Nigeria’s spiralling insecurity: five essential reads

In recent times, security – or, more accurately, the lack of it – has been one of the most prominent items on the news agenda in Nigeria.

Hardly a week goes by without a report of a terrorist attack or cases of kidnap for ransom being reported in the media. Hundreds of civilians and members of the security forces have been killed.

The incidents have been labelled in various different ways. From terrorist attacks – such as the attack…

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