anglican priest and his family members were […]
Some travellers abducted on Emure-ile Road in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State have regained their freedom from the kidnappers’ den. The victims, who were traveling in an 18-seater bus, were abducted on Sunday night by gunmen while returning from Onitsha in Anambra State to Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, reports The Nation. The ...
•Embattled former Governor Yahaya Bello The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been released from the Kuje Minimum Custodial Centre in Abuja after fulfilling the bail conditions set by a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. Adamu Duza, spokesperson for the FCT Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCo...
•Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode The Catholic Diocese of Auchi announced today the release of Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode from his abductors. The Director of Communications for the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Peter Egielewa, in a statement, said that Oyode was freed at approximately 7:00 pm yesterday, Wednesday, November 6, 2024, in a village near Ajaokuta, Kogi [&hell...
•Dr Ganiyat Popoola Kaduna-based medical doctor, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, has regained freedom from captivity 10 months after she was kidnapped. Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a Squadron leader, and ...
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