The Police Command in Kano State has rescued 126 workers allegedly held hostage for three months at the Popular Farms and Mills Limited located in Challawa Industrial Estate, Kano. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed this in a statement in Kano.Haruna revealed that on June 21, at about 6:00 p.m., a complaint […]
A detachment of soldiers has freed Joshua Lidani, senator representing Gombe south, from youth who held him hostage. Lidani was held hostage on Monday after he visited the headquarters of Balanga local government area of Gombe. The youth accused the senator of abandoning them since he got elected in 2015 and demanded that he account […]
Tunisia said on Monday that it was negotiating for the release of 172 nationals being held by a Libyan militia as bargaining chips for one of its commanders detained in Tunis. The foreign ministry’s Arab and African affairs chief Touhami Abdouli said the Tunisians had been detained in western Libya by a militia that is […]