The owner of an abandoned vehicle in which an AK-47 rifle was discovered, Mallam Abubakar Adamu has been arrested by soldiers from the Nigerian Army, 6 Brigade in Jalingo, Taraba State. The soldiers, on September 5, intercepted a suspicious blue Toyota Yaris with registration number: Taraba KLD 652 XA, on Wukari-Jalingo road with AK-47 rifle and other incriminating items hidden inside the vehicle. The deputy spokesman of the brigade, Captain Oni Olubodunde, who disclosed this...

The military high command on Friday said troops had killed no fewer than 152 terrorists and arrested 109 within the week. The Director of Media Operations, Edward Buba, in a statement said the strongholds of two notorious terrorist leaders, the Sadiku enclave at Tsora Hill in Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State; and the Yusuf enclave in Yadi Forest, Giwa LG, Kaduna State, were destroyed. He said the troops’ achievements were an indication that the...