nigerian military

Policy Brief 82-21| Nigeria’s Divergent Tales of Fishermen and Herdsmen

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*   In Nigeria, two important traditional food and agricultural occupations face existential threats. The fishermen in the coastal areas of the country and …

Selonnes Policy  Tidbits:  | PMB’s Appointment of Service Chiefs Anti-Climatic

President Buhari’s appointment of new armed forces Service Chiefs is rather anti-climatic since it was way long overdue. The new Service Chiefs – Gen. LEO Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, …

Policy Brief 79-20 | The Strength of Government

Nigeria teeters between coercion and consensus building. The federal government should not succumb to the former, having already initiated wide-ranging consultations with national stakeholders, including governors, traditional rulers, women and …

Policy  Brief 75-20 |Nigeria In the next 36 months

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo. & Oseloka H. Obaze   Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, …

Nigeria Is Dying 

Oseloka H. Obaze  Nigeria faces an existential threat. Slowing but surely, Nigeria is dying. Its demise will not be by implosion and a bang as some had forecasted; but by …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Amotekun Long Overdue.

Amotokun is long overdue! Ditto other regional and State security outfits like Civilian JTF, Hisbah and State Vigilante Groups (VGs). In a nation where insecurity is rife, each State must …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 64/19:  Is Nigeria Still a Regional Hegemon?

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*  “Nigeria’s status as a regional hegemon risks further regression, absent the restructuring of its governance arrangements, creatively tackling its myriad security challenges, promoting …

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 …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 61/19: Is Nigeria Bedeviled By The “Ungoverned Space” Syndrome?

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze  Ungoverned space is a new concept applied to an old problem, namely the lack of effective government presence in parts or places within …