{"id":21119,"date":"2024-02-27T14:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=21119"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:55:57","slug":"insecurity-terrorists-criminals-demonstrate-ability-to-adapt-abuja-city-journal-editor-tells-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/27\/insecurity-terrorists-criminals-demonstrate-ability-to-adapt-abuja-city-journal-editor-tells-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"INSECURITY: Terrorists, Criminals Demonstrate Ability to Adapt &#8211; Abuja City Journal Editor Warns Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olalekan Adigun, the editor of the <em>Abuja City Journal<\/em>, shed light on the evolving tactics of terrorists and criminals at the conference &#8216;The Future of Terrorist Organisations in Africa&#8217; organized by the Saudi Arabia-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfcris.com\/ar\/about\">King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the topic &#8216;Theoretical Underpinnings of Terrorism in Africa in the 21st Century: Cases, Challenges, and Cross-Examination&#8217; Adigun stressed the urgent necessity for a proactive approach to addressing security concerns. He emphasized terrorist groups&#8217; and criminal organizations&#8217; agility, citing their proclivity to quickly react to new situations and countermeasures implemented by security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The landscape of insecurity is constantly shifting,&#8221; Adigun remarked. &#8220;Terrorist groups like Boko Haram have shown remarkable agility in adapting to changes in security protocols and strategies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the recent uptick in violent occurrences across the country demonstrates this flexibility. Terrorist groups have showed the ability to use technological advances such as encrypted communication channels and drone technology to avoid discovery and carry out terrible assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Adigun urged President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration to prioritize intelligence gathering and technological investment in combating these evolving threats.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Adigun stressed the importance of a comprehensive approach to addressing the root causes of insecurity, including socio-economic disparities and governance challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only through concerted efforts encompassing intelligence gathering, technological innovation, and socio-economic development can the nation hope to overcome the scourge of insecurity and foster a safer future for all its citizens&#8221;, Adigun noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olalekan Adigun, the editor of the Abuja City Journal, shed light on the evolving tactics of terrorists and criminals at the conference &#8216;The Future of Terrorist Organisations in Africa&#8217; organized by the Saudi Arabia-based King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies on Tuesday. Speaking on the topic &#8216;Theoretical Underpinnings of Terrorism in Africa in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":21120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-21119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21125,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions\/21125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}