Nigeria, March 23 -- There has been no let down in the attacks on the the Nigerian State by non-state actors. In Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, multiple bomb blasts shattered the peace last week, with scores of fatalities and many more seriously injured. These gory spectacles of violence are the lived experiences in many parts of the country, consequent upon steady waves of banditry and kidnapping.

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) detonated by Boko Haram fighters at the popular Monday Market, the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) gate, and Post Office, last Monday, left 23 persons killed, and 108 others in critical conditions. In Kwara State, the February killing of 162 persons in Woro and Nuku communities in a sin...