3 min read Our Take: The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has identified a lack of understanding among Nigerians as the country’s greatest challenge. He also expressed that citizens […]
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TAKES from the National Security Summit Report (NSSR), 2021 – Dr. Adoyi Onoja
7 min read Our Take: In 2014, the National Security Strategy (NSS) was launched. This 5-year strategy, driven by the Executive and the Military, Intelligence and Law Enforcement (MILE) outlines […]
Nigeria could gain by promoting more biodiversity awareness among its citizens –
5 min read Our Take: Biodiversity is still not adequately recognized or promoted in Nigeria, despite its immense benefits. People pay little attention to conservation status while poaching wildlife animals […]
Ideas about ‘belonging’ lie behind conflict in Kaduna: this insight could help deliver peace – Benjamin Maiangwa
8 min read Summary: When I was seven years old, my family and I sought shelter at a military barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. This was in […]
How Using the Military in Nigeria is Causing, Not Solving Problems – Sallek Yaks Musa
7 min read Our Take: Nigeria military are seen as they lack professionalism due to often intimidation and coerce of civilian. Also for their involvement in corruption and extortion scandals, […]
Boko Haram announces truce to release kidnapped schoolgirls but deal is plagued by doubts – Atta Barkindo
7 min read Our Take: April 14 will be hoping against hope, this is a chance the parents of the kidnapped Chibok girls were praying for to secure the safe […]
How traditional beliefs and systems are used to fight crime in parts of Lagos – Oludayo Tade
6 min read Our Take: Lagos state has 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas. Coordination is extremely difficult to manage Violent crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, […]
What Nigeria must do to deal with its ransom-driven kidnapping crisis – Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D
7 min read Our Take: Kidnapping is the unlawful detention of a person through the use of force, threats, fraud, or enticement. The purpose is an illicit gain, economic or material, […]
Gulf of Guinea: fighting criminal groups in the Niger Delta is key to defeating piracy – Dirk Siebels
6 min read Our Take: The International Maritime Bureau reported that 121 seafarers were taken as hostages during attacks in the Gulf of Guinea in 2019. This represented more than 90% of […]
Boko Haram’s six years of terror have revealed the depth of Nigeria’s troubles Zainab Mai-Bornu, PhD.
6 min read Our Take: Boko Haram seeks to create a “pure” Islamic state. On April 14, 2014, 276 girls were kidnapped from the Girls Secondary School in Chibok. The Nigerian […]
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