Seven suspected Boko Haram, ISWAP commanders arrested returning from hajj

Seven suspected commanders linked to Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, person been arrested astatine Katsina Airport aft returning from the Hajj pilgrimage successful Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

The Federal Government described the arrests arsenic a large occurrence recorded done Nigeria’s integrated integer individuality and information verification system.

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed the improvement connected Friday soon aft Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Act, 2026, into law.

According to the minister, the suspects were identified and intercepted instantly aft arriving successful Nigeria done the country’s integrated individuality verification level earlier being handed implicit to the Department of State Services, DSS, for further investigation.

Tunji-Ojo explained that the arrests were made imaginable done the integration of the NIMC database with the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, and planetary information networks, including Interpol.

“We inherited a fragmented individuality absorption strategy wherever authorities databases operated independently. Today, our migration database is afloat integrated with NIMC and linked to Interpol’s 24-hour information network.

“It was done this integrated level that 7 known ...