Oba Preye Inimiesi

Against the backdrop of Nigeria’s tenacious fight against terrorism and its crucial role in encouraging national development, this paper emphasises the fundamental relevance of efficient intelligence gathering in achieving this. Nigeria, like many other countries, must contend with the terrifying menace of terrorism, which knows no boundaries, ideologies, or organisational structures. Gathering intelligence becomes essential for taking preventive action and making well-informed decisions in this dynamic environment.

This paper examines the seeming, but superficial intractability of the soaring problem of kidnappings in Nigeria that, together with other associated runaway acts of criminalities, is causing so much insecurity in the country. Relying on a careful analysis of an assemblage of secondary data sourced primarily from journal articles, books, newspapers and the internet, the paper explains why intelligence gathering in Nigeria is not working.