For years, Nigeria’s response to insecurity has followed a familiar pattern: increase spending, deploy more forces, launch operations and hope the situation improves. But the violence keeps changing shape. A new security assessment by SBM Intelligence shows why Nigeria’s security challenge has become harder to solve. The problem is no longer only the number of attacks happening across the country, but the ability of armed groups to adapt faster than the state can respond. From bandits expanding into new territories, terrorists changing
For years, Nigeria’s response to insecurity has followed a familiar pattern: increase spending, deploy more forces, launch operations and hope the situation improves. But the violence keeps changing shape. A new security assessment by SBM Intelligence shows why Nigeria’s security challenge has become harder to solve. The problem is no longer only the number of attacks happening across the country, but the ability of armed groups to adapt faster than the state can respond. From bandits expanding into new territories, terrorists changing