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 ...
•Patrick Mba and his wife Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Mba, and his wife have been released by their captors after spending a day in captivity. A reliable top government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed the development to our correspondent, last night, adding that the commissioner and hi...
Police authorities in Ondo State say the victims of Friday’s abduction in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have been found and rescued. The victims were travelling from the South-East at about 11 pm when they fell into the hands of gunmen who killed one commuter and the driver, reports Channels TV. They […]
Two abducted Kaduna journalists, Abdulgafar Alabelewe of the Nation and Abdul Raheem Aodu of Blue Print who were abducted in Danhonu area of Kaduna metropolis last week Saturday regained their freedom yesterday. This was disclosed by the elder brother of one of the abducted Journalists, Mas’ud Mobolaji Alabelewe while speaking with our corresp...
•Gunmen Three Indians and one Nigerian have been released following an abduction by gunmen along the Sagamu/ Ilishan expressway three days ago. News broke on Monday, on how about twenty travellers were abducted by unknown gunmen on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway, reports Channels TV. The travellers were said to have been ambushed on Sunday, a...
•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...
•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...
•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...
•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...
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