There are 350m illegal arms in Nigeria— Senate
The Senate has blamed the high level of violence, insecurity with consistent cases of armed banditry and kidnapping across the country on the proliferation of weapons.
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The Senate has blamed the high level of violence, insecurity with consistent cases of armed banditry and kidnapping across the country on the proliferation of weapons.
Read MoreI receive N2000 as errand boy- suspect By Evelyn Usman A suspected member of a gun-running syndicate which supplies weapons to criminal gangs in Lagos has been arrested by the Police. Recovered, were two berretta pistols which were concealed inside alcoholic packs and wooden boxes. The arrested suspect, Samuel Peter, was reportedly on his way
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A new report from data gathered by the Press Association from United Kingdom schools has revealed that no lesser than 1,000 school children have been caught with weapons like knives over the last year. The weapons recorded by the retrieved data included knives, knuckle dusters, a hammer, and a Taser. The children captured by the
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The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops on Operation Harbin Kunama , 1 division have successfully raided a armed bandits camp in Kaduna during which 2 bandits were killed in the shootout that occured.
Read MoreThe Inspector General of Police Mohammed A. Adamu has said that the rate at which personnel on special duty lose their lives and weapons to criminal elements is of grave concern to the nation.
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Read MoreThe Nigerian Army has produced a prototype for some of its needed military hardware in preparation for the full scale production of weapons.
Read MoreThe Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, gave the Federal Government the nod to produce and display weapons that were allegedly recovered from the residence of the detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd.
Read MoreWhile we acknowledge that this indiscriminate ownership of arms has a direct link with the spillover of the Libyan crisis, it is pertinent to situate it in the failure of the nation’s security agencies to arrest the influx.
Read MoreAt least 84 people have been rescued and heavy military weapons recovered from Boko Haram fighters by Nigerian army.
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