The operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted a truck smuggling guns and ammunition into Kebbi State, North West Nigeria. North West is currently ravaged by armed bandits and Neighbouring state to Katsina where over 300 secondary school boys were recently abducted. Suspected smugglers being paraded and interviewed On Sunday December
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Edo Guber: CDD Tasks Police to Mop Up Arms, Weapons in Circulation
*Says COVID-19 may heighten vote buying Godsgift Onyedinefu Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has tasked the police to prioritise intelligence gathering and commit to mop up Small arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) currently circulating in the State. This is just as
Military Chiefs Got N238bn for Weapons in Two Years, Failed to Tame Insurgency–Report
By Punch The Ministry of Defence together with the Defence Headquarters, the army, navy and air force got over N238bn in 2018 and 2019 to fight insecurity and implement their programmes and operations, according to reports from the Budget Office of the Federation. The reports, which are the 2018 and 2019 Budget
How Boko Haram Terrorists are Getting Weapons–Military Sources
Jude Johnson The weapons and hardware being used by Boko Haram insurgents were looted and carted away during invasions on military formations in the northeast, according to Military sources. They were reacting to the claim by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, that the military does not know those
Insurgency: Nigerian Army, Air Force lose N4.8bn weapons in North-East since January
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the Nigerian Army, which are two active forces in the counter-insurgency war in the North-East, have lost over N4.8bn in weaponry in the region between January and May, 2019. This sum, according to Punch report, was obtained from estimates of the crashed NAF Mi-35M helicopter,
NAF partners UI on local production of aircraft, weapons
Godsgift Onyedinefu The University of Ibadan (UI) has indicated its willingness to partner with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the area of aircraft engineering and manufacturing of weapons to reduce foreign dependence. The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Professor Olanike Adeyemo, said the institution will provide homegrown solutions
Troops Arrests Gun Runner, recover weapons in Niger
Godsgift Onyedinefu Troops of Operation WHIRL PUNCH on Thursday intercepted a vehicle carrying weapons and arrested a "notorious" gun runner called Rabi'u Akilu, at the Garoji Army Check point in Bargu general area of New Bussa LGA of Niger state. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Muhammad Dole said in a
Army raids bandits’ camps, recover arms, rustled cows in Kaduna
Godsgift Onyedinefu Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (1 Div NA) under Operation Whirl Punch has recovered 3 assorted weapons and 49 rustles cows after raiding bandits hideouts in Jumu and Gwagwada Village in Chukun LGA of Kaduna state Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Col. Muhammad Dole in a statement
Zamfara: NAF neutralise over 30 armed bandits, destroy more camps
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation Diran Mikiya, has on Thursday , successfully executed air strikes that killed over 30 darmed bandits and destroyed more of their camps in Daji Bawar and Sunke Villages in Zamfara State The Director of Information and Public Relations (DOPRI),
Top 10 security related news in Nigeria
By Capt. Hashim Abdullahi GROUP BACKS SENATE OVER SECURITY SUMMIT, SEEKS MORE SUPPORT FOR MILITARY Concerned Professionals’ Congress (CPC) has expressed support for the resolution of the Senate to hold a national security summit following the spate of killings and violence across the country recently. The group stated that the