Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has declared a national security emergency, ordering the recruitment of more security personnel alongside other far-reaching measures.

The 26 November announcement reflects mounting pressure on the government following soaring insecurity marked by increased Boko Haram brutality and mass abductions by bandits. Violence in the country continues to expand southward, as seen in attacks in the previously unaffected Kwara State.

Mr Tinubu's declaration also follows United States President Donald Trump's claims on 21 November that Nigeria has lost control of its security, and that the country is tolerating a Christian genocide. Nigeria's government and experts have rejected the genocide claim ...