Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- I will herald this piece with a brief citation. Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace is well known in Nigeria's media firmament as a prolific, ambitious, courageous and award-winning defence journalist. He is also an ace security analyst par excellence.

Ndace is the author of a trilogy, which highlighted the strides of the men and officers of the Nigerian Army, against terrorists loyal to the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), which are extremist groups.

The books, unveiled in May last year, were written in honour of Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), the longest-serving Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in the history of the Nigerian army. The titles of the books are: Walking the War Front with Lt. Gen. TY...