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Army arrests suspected militia spiritual head in Nasarawa State

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

Army on Tuesday said it arrested suspected spiritual head of militia armed group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after destroying some of the group’s camps in Ugya village. Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, gave the name of the suspect as Angulu Idaku,

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661 Rifles: I Paid SSS, Others N1m to smuggle container out of port -Accused

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2018 0

Mamudu Hassan, one of the accused persons standing trial over unlawful importation of 661 sophisticated pump action guns into the country, last year December, on Monday told a Federal High Court, that he paid a sum of N1 million to officials of Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies to smuggled the guns […]

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Second Turkey rifles container uncovered at Tin Can

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2017 0

The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have uncovered a container suspected to contain about 475 pump action guns imported from Turkey, the second in as many weeks. According to sources, the container with number CMAU189817/8 is believed to contain about 475 sets of pump action riffles but a full assessment and […]

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Two Nigeria Custom Officers Declared Wanted Over Arms Importation

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2017 0

The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has declared two of its senior officers wanted over the importation of 661 pump-action rifles. The arms, which were intercepted at the Lagos port, were concealed with steel doors and other merchandise goods. The wanted officers are Abdulahi I, an assistant superintendent of customs (ASC), with service number 44483 and […]