{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_a5ofg3afval64ra2i75a","title":"Families cry for rescue as bandits kidnap prospective corp members, passengers in Imo","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/families-cry-for-rescue-as-bandits-kidnap-prospective-corp-members-a5ofg3afva","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_a5ofg3afval64ra2i75a","seq":1287695,"kind":"article","title":"Families cry for rescue as bandits kidnap prospective corp members, passengers in Imo","url":"https://www.thepointng.com/families-cry-for-rescue-as-bandits-kidnap-prospective-corp-members-passengers-in-imo","summary":"An unspecified number of travellers, including National Youth Service Corps members, have reportedly been abducted by armed men along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State on Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day. At least two commercial buses were reportedly attacked at about 5:30 am on Thursday, with passengers allegedly robbed and taken into the bush. The number […] The post Families cry for rescue as bandits kidnap prospective corp members, passengers in Imo appeared…","published":"2026-10-02T06:32:41Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:24:55Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","name":"thepointng.com","domain":"thepointng.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q115223617","name":"The Point","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","topics":["city pulse","lead story","news","trending"],"authors":["ThePoint"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7983","name":"International Mathematical Olympiad","type":"place"}],"story":"st_a5ofg3afval64ra2i75a","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.3700000047683716,"category2":"disaster-accident","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8600000143051147,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}