Nigeria, Dec. 28 -- New details have emerged regarding the tragic explosion that claimed at least seven lives on Saturday in Zamfara State. The victims were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated along the Magami-Dansadau highway in Maru Local Government Area.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how residents and official sources said the explosives appeared to have targeted travellers along the Gusau-Dansadau-Magami transit route. Locals said that the blast occurred in an area increasingly targeted by bandits.

The spokesperson for the Joint Task Force 'Operation Fansan Yamma', David Adewusi, on Saturday identified the cause of the explosion as an IED planted by terrorists. However, his known phone contact didn't connect on Sunda...