Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- The designation of Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) by the United States government, citing egregious violations of religious freedom, did not arrive as a surprise. It was the predictable climax of months of clear, publicly telegraphed warnings from US congressional figures and human rights groups. Yet, this inevitable consequence still caught the Nigerian leadership completely off balance, exposing a profound crisis in Abuja's foreign policy apparatus. This crisis marks a collapse from a position of principled assertion to one of outright denial, diplomatic ineptitude, and a fundamental failure of the Nigerian security state. The CPC sanction is not merely a diplomatic rebuke; it is a stark indictment...