DANIEL OROBATOR

Insecurity in Nigeria has reached an alarming proportion affecting various facets of our national life. Lives are lost on daily basis, population depleted, businesses on the ropes, investments are nose-diving, multinational companies shutting down and vacating the country, unemployment soaring and the populace in fears. Clearly, insecurity poses a threat to governance and economic growth in Nigeria. Nigeria has experienced certain level of insecurity right from independence in 1960, however, the level of insecurity in Nigeria has increased drastically over the years, since the exit of the military from the political scene and the nthronement of democracy in Nigeria about twenty-four years ago, Nigeria has witnessed an unparalleled security challenges that have put Nigerians and foreigners on their toes.

The Cold War was a conflict after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union 1947-1991. Flaming described the Cold War as “a war that is fought not in the battle- field but in the minds of men; one tries to control the mind of the others”. It was a psychological warfare aimed at reducing the enemy’s areas of influence and increasing the number of one’s camp followers. The superpowers never fought each other but backed opposite sides in “Hot Wars”, offered aid to influence neutral countries and completed in a dangerous nuclear arms race