Over 100 people kidnapped in north-west Nigeria. Armed men kidnapped 87 people in Kajuru last night, local government president Ibrahim Gajere said.

United Nations source and a former local official told AFP that another 16 people were kidnapped in a nearby village on Saturday. It comes just weeks after the kidnapping of more than 250 students in the same Nigerian state. Reproduction of this article may be illegal in the UK and may be punishable by up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of a crime.