Martin

Cultism has become the norm in our society. It was also never alien to our culture as our history is replete with several religious cults’ activities. The African traditional religion maintained several secret activities in which only initiates can be participants. In my community, only initiated males can be part of the Odo religious cults’ […]

F or several decades until about 2017, there used to be a gathering of disabled ex-combatants that begged for alms around the Oji-River section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. A similar spectacle existed around the Agbor section of the Onitsha-Benin Expressway. After the Nigerian government declared “no victor and no vanquished” in the Civil War of […]

The ethnic and religious militia’s size has continued to burgeon in the last one and half decades. The dominant militia also functions side-by-side splinter operatives. Despite those organizational differences, the focus remains the same. Boko Haram, for instance, is the dominant Islamic militia. However, it shares a somewhat similar set of ideologies with another splinter […]

Peace, prosperity, and power represent the core of those desirables that every nation wants to achieve. Nigeria is not an exception. Accordingly, while the rule of law’s effectiveness and the military’s efficiency considerably deliver peace, it also creates the right kind of entrepreneurial and investor-friendly environment for prosperity. These form the necessary conditions for global […]

The socioeconomically flourishing and developed countries of the world appear to share one common characteristic: a high accountability level. The government accountability factor is, in turn, dependent on two mutually reinforcing parameters; a commitment to the rule of law and eliminating corruption. An accountable government committed to ensuring monetary and fiscal stability will invariably facilitate […]

Political leaders’ primary obligation is to ensure maximum protection of every citizen’s inalienable rights. Insecurity in all its forms constitutes an infringement on these rights. Some ways that the society expects political leaders to achieve these objectives comprise the promotion of cultural secularization, creation, and advancement of structures for sustained socio-economic prosperity, the institution of […]

The burgeoning scale, sophistication, and ferocity of criminal operations in the country unarguably calls for concerted efforts from security agencies and citizens alike. While the latter often provides leads for criminal investigation based on their reported experiences, the former comprises designated agencies for deepening investigation, preventing such incidents, strategy development, operationalization of crime counterstrategies, etc. […]

The spate and scale of terrorism can be overwhelming. Even global superpowers find it particularly challenging to contend with alone. The intricate global network underlying terrorist activities also requires that countries collaborate to deal with it. As the number three country after Afghanistan and Iraq in the 2020 global terrorism index, Nigeria cannot contend with […]

Cross-border in-migration usually enables importations of some sort; the good, the bad and the ugly. They range from desirable new cultures to humans and illegally smuggled-in weapons of mass destruction. Thus, depending on the level of patriotism and attention to detail of government agencies responsible for deterring the smuggling and importation of unwanted items, the […]

Fear and insecurity are at the roots of most problems and most failures. Over the past decade, criminal herdsmen actively evangelize fear and insecurity across the country. Their warmly clutched favourite weapons of war, the AK-47 rifles, swords, and daggers, testify to their compelling reputation for violence. The stories of women they mercilessly raped reverberate […]