Nigeria: Terrorism, National Security and the Mass Media

29 September 2016
opinion

Security of lives and property is a fundamental obligation the Nigerian state owes to its citizens, as entrenched in the 1999 Constitution. When government fails on other constitutional obligations, it is pardonable. But breach of security in any guise is never compromised and a government alive to its responsibility takes it seriously. It is government business, much as it is the responsibility of all citizens.

Nigeria has been burdened by terrorism. In the last eight years, it has proven to be Nigeria's mortal enemy. While the country battled acts of terrorism, the quantum of havoc it wreaked on the population is better imagined than believed.

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