The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8 billion (£6.4 billion) arms sale to Israel, an American official confirmed it to the BBC. The weapons consignment, which needs approval from House and Senate committees, includes missiles, shells and other munitions. The move comes just over a fortnight before President Joe Biden leaves office. Washington has rejected …

In response to the rising spate of insecurity, the Federal Government has spent an additional N14 billion on various military equipment between September and October 2024, according to Saturday PUNCH. In the first seven months of this year, the government had spent N63.6 billion to procure equipment and ammunition for the military and the Office of the National Security Adviser. …

Barely 72 hours after the arrest of five notorious gunrunners leading to the recovery of automatic weapons and about 6,000 rounds of assorted rounds of ammunition at Bayameni along Bauchi Road in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, the troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have busted another gunrunning syndicate, as two more have been nabbed. A …

The Federal Government said on Thursday that the country was poised to begin local production of military equipment with the recent signing of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Bill by President Bola Tinubu. The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, said following the signing of the bill, the Federal Government had been in talks with about 50 local and internal …

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 …

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has said it remains the only government body saddled with the responsibility to checkmate the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. In a statement, the coordinator of the South West zone of the centre, Mr. Ben Sola Akinlade said the centre observed that …