Nigeria's Military Expansion: A Desperate Bid to Contain Chaos The approval by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu of the country's largest military expansion in recent times reflects the nation's entrenched security crisis.
The decision to recruit 28,000 extra soldiers and create four new army divisions is driven by necessity.
The sheer scale of violence perpetrated by militant Islamists, separatists, and gangs has left authorities scrambling for solutions.