Falae’s kidnap trial – Court sentences culprits to life imprisonment

A militia group had planned to storm the state capitol in Lansing and put Governor Gretchen Whitmer "on trial for treason." Later the plan shifted to kidnapping her at her vacation home.

Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing militias, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and spark a "civil war," officials said Thursday.

Police kill two bandits, arrest thirty suspects, rescue nine kidnap victims in Zamfara

Unknown gunmen kidnap NLC State Chairman

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Oyo State police command has denied about 18 commuters were kidnapped in Igbo-Ora area of Ibarapa.

Parents of Nigeria kidnap victims plead for government help

Thirteen Kidnap victims in Edo state have been rescued and currently receiving medical attention at an hospital in the state.

Armed attackers have abducted at least 80 pupils and five teachers from a school in the state of Kebbi. Security forces are searching for the kidnapped students and staff.

A school official said unidentified gunmen seized more than 100 children from a school in Kaduna, a provincial capital in northwest Nigeria.

Yusuf Lado had not yet learned to read or write when his school closed for fear of attacks by armed gangs, which have been snatching students across northwest Nigeria in hopes of lucrative ransom payouts. The 7-year-old has now set aside his dream of becoming a doctor and is training to be a welder, despite his slight build.