Troops of the Nigerian Army have freed 40 hostages, eliminated eight terrorists and recovered arms/ammunition in different operations across the country. This was disclosed in a statement by the Nigerian Army on its social media platform on Sunday night. It said in a significant development, troops also apprehended a notorious arms courier found with a large cache of ammunition, striking a major blow against arms proliferation by criminal elements. It said Nigerian Army personnel, while acting on intelligence, intercepted terrorists and during an exchange of gunfire neutralized several of them…