The distraught parents say the abductors had demanded N50m for each of the victims and threatened that something untoward would happen to the young graduates if the ransom was not paid within the stipulated period.

A man has been found shot dead in a UK tradesman’s van carrying irregular migrants parked in a rest stop along a northern French motorway, officials said Saturday.

An eyewitness in the area said the boat was heavily overloaded when its engine reportedly developed a fault midway into the journey.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed Friday to close a legal loophole that makes it harder to prosecute rape cases if the victims were willingly intoxicated, amid an uproar over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University.

Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has threatened to arrest the contractor handling a section of the Benin-Abraka Road for allegedly abandoning the project after receiving payment from the previous administration. The road connects Edo and Delta state from that axis.