Kidnappers Abduct Nigerian Press Council Director, Demands N6M

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

The increasing spate of kidnapping in Lagos was again brought to the fore with the recent abduction of the Acting Director/Liaison Officer of the Nigerian Press Council (NPC), Chief Agbebaku Izobo, at the Amuwo Odofin area of the state.

The victim was intercepted in his car and abducted on March 26, at Apple Junction by four armed men on his way home from work.

Kaduna Attacks: Death Toll Hits 28, Communities Live in Fear

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State

The death toll from last Saturday's attack on some villages  in Atakad Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government area  of Kaduna State has risen to 28 while the refugee camp in the area has swollen with about 10,000 displaced villages whose houses and food stuff were burnt during the attacks.

Chief of Atakad Chiefdom, Mr. Tobias Nkom Wada disclosed this Wednesday when  members of the House of Representatives from the Southern part of the state visited the affected communities.