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Nigeria, Africa?s most populous nation and its supposed continental powerhouse, now staggers under the weight of yet another nationwide security emergency. President Bola Tinubu?s declaration comes in the wake of mass kidnappings, brazen terrorist assaults and the assassination of senior military officers, symptoms of a state unravelling before the eyes of its citizens but behind the official rhetoric of ?emergency? lies a deeper rot: a military stripped of dignity, soldiers underpaid, under-equipped and under-valued, forced to fight battles without the tools of victory. This is not simply a crisis of insecurity; it is a crisis of legitimacy. A nation that cannot protect its citizens...