Nigerian gunmen raise over $5 million from mass kidnappings, study finds - Japan Today

Nigerian kidnappers have collected nearly $5.8 million in ransom payments in the last year from civilian abductions, crime that ‌is crippling education and eroding public trust in the government, a security consultancy said on Wednesday. Nigeria's SBM Intelligence said 7,825 people were kidnapped between July 2025 and June 2026, up…