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OAS donates to RSVGPF Ms. Diana Browne and Commissioner John at the handing over of the KwikMark Marking Machine (foreground). On 20.07.2021, Ms. Diana Browne, Administrative Assistant at the Country (SVG) Office of the Organisation  of American States , handed over a KwikMark Marking Machine for Small and Light firearms to Commissioner of Police, Mr. Colin John. The donation was done on behalf of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States. During the handover ceremony, Ms...

Light Weapons Market Worth Observing Growth | Rheinmetall, Thales, Orbital ATK iCrowd Newswire 20 Jul 2021, 06:25 GMT+10 HTF MI recently released a research document on Global Light Weapons Market that includes survey highlights, in-depth interviews insights with industry experts, and a review of industry dynamics with help of our global network of consultants and executives within the OEMs & aftermarket. These market estimates have been evaluated considering base year as 2021 and by studying t...

Naija247news is an investigative news platform that tracks news on Nigerian Economy, Business, Politics, Financial and Africa and Global Economy. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has spoken on how the House will resolve overlapping mandates among security agencies. He said the House has made a commitment to support the executive in addressing the security challenges confronting the country. Gbajabiamila said this in Lagos on Friday where he declared open a two-day Nat...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, Director-General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), says overlapping functions remain a significant problem encountered by Nigerian security agencies. Sulaiman said this during a National Security Legislative Reform Retreat for Leadership, Chairmen of Committees on Security and Sponsors of Security Bill of the House of Representatives on Friday in Lagos. Sulaiman said that absence of robust intelligence gathering a...

Schools in Nigeria, in the last decade, have come under recurring security threats. This is as a result of insurgency targeted at schools and resulting in the abduction of students and teachers, destruction of infrastructure, closure of schools and increase in internal displacement of persons in areas affected and prone to these security threats. Advertisement Over the next couple of weeks, I will be sharing my thoughts on the challenges of Safe Schools in Nigeria and the measures that are bein...

A retired Deputy Comptroller of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Alhaji Aminu Soro has provided justifications for seeking legislative backing for the National Taskforce on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition and Light Weapons (NATFORCE). Soro, one of NATFORCE’s promoters, said legislative backing to properly define the responsibilities of the taskforce and set legal guidelines for its operations across the federation. He gave this clarificati...

With the increasing wave of crime, breakdown of law and order and lawlessness across the country, Chiemelie Ezeobi examines the effort by the police to sustain peace across board Upon assumption of office on April 7, 2021, one thing was glaring to the 26th Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, the numerous challenges facing the Nigerian Police Force needed to be tackled and quickly too. From issues of welfare to the worrying attacks on police formations and divisions, as well as the i...

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Nearly 2K military guns stolen, some used for violent crimes By Kristin M. Hall, James Laporta, Justin Pritchard and Justin Myers Published  Sales of guns, ammo spike amid coronavirus uncertainty Its not just groceries. The coronavirus outbreak is also leading people to grab guns and ammunition. Ron Hoon of FOX 10 Phoenix joins CoronavirusNOW to discuss the pandemics impact on firearm sales. WASHINGTON (AP) - Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward polic...

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. “Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police. They soon learned that the 9-millimeter Beretta had a rap sheet. Bullet casings linked it to four shootings, all of them in Albany, N.Y. And there was something else. The pistol was U.S. Army property, a weapon intende...