Edge Of The World

An Open Letter to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria Your Excellency, I respectfully extend my sincere congratulations to you on your reform-driven leadership over the past two years. Your confidence, clarity of vision, and composure, particularly in international engagements, have continued to project Nigeria positively on the global stage. Many citizens draw renewed hope from your leadership. With the utmost respect, I seek Your Excellency’s indulgence to share a humble suggestion regarding the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This submission is made not as a critique of your administration, but as a contribution in support of your Renewed Hope Agenda and your ongoing efforts to strengthen national institutions. Your Excellency, I wish to propose a strategic rethinking of the NYSC scheme by gradually integrating graduating youths into structured service within the nation’s ...

When Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State revealed that security personnel deployed to vulnerable communities were withdrawn at 3:00 a.m.—just 45 minutes before an attack—Nigerians reacted with shock, anger, and a single question that refuses to disappear: Who gave the withdrawal order? It is a fair question. It is also one that may take time, investigation, and institutional honesty to answer. But the Kebbi incident exposes a deeper truth about security management in Nigeria: our command structure is too fragmented for a country battling multi-layered threats. And this, more than anything, validates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s push for a centralised, technology-driven, and accountable security coordination model. Nigeria’s security agencies—military, police, DSS, civil defence, intelligence units—operate in parallel lanes with overlapping mandates. State governors, despite bearing the title “Chief Security Officer,” have no legal authority over federal forces. This incoheren...