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Nigeria Allows Carrying Arms Amid Rampant Banditry

June 27, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

A Nigerian state government unit instructed citizens to obtain guns and carry arms amid the rampant banditry in the region. Commissioner for Information Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara said the local government …

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Two More Nigerian Churches Attacked

June 21, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria, killing at least three people, injuring two others, and kidnapping thirty-eight people on Sunday. The attack occurred during a morning service in …

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Paraguay Authorities Search for German Children Abducted by COVID Denier Parents

June 1, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Paraguay authorities have activated legal proceedings against COVID denier parents over the alleged abduction of their children. Children and Adolescents’ Rights Coordinator (CDIA), a non-profit organization, said that the children’s …

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Kidnapped Nigerian Methodist Church Leader Freed

May 31, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

The leader of the Methodist Church in Nigeria has been released after being kidnapped on May 29. Police told local media that Samuel Kanu, along with two other clerics, has …

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Head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria and Two Clerics Kidnapped

May 30, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been kidnapped with two other clerics on their way back from a church event on Sunday. Geoffrey Ogbonna, the …

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Syrian Man Fakes Own Kidnapping, Demands Over $57,000 Ransom From His Family

May 26, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Police in Syria apprehended a man for allegedly faking his own kidnapping in a plot to receive ransom money from his own family. The Syrian Interior Minister said the suspect, …

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Media Watchdog Calls On Pakistan To Locate and Protect Life Of Missing Journalist

May 17, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its local affiliate, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expressed outrage over the kidnapping of a Pakistani Journalist Zahid Abbas Malik, calling on …

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Eight Turkish Citizens Kidnapped in Haiti

May 9, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Unknown armed men kidnapped a group of eight Turkish nationals in Haiti’s capital, as the country has been scrambling with the surge of attacks by powerful illegal gangs. Turkey’s honorary …

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Pope Francis Reportedly Paid 1m Euro Ransom for Kidnapped Nun

May 6, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was once one of Francis’ top advisers as the No. 2 in the Vatican secretariat of state, sought the help of Cecilia Marogna, an Italian self-styled …

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Nigerian Train Hostages Used as Human Shields

May 5, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that dozens of passengers seized during a railway raid in northern Nigeria in late March are being used as human shields by their captors. …

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