How looser gun laws could deepen Nigeria’s security crisis
With multiple violent conflicts, banditry and porous borders that enable weapons smuggling, gun liberalisation could backfire.
With multiple violent conflicts, banditry and porous borders that enable weapons smuggling, gun liberalisation could backfire.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that more than 30 people have reportedly been killed from December 2023 till date in ...
Mr Arase, a retired Inspector-General of Police, gave the warning at a pre-deployment briefing.
The suspect is also being investigated for organ trafficking, the police said.
Armed persons invaded communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State on Christmas eve killing scores of ...
The panel said the CAC boss is treating the legislature with levity for shunning its invitation three times.
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, who delivered the keynote address, emphasised the need to constantly evolve with the times ...
Fayoade Adegoke takes over from Idowu Owohunwa, who has been promoted to the rank of AIG in charge of the ...
With the lack of good governance and political will, aloofness and official corruption being the real vectors of insecurity, the ...
Amnesty International urged President Tinubu to "make human rights protection its priority by ensuring that everyone Nigerian's rights are protected, ...
The IGP said Nigeria has about a 1:1,000 policing ratio as against the United Nations recommended policing ratio of one ...
“I have been in the North-east; there were a lot of Boko Haram elements that have been captured. We have ...
Mr Musa said the government must act because the utterances of Mr Ekpa are causing havoc in the South-east.
Police operatives, who arrested the man, did not charge him to court but continued to torture and detain him.
The police chief decried the sit-at-home directive by the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security ...
“It has been the tradition of the House that when we invite chief executives, be it private or public sector, ...
The NLC accused the police and Governor Uzodinma of Imo of being responsible for the assault on its president.
“We have heard your agitations, and we will ensure a peaceful conduct of the exercise before and after.”
PDP called on INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately deploy the REC in Imo State over her alleged plans to ...
‘‘I felt so sorry about the error on her part…’’
The Gunshot Act of 2017 gave legal coverage for the treatment of persons who sustained gunshot injuries without any hinderance ...
Ekiti health commissioner says "Gunshot injuries are generally a medical emergency where every minute counts in the fight to preserve ...
The Gunshot Act 2017 mandates all medical facilities to receive and accept victims of gunshots for immediate treatment without a ...
"The armed forces, the police and other security agencies would be on ground. Every Nigerian, we are sure is tired ...
The Jigawa State Commissioner of Police hailed the gallantry and sacrifices of the deceased officers, and assured of the command’s ...
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