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Policy Brief No. 24-7| Overcoming Nigeria’s Legacy of Woes

By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria’s legacy of woes transects a broad historical and political sphere. Since her independence in 1960, various governments have represented the good, the bad and the …

Policy Brief No. 24-6| Nigeria’s Not Too Big To Fail By Oseloka H. Obaze

Deciphering Nigeria can be depressing. Interrogating her history and present political trajectory can also be disconcerting. That awkwardness is further complicated by the fact that in a nation where governance …

Discourse Event: |Failure in governance is an endpoint of the political titration and Government’s abdication its accountability and responsibility to protect.

On Friday 30th December, 2023, upon invitation, the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Oseloka H. Obaze was the guest on the Atlanta Discuss with Ade podcast hosted by Ade Balogun. The …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits | Kankara Kidnapping marks Three Strikes

In conflict situations, strike modalities are marked by a pertinent cliché: first strike as happenstance, second strike coincidence and the third strike is enemy action. Boko Haram having claimed to …

Current Policy Briefs on pressing security issues in Nigeria.

Selonnes Consult is proud to have collaborated with  Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in producing two seminal policy briefs dedicated to interrogating two pressing security issues in Nigeria:  Governing and Securing …

Selonnes Consult MD/CEO Mr Oseloka H Obaze Participates in e-Consultations on UN75 African Region (March 30 – April 12)

The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), The Stimson Center, Global Challenges Foundation, Together First and UN2020, are jointly hosting formally an E-consultation for UN75 African Region, to …

Selonnes Consult MD/CEO Oseloka H. Obaze participates in the Second MultiStakeholders Forum to Discuss Kidnapping In Nigeria

  

Nigeria’s revenant security trends

“We are a nation in denial. Rising insecurity in Nigeria did not happen in a vacuum. The “indicators of conduciveness” were discernible.”

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 62/19:  Receding, Emerging and Resurging Issues and Trends in the Security Sector

Paper Presented by Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze, MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult, Awka, Nigeria  At the CISLAC-FES Multi-Stakeholders Forum on Peace and Security Challenges in Nigeria, At the Consort Luxury Suite …