Politics

For years, Nigeria’s struggle against insurgency was defined by a painful pattern: outbreaks of violence followed by slow, fragmented responses that left communities feeling abandoned and terrorists feeling emboldened. But that pattern is breaking. The Nigeria emerging today is not the Nigeria of yesterday. It is a country finally fighting with strategy, not just strength;…

The meeting room was unremarkable soft lighting, wide conference table but the symbolism was unmistakable. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser sat across from the U.S. Secretary of Defense, reviewing maps of suspected extremist routes and discussing intelligence gaps across the Lake Chad Basin. For Nigeria, the encounter marked a subtle but significant shift: a recalibration of…