Insurgency: Nightfall in Borno, 11 Down.

The Nigerian Army has neutralised a high-ranking Boko Haram commander, Abu Khalid, during a precision night operation in Borno State. Troops launched the raid on Saturday night in the Konduga area, successfully killing the commander along with ten other insurgents. Khalid occupied a critical position within the terrorist hierarchy, specifically coordinating logistics and tactical operations…

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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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How to Defeat Boko Haram

The military of any nation is not a sheer ‘outpost’ for men in uniforms looking out for distress situations to intervene in. As a composite architecture of the armed forces and all its constituting elements, the military is indeed a strategic national guardian entrusted with security matters connected with lives and property within the geographic…

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