International
Taliban free Canadian tourists detained since 2010
Colin Rutherford a native of Canada has been freed from Taliban militants after the armed group had accused him of being a spy.
Colin had been held since 2010 by the Taliban in Afghanistan and moments after he was set free the Canadian government made an official announcement on the issue while also thanking Qatar for helping to secure Colin’s release.
Read also: N’Korea’s nuclear test forces U.S. to deploy bomber
A year after he was captured, the Taliban released a video of Rutherford in 2011 and accused the then 26-year-old of being a spy.
In a statement on Monday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion maintains that Rutherford was a tourist in Afghanistan when he was seized by the Taliban in November 2010.
RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...