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Police and security agencies arrested over 115 suspects in coordinated operations across Nigeria, while bandits killed one person and abducted at least seven others in separate attacks.
Law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and Kenya arrested more than 160 suspects in coordinated operations targeting kidnapping, illegal firearms, and violent crimes over the weekend.
Nigerian authorities confront escalating security threats as communities report collaboration between locals and criminal gangs, while police arrest hunter who sold friend to kidnappers for N45 million ransom.
Nigeria's Supreme Court affirmed Senator Albert Bassey's seven-year sentence and N204 million restitution order, while appellate courts dismissed a N38.8 billion consultancy claim and traders challenged market demolition orders.