Nigeria security dilemma and challenges of socio-economic, political and religious development

Abstract

This paper examined the challenges of security and the dilemma of continued corporate existence of Nigeria as a state. The focus was security as a major determinant of not only development of any society but the survival of such. The paper examined development, the causes of security challenges in Nigeria and the implications on the politics, economy, education and religion. This paper adopted the secondary sources of data that are relevant to the issues under consideration. From the literature reviewed there are clear indications of palpable threats to the corporate survival of the Nigerian state. And this emanated as a result of failure of leadership to understand and manage the dynamisms of our shared existence. Part of the recommendations towards a sustainable national development hinge on the urgency of restructuring the current lopsided federal structure, and until this is done, all efforts at unity and progress will be a charade.