LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night has regained his freedom. Nnodim reunited with his family on Saturday night. “I am back home. I am back,” Nnodim said on the telephone. His wife, Oluchi, also confirmed the development on the telephone. “My husband is back. I…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with The Punch have demanded the sum of N10m as ransom to secure his release. The kidnappers, according to sources closed to the family contacted Nnodim’s sister in Lagos on the telephone. The assailants had stormed his residence around Arab road area, Kubwa, Abuja, where they…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with the Punch Newspapers. Nnodim was allegedly kidnapped by four gunmen in his Abuja home who gained access to his residence by scaling his fence after firing several gunshots in the air. In…