Nigeria’s army says troops have rescued 11 kidnap victims during a late-night operation on the Kaduna–Abuja highway after tracking militants moving captives through forested terrain.
The five men, three women and three children had been held for 92 days after being abducted from the Gada Mallam Maman community in Kaduna state in October.
According to the army, troops from the forward operating base in Doka detected movement on 26 January using long-range surveillance systems and observed armed militants pushing the group along a narrow bush track.
Soldiers moved in once the pattern became clear, intercepting the kidnappers and freeing the captives.
The Kaduna–Abuja corridor has become one of the most vulnerable stretches of road in the country, with kidnappings for ransom now a persistent threat across northwestern and central Nigeria.
Security concerns have drawn international attention in recent weeks, not least from U.S. President Donald Trump, who ordered a Christmas Day airstrike citing the persecution of Christians.
The sense of pressure intensified after more than 160 worshippers were seized from two churches in Kaduna last week, reinforcing fears that the region’s crisis is deepening despite ongoing military operations.
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The U.S. military said it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, a two-hour operation that hit dozens of targets. Washington described the strikes as a "powerful response" to Iranian missile attacks targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East a day earlier.
A fire involving two gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port has prompted conflicting reports over whether the incident was caused by a drone strike or an onboard technical fault. Egyptian authorities said there were no casualties.
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The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto prefecture has risen to 30, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday, as water and power shortages left survivors exposed to extreme summer heat.
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