Zig Diaries

For many Nigerians, General Christopher Gwabin Musa retired became the public face of the country's Armed Forces during one of its most demanding security periods. He was the Chief of Defence Staff who regularly addressed the nation after major terrorist attacks, defended Nigeria's military before international audiences, spoke candidly about the changing character of modern conflict and consistently argued that defeating insecurity required far more than battlefield victories alone.

On the night of 14 April 2014, the world learned the name Chibok. What began as the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Borno State quickly evolved into one of the defining symbols of modern terrorism, exposing the human cost of Boko Haram's insurgency and transforming a remote community into a global reference point for the fight against violent extremism.

Africa is no longer a peripheral theatre in global security thinking but an emerging epicentre where vulnerability, power competition and new governance models are converging. Desk: Defence & Strategy Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2026 Time: 11:42 WAT Location: Abuja, Nigeria These are the insights driving a high-level leadership programme jointly anchored by King's College London African Leadership Centre and the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja.