Tag: freed
Abducted OAU Professor freed
The Osun State Police command has secured the release of Prof Yinka Adegbehingbe, the abducted lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University,…
Police rescue 2 kidnapped Catholic priests in Anambra
Two Catholic priests kidnapped on the eve of Christmas at Umueze Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area, Anambra, have…
Africa’s youngest billionaire freed by captors in Tanzania
Tanzanian tycoon Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped earlier this month, said Saturday he had been released and had returned home…
O.J. Simpson leaves prison after 9 years
After serving nine years for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery, an upbeat O.J. Simpson walked out of a…
Photos: IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Freed At Last!
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi has been released from prison.
Kidnapped Rivers commissioner freed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ibibia Walter, commissioner for Water Resources in Rivers State who was abducted by unidentified gunmen on Saturday…
Kidnapped APC chieftain freed
Elyon Ntiero Elijah, an APC chieftain and former leader of Andoni Local Government legislative Assembly has been released. He regained…
Boko Haram: more detained suspects to be freed
The military has confirmed that more persons detained for alleged links with Boko Haram insurgents will be released after being…
Tevez’s father freed after kidnapping in Argentina
The father of Argentine football star Carlos Tevez was kidnapped early Tuesday before being released hours later, a lawyer for…
Kidnapped Lebanese national dumped on the outskirts of Kano
A Lebanese national, Mr Hassan Zaid(initially spelled as Zein) who was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons, has been released…
2 kidnapped American sailors freed in Nigeria
The United States has announced the release of two Americans kidnapped by pirates off southern Nigeria in October. “We welcome…
Conrad Murray: ‘Michael Jackson still loves me’
Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray said Wednesday that the late pop icon still loves him, and would be appalled…
Kidnapped Archbishop Kattey freed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Anglican Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey, and the Dean of the Anglican Communion in Nigeria kidnapped eight…
Kidnappers release Bamigbetan
Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan has been released by his captors. P.M.NEWS gathered that…
French family captured in Cameroon, freed in Nigeria
The seven members of a French family who were seized in northern Cameroon earlier in the week have been found…
Freed Hyundai Korean-Nigerian workers narrate ordeal
Four South Korean workers and a Nigerian who were kidnapped Monday in the oil-rich Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta…
Nigeria: Kamene Okonjo freed
Professor Kamene Okonjo, mother of Nigeria’s finance minister, has been freed by her abductors. The retired 82 year old professor…
Nigerian king flogged by kidnappers…then freed
A Nigerian king abducted for eight days in Bayelsa state, has regained his freedom, after days of flogging by his…
Togo pirates free tanker after theft of 3.8m litres of oil
Pirates in Togo have released a tanker with 24 Russian crew on board after siphoning off 3,000 tonnes, about 3.8million…
3 weeks after, 4 foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria…
Nigeria: Kidnapped Spanish doctor freed
A Spanish doctor kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on April 4 has been freed and is in…