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Editorial: Breaking the National Security Stalemate

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Abuja, Citizen combatant, COIN, Fair Trade, Federal farms, Nigerian foreign policyNo CommentsViews:
Editorial: Breaking the National Security Stalemate

The human, material and psychological costs have been unspeakable nightmares for most peace loving Nigerians. Since 2009, a counter-insurgency operation (COIN) has defined Nigeria to a great... Read more

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Is Katsina Kidnap the Handiwork of Bandits or Boko Haram or Both?

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: 'Reverse engineering', Biopolitical reasoning, COIN, Neoliberal rationalismNo CommentsViews:
Is Katsina Kidnap the Handiwork of Bandits or Boko Haram or Both?

The formal claim of responsibility by Boko Haram for the abduction of school boys in Katsina must have sent more worrisome signals to the Nigerian security establishment. Boko Haram leader,... Read more

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Nigerian Military Replies Amnesty International on Alleged Death of 10,000 in Custody

Posted By: adminon: December 10, 2020In: FlashbackTags: AI, COIN, Just WarNo CommentsViews:
Nigerian Military Replies Amnesty International on Alleged Death of 10,000 in Custody

The Nigerian military appears to be diversifying its response to Amnesty International’s oversight on its counter-insurgency tactics in the Northeast. Responding to an Amnesty report Monday... Read more

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Did 10,000 Nigerians Die in Military Custody in the COIN Against Boko Haram?

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: AI, COIN, Just WarNo CommentsViews:
Did 10,000 Nigerians Die in Military Custody in the COIN Against Boko Haram?

Trouble does not appear to be over for the Nigerian military, image wise, as Amnesty International, (AI) opens another flank on its human rights records in the prosecution of the counter-ins... Read more

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Can Amnesty International and the Nigerian Military Ever Understand Each Other?

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Abu Ghraib, COINNo CommentsViews:
Can Amnesty International and the Nigerian Military Ever Understand Each Other?

It is one thing to be a very professional military but completely another to be regarded as such. A single metaphor can make that difference. As such a metaphor will not come from the milita... Read more

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President Buhari’s Dash to the War Front: Lamba 1 Din Kenen, Saura Lamba Tu

Posted By: adminon: October 03, 2017In: GovernanceTags: BOKO HARAM, COIN, Garba Sufa, Imagined communitiesNo CommentsViews:
President Buhari’s Dash to the War Front: Lamba 1 Din Kenen, Saura Lamba Tu

President Buhari has just pulled a dash to the Boko Haram war front, an imaginative move that infuses a more powerful meaning to what would have otherwise been a totally dull Independence an... Read more

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