Nigeria’s government has confirmed it cooperated with the U.S. under “structured security cooperation” — including intelligence sharing and strategic coordination that supported the operation. Nigerian officials stated the cooperation was consistent with international law and respect for sovereignty. � ThisDayLive Multiple news reports also note that U.S. officials said the strikes were carried out with Nigeria’s approval and at the request of Nigerian authoritie FOREIGN BOMBS ON NIGERIAN SOIL: WHEN A SOVEREIGN NATION NEEDS OTHERS TO FIGHT ITS WAR By Sights and Sounds of Ndon-Eyo II, Etinan | Front Page | National Security Nigeria has crossed a line it long insisted would never be crossed. On Christmas Day , United States forces struck ISIS-linked terrorist targets inside Nigeria , confirming what many Nigerians have feared but officials have avoided admitting: the war has overwhelmed our borders, our institutions, and our deterrence capacity . Yes, the strikes were coordin...

    **Stability by Force, Freedom by Fire: What Nigeria Can Learn from Tajikistan’s Fear of Religious Extremism** By Sights and Sounds of Ndon-Eyo II History does not punish nations the same way. Some are punished with chaos. Others with silence. Nigeria and Tajikistan are two countries that walked through civil war, tasted blood, and survived. Yet, standing today, they made opposite choices —and now live with opposite consequences . Where Nigeria chose freedom at all costs , Tajikistan chose order at all costs . Where Nigeria allowed religion to flourish publicly, Tajikistan locked religion behind the walls of the state. One is noisy, divided, and bleeding. The other is quiet, controlled, and tense. The question is no longer who is right — but who is learning from history, and who is repeating it. Two Civil Wars, Two National Traumas Nigeria’s civil war (1967–1970) taught the country a single lesson: No group must ever dominate the others again. Federalism, ...

AI generated    Although embedding RFID chips in paper has been demonstrated , no major currency in the world currently uses it as a standard feature. For example, the Bank of England — issuer of British pound notes — says clearly that their banknotes do not have RFID or any tracking technology embedded.  There are microchips (specifically small RFID-type chips) that could be embedded into paper, including banknotes, but in practice they are rarely used (if at all), and there are serious technical, cost and privacy challenges. Here’s a breakdown of the situation. ✅ What technology exists (or has existed) for embedding chips in paper/currency-like objects A major electronics company, Hitachi, developed a micro-RFID chip (sometimes called a “µ-chip”) small enough to embed in paper, documents or banknotes. Researchers (for instance at North Dakota State University, NDSU) have demonstrated methods — such as a laser-based assembly technique (called “LEAP”) — for embeddin...

  This report exposes a deeply troubling flaw in Nigeria’s internal security structure — specifically, a failure of military intelligence and counterinsurgency strategy . 🔍 Analysis: Military Intelligence Failure & National Security Lapses Failure of Preventive Intelligence : General Musa’s statement confirms a tragic reality — that Nigeria’s military intelligence failed to detect and intercept the massacre plan before it happened . In any functioning counterterrorism framework, swift, real-time intelligence gathering is the backbone of prevention . The fact that locals housed, fed, and even escorted terrorists to an IDP camp without detection speaks volumes about: A breakdown in local surveillance. Weak human intelligence (HUMINT) networks. Poor community-police trust and engagement. Absence of credible early-warning systems. Community Betrayal or Community Fear? While the CDS blamed the local population for aiding terrorists, we must ask: Were the reside...