Chidi Omeje Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/chidi-omeje/ Reporting Nigeria security Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:44:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://securitydigestng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Security-Digest-Favicon-32x32.png Chidi Omeje Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/chidi-omeje/ 32 32 U.S Urges Stronger Protection for Christians as Nigeria–U.S Security Partnership Deepens https://securitydigestng.com/2026/01/22/u-s-urges-stronger-protection-for-christians-as-nigeria-u-s-security-partnership-deepens/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:44:20 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=21791 U.S Urges Stronger Protection for Christians as Nigeria–U.S Security Partnership Deepens The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening security cooperation with Nigeria while urging stronger, sustained action to protect Christian communities and curb terrorism, following what it described as “tremendous strides” made by both countries in recent months. Speaking at a high-level engagement […]

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]]> COAS CONFERENCE: Extrapolating Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu’s Bold Reform Agenda for the Nigerian Army, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2025/12/20/coas-conference-extrapolating-lt-gen-waidi-shaibus-bold-reform-agenda-for-the-nigerian-army-by-chidi-omeje/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:27:20 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=21583 COAS CONFERENCE: Extrapolating Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu’s Bold Reform Agenda for the Nigerian Army By Chidi Omeje When the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu, brought down the curtain on the 2025 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Army, what emerged from Nebo Hall, Abalti Barracks, Lagos, was a reform agenda which if […]

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]]> Embedded: A day with troops of Nigerian Army on the trail of Lakurawa terrorists, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2025/06/02/embedded-a-day-with-troops-of-nigerian-army-on-the-trail-of-lakurawa-terrorists-by-chidi-omeje/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:23:37 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20574 Embedded: A Day with Troops of Nigerian Army on the Trail of Lakurawa Terrorists By Chidi Omeje Dateline: Illela, Sokoto State; Saturday, May 31 2025. At first light, the convoy pulled out of Illela, engines humming with intent. We headed into the heart of Tsauna forest where troops of the Nigerian Army were combing to […]

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]]> Counter-Terrorism: Limitations of ‘All-of-Society Approach’ in a Divided Society, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2025/01/27/counter-terrorism-limitations-of-all-of-society-approach-in-a-divided-society-by-chidi-omeje/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:42:35 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20450 Counter-Terrorism: Limitations of ‘All-of-Society Approach’ in a Divided Society By Chidi Omeje The ‘All-of-Society Approach, a strategy that emphasizes collective action and collaboration in addressing security challenges, has been touted as a panacea for Nigeria’s insecurity woes. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Chris Musa, is a major proponent of this strategy and has been […]

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]]> BANEX PLAZA: Avoiding Shift in Public Sentiment, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2024/05/23/banex-plaza-avoiding-shift/ Thu, 23 May 2024 00:02:39 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20288 BANEX PLAZA: Avoiding Shift in Public Sentiment By Chidi Omeje There is this folklore told in my place about Mr Tortoise and his unscrupulous in-law. One day, Mr Tortoise embarked on a journey to a distant land, leaving his sprawling house with assorted foodstuff to his in-law, the unscrupulous one, to look after. Soon after […]

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]]> Transforming education sector in Borno State – The Zulum example https://securitydigestng.com/2024/05/16/transforming-education-sector/ Thu, 16 May 2024 10:56:52 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20279 Transforming education sector in Borno State – The Zulum example By Chidi Omeje Recently, the administration of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State came under media scrutiny following an orchestrated campaign of calumny by detractors aimed at smearing his good image and distract his resolve to reinvigorate the lame-duck education sector he inherited in the […]

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]]> Taming the Festering Insecurity: Good Governance as Magic Wand, by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2024/05/12/taming-festering-insecurity/ Sun, 12 May 2024 07:55:17 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20270 Taming the Festering Insecurity: Good Governance as Magic Wand By Chidi Omeje There is a community of people who believe that the only way out of the raging internal security challenges assailing this country is to deploy our troops to shoot their way out of our problems. For believers in such ‘militarist approach to internal […]

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]]> NIGERIA: What Happens to Repentant Boko Haram Fighters? by Chidi Omeje https://securitydigestng.com/2024/05/05/nigeria-happens-repentant/ Sun, 05 May 2024 15:33:58 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20255 NIGERIA: What Happens to Repentant Boko Haram Fighters? By Chidi Omeje Media reports were awash a fortnight ago with stories of how some repentant Boko Haram insurgents attacked a police station in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in an attempt to free their colleagues that were earlier arrested over alleged drug offences. According to the […]

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]]> Road To Rwanda And The Call For Moderation https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/03/road-rwanda-call-moderation/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/03/road-rwanda-call-moderation/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:32:13 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=17788 Road To Rwanda And The Call For Moderation By Chidi Omeje It serves no purpose to continue the pretense that we do not understand the important role that the media plays in shaping conflicts or how, with proper support or mobilization, it can help create the conditions for sustainable peace and security. The genocide in […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/03/road-rwanda-call-moderation/feed/ 0 Kankara, Kagara and Our Faulty Internal Security Operations Mechanism https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/17/kankara-kagara-and-our-faulty-internal-security-operations-mechanism/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/17/kankara-kagara-and-our-faulty-internal-security-operations-mechanism/#respond Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:15:25 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16675 Kankara, Kagara and Our Faulty Internal Security Operations Mechanism By Chidi Omeje And the cocktail of serious security violations across the country continues. Just as the beleaguered nation was smarting from the numbing details of what would have snowballed into major inter-ethnic conflagration in Sasha, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, news filtered in early on […]

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