Nigeria, June 27 -- The Nigerian government has announced that it recently arrested seven terrorists when they were returning from the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this on Saturday after President Bola Tinubu signed the NIMC Act 2026 into law.

".I'm happy to tell you that even last week, Thursday, seven of the known commanders of Boko Haram and ISWAP at the point of coming back from Mecca were arrested in Katsina at the airport and were handed over to the DSS," the minister was quoted as saying in a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.

"This is only possible because NIMC's ID is already connected with the immigration database, and it's already speaking to even the Int...