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Sokoto Court Sentences Nigerien National, 2 Others To Death For Terrorism, Arms Trafficking

Global UpfrontJun 24, 2026June 24, 20260

A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three men, including a citizen of the Republic of Niger, to death by hanging after finding them guilty

Court Jails Three 10 Years For Arms Trafficking, Female Arms’ Courier Pleads Guilty

Global UpfrontMar 11, 2026March 11, 20260

Alim Gono (Ali Jalingo)

Soldiers, Stop The Gunrunning

Global UpfrontOct 9, 2025October 9, 20251

Daily Trust Editorial, October 9, 2025 The disturbing trend of diversion of military stockpiles to terrorists, bandits and other non-state actors by rogue soldiers was

Nigeria: Ijaw Group Petitions President Ramaphosa, Demands Release Of MEND Militant Leader, Henry Okah

Global UpfrontOct 1, 2025October 1, 20250

A Nigerian organization representing the Ijaw people, the dominant ethnic nationality in the country’s oil-rich Niger Delta, on Wednesday October 1, 2025 filed a petition

Arms Dealers To Terror Gangs In Eastern Nigeria Nabbed By Police FIB-IRT In Nasarawa And Jos

Global UpfrontJun 4, 2022June 4, 20220

Nigeria Police’s Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) arrested two men who are alleged to be arms suppliers to hoodlums and terror networks in the eastern part

Toxic Mix Of Bandits, Arms, Drugs And Terrorism Is Alarming Nigerians: What Now?

Global UpfrontApr 19, 2022April 19, 20220

Banditry in Nigeria emerged as an isolated rural phenomenon in the late 2000s. It’s now evolved into sophisticated violent criminality, characterised by syndicates with immense

The Opaque Arms Trade to Africa: Why This is Dangerous

Global UpfrontFeb 8, 2022February 8, 20220

By Nicolas Florquin & Alaa Tartir Eolika, a Guyana-flagged cargo vessel, had already been detained in the port of Senegalese capital, Dakar due to ‘inconsistent’