EP 100: US Arms Sales to Nigeria & Nigeria’s Response to Insurgency & Insecurity with Brig-Gen Bala

16/09/2025 57 min

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In our 100th episode, we discuss the increasing sale of arms to Nigeria by the Trump’s administration, a departure from the Obama administration. We look at the implications of the arms sale on Nigeria’s heavily militarized response to insurgency and insecurity. Our guest is retired Brigadier General Saleh Bala, President at White Ink Consult, a private defence and security research, strategic communication and training consultancy based in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.

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