'Scores of people' kidnapped from mosque in Nigeria

Sky News·August 23, 2026 at 1:17 AM

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Armed men have kidnapped a number of people from a mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger state, residents and police have said, in the latest mass abduction in a region plagued by violent gangs.

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