Nigeria, June 1 -- Two years into the Bola Tinubu presidency, insecurity has persisted in Nigeria, despite his vow to curtail the challenge in his Renewed Hope Agenda, an encompassing action plan for the country's development.

Mr Tinubu repeatedly vowed to curtail insecurity threatening Nigeria's stability by reforming the country's security architecture.

"Security shall be the top priority of our administration because neither prosperity nor justice can prevail amidst insecurity and violence," Mr Tinubu said in his inaugural speech on 29 May 2023. "We shall invest more in our security personnel, and this means more than an increase in number. We shall provide better training, equipment, pay, and firepower."

Since that declaration, arm...