Tag: Terror attacks

“Why we can’t track terrorists showing-off ransom on social media” – Presidency

Aminu Imam
Presidency on tracking

…Says FG unable to trace them The Presidency has said that security agencies are unable to track down terrorists branding weapons and loads of ransom collected in cash on social media because they use Elon Musk’s Starlink and other Internet services from neighbouring countries. A spokesperson for President Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, disclosed this in an interview on Thursday when asked why Nigerian security agencies were swift to track-down, arrest and detain Government critics but have failed to do the same with terrorists boasting and flaunting ransom on social media. He…

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Terror Attacks: Residents flee, as bandits strike Abuja, Niger border’s communities

Aminu Imam

Following the constant wave of terror attacks on some communities in Tafa local government area of Niger State, which shares a boundary with the nation’s capital, Abuja, residents of the area have now been displaced as they fled their homes, seeking refuge in urban centres of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Garam, which shares a boundary with Kuduru, another troubled community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has been under severe attacks from bandits since December 24, 2023. The raging attacks yesterday also spread to Zuma community, in the…

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