Minna (Nigeria) (AFP) – Armed men have kidnapped 26 people including a pastor and a bride in two separate raids in Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country.

The father of the bride kidnapped alongside her friends in Chacho village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, says the abductors have contacted the community two days after the attack. Malam ...

Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect on Tuesday (September 16, 2025) in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new ...

A gangster who was about to get married was arrested from the wedding venue in Bhopal on Wednesday. The groom, Akash, is a dreaded criminal of the area and was arrested in 2024 for an alleged murder.

A gang of criminals abducted the clergyman along with 11 worshippers on Sunday after storming an out-of-the-way rural church in Ejiba, in central Nigeria's Kogi State, the state's information ...