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The need for a properly structured and well-targeted public education and information-sharing for managing the insecurity crisis in the country rarely receives deserving scope of attention. Prevalently suggested insecurity minimizing panacea revolves around the might of war weapons and the gallantry of soldiers. As important as they are, compared with the efficacy of education and […]

The 1966 coup is unarguably the ugly cornerstone for the insecurity experienced today in Nigeria. The coup was staged and led by Igbo Christian officers, while Northern soldiers, primarily Muslims, led the counter-coup. With the excuse of curbing corruption, the highest-ranking military officers from the northern parts of Nigeria, the then Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa […]

Barack Obama once said that “we are defined not by our borders but by our bonds”. However, the border experiences and not the border determine the level of bonds between two countries. Effective diplomatic bridges always eliminate troubles at the border. That is why the combination of border security and domestic enforcement of the law […]

There is no doubt that the average Nigerian is closely approaching the tap-out point. The catastrophic whirlwinds of harsh economy and insecurity have not helped matters. Unfortunately, both viciously reinforce each other. A poorly performing economy naturally creates hunger, anger and facilitate insecurity. Insecurity, in turn, creates environmental hostilities that work against entrepreneurship and good […]

In Act two, Scene two of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet asked Romeo the question, “what’s in a name?”. She then went on to add, “that which we call a rose, by any other name smell as sweet.” By these words, Juliet taught Romeo that his name was inadequate to capture and explain […]