Nigeria’s bigger army will not be enough to win its security crisis

For more than a decade, Nigeria has fought one of Africa’s most complex and persistent security crises. Against this backdrop, President Bola Tinubu’s approval to expand the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and recruit 28,000 additional personnel appears, at first glance, to be a logical response.

Nigeria’s bigger army will not be enough to win its security crisis
For more than a decade, Nigeria has fought one of Africa’s most complex and persistent security crises. Against this backdrop, President Bola Tinubu’s approval to expand the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions and recruit 28,000 additional personnel appears, at first glance, to be a logical response.