THE NEW CIVIL-WAR

By: Rt Hon Abdullahi Bello The problem which confront us as a Nation today especially as it relates to Banditry, kidnapping etc are not with the criminal actors themselves, but with our policy-makers! Policy makers in our country have poor understanding of our security challenges, because of their wrong definition of what security or insecurity…

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Beyond Monguno’s Repudiation

Although the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, has denied his recent statement accusing former service chiefs of misappropriating funds meant for arms, the issues are now beyond his refutation with its many implications, write Deji Elumoye and Kingsley Nwezeh ISSUE The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd), for the better part of last…

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Where is Murtala Nyako?

By Olusegun Adeniyi On 16th April 2014, the Northern Governors Forum met in Kaduna to discuss the security challenge facing the region at the time. Three days later, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), then Governor of Adamawa State, released a memo he presented at the session titled ‘On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in Northern Nigeria’. In the poorly written,…

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