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Vol 65 No 24

Published 29th November 2024


Nigeria

Tinubu looks to his military home boys

After a spate of coups swept West Africa, the President has stacked key positions with officers from his home region

Faced with security threats on multiple levels – jihadist fighters, mass unrest and would-be putschists – President Bola Tinubu is taking no chances. He is building the country’s security architecture around senior officers from his home region, the south-west. That he has in common with many of his predecessors.

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