Digital security command centres – for fancy?
Across Nigeria, governors have unveiled security command and control centres with fanfare. Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Plateau, Oyo, Gombe and Edo have invested, or announced investments, in facilities built around CCTV surveillance, drones, communications links, control rooms, data analysis and response coordination. Enugu’s centre is linked to AI-enabled cameras and long-range drones with day-and-night vision; Edo’s […]
Jihadists’ threat against Delta State
Ordinarily, the threat letter issued by a self-styled “Fulani Jihadists” group to attack Delta State should not merit more than an idle glance. The faceless group had pasted its threat letter in strategic places in Asaba and Agbor, including the perimeter walls of the Delta State Government House over the past fortnight. Their complaint was […]
Passing the security buck to Governors
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his interview on ARISE TV recently, recounted how he turned back two South West governors who came to Aso Rock Villa requesting him to provide security for their people being killed by herdsmen. “I told them, you campaigned to be elected and you are elected… go back and sort out yourself,” […]
Revisiting the 1963 Constitution
It should not come as a surprise that many Nigerians are not paying much attention to the ongoing zonal public hearings for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Nigerians are severely distracted by the security challenges that threaten to capsize our ship of state. All the killings and kidnappings that are making it difficult for […]
Obasanjo’s true “One Nigeria” mantra
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo deserves commendation for rekindling faith in our country by reminding us of the true meaning of “One Nigeria”. According to the retired General who spoke in Abeokuta when he was invested with the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Surveyors: “I am a strong believer of One Nigeria, but not One […]
Reviving “grazing routes” will worsen conflicts
President Muhammadu Buhari’s disclosure in the exclusive interview with Arise Television last Thursday that he had asked the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to “recover” grazing routes for pastoralists will surely worsen our already woeful security situation. This directive is the affirmation of Malami’s earlier assertion that the ban on open grazing […]
