The hostages are believed to be held in the ISWAP enclave on the shores of Lake Chad
Mahmoudi was arrested in September 2011 as he tried to flee across the border to Tunisia, and was extradited to Libya
The accident occurred late Sunday at Dinyar Madiga village, 85 kilometres (52 miles) from Kano, Nigeria's second largest city
The government's chief legal advisor, said he would take the case to the court of appeals
The inferno was caused by vandals who broke open a state-run pipeline in order to steal petrol -Emergency official
Tuesday night's strike left at least 44 people killed and more than 130 severely wounded
It is the closest Ebola is known to have come to South Sudan since a major outbreak began in Congo last August
