Security analyst Dr Charles Omole says Nigeria must move beyond responding to isolated security incidents and adopt a more comprehensive, forward-looking approach to tackling threats to national ⁶stability….
Security analyst Dr Charles Omole says Nigeria must move beyond responding to isolated security incidents and adopt a more comprehensive, forward-looking approach to tackling threats to national ⁶stability.
Omole disclosed that he had completed a comprehensive Nigeria Threat Assessment 2026, examining the country’s evolving security landscape, emerging threats, underlying vulnerabilities and their implications for national security.
The assessment also includes a state-by-state risk analysis designed to identify specific security challenges and vulnerabilities across the country.
In a statement announcing the assessment, Omole said Nigeria’s security challenges could no longer be understood through isolated incidents or headline figures, stressing the need to examine the networks, motivations and conditions sustaining insecurity.
He argued that an effective threat assessment must go beyond identifying existing problems to anticipate emerging dangers, identify vulnerabilities and recommend strategic interventions before threats escalate into national crises.
” A proper threat assessment must do more than identify what is going wrong. It must help us understand what could go wrong next, where our vulnerabilities lie, what risks we face and what strategic interventions are required to prevent threats from becoming national crises,” he said.
Omole said he would release selected excerpts from the assessment in the coming days, focusing on critical threats confronting Nigeria and the policy choices, institutional reforms and strategic responses required to address them.
He explained that the objective was not to create fear but to encourage foresight, improve decision-making and strengthen the country’s response to security challenges.
“National security begins with understanding the threats we face,” he added.
The assessment is expected to contribute to discussions on Nigeria’s security priorities, particularly the need for coordinated interventions that address both immediate threats and the structural factors driving insecurity.
