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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Blessing Onu, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the financial dispute between the Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation, has ordered the football body to produce payment slips for players and officials of the women’s national team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. She gave the order while quizzing the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, who appeared before the committee on Thursday, August 24 in Abuja. Onu said documents of how the …
The abductors of five residents of Yangoji village in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, have held another man in their den for delaying the delivery of ransom. Daily Trust had reported that the gunmen invaded the village two weeks ago, killed two persons and abducted five residents including a father and his two sons. Last week Wednesday, they demanded a N15m ransom for the victims. A family member of one of the abductees, who preferred …
A couple kidnapped by bandits who attacked Shola community in Katsina Local Government Area of Katsina State 10 days ago, have shared their experience in the hands of their abductors. Speaking to Daily Trust, Alhaji Tukur Turaki, said on the night of the attack, his wife heard some people manhandling their son and thought they were soldiers, so she opened their apartment which gave the kidnappers access. Turaki said; “When they came in, they asked my wife where …
Terrorists have released 11 of the victims kidnapped in Ungwan Baka, Agunu ward of Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It would be recalled that the terrorists stormed the community in February and abducted some residents. A resident of the community, who confirmed the development in a chat with Kaduna Political Affairs, said that the victims were released after paying ransom. He added that the bandits killed one of the victims identified Isuwa Mathew, because he was a …
A customer has called out a loan app after they put out an obituary declaring him dead. The customer named Chinedu Azuwuike said the repayment of the loan was overdue for only 5 days and he came online to see an obituary with his name and face on it. The obituary announced that he “died” on January 4, 2022, and will be buried towards the end of the month. Chinedu has vowed never to pay them back …