7 min read Our Take: Lai Mohammed’s town hall meeting in Kaduna proved that the government doesn’t know what security is all about and how the security of the nations […]
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Is Political Violence and Thuggery and Security and Peace the Siamese Twins of Nigeria’s Democracy – Dr. Adoyi Onoja
8 min read Our Take: The fourth republic (1999 to date) is the longest democratic period the country has witnessed since gaining Independence in 1960. Series of elections have been […]
Growing herdsmen militancy is adding to West Africa’s security threats – Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D
6 min read Our Take: The herdsmen-farmers crisis has been ongoing in Nigeria for a quite long time. But in recent years, the incidents have become more organized, highly sophisticated […]
The Call by Legislature for the Executive to Declare State of Emergency on “Security” is Tantamount to Abdicating Its Responsibility – Dr. Adoyi Onoja
7 min read Our Take: Since the exit of military dictatorship in 1999, both the legislature and the executive at the federal levels had intervened, in the effort to search […]
Why disbanding the notorious anti-robbery squad won’t stop bad policing in Nigeria – Lanre Ikuteyijo
5 min read Our Take: At the time of its establishment, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was given the authority to operate covertly with operatives in mufti and in unmarked vehicles. […]
Securing West Africa and the Sahel – Adeoye O. Akinola
5 min read Our Take: West Africa and the Sahel have become the theatres of violent conflicts. The number of violent Fulani herdsmen in the Sahel are undocumented, but Boko […]
#EndSARS: the Imperative of Police Reform – Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
2 min read Our Take: Nigerian’s ENDSARS protest persisted, there is the need for government to look into the request and must exhibit the same intellectual honesty to accept that […]
Separatist Agitations in Nigeria: The Way Forward, By Jideofor Adibe
Our Take: At the root of the north-south dichotomy is the distribution of power between the two blocs and access to infrastructure and privileges at the federal level. It will […]
Nigeria’s Troubling Counterinsurgency Strategy Against Boko Haram – Vanda Felbab-Brown
10 min read Our Take: Since 2015, the brutality of the Nigerian military seems to have lessened for several reasons. One is the exposure of the violations by international human […]
Solving the Kidnapping/Banditry menace in Northern Nigeria – Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim
7 min read Our Take: Nigeria has surfed through numerous hurdles as far as security is concerned. Ranging from the Niger Delta Insurrection and militancy, the Boko Haram misadventure, the […]
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