insecurity

Kola Balogun, a specialist in defence and security, has pointed to ineffective local government as one of the main causes of insurgency and instability in Nigeria. Criminality and instability have flourished due to the limited presence of the government in several local government areas, according to Balogun, who is also the Secretary of the Defence … Read more

In an effort to reduce national instability, the president has announced that the formation of a state police force is imminent. This was revealed by Femi Gbajabiamila, the chief of staff to the president, at a Thursday briefing with reporters from the State House in Abuja following a high-level consultative meeting that the presidency had … Read more