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Boko Haram founder’s son arrested in Chad — Sources

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

A young son of Boko Haram’s founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent. Muslim Mohammed Yusuf was arrested alongside five other suspected members of the movement, which was founded in

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Group Lauds NSA For Confirming DSS Capture of Terrorist Groups’ Leaders

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

A group, Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly(NEYGA) has praised the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu for finally confirming weeks of speculation on the capture of two most-wanted leaders of terrorist groups in Nigeria. The NSA had at a press conference Saturday in Abuja formally announced the capture of the leadership of the ANSARU […]

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Ribadu’s Praiseworthy Strike at Borgu’s Mahmuda Terrorists

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2025

By Farooq Kperogi I just learned that after months of painstaking intelligence work, authorities have apprehended Mahmud Muhammad Usman, the self-styled “Emir of Ansaru,” and his deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri, known as Malam Mahmuda, the man behind the Mahmuda terrorist group that has been tormenting my people in Borgu, a geo-cultural space that stretches from Kebbi […]

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Security operatives nab two most wanted Ansaru terrorists

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2025

Nigeria’s security forces have captured two of the country’s most wanted terrorists, identified as Ansaru leaders Abu Baraa and Mahmuda. The joint operation involved the military, Police, Department of State Services (DSS), and other intelligence agencies. National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, flanked by the Chief of Defence Staff, General C.G. Musa, Service

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Farmer governor Umaru Bago lauds President Tinubu over arrest of Mahmuda Terror Group leader

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2025

Niger State Governor, farmer Mohammed Umaru Bago, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinibu over the arrest of Abubakar Abba, leader of Mahmuda, one of the most feared terror groups in Nigeria by the Departmentof State Services ( DSS ). The Terror leader Abba was said to have been captured in Wawa, Borgu local government area […]

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DSS Arraigns Five over 2022 attack on Owo Catholic Church

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2025

…..Court adjourns till August 19 for trial The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned five men before a Federal High Court in Abuja over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State. The five persons Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik, […]