Nigeria Kidnapping

Armed groups including Boko Haram and bandits are systematically abducting farmers, students, and travelers across northern Nigeria, according to Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera reports that ransom payments finance the expansion of these networks, while the recent death of a kidnapped retired army general has...

Nigeria's Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi announced that the government secured approximately 150 terrorism convictions during the first two days of a mass trial involving over 600 terrorism suspects at the Federal High Court in Abuja, according to WION. The proceedings represent a significant judicial push against...