The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons has destroyed over 3,000 seized weapons.The first destruction exercise was held at the Command Engineering Depot Rigachikun, Kaduna. The Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Major General Abba Mohammed Dikko (rtd) explained that the exercise was aimed at preventing captured illicit weapons from being recycled into the society. He further said it also highlighted the...

Rev Fr. Victor Ishiwu of St Jude’s Catholic Church, Eburummiri Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area in Enugu state has been kidnapped. The catholic priest was kidnapped by men allegedly speaking Pidgin English and Fulani language. Eye witness account revealed the gunmen invaded the church premises, shooting sporadically into the air thus causing all including the Rev. Fr. To scamper for safety. However, they forced the parish house open and whisked Fr. Ishiwu out to...

The United Nations has  condemned the killing of an aid worker by a soldier in Damboa local government area of Borno state. On Thursday, a soldier opened fire on humanitarian workers and his colleagues, killing one and injuring another. In a statement by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, sympathised with the family of the slain aid worker. The statement reads in part: “Yesterday’s killing of a staff member of the humanitarian non-governmental...