Tag: ARMS PROLIFERATION

“Most arms used by terrorists belonged to Govt.” – NSA Riba?u

Aminu Imam
NSA Riba?u on arms

National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Riba?u has revealed that most arms being used illegally to commit crime in the country originally belonged to the government. Riba?u made this disclosure yesterday, during the Arms Destruction Exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) at Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri, Abuja. He explained that the weapons ended up in the hands of non-state actors due to corrupt elements within the security agencies. The NSA, who condemned…

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Buhari raises alarm on danger of escalation of war in Ukraine

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari says the danger of escalation of the war in Ukraine further justifies Nigerias resolute calls for a nuclear-free world and a universal Arms Trade Treaty. The Nigerian leader, who stated this while addressing world leaders at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77), in New York, United States, said the call had become necessary to prevent global human disasters. He, therefore, demanded that world leaders must find quick means to reach consensus on the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty with related commitments by nuclear weapon states. In a speech…

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