Gunmen kidnap at least 52 in overnight raid in northwest Nigeria, local sources say

Gunmen kidnapped at least fifty-two people in an overnight raid in northwest Nigeria, according to local sources cited by Euronews. Mass abductions have become a significant revenue stream for armed groups across the region, including jihadist factions in the northeast and criminal gangs known locally as bandits.

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