Injured men lie in a van as they arrive for treatment after a wave of suicide attacks in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on June 29, 2024. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has taken one of the most consequential security steps the nation has seen in years, declaring that any individual or group bearing lethal weapons outside the authority of the Nigerian state will be treated as terrorists—along with anyone who enables them.
