Nigeria’s National Security: In Search of a Handle

What is security in Nigeria under democratic governance in the last twenty years? What is Nigeria’s security problem? Has there ever been and is there anything called Nigeria’s security problem? Has there been a security philosophy ever in the country? Has there ever been a conscious attempt to teach Nigerians this security philosophy assuming one…

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Skirt Marketing: The Horrors and Pressures on Female Bankers

  Concerned stakeholders have continued to lament the pressures female marketers are made to undergo. Some banks are known to engage female employees and assign to them very high and unrealistic targets for deposit mobilisation and other assets creation ventures. With the current challenging times and the struggle for survival in Nigeria’s uncertain labour market, those…

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Environmental Degradation: Questions for Guilty Brands

The use of non-biodegradable materials such as plastic has remained a source of concern across the world. With an increasing global population and undeniable climate change, the plastic onslaught on the environment is causing unprecedented threats to human existence. Plastic has remained a popular material for casing and handling because it is flexible, lightweight, and…

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In Times Like These: the Place of Ramadan in Nation Building

In the middle of the highly revered Islamic season of Ramadan, Nigeria has had one of her saddest weeks. From Anambra to Kaduna, Yobe, Niger, including Lagos State, critical insecurity issues are steadily recorded and reported almost on daily basis. Virtually every two or three hours, one would receive breaking news of various disturbing reports…

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National Security: X-raying the Option of Negotiation with Boko Haram

The current spate of banditry, kidnapping, as well as the constant attack on security personnel and facilities, has raised the country’s insecurity challenges to a crescendo. Although one must not fail to admit that issues like banditry and kidnapping are one thing, while Boko Haram is another thing, the purported inability to defeat the insurgents…

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Worsening Insecurity: Guns, Guns, Everywhere!

The proliferation of small arms and ammunition has remained a very tough challenge for governments across West Africa, including Nigeria. A report from SBM Intelligence revealed that “The number of small arms in circulation in Nigeria, in the hands of civilian non-state actors is estimated at 6,145,000, while the armed forces and law enforcement collectively…

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Presidential Contenders Who May Succeed Buhari: Atiku Abubakar (Part 6)

Atiku Abubakar is a top-notch politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He was elected governor of Adamawa State in 1998, but was invited to serve as Olusegun Obasanjo’s running mate during the 1999 presidential election. He was re-elected in 2003. He has been in the presidential race…

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America’s Terror Watchlist, Pantami’s Religious Antecedents, and the Telco Connection

In recent times, social media handles and platforms have been inundated with divergent thoughts on the authenticity of the news reports alleging that Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, is on a United States’ terror watchlist. It all began like a fable tale. The Daily Independent newspaper broke the news, and…

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