Police: Behold outstanding IGPs in history

So far, the Nigerian police has been led by 21 indigenous Inspector- Generals of Police. Out of this number, a recent survey by Security File identified some of them as outstanding. Apart from being outstanding, they were also remarkable in their leadership and conduct while in office.One can rightly say Continue Reading

Maryam Abacha’s “alternative truth”

In an interview with Femi Akande, host of Television Continental’s “Politics on Sunday” talk show, Maryam, widow of former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, enjoined “Nigerians to learn to respect and be good to their leaders… because they are not that bad.” In what appeared to be a Continue Reading

Boko Haram and Islamist separatism in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria’s complex, complicated security challenges, which have seen the northwest corner ravaged by trans-border bandits, farming communities in its north-central parts pillaged by killer herdsmen and its north east axis over run by Boko Haram insurgents has reduced Africa’s most populous country to the continent’s largest human slaughter slab. Fifteen Continue Reading