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  "id": 2706710,
  "title": "'Scores of people' kidnapped from mosque in Nigeria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/scores-of-people-kidnapped-from-mosque-in-nigeria",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T01:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/scores-of-people-kidnapped-from-mosque-in-nigeria-residents-say-13576166"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Armed men have kidnapped a number of people from a mosque in Nigeria's north-central Niger state, residents and police have said, in the latest mass abduction in a region plagued by violent gangs.",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Dozens of people abducted in attacks on villages in Nigeria, police say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/dozens-of-people-abducted-in-attacks-on-villages-in-nigeria-police-say",
        "published": "2026-08-22T16:05:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Nigeria: Jihadis kidnap dozens during Friday prayers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/nigeria-jihadis-kidnap-dozens-during-friday-prayers",
        "published": "2026-08-22T16:22:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Scores of people kidnapped from a mosque as armed groups attacked multiple villages in Nigeria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/scores-of-people-kidnapped-from-a-mosque-as-armed-groups-attacked",
        "published": "2026-08-22T18:21:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Scores of people kidnapped from a mosque as armed groups attacked multiple villages in Nigeria",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/scores-of-people-kidnapped-from-a-mosque-as-armed-groups-attacked-2625283",
        "published": "2026-08-22T18:23:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}