Nigerian Army Releases Daily Trust Editor

The Maiduguri bureau chief of Daily Trust newspaper, Uthman Abubakar, who was detained by the Army on Sunday, has been released, the paper confirmed Tuesday.

Mr Abubakar was arrested alongside a reporter for the newspaper by armed soldiers who raided Daily Trust's offices in Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna and Maiduguri.

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