Nigeria, March 19 -- I have been observing, analyzing, and increasingly growing disturbed by the alarming pace of violence and insurgency in Nigeria, particularly across the northern region.

One troubling question persists and refuses to go away: How do armed groups move through communities, villages, and towns without being exposed? How do they pass through civilian spaces, sometimes in broad daylight, without timely reporting to security agencies? Why this silence?

This question is not merely rhetorical-it strikes at the very heart of our national security dilemma. There is no doubt that Nigeria's security agencies, especially the military, are making efforts under extremely difficult and complex conditions. In the classical phases o...