Nigeria, June 4, 2026 (AFP) - Seven students kidnapped in Nigeria by criminal gang

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2026-06-04

A criminal gang abducted seven students in northwestern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, the latest in a scourge of kidnappings in poorly policed rural areas. Armed gangs, referred to as bandits by security agencies and locals, are blamed for raiding remote villages, looting and razing homes and kidnapping people for ransom, especially in parts of northwestern and central Nigeria. Assailants stormed student housing on Tuesday night on the outsk......

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