The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Zamfara State disclosed that the newly formed terrorist group, Lakurawa was responsible for the explosion that happened on Wednesday along the Dansadau-Gusau Road in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, where 6 travelers were reportedly killed after a vehicle conveying them ran on explosives planted along the route.

The House of Representatives committee has accused the state-owned oil company, NNPC Limited, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and other revenue-generating agencies of entering into public-private partnerships that are detrimental to the country’s revenue growth. It, therefore, called for an investigation into the deals, a recommendation adopted by the House.

Pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested in Finland for terrorism-related activities, will remain in Finnish prison until May 2025 before he will be paraded before the court to face trial. A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, disclosed this to The PUNCH via email on Tuesday that the district court had set May 2025 as the deadline for Ekpa’s prosecution.