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Seven members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) who were kidnapped in Rivers State have regained their freedom after one week in captivity.     The victims were kidnapped by gunmen on their way to Port Harcourt from the NYSC orientation camp in Ondo State.     The incident …

Okey Wali, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association who was abducted by armed men dressed in military uniform at Obiri-Kwere area of the East-West Road in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State fortnight Monday, has been freed after spending two weeks in captivity.    NBA chairman, …

The abducted Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) for Bayelsa State, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo, has been released after spending fice days in kidnappers’ den.    Recall that Izonfuo was on Sunday evening alongsidde her maid and driver at Ogbakiri junction on the East-West Road. Spokesperson for the Rivers …

  Former Minnesota police officer, Kim Potter, who accidentally killed Daunte Wright when she mistook her firearm for a stun gun during a traffic stop, is set to be released from prison Monday, records show.   Potter, 50, has served 16 months at the Shakopee Minnesota Correctional Facility and will …

Richmond star Tom Lynch has avoided a suspension at the AFL tribunal despite a bump which left Bulldogs defender Alex Keath concussed in a marking contest. Lynch was sent straight to the tribunal by the AFL’s match review officer Michael Christian after a clash which forced Keath off the ground …

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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that all abducted passengers at the Chief Tom Ikimi Railway Station Ekehen, in Igueben, Edo State have been released.   The announcement was made by NRC’s Deputy Director of Public Relations Mahmood Yakub.    He said the kidnapped persons have been released to their families and none of …

The Kaduna State Government has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets have killed some bandits and set many captives free in the Karawa area of Igabi Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement on Monday evening, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government said it freed no fewer than 12,000 prisoners from different correctional centres in Nigeria in the last six months. According to the federal government, the inmates were granted pardons to decongest various prisons across the country. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has reacted to the appeal court judgement which discharged and acquitted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, of the terrorism charges levelled against him by the federal government.   National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, in …