Nigeria Draws a Hard Line on Terror: Why Tinubu’s Doctrine Matters Now
Nigeria has tried half-measures. They have failed.
Injured men lay in a van as they arrive for treatment after a wave of suicide attacks in the North East of Nigeria, in Maiduguri, 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.
Duggan Flanakin
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Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst at the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow who writes on a wide variety of public policy issues.
