LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Tech vs. Terror: How Nigeria’s Security Chiefs Are Modernising Defence

Nigeria is shifting its battle strategy from conventional firepower to advanced digital technology to combat banditry and terrorism. Led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, alongside newly appointed Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa, the government is aggressively incorporating high-tech tools into its front-line operations.
The strategy relies heavily on the recently launched “CT TECH+” partnership and the Defence Futures Lab. These initiatives focus on deploying unmanned systems, robotics, and advanced satellite monitoring to eliminate blind spots in vast, ungoverned spaces like forests. Additionally, the military is adopting generative AI dat...