Welcoming the arms control centre
FILE PHOTO: Military commanders inspect arms and ammunition recovered from Boko Haram members on display at the headquarters of the 120th Battalion in Goniri, Yobe State in 2019.
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Tue May 11 2021
The International Action Network on Small Arms, Safer World and Oxfam International put it in perspective when they reported that armed conflict cost Africa $18 billion each year and about US$300 billion between 1990 and 2005. During this period, 23 African nations experienced war.
The Global Terrorism Index 2020 report ranked Nigeria as the third most terrorised country in the world. The indices have worsened in 2021 with some 80,000 Nigerians estimated to have died in recent months and close to three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) spread nationwide.