Hot Stories

Saudi Arabia Executes 2 Bangladeshis Over 'Immoral Act' Inside Mosque

Priest Dies After Giant Cross Falls on Him During Live Church Service

Ronaldo Gets 30 Day Ban for Walking Out on Portugal

Kenyan Pastor Convicted After Hundreds of Children, Others Found Dead in Shakahola Forest

JAMB Gives Candidates Another Chance to Correct NIN Details

3 Men in Court Over N18.2m Tunde Ednut Identity Scam

10-Year-Old Twins Set to Unveil Their First Book in Lagos

Osun Brings Back Weekly Sanitation Exercise Every Thursday

Global Expectation Soars as Healing Streams Returns for Final 2026 Edition

Woman Admits Knowing Ex-Boyfriend Was an Armed Robber After Arrest

Lagos Announces Independence Bridge Closure for Weekend Repairs

President Tinubu Sparks Reactions After Calling Himself Governor at APC Event

Tinubu Tells Judges to Stop Powerful People From Delaying Corruption Cases

Girl Wakes Up in Her Coffin During Her Own Funeral

KACRAN Urges INEC to Extend PVC Collection Deadline by One Week

Atiku Promises Nigerians Cheaper Living and Better Security If Elected

Pope Leo XIV Brother Battles Cancer as Family Faces Double Health Crisis

OpenAI Engineer Arrested After Secret Recording Device Discovery

Air India Flight Diverted After Shocking Security Scare

Kano Tailor Tries to Sew for 120 Hours to Break World Record

100-year-old Mum of Timipre Sylva's Running Mate Kidnapped in Bayelsa

Posted by Samuel on Thu 29th Oct, 2015 - tori.ng

As old as she is, kidnappers have not spared the mother of top Bayelsa state politician as they move to perpetrate their dastardly act.

Nigerian Tribune reports that the 100-year-old mother of the running mate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State has been kidnapped less than two months to the governorship election in the state.

Madam Ebifeghe Dikoro, the mother of Chief Wilberforce Igiri, the running mate to the governorship candidate of the APC, Chief Timipre Sylva, was said to have been abducted in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Wednesday night.

We will bring more details soon...