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Owo Catholic church attackers had links with foreign terrorist groups, DSS tells court

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2025

*Refutes claim that alleged human rights violation suit triggered defendants’ arraignment *Court okays shielding of prosecution witnesses’ identity The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned a Federal High Court in Abuja against granting bail to the five men being

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US hails Nigeria over arrest of terrorist leaders

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2025

The United States Government has hailed the Nigerian government over the arrest of two terrorist leaders of the Ansaru sect, Mahmud Muhammad Usman, aka Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri, aka Mallam Mamuda. The commendation was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the United States Mission in Nigeria on its X handle.  The Federal […]

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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 neighbouring Nigeria a few years before his birth […]

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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