Weapons

States Do Not Have Approval To Procure Weapons – Presidency

September 28, 2022 5:00 am

The presidency of Nigeria has declared that there is no state in the federation including Katsina State that was at any point authorised to procure automatic weapons for their security outfits.

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu pointed out that the president had at many occasions made it clear that nobody is allowed to illegally carry AK-47 or any other automatic weapons and that they must surrender them.

According to him, where they fail to do so, the law enforcement agencies have been given clear directives to deal with any such outlaws.

He said, ‘Under the existing regulations, only the Office of …

Russia Strikes US Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa - Ministry

How We Struck U.S. Weapons At Airfield Near Odesa – Russia

May 2, 2022 3:24 am

Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed that it had struck at weapons which were supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and also destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odessa.

The ministry narrated that it used high-precision Onyx missiles to strike the airfield, after Ukraine accused Russia of knocking out a newly-constructed runway at the main airport of Odessa last week.

The regional of Governor Odessa, Maksym Marchenko also claimed that Russia had used a Bastion missile, launched from Crimea.

Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.

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Uganda Police Hunt 200 Escaped Inmates After Jailbreak

September 17, 2020 5:38 pm

A manhunt is underway in Uganda after 200 inmates overpowered their guards and escaped with weapons in a jailbreak that has left four people dead, a prison spokesman said Thursday.

The prisoners seized guns from the armoury at a government prison on Wednesday in Moroto, a remote eastern region 460 kilometres (286 miles) from the capital Kampala, before dashing for the cover of nearby mountains with police, soldiers and helicopters in pursuit.

Prison spokesman Frank Baine said an inmate and a soldier were killed in a shootout as roughly 200 escapees fled toward Mount Moroto, some half-naked after shedding their …

Weapons Used By Herdsmen Linked To Nigerian Sec. Agencies

January 31, 2020 11:03 am

Some of the weapons used in the conflicts between farmers and herders in the country have been traced to Nigerian security agencies, according to a report by Conflict Armament Research (CAR).

The international conflict research group said some of the weapons were traced to “stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces”.

“Predictably, given widespread weapoon diversion from many governments in the region, CAR has traced four weapons in the data set to the stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces,” the report said.

“Nigerian-manufactured small-calibre ammunition—including cartridges manufactured as recently as 2014—is the second-most prevalent type of ammunition in …