Six Nigerian states drop bid to annul presidential election
Abuja, Nigeria Reuters Six opposition-led Nigerian states on Friday night withdrew a Supreme Court petition to invalidate the result of last weekend’s presidential vote, which they had argued violated electoral rules, court papers showed. The states, in a court filing signed by their attorneys general, did not give reasons for their decision. Nigeria’s newly declared winner […]
Six Nigerian nuns released two months after kidnap
World Watch Monitor Six Catholic nuns from a convent in the southern Nigerian state of Edo were released on Sunday, two months after they were kidnapped by armed men. The nuns, belonging to the Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Christ, were released after police intervention and were said to be unhurt, the Nigerian Vanguard […]
Four British missionaries kidnapped in Nigeria, say police
Four British missionaries were kidnapped in southern Nigeria last week, according to police. A spokesman for the Delta state police force said authorities were attempting to rescue the four people who were taken by unidentified gunmen on 13th October, according to a report in The Guardian. Those kidnapped had apparently been providing free medical services […]