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Defence
Plateau: Police neutralise suspected bandit, recover arms, stolen cows
The Police Command in Plateau have neutralised a suspected bandit and recovered 100 stolen cows in Bukier community of Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. Mr Alfred Alabo, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in a statement on Friday in Jos. The added that the command also recovered some arms and ammunition during the incident. ”Yesterday…
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Defence
Centre takes possession of seized illicit arms, hails NCS
National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has taken possession of a 40-foot container loaded with illicit arms and ammunition seized by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). This is contained in a statement by the Director, Strategic Communications and Information, NCCSALW, Group Capt. Pius Okwuego, on Tuesday in Abuja. Okwuego said the operation by the…
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Featured
Drop your arms, embrace dialogue – COAS advises agitators, others
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has advised Nigerians bearing arms against the country to drop their arms, seek dialogue and other reasonable means to address grievances. He made the call in Bauchi on Wednesday during the inauguration of the newly constructed Nigerian Army Armoured Corps Headquarters complex, reunion and pulling out parade of some retired senior…
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Crime
We’ll harness technologies to enhance proficiency of combat arms –COAS
The Chief Of Army Staff,(COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army will harness various technologies to enhance the proficiency of combat arms. Lagbaja gave the assurance at the closing ceremony of the annual Combat Arms Training week held at Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State. The COAS was represented by Maj.-Gen. Sani Muhammad, Chief of Training Army Headquarters. Lagbaja said…
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NEWS
S’West states plan joint security patrols, more arms
Governors in the South-West region are seriously considering setting up joint patrols by security agencies to rid the area of kidnappers who have made life unbearable for the residents. The state governors are also planning more logistics support for security agents, including the military, the police, Amotekun, vigilantes, and local hunters, among others, to tackle the resurgence of kidnapping and…
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Crime
Police confiscates 10 rifles, magazines, 425 live ammo from gunrunners
The Police Command in Taraba State has seized 10 AK47 rifles and ammunition from two suspected gunrunners in Lau local Government area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP David Misal disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen in Jalingo. Misal said that the two suspects abandoned their motorcycle together with the weapons upon sighting the police in…
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NEWS
NATO: Tension between France, Turkey rise
For France, it was the final straw. For Turkey, it was a misunderstanding. For NATO, it could be a turning point. The incident unfolded quickly in the eastern Mediterranean on June 10, when a French frigate under NATO command tried to inspect a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship suspected of smuggling arms to Libya in violation of a U.N. embargo. The French…
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France accuses Turkey of fuelling Libya crisis with arms’ supplies
France has pulled out of NATO-led anti-smuggling patrols in the Mediterranean, accusing Turkey, a fellow member of the Western military alliance, of taking arms to Libya. In a statement, the French defence ministry said it was suspending its participation in Operation Sea Guardian to shine a spotlight on an anti-trafficking operation, of which the smugglers were a part. It said…
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Crime
NDLEA Uncovers Hashish Oil Factory, Ammunition
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday in Lagos, said it has destroyed a clandestine laboratory for production of Hashish Oil and recovered 13 rounds of live ammunition with other drugs and substances. Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Jonah Achema, through a statement issued in Abuja, disclosed that the hashish clandestine laboratory was the first ever to be…
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