The Department of State Services has explained why that the lead negotiator between the terrorists and passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu, was arrested. The PUNCH earlier reported that Mamu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday. The terrorists’ negotiator was arrested in Egypt alongside his family members. […]

  Alhaji Tukur Mamu, lead negotiator between bandits and the passengers kidnapped from a Kaduna-bound train in March, has been arrested in Cairo, capital of Egypt, with his family members. Mamu, who was on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj, was detained at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours and is being […]

  Some Boko Haram fighters who were escaping the military bombardment in Borno State have been attacked by their Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) rivals. The military has increased its raid against insurgents on the fringes of Lake Chad. Daily Trust had earlier reported how over 200 Boko Haram fighters and their commanders were […]

  Hundreds of Boko Haram insurgents and their families have deserted their camps as flood wreaked havoc on their enclaves, forcing them to move to safe locations on the fringes of Samiba Forest, Daily Trust has learnt. Daily Trust had earlier reported how 70 fighters got drowned and over 200 insurgents, including five commanders, were […]

  Terrorists were said to have blocked the Birnin-Gwari to Funtua Road in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two persons and abducting scores of others. The Chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Kasai, in a statement on Monday, said the terrorists killed a commercial driver and abducted several travelers. […]

  Terrorists have attacked a mosque in Borno, killing the Chief Imam and three other worshipers. Many people were injured in the attack, which occurred in Ngulde community of Askira-Uba Local Government Area, on Friday. Daily Trust gathered that the terrorists, numbering 20 launched the attack early by opening fire on worshippers who had finished […]

  Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have reportedly killed over 200 fighters of Boko Haram, including five of its commanders in Borno. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, air task force, troops of 199 special forces battalion and 222 battalion in an operation targeted the terrorists’ hideouts in […]

  Bandits have invaded a low cost project quarters at Dutsen Reme, Bakori LGA of Katsina State and abducted four people. The development, according to the locals, happened at about 10:00 pm on Friday night while it was raining. According one Ahmed Ridwan, a resident of Dutsen Reme low cost housing estate, the assailants took […]

  The Nigerian Army has denied claims that its personnel were collaborating with armed herdsmen and bandits to terrorise the Eastern part of the country as well as Benue state. The Army described such claims as spurious and derogatory, aimed at smearing the image of the service. In a statement on Saturday by the Director […]