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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.
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Nigeria manufacturers' confidence rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, MAN says, though high borrowing costs, power shortages and taxation still weigh on factory operators.
Nigerian firms expect borrowing costs to fall within three months, the CBN survey shows, even as taxes, insecurity and high interest rates remain top concerns.
Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on residents to reject the APC at the August 15 poll, warning that a return to opposition rule would revive the half-salary era for civil servants.
Kano police have arrested six members of the Brother Fall Legacy Foundation for allegedly administering and selling unverified locally made medicine at an ECWA Church in Challawa.
Security forces have rescued 176 women and children who spent six months in captivity after suspected Boko Haram terrorists abducted them from Woro community in Kwara State
The EFCC has directed First Bank to place a Post-No-Debit restriction on Osun State's statutory allocation account, 10 days before the August 15 governorship election.