DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).

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 DSS FOILS TERRORISTS PLOT; SEIZES 21 AK-47 RIFLES, 4 PKT MACHINE GUNS IN SOKOTO The Department of State Services, DSS, says it has intercepted a major weapon shipment from Niger Republic in Sokoto State, recovering 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. In a statement, The operation in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area, followed sustained intelligence surveillance targeting suspected arms traffickers. The Service also reports increased use of female couriers to transport weapons, with fourteen women arrested between February 2025 and November 2026 across several states. The latest arrest in Zamfara involves a suspected female courier, found with twelve grenades and two ammunition belts. The DSS says it will sustain intelligence-led operations to dismantle illegal arm networks and prosecute those involved.

ALGERIA CUTS DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH THE UAE. (PHOTO).


Algeria said on Thursday it had decided to ‌sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after what it described as a series of "provocative or hostile" actions by Abu Dhabi despite "repeated warnings".


The foreign ministry said the UAE's actions had reached a point where they could no longer be considered acceptable or tolerable and that it ​had "exhausted all means of preserving bilateral relations."


The UAE ambassador was summoned to ⁠the ministry, informed of the decision and given 48 hours to comply, the foreign ​ministry said, Reuters reported.


Relations ​between the two countries have come under growing strain in recent years, with Algerian media outlets sharply criticising the UAE and accusing it of seeking to sow regional discord.


Algerian President Abdelmadjid said last year his country's relations with ⁠all Gulf states were warm except for one — a thinly veiled reference to the UAE.


He described ties with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar as "brotherly", while accusing the unnamed country of ⁠meddling ​in Algeria's internal affairs and seeking to destabilise it.

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