Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has raised the alarm that about 200 million firearms are in circulation in Nigeria. Governor Sani disclosed this in a chat on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said the proliferation of firearms was responsible for the rising insecurity in the country, calling for the review of the firearms law in Nigeria. The Presidency says an attempt by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to rubbish the foreign exchange policy has failed, saying the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is currently implementing policies to stabilise the naira. Atiku had said the Forex policy of the present administration failed because it was hurriedly put together without consulting relevant stakeholders. Traders at the popular Maple village market in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have been given one week notice to vacate a section of the market reserved for parking lots, hospital, fire and police stations.
Kaduna State Governor , Senator Uba Sani, has raised the alarm that about 200 million firearms are in circulation in Nigeria . Governor Sani disclosed this in a chat on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said the proliferation of firearms was responsible for the rising insecurity in the country, calling for the review of the firearms law in Nigeria .
The Presidency says an attempt by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to rubbish the foreign exchange policy has failed, saying the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is currently implementing policies to stabilise the naira. Atiku had said the Forex policy of the present administration failed because it was hurriedly put together without consulting relevant stakeholders. Traders at the popular Maple village market in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have been given one week notice to vacate a section of the market reserved for parking lots, hospital, fire and police stations
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