KIDNAPPED KENYAN OFFICIALS RELEASED AFTER TWO MONTHS, MINISTER SAYS. (PHOTO).

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Kidnapped Kenyan officials released after two months, minister says Five local Kenyan officials have been released from captivity, Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Monday, two months after they were kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in the northeast of the country, Reuters reported. Gunmen believed to be from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted the village chiefs, who were government-appointed local officials, in Mandera county in February near the border of Somalia, where the insurgents are based. "We decided to work together with the community, and to work with the county government of Mandera... and this process has borne fruit," Murkomen told journalists, according to footage by broadcaster NTV Kenya seen on X. Local media reported that al Shabaab had taken the chiefs across the border into Somalia. Murkomen said the chiefs were in the hands of Kenyan officials and that they would be "arriving home any time soon," though he did not say...

READ HOW 3 DIED AS MISCREANTS GO ON RAMPAGE IN LAGOS.

Image result for lagos island               According to Vanguard,the lingering war between social miscreants at Okesuna and Patey streets,Lagos Island,assumed a violent dimension yesterday,as three persons were feared dead.Many others injured in the free-for-all,in which broken bottles,knives,axes and guns were used.The warring factions,as gathered had been at daggers-drawn over supremacy for close to five years.The latest clash started after a man,identified as Osigin,was attacked at about 7a.m,while returning to his Oshodi home,which he fled from,following the crisis that erupted over the murder of Hamburger.He was said to have been stabbed by Patey boys for supporting their rival.When news of his attack filtered in,Okesuna boys went for his rescue and called for reinforcement from Oshodi boys.Osigin,as gathered,was rushed to a private hospital where he later died.News of his death sparked a renewed battle as miscreants from Okepopo,Salu Court and Okesuna invaded Patey Street,where two persons were reportedly shot.
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