Nigeria, March 16 -- Armed men, suspected to be soldiers, and numbering about 10, on Friday, abducted the Editor of FirstNews and a former Kaduna Bureau Chief of The PUNCH, Segun Olatunji.

Mr Olatunji was picked up at his home in the Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

Reacting to the abduction, the management of the online newspaper said the action may not be unconnected with a couple of reports recently published on its platform.

The first report is titled, 'Revealed: Defence Chief running office like family business - Public Interest Lawyers.' The report was also published by many other online platforms.

The second report, titled, "EXCLUSIVE: How contractor, company stole N100bn, laundered funds for top govt officials - Inve...