The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) have engaged Nigerian civil society organisations.Continue Reading
Dr Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy High Representative, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), says civil society organisations are critical to connecting arms-control policies with communities.Continue Reading
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons is sustaining banditry, terrorism and communal violence in NigeriaContinue Reading
Nigeria is to conduct a new national baseline survey to replace outdated data on illegal firearms circulating in circulation in the countryContinue Reading
Sustained military operations have forced some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), to begin surrendering their weapons in the South-East, military authorities sayContinue Reading
The Federal Government on Thursday destroyed 2,819 illicit, decommissioned and unserviceable small arms and light weaponsContinue Reading
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) says it is strengthening armoury security across government agencies to curb the proliferation of illicit weapons in Nigeria.Continue Reading
The Director-General, National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), retired DIG Johnson Kokumo, has said that poor armoury management and diversion of state-owned weapons are major drivers of insecurity in West Africa.Continue Reading
Troops of Operation Ensuring Peace (OPEP) have arrested five suspected illegal arms fabricators and recovered a cache of weapons during a raid operation in Jos South Local Government Area of PlateauContinue Reading
Arms By Sumaila Ogbaje The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSLAW) has warned against the diversion of officially procured weapons. The Director-General of the centre, retired DIG Johnson Kokumo, gave the warning at the inauguration of a capacity development programme on Arms Physical SecurityContinue Reading
