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Military authorities, on Thursday, yielded to pressure and released the Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, who was abducted from his home in Lagos State on Friday, March 15,  2024. PUNCH Online can confirm that he was released to some media stakeholders, including Yomi Odunuga of The Nation newspaper and Iyobosa Uwugiaren of Thisday Newspaper in […]

The International Press Institute, Nigeria, has alleged that the missing Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, is in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency. The DIA is an agency under the command of Major General Emmanuel Undiandeye, who, in turn, reports to the Chief of Defence Staff. The IPI, in a statement on Wednesday signed […]

FirstNews management has sent a letter to Gen. Chris Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, asking to find out the location of its editor, Segun Olatunji. Olatunji, a former correspondent of The PUNCH in Kaduna State, was kidnapped in his home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos on March 16. He was reported to have […]

Soldiers suspected to be gunmen have allegedly taken the editor of FirstNews newspaper, Segun Olatunji, from his residence in Lagos State. Olatunji, who used to report for The PUNCH in Kaduna State, was taken on Friday by gunmen from his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of the state. In a statement on Saturday, […]