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7,825 Nigerians were kidnapped in one year, a 66% increase from the previous period.
Confirmed ransom payments rose to ₦7.78bn, though the actual figure may be higher.
SBM Intelligence warns that ransom payments are helping turn kidnapping into a major funding source...
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Gunmen abducted a Kogi school principal, NECO official and students during an examination.
Security agencies have launched a joint operation, with police saying one victim has been rescued.
NAPTAN and NUT renewed calls for full implementation of the Safe Schools Initiative nationwide.
Gunmen...
Visa applications from Nigerians to South Africa have almost doubled in recent months despite xenophobic attacks, the country's consul-general in Nigeria says.
Nigeria has registered more than 14.5 million children under an intensified birth registration drive to give every child a legal identity, the NPC says.