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Abuja-based rising singer Ifunanya Nwangene, known as Nanyah, died after a snake bite. Reports say she sought urgent care at multiple hospitals but was left untreated due to a lack of anti-venom; a second dose was later obtained from a nearby pharmacy, but she died at the Federal Medical Centre.
Family members of the Al-Kadriyar girls revealed that they paid ransom to bandits for the release of five of the six kidnapped girls, contradicting reports by the FCT police and Nigerian Army that the girls and other victims were rescued through their joint efforts. The uncles of the girls stated that they paid the ransom and the police were not involved, while the soldiers only assisted in locating the girls and providing a cover for their retrieval. The FCT Police Command had earlier claimed that the girls and other abducted victims were rescued from the bandits’ den in Kajuru forest in Kaduna State by a joint team of policemen and soldiers of the Nigerian Army.
Najeebah Al-Kadriyar, who was freed by bandits alongside her sisters, recounted the harrowing experience of being forced to walk for hours without rest or water, and expressed gratitude for their release. Tragically, one of her sisters was killed during the ordeal, and their father was also abducted. Despite the immense hardship, Najeebah expressed gratitude for the support and prayers received, and mourned the loss of her uncle.
Ethnic leaders under the aegis of "The Natives" have commenced a vigil to intercept agents of parallel government and ward off any plot to disrupt the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the 16th President of Nigeria on May 29. The vigil will be held on the streets of Abuja until Tinubu is sworn in, and the leaders have urged aggrieved politicians and supporters to accept their defeat in peace and re-strategize their political careers. The supreme leader of The Native, Hon Smart Edwards, warned those plotting to sabotage democracy to refrain from their plans as it would not be profitable for them.