Suspected bandits on Wednesday killed two persons and kidnapped 18 others in Akwando village, Kachia LGA of Kaduna State.

Confirming the incident on his verified Facebook page, former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the late Governor Ibrahim Yakowa, Mr Reuben Buhari, named those kidnapped as Usman Galadima, Amina Ahmadu, Ahmadu, Haske Ahmadu, Magdalene Marcus, Gloria Marcus, Lovene Ishaya, Happy Steven, Zillah Steven, Afiniki Irimiya and Jeneth Irimiya.

According to him, others include Laraba Irimiya, Sim Shagari, Yangal Shagari, Musa Genesis, a little boy identified as Miracle Genesis.

Buhari also identified those killed as Irimiya Galadima and Benjamin Danlami.

The mother of a 15-year-old Ghanaian boy who was fatally shot in the United States last week has left Ghana for America after being granted an emergency visa by President Donald Trump.

“I want justice for my son,” Doris Adu Gyamfi said at the airport before her departure.

She said he had dreamt of becoming a medical doctor.

Her son, Javits Frimpong, who had only been in the US for a year, was chased down and shot on Thursday morning on his way to school in the Bronx, New York.

He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police have not made any arrests and an investigation is ongoing as authorities search for three teenage boys in connection with the shooting.

His death has sparked outrage in both Ghana and the US, and reignited the debate about gun violence in America.

Doris Adu Gyamfi said she was going to the US to help plan her son’s funeral

His mother was escorted to the airport by relatives and Dr Erieka Bennett, Head of Mission of the African Diaspora Forum.

“I’m going to America to plan my son’s funeral,” Gyamfi said.

She thanked the government and well-wishers for their support and prayers following her son’s death.

In a social media post on Saturday, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani said Trump had agreed to grant a visa to Gyamfi so she could mourn her son in person.

Mamdani said the murder of a child was a pain no parent should endure, “let alone from thousands of miles away.”

“Javits Frimpong’s mother deserves to say goodbye to her son in person. I just got off the phone with President Trump, and he has agreed to grant her visa immediately,” he said.

“All of New York City is mourning this tragedy,” he added.

Ghana’s government has condemned the killing and said it was following the case closely to ensure justice.

It has urged US authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and said it was ready to provide legal and consular support to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Police are searching for three teenage suspects who fled the scene, captured on surveillance footage.

The shooting has sparked concern among Ghanaians about the safety of children sent to study in America.

The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected high-tech indoor cannabis farm at a residential property in Apapa, Lagos, arresting a 49-year-old Polish national and a 36-year-old Nigerian in connection with the discovery.

The suspects, identified as Thomas Razvickas, 49, and James Chisome, 36, were arrested on November 2, 2026, at about 8:15 am following intelligence received by police operatives.

The facility, according to the police, was equipped with sophisticated equipment for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of substances suspected to be cannabis.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that both suspects were residents of the property searched by the operatives.

She said the suspects were currently in police custody, where they had made confessional statements and were providing useful information to assist ongoing investigations.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, subsequently visited the scene to inspect the facility, assess the extent of the operation and receive briefings on the investigation.

Fatai commended the operatives for their vigilance and effective use of intelligence, reiterating the Command’s commitment to combating drug-related offences and dismantling criminal networks across the state.

He also urged residents to sustain their cooperation with the police by providing timely and credible information that could assist in identifying and apprehending criminal elements.

The police commissioner assured residents that the Command would remain proactive and resolute in its determination to rid Lagos of criminal activities.