The Nigerian military says its troops have arrested one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022 terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train service. Musa Danmadami, theDefence spokesman, disclosed this on Thursday at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces in Abuja. Danmadami said the suspect was one of the three…
The police command in Federal Capital Territory, FCT has confirmed the death of at least one person in connection with a rail/motor accident which occurred at Chikakore axis in the Kubwa Area council of the FCT, Abuja. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, while confirming the tragic incident on Thursday, said…
Abuja-Kaduna train has crashed few days after it began operations. It was gathered that the police command in the Federal Capital Territory police command has commenced investigation into the train crash. which happened in Kubwa area of Abuja. The incident happened in Kubwa area of Abuja. In the photos which have emerged on social media,…
The victims of the Kaduna train attack have demanded compensation from the federal government to make them start a better life. This came hours after the resumption of train services by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. The Informant247 earlier reported that the Abuja-Kaduna train will begin operation on Monday, says the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC….
Azurfa Lois John, 26, who was among the 23 released Abuja-Kaduna train victims has said that the terrorists’ commander proposed to her, but she rejected the proposal. Azurfa Lois John, while speaking in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, denied having any romance with the commander, insisting that the commander picked her and proposed to…
The Federal Government has sent message of warning to motorists planning to travel to the Northern parts of the country from the South and East through Kogi State to stay away from the Lokoja-Abuja dual carriageway. Engr Jimoh Kajogbola, who’s the Federal Controller of Works in Kogi State, issued the warning via a statement in…
The Nigerian military said that all the 23 remaining passengers held in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists, after an attack on Abuja to Kaduna train, have regained their freedom. The 23 remaining passengers in the attacked Abuja to Kaduna train have been released. Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), in…
An Abuja Federal High Court, has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to keep in detention the former bandits’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Report has it that Justice Nkeonye Maha ruled on the ex-parte motion moved by Ahmed Magaji, the counsel for the DSS. The DSS, via the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022…
23 victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train kidnap are still in the captivity of the kidnappers, having spent over five months. The Informant247 recalls that of the over 60 victims kidnapped in March 2022, 23 victims whose relatives cannot gather the demanded ransom of the terrorists are still in the forest with kidnappers. It could also…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has given a 24-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government to, with immediate effect, secure the freedom of Azurfa Lois John, a 21-year-old Christian, who was one of the victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack. The Informant247 had earlier reported that a top commander of bandits who kidnapped passengers…
A top commander of bandits who kidnapped passengers from the Kaduna-Abuja train on the 28th of March, 2022, is set to marry one of the victims, Azurfa Lois John, 21. The Publisher of Desert Herald, who is also in charge of negotiation for the victims held hostage, Tukur Mamu, revealed this via a statement he…
The terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, on Friday, released four more hostages including an 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta, her daughter, Adams Aliyu and two others after spending four months in captivity. Tukur Mamu, Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,…
Malam Tukur Mamu, the media consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that many of the hostages held by the terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28 have fallen ill in the terrorists’ den. Mamu, a former negotiator and Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald newspaper, who stated this…
Hassan Aliyu, one of the passengers abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in March, has narrated the ordeal in captivity. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Aliyu said throughout the 70 days in captivity, he and others were fed with poorly cooked rice and Tuwo, a local meal. He said while the women among them…
The Informant247 reports that no lesser than seven hostages kidnapped from the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28 have been set free. The seven hostages who regained their freedom from the terrorists’ camp include a family of six and a woman. Their news of their freedom was confirmed to newsmen in Kaduna by Tukur Mamu, Publisher…
One of the five Abuja-Kaduna train passengers, Sidi Aminu Sharif, set free from kidnappers’ den on Tuesday evening, said a bullet shot into his body while in captivity, is yet to be removed. The Informant247 reports that the victims of the train attack are being set free in batches, as the latest five regain their…
Five out of the passengers who were kidnapped from a Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, have been set free. Among the passengers who were set free was Prof. Mustapha Umar Imam, a medical doctor at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS), Sokoto. Imam was shot by the kidnappers in captivity, raising concerns…
Kidnappers of Kaduna-Abuja train victims have set free three from the remaining 43 victims in captivity. The Informant247 had reported that the terrorist group in the North has issued a threat to the Nigerian President. The terrorist group has threatened to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari. In the video, the terrorists could be seen flogging some…
One of the released seven victims of Abuja-Kaduna train, Muhammad Daiyabu has revealed that for 100 days they stayed in captivity, the bandits treated them well. He told newsmen that their captors slaughtered six cows for them. According to him, some of the reports flying on social media were false. He said there was no…
A Kaduna-based social activist, Dr. Mustapha Aliyu on Tuesday, in Kaduna, said the Federal Government must be held responsible if anything happens to the remaining 43 Kaduna-Abuja train victims left in bandits’ den. He vented his anger while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday. He noted that if a sitting governor could contribute to…
