Tag: illegal arms

‘350m out of 500m illegal weapons in W’Africa domiciled in Nigeria’ – CDS Musa

Aminu Imam
CDS on illicit arms

Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that Nigeria must, as a matter of urgency, improve its security strategies in the face of increasing global fragility. The CDS disclosed this yesterday, while delivering the second Distinguished Personality Lecture organised by the TETFund Centre of Excellence in Security Management, held at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State. Musa, speaking on the lecture, titled: “Global Fragility and Security Management in Nigeria”, lamented the growing interconnectivity between global insecurity and Nigeria’s internal security dynamics. The CDS, who said: “Fragile states…

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Organized Crime: Global report tags Jibiya, Katsina State criminal hotspot for illegal arms, drug markets

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The Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC) has identified Jibiya, Katsina State, as one of the 193 major hubs across the world with flourishing illegal markets for drugs, arms ammunition and other prohibited items. Jibiya, which is one of the terrorists enclaves in Katsina, shares borders with the Republic of Niger as well as with the notorious Rugu Forest, which equally transverses Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger States in Nigeria and the Republic of Niger, and reportedly stretches to as far as Burkina Faso. With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland,…

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