A cauldron of insecurity
A country slowly and tragically bleeds to death when its citizens become easy targets for criminals of all shades and stripes. Nigeria is haunted yet again by profoundly depressing...
Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into Fantasy-Land
Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno State, north-east Nigeria, has been a site of lingering...
A bloodbath in Bokkos
Killers have killed in Bokkos before. In fact, for more than ten years now, the area has become a favourite stomping ground for killers who kill, flee without opposition...
Who pushed Uromi people to the wall?
The recent tragic incident in Uromi, Edo State, where a vigilante group allegedly killed 16 hunters of Northern Nigeria extraction, has sparked national outrage. The media has been flooded...
Igbinedion University to mainstream non-kinetic courses into its academic curriculum
As part of its contribution towards the collective effort to advance the cause of national security, Igbinedion University Okada is set to include non-kinetic courses into its academic programme,...
Nigeria’s security in ICU?
I drove from Benin to Yola, alone, in my first car in 1995. I left about 5 am and arrived FUTY campus in Jimeta at 10pm. There were no...
The problem with granting amnesty to terrorists and bandits
In April 2015, the Kenyan government announced an amnesty for young Kenyans who had gone to neighbouring Somalia to train with the terrorist group, al-Shabaab. Those labelled as ‘repentant’...
A vicious cycle of terrorism
It well and truly appears that sundry acts of terror which started like dangerous jokes taken too far in Borno State have spun Nigerians into a vicious cycle where...
Nigerians paid N2.23trn as ransom in one year, says NBS
Nigerians paid N2.23trn as ransom to kidnappers in the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a report released on...
Ruruma and the ruins of insecurity
Insecurity had continued to rear its very ugly head in Kaduna State with the historically volatile area continuing to count the cost of Nigeria’s expensive and extensive tangle with...