A kidnapped staff of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Tom Tikyaa and 12 other passengers of Benue Links bus have regained their freedom. The 13 victims including the driver of the bus were kidnapped last Sunday along Otukpo – Ugbokolo road in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. The vehicle was returning to Makurdi from Onitsha in Anambra State when the gunmen intercepted it and whisked the victims away to an unknown destination. According to Daily Trust, …
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Embattled Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, took to his Facebook page last night to appreciate his family members and his friends for standing by him since his faceoff with the Nigerian police. Recall that the Inspector General of Police, Baba Alkali ordered his arrest on May 13, after a video of him slapping and pushing a police officer on Third Mainland bridge surfaced online. He turned himself in on Monday, May 15 and had been in police custody since then, …
Four out of the dozens of students abducted from the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri in Kebbi state have regained their freedom. The four girls identified as Bilha Musa, Faiza Ahmed, Rahma Abdullahi, and Hafsa Murtala were released by notorious bandit leader, Dogo Gide on Friday evening, April 21. One of the fathers of the abducted girls, Salim Kajoe, confirmed the development to DailyTrust. “It took six days of negations in the forest before four …
Dr Mustapha Umar Imam who is one of the abducted Kaduna-Abuja train passengers that regained his freedom today August 2, has recounted his experience in the terrorist’s camp. Five of the abducted passengers were released today. Umar who is an associate professor of Medical biochemistry at the Usman Danfodio University said he was the medical doctor in the camp. He said for the first three months, they all went hungry as they were sometimes provided food once a day. He said …
Reverend Father Emmanuel Silas who was kidnapped from the parish rectory of Saint Charles Catholic Church, Zambina in Kauru Local Government within the early hours of Monday, June 4, has regained his freedom. The incident comes less than two weeks after the priest in charge of the Kaduna Polytechnic Catholic community, Reverend Father Vitus Borogo was killed on his farm at Kujama in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement released by the Catholic Diocese of …
Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has accused the federal government of having an appetite to ‘suppress’ constitutionally guaranteed rights of citizens in Nigeria, following its recent “declaration” of lifting the ban on the use of Twitter in the country. The caucus, in a statement released on Friday January 14 by its Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, stated the the constitution guarantees freedom of speech and opinion by Nigerians, including expressing such through social media tools like Twitter. The lawmaker stated that this …