{"id":46203,"date":"2022-08-22T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=46203"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:04:56","slug":"gunmen-in-nigeria-kidnap-four-catholic-nuns-on-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria&#8217;s oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest and the practice has spread to other parts of the country, increasing insecurity in Africa&#8217;s most populous nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zita Ihedoro, secretary general of Sisters of Jesus, the Saviour Generalate, said the four were abducted while travelling from Rivers state to Imo for a thanksgiving mass on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We implore for intense prayer for their quick and safe release,&#8221; Ihedoro said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the northwest, Nigeria&#8217;s military has started an air offensive to eliminate the armed groups responsible for kidnapping citizens from villages and towns in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? Submit them via our email\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria&#8217;s oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe. Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest and the practice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3555,2633],"class_list":["post-46203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-catholic-nuns","tag-gunmen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria&#8217;s oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe. Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest and the practice [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kumasi Online\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/922566168_804880.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"catholic nuns\",\"Gunmen\"],\"articleSection\":[\"GENERAL NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203\",\"name\":\"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/922566168_804880.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/922566168_804880.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/922566168_804880.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?p=46203#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online TV\",\"description\":\"#kumasionlinetv\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de\",\"name\":\"Kumasi Online\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kumasi Online\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/kumasionlinetv.com\",\"Daniel Yeboah\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV","og_description":"Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria&#8217;s oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe. Armed gangs have been kidnapping people, including priests, for ransom from villages and on highways mainly in the northwest and the practice [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203","og_site_name":"Kumasi Online TV","article_published_time":"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kumasi Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kumasi Online","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203"},"author":{"name":"Kumasi Online","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"headline":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway","datePublished":"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203"},"wordCount":176,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg","keywords":["catholic nuns","Gunmen"],"articleSection":["GENERAL NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203","name":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway - Kumasi Online TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-22T11:04:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-22T11:04:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/922566168_804880.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=46203#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen In Nigeria Kidnap Four Catholic Nuns On Highway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/","name":"Kumasi Online TV","description":"#kumasionlinetv","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/#\/schema\/person\/71129f20b230eb698b6e82454423d7de","name":"Kumasi Online","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1306dabbc486b8f2f1aedd550d115d9ffaeaecd7c4521dcef901b9b95e9f345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kumasi Online"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/kumasionlinetv.com","Daniel Yeboah"],"url":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}