The Federal High Court has granted approval to the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain for 60 days the former terrorist negotiator, Mallam Tukur Mamu. Presided 0ver by Justice Nkeonye Maha, the court’s ruling in Abuja on Tuesday followed an ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji. A week ago, the DSS took Mamu, the Abuja-Kaduna train …

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 …

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 …