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Nigeria: Produced as OBJ-006. [14] [15] AKM [16] Assault rifle Soviet Union: SIG SG 540 [2] Battle rifle Switzerland: NR1: Battle rifle Belgium Nigeria: Local variant designated NR1. [17] [18] [19] Beretta BM 59: Battle rifle Italy Nigeria: Produced locally under licence by DICON. Machine guns; M2 Browning [2] Heavy machine gun United States ...
The Lagos armoury explosion was the accidental detonation of a large stock of high explosives at a military storage facility in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on 27 January 2002. The fires created by the debris from this explosion burnt down a large section of Northern Lagos, and created a panic that spread to other areas.
On October 3, 2019, DICON unveiled its first armored vehicle, known as the Ezugwu MRAP [9] The MRAP was made in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Command Engineering Depot. [9] It was named after Major General Victor Ezugwu, who was known for his efforts in fighting against Boko Haram, [ 10 ] who is the director-general of DICON at the end ...
The KCAL News anchor died unexpectedly on Tuesday, leaving his colleagues in a state of shock and grief. News anchors honor Emmy-winning L.A. reporter Chauncy Glover after death at 39 Skip to main ...
Kris Radcliffe “died unexpectedly” at the age of 51 on Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to his co-anchor Lindsay Liepman, who announced the news during NBC affiliate KCEN-TV's evening telecast ...
A Colorado community is mourning the loss of local television anchor Don Ward, who died at 55 while hiking in the mountains on Monday. CBS affiliate KKTV in Colorado Springs announced the sad news ...
The need to have a modern sophisticated frigate to complement and eventually replace the Nigerian Navy's long serving frigate, NNS Obuma became apparent to naval planners in the mid-1970s. NNS Nigeria was fast becoming irrelevant in the fast changing world of naval technology. The Nigerian Navy needed to reach blue waters with the appropriate ...
The news of his death led to reactions in Nigerian media, with the death being described as "huge blow to Nigeria", [181] or "big loss" to Akoko residents, [182] and "blow to religious tourism" especially in Nigeria. [183] Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu described T. B. Joshua's death as "a great global knock" in a tribute. [184]