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Trending News: INVESTIGATION: Dilapidated Schools Litter Imo State As Education Gulps #159bn In Five Years Abuse of Process: Imo Chief Judge, Nzeukwu Risks Suspension by NJCKilling in the Plateau: It’s Genocide, Not Ethno-Religious Conflict, Says Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan“Tell Your Papa”: Banning a song for criticizing Govt, unlawful – AmnestyHeartbreaking story of Alabi Quadri, the boy who believed in a better NigeriaTinubu’s Files: Presidency reacts on US Court DirectiveMan in Police net for killing mother over business dealBandits set Mosque ablaze in ZamfaraNigerian Varsity Fires Three Lecturers Over Sexual HarassmentFalana asks youths to reclaim NigeriaThree-storey collapses in LagosHow 13 children were kidnapped from Kaduna to EnuguNigeria allocated additional $200m to health in 2025 budget – WHOMen caught with firearms are Kano hunters, not herdsmen – Edo policeMilitary uncovers plot to establish ISWAP bases in Plateau, BauchiNigerian PhD Student Pleads Guilty To Multiple Fraud In USNDLEA nabs Malaysian returnee with Meth hidden in music speakersWole Soyinka slams NBC for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest songGunmen kill NSCDC officer in Nigeria’s South-SouthMany Dead’ After Russian Strike On Ukrainian CityReport: Vehicle stolen during Juma’at prayer in FCT no longer attached to NSA officeKano rejects ECOWAS court ruling on blasphemy lawsSERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas to withdraw ‘repressive bill to regulate blogger” or face legal actionCannabis-smoking mother bags life jail for drowning two sonsDAILIES TOP STORIES: Another set of four hunters from Kano found with arms, ammunition in EdoBREAKING: Explosion Kills Seven, Injures Several Commuters In BornoFather, two sons killed in Plateau villageNDLEA Destroys Largest Drugs Seizure Of 1.6 Million KilogramsEXTRA: Masquerades lead protest against high electricity bill in KwaraNo! Current Imo Assembly Speaker Didn’t Commission Betting ShopUS embassy announces new visa interview requirements for NigeriansBandit Kingpin Gwaska, Over 100 Others Killed In KatsinaDAILIES TOP STORIES: Resurgent terror attacks unsettle Nigeria’s Northern regionECOWAS court faults Kano’s blasphemy laws, asks Nigeria to amend statutesProtest: Rivers CP removes DPO over’ assault on journalistsCourt orders DCP Abba Kyari to enter defence in ‘drug trafficking’ trialSiemens CEO, family die in New York helicopter crashFG imposes 10-year entry bans for visa overstays, $15 daily fine from August 1REVEALED: Parody X account impersonating Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan spottedRivers Women Stage ‘Bring Back Our Fubara’ Protest In Port HarcourtBandits Release Abducted Pastor In Kaduna, Detain Ransom CarrierKogi central constituents sue Akpabio, senate over Natasha Akpoti’s suspensionChina hits US with 125% retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalatesSERAP gives FG, NBC 48-hour to reverse Eedris Abdulkareem’s song banEx-Kwara governor Ahmed didn’t repay N1bn SUBEB loan, EFCC witness tells courtEFCC plays video evidence in ex-minister Saleh Mamman’s ‘N33bn fraud’ trialPolice Rescue Abducted Ebonyi Govt Official, Arrest One SuspectOtti urges Igbo youths to join ArmyFire razes shops in OyoPolice arrest man for impregnating 17-year-old daughter in BauchiNBA relocates annual conference from Rivers over emergency rule DAILIES TOP STORIES: Marketers predict cheaper petrol nationwide as Dangote begins naira saleCourt frees 12 IPOB members after four years in prisonTrump tariff hike brings added China rate for many goods to 145%Court Strikes Out Nnamdi Kanu’s Fundamental Rights Suit Against FGNERC fines eight Discos N628m over estimated billingLabour shuts down Steel Ministry Over Workers’ WelfareSoludo: 23 Anambra indigenes on death row in Indonesia for drug offencesDangote Refinery Slashes Ex-Depot Petrol PriceLagos, Rivers, 28 others to experience heavy flooding – FGAkpabio petitions IG, demands Natasha’s prosecution over alleged assassination plot:Gunmen kill four in fresh Plateau, Benue attacks — REPORTDAILIES TOP STORIES: PANDEF, lawyers, CSOs, others kick as Ibas appoints LG administrators in Rivers“Boy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy detained since January without trial”US-China tariff war could cut trade between both countries by 80% — WTO chief, Okonjo-IwealaUS revokes 40 international students visas over traffic offensesTrump pauses tariffs for several countries but raises China’s rate to 125%Nigeria Is Collapsing — Peter ObiNiger dumps French, adopts Hausa as national languageTwo female factory workers drown in Kano poolRenewed Israeli strikes kill 20 in Gaza, ceasefire talks stallFEC orders full implementation of naira-for-crude dealCAJ demands release of detained journalists in Burkina FasoPolice Inspector slumps, dies after watching Arsenal thrash Real Madrid in CalabarBandits kill 2, abduct 60 in ZamfaraAjaero asks NLC members to invade LP offices nationwide after Supreme Court judgment16,000 doctors left Nigeria in 5 years – FGTariff: U.S. Faults Nigeria’s Import Ban On 25 ProductsIbas appoints administrators for 23 Rivers LGs despite court orderNearly 100 dead in Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapseDAILIES TOP STORIES: 11 PDP governors urge S’Court to halt Rivers emergency ruleWitness reveals N3bn Kogi LG funds were laundered through private accountsNEWS EXTRA: NSA Asks Nigerians To Stop Paying Ransom To Bandits, KidnappersLakurawa bandits kill three fishermen in Sokoto village raidPlateau killings genocidal, sponsored — MutfwangNigerian convicted of double murder wins human rights case in UKALERT: NiMet predicts three-day heavy rainfall in six StatesVideo of Taraba Emir Issuing Ultimatum To Fulani Herders In 2021, Resurfaces On X PlatformFour killed in Ebonyi over land disputeFarmers protest in Ondo over killing of four colleagues by suspected herdersTinubu’s aide defends soaring Naira, claims N2,500 can get Nigerian a meal in LekkiBREAKING: Fubara’s Chief of Staff slams Nwaeke, Channels TV with N2bn libel suitHotel owner assassinated in OndoShun Army recruitment, IPOB tells South East youthsGunmen kill one, abduct varsity student in KebbiNatasha Akpoti files N5bn suit against Nwaebonyi over alleged defamationBus rams into Yobe market, kills pregnant woman, four othersPolice arrest two for murder of 80-year-old woman in AnambraDavid Mark warns youths against reprisals in BenueEFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General, Others Over Alleged ₦8.3bn Fraud
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BREAKING: Kidnapped Edo PDP chairman regains freedom

 

AFTER eleven days in the hands of his abductors, the Edo State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Dr. Tony Azegbemi has been released.

Aziegbemi was said to have arrived his residence at about 3am. The news of his release was broken by Senator Odion Ugbesia at about 6.17 am but it could not be confirmed whether ransom was paid or not before he was released.

Recall that Aziegbemi was kidnapped on the 16th of March, 2024 by gang of armed men a few metres from his residence off the Government Reservation Area in Benin City, the Edo state capital.

He was said to have been trailed by his abductors who were said to be in two Toyota Corolla cars, overtook his jeep along Odaro Street off Country Home road close to his house at about 11 pm Friday.

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