BREAKING: Kidnapped Niger Commissioner Regains Freedom

Niger State Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Sani Idris, abducted last Sunday night has been released on Thursday night five days after he was

LEADERSHIP gathered from family sources that the Commissioner was released about 9.30pm and was immediately rushed to Suleja General Hospital for medical attention.

While information on his release was not clear at press time, LEADERSHIP gathered earlier in the afternoon that the abductors had reduced the initial ransom of N500 million requested to N180million.It was learnt that the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, and the chairman of Tafa local government area, Hon. Namu Tafa, were in the forefront of ensuring the release of the Commissioner.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

LeadershipNGA /  🏆 4. in NG

Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

NAF Airstrikes Eliminate 70 Bandits In NigerNigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopters deployed for ongoing Operation Gama Aiki (OPGA) has neutralised over 70 armed bandits in Niger State. PRNigeria
Read more »

Osinbajo Restates Federal Govt’s Commitment To Critical Niger Delta ProjectsIn furtherance of its New Vision development agenda for the Niger Delta, the Buhari administration will ensure the completion of the critical projects it
Read more »

Federal Govt Will Redress Inequalities In Niger Delta, Says AkpabioMinister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed the federal government's commitment to redressing inequalities in the Niger Delta
Read more »

National Youth Service Cancels Posting To 11 Niger Local Governments Over Banditry, Kidnapping | Sahara ReportersThe Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) Niger State chapter, Hamza Audu revealed this in Minna, the Niger State capital during the visit of a monitoring team from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management to the state for the enumeration of pupils and cooks, also known as vendors under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the federal government.
Read more »

Banditry: Niger NYSC unable to post corps members to 11 LGAsDue to escalating attacks of armed bandits, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Niger State says it was unable to post corps members to no fewer
Read more »