Nigeria Metro News: Abductions, Deaths, and Arrests

Author: dailypost.ngPublished on: June 3, 2026Country: Nigeria

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Nigeria Metro News: Abductions, Deaths, and Arrests

At least five worshippers kidnapped during the attack on ECWA Church in Omugo, Kwara State, are feared dead. A man died trapped inside a well in Kano while recovering his mobile phone. A soldier and five others were killed in a road crash in Adamawa. Police uncovered an illegal gun factory in Yobe and arrested seven suspects, while four terrorists were sentenced to death for the 2022 Owo Catholic Church attack.

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