The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that the Abuja-Kaduna train hostage negotiator, Mallam Tukur Mamu, who was arrested by the Interpol in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, is in its custody. Mamu, spokesperson for the Kaduna-based cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, was flown to Abuja on Wednesday. He had said that he was released in Cairo after been interrogated and …

Four more victims of the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train attack have been released by the terrorists. It is the sixth batch of the freedom by the hostages, which now makes the No 23. The latest victims that regained their freedom on Friday are a 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta; her daughter, Adams Aliyu, and two others. Publisher of the Kaduna-based Desert …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assured representatives of victims of Kaduna Train abduction that the Federal Government was doing all that is within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. With the release of the fifth batch of seven hostages on Wednesday, 30 victims are still in the custody of the terrorists, having set free 31 …

Seven more captives – including a family of six – were released on Wednesday by the terrorists who attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna passenger train 28 March. The seventh freed victim is a woman. The released family included Abdubakar Idris Garba, his wife, Maryam Abubakar Bobo, and their eldest son, Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, who is 10 years old. Others are Fatima …

Five more victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attacked who have been in terrorists’ den since March were released on Tuesday, with one of the victims, Prof. Mustapha Imam saying that he treated bandits while in captivity. In a video shared by the publisher of Desert Herald, Tukur Mamu, who had been involved in negotiations for their release, the freed passenger described …

A new video of victims of the 28 March train attack in Kaduna has been released by their captors. In the video, the terrorists are seen manhandling some of the victims, flogging them with sticks while they pleaded for help. One of the terrorists, apparently unhappy with the situation, asked two of his accomplices – Ali and Abdullahi – to …