Okonjo Iweala's Kidnappers Caught In A Bank

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Last week, 63 of the suspects earlier arrested by the Army were released unconditionally when their culpability could not be established.  A competent source at the SSS told National Mirror yesterday that six of the real suspects had eventually been arrested in Asaba, Delta State, and might be flown to Abuja today.  The source also confirmed that a N40m ransom was actually paid for the release of the 82-year- old retired professor of Sociology.

Gunmen Kill Six At Christmas Church Service In Yobe

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KANO(AFP) – Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze, residents and police said Tuesday. “A group of gunmen came into the village at midnight and went straight to the church,” said Usman Mansir, a resident of Peri village near Potiskum, the economic capital of Yobe state.