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Nigerian police have rescued 58 people who had been abducted and held hostage by criminal gangs in central Kogi State, local media reported. It was not clear how long they had been held. A police spokeswoman said the rescue was a joint operation in Udulu Forest which was carried out …

Gunmen in Nigeria have killed at least 12 people and stolen dozens of cattle in the northeastern state of Taraba, local authorities said. Residents said some of the attackers were disguised as security guards during the raid of the remote village of Mubizen. They pretended to be searching for fleeing …

At least 30 people are missing and dozens believed to have been abducted or killed after an attack at the weekend by gunmen in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. According to witnesses, victims in the town of Rann were shot by gunmen on motorbikes as they went into the bush to …

Three people working on a farm owned by Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo in south-western Ogun state have been kidnapped by gunmen. Ogun police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the abductions. The gunmen opened fire on a vehicle transporting the three, before abducting them and running into a forest, BBC News …

Nigerian police say a Swiss national and another person have been kidnapped in the south-west of the country. They were intercepted on a road in Ogun state as they were making their way from a farm. Police said two of the kidnappers were killed. Read also: COVID-19: the French demonstrate …