A Nation at War Within: Why Nigeria’s escalating security crisis demands absolute seriousness, by Abubakar M. Kareto The tragic death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, the former Director of Defence Information, inside the camp of bandits in Katsina State is a heavy blow. It completely shatters all the smooth talk and polished PR coming from official government quarters about how security is improving. This is a retired general who once spoke for the entire Nigerian Armed Forces, yet criminals tracked him, blocked his vehicle along the Marabar Musawa–Kafinsoli Road,...