Abuja, Nigeria- Nigeria’s Military and Security architecture may soon experience a rejig as Casade Defence Systems, a Nigeria firm and Viettel High Technology, a renowned Vietnam defence and communication Company have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to introduce Viettel Firearms Training Simulation System in the Country. In a chat with some defence correspondents in Abuja after the signing ceremony of the partnership in Vietnam, President of the Casade Defence Systems, Professor John Ifediora noted that the system involves the Tactical shooting range Simulation and Mission planning simulation all rolled into one. According to him, the Viettel Firearms Training Simulation System is an integrated…
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Nigeria would soon witness High speed Internet connectivity like never before as Casade Defence Systems, a Nigeria firm and Viettel High Technology, a Vietnam Company have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to introduce Viettel 5G Private Network in the Country. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja after the signing ceremony of the partnership in Vietnam, President of the Casade Defence Systems, Professor John Ifediora noted that the Viettel 5G Private Network has a powerful presence in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, adding that the cutting-edge technology is set to go global, with a special focus on Africa where remote towns…
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Casade Series on anti-corruption measures. Introduction Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja delivered a significant blow to high-level impunity on July 15, 2026, when Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ordered the final forfeiture of 48 out of 57 properties linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami (SAN), his family, and associated companies to the Federal Government. The assets, valued at approximately ₦213 billion, were ruled to be proceeds of unlawful activities following an EFCC investigation. This ruling, building on an interim forfeiture order from January 2026, represents one of Nigeria’s most substantial recent asset recoveries. It provides a timely case…
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The US-Africa Energy Summit 2017 to be held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, on September 18-19, 2017, is a solution-driven summit that would offer firms and investors in the energy sector in sub-Saharan Africa the means and opportunities to seriously address the perennial shortage of electricity supply in their respective countries through collaborations and partnerships with US-based firms, funding from growth fund managers, and financial institutions that specialize in energy projects. In addition to these private sources of funding, federal and state governments in Africa, the World Bank, the IMF, and the Power Africa project led by the US government, have…
RATIONALE FOR THE SUMMIT The brutality and viciousness of recent terroristic and sectarian attacks on civilian populations in Nigeria, and around the world were previously unthinkable. The Boko Haram killings in Northern Nigeria, the be-headings by ISIS and their murderous assaults in Paris, and the Al Shabaab slaughters in Kenya, have compelled the international community, and Nigeria in particular, to rethink national security paradigms, prompting a reflection on the difficult questions of how, when and where the next deadly attack would occur. Mindful that modern terror groups now have at their disposal an array of vectors to choose from in…
Robert Orya, Former NEXIM Bank MD, Convicted of ₦2.4 Billion Fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction of Robert Orya, a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), for fraud involving about ₦2.4 billion. Orya served as Managing Director of NEXIM from 2011 to 2016. On November 25, 2021, the EFCC arraigned him before Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. He faced a 49-count charge. The charges included: ● Criminal breach of trust ● Impersonation ● Misappropriation ● Official corruption ● Fraud (including obtaining money by false pretenses)…
Click here to download the PDF version of this journal John O. Ifediora A purposive thought of a united Nigeria necessarily engages an Orwellian DoubleThink, the conscious effort to hold two completely contradictory positions at once on an issue, and simultaneously believing in both. The nation-state of Nigeria was never designed to succeed as an organic entity that independently meets the needs, visions and aspirations of its varied citizenry. It could not have, even if the British who cobbled it together executed its formation with the best intensions. As is true with all colonized geopolitical territories within the muscular domain…
The international community aims to eradicate extreme poverty and to do so in a sustainable manner. This chapter suggests that climate change poses a major obstacle to this challenge. Climate-related shocks and stresses – from natural disasters to agricultural impacts and health shocks – already prevent households from escaping poverty.