Soldiers speak to people standing away from houses burnt by Boko Haram Islamists at Zabarmari, a fishing and farming village near Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on July 3, 2015. Several female suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up amid panicked villagers fleeing a Boko Haram attack, killing scores, the army and witnesses said on July 4. The latest carnage in series of attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives in just three days happened on Friday night in Zabarmari village, 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the jihadist group. AFP
Troops of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Department of State Services , DSS, have arrested the alleged mastermind of Zaria, Jos bombings between Sunday and Tuesday.
He was arrested by eagle-eyed members of the Special Task Force , STF, at Dadin Kowa Junction, Gomber state.
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