{"id":38284,"date":"2026-06-29T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38284"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:57:11","slug":"nigeria-targets-kidnappings-with-cashless-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-targets-kidnappings-with-cashless-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria targets kidnappings with cashless plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Authorities in Nigeria say they are considering a tougher cashless policy as part of efforts to tackle kidnapping for ransom.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nOfficials believe limiting large cash amounts could make it harder for criminal gangs to collect ransom payments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBut critics warn the move could also affect millions of Nigerians who rely on cash for daily transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Kidnapping for ransom payments has become a thriving criminal enterprise in Nigeria.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many believe a tougher cashless policy could disrupt the flow of ransom money and make it harder for criminal gangs to operate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34085,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38284","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Nigeria' ransom payments","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38285,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38284\/revisions\/38285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}