Maiduguri highway closed as troops battle terrorists

The major highway between Maiduguri and Damboa has been closed on Saturday as troops of Operation Hadin Kai engaged Boko Haram terrorists in a long shootout. The PUNCH gathered that suspected members of Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram terrorists group ambushed troops of Operation Hadin Kai escorting commercial vehicles from Maiduguri to Damboa in

DSS Told To Investigate, Arrest Shiekh Gumi

A civil society organisation, the Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to, as a matter of urgent national importance, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi over alleged romance with bandits/terrorists. According to COPIN, Gumi should ordinarily be a person of interest, considering his open fraternity

Terrorists Attack Zamfara Mosque, abduct scores

 Terrorists Attack Zamfara Mosque  During Juma’at Prayer, Abduct Scores Of Worshippers. Residents said the armed men hid their guns inside their clothes and stormed the mosque when the Imam was about to start delivering sermon. Bandits on Friday attacked worshippers at a Juma’at Mosque in Zugu community of Gummi local government area of Zamfara State,

BREAKING: Terrorists release five more Kaduna hostages

Terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train and abducted passengers on March 28, have, on Tuesday, released five more hostages including a victim shot while in their custody, Mukhtar Shuaibu.   Read Also : Terrorists threaten to kidnap Buhari, El-Rufai, kill Abuja-Kaduna train victims   Shuaibu was shot during a “friendly fire” while in the

Zuba Residents Flee as Terrorists Attack (video)

Gunmen on Thursday night invaded Zuba, a town under Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), bordering Niger State, shooting in the process. A resident of Zuba confirmed to Nigerian Tribune, on condition of anonymity that gunshots were heard in the town and friends and family were making calls to their loved ones