The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution to investigate the alleged abuse of firearms by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The resolution was the aftermath of a motion sponsored by the Senator representing Katsina Central senatorial district, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, decrying the alleged killing of citizens in Kastina State by arms-bearing Customs officers. In a motion titled “Urgent …

In a bid to stem the tide of insecurity in the country, the Federal Government has ordered a clampdown on local fabricators of arms and weapons towards containing the spread of illicit arms and ammunition. The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW). Mr. Sola Akinlade disclosed this in …

A 33-year-old man, Musa Adamu, who has been arrested with four AK-47 rifles, says a repented armed robbery colleague surrendered them to him. Adamu, a resident of Mayo Belwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State but currently in detention at the Adamawa Police Command headquarters in Yola on charge of illegal possession of firearms, confessed to the police that …

A leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ali Madaki is in the custody of the Kano police command over illegal possession of firearms. According to TheCable, Madaki was invited for questioning by the police on Wednesday. Haruna Abdullahi, the police spokesperson in Kano, confirm the development on Thursday morning. Abdullahi said Madaki is still in police custody and …

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspected armed robbers and recovered guns and some military uniforms. The six suspects, who were arrested by officers on a stop-and-search operation on the Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, were said to be from Kogi State. In a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Police Public Relations Officer for the state Police …