Nigeria has a new Defence Minister, and unlike most political appointees who shuffle into the position with vague talking points and ceremonial optimism, General Christopher Musa walked in with a blunt diagnosis: Nigeria cannot win its internal wars without a unified national database. That single statement cuts to the heart of Nigeria’s security crisis — fragmentation, anonymity, and the absence of any national system capable of tracking the movement, financing, identity, or networks of violent actors.
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Nigeria has a new Defence Minister, and unlike most political appointees who shuffle into the position with vague talking points and ceremonial optimism, General Christopher Musa walked in with a blunt diagnosis: Nigeria cannot win its internal wars without a unified national database. That single statement cuts to the heart of Nigeria’s security crisis — fragmentation, anonymity, and the absence of any national system capable of tracking the movement, financing, identity, or networks of violent actors.
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