SINCE the eruption of the murderous attacks of the terrorist Boko Haram insurgents in North East Nigeria in 2009, internal security has become a major challenge in the most populous African nation, Nigeria.

Abaddon, the prince of destruction hovers over our nation. Magog, the prince of war marches towards our shores. Asmodeus, the prince of suffering and death beats his drums over our country.

IT is said that the biggest challenge confronting mankind is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of everything including the fear of not making heaven. So, we stay stuck to our comfort zones, while countries that have dared the unknown are in the Moon, Mars and other galaxies. In this age of information, Nigeria cannot afford a home made mechanised farming equipment despite the over abundance of professors and variegated learned men.

Not too long ago, on March 17, 2009, to be precise, Nigerians were roused to a blistering campaign on attitudinal change. Its passcode was: Nigeria, Good People, Great Nation. And it was from the fertile ideas factory of the then Minister of Information and Communications, the late Prof Dora Akunyili. May God rest her beautiful soul.

Suddenly sentiments are riotous in the Niger Delta: deploy the military and don’t deploy the military; declare a republic and don’t you dare deploy the military; we are the authentic mediator and you are not the authentic mediator. Since the Niger Delta Avengers and a handful other militants groups emerged to ‘make the country ungovernable’ for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the region seems to be in more confusion