Nigeria, May 24 -- As Nigeria continues to battle worsening security challenges - ranging from banditry and kidnapping to terrorism, insurgency, and communal violence - citizens across the country are increasingly embracing grassroots security measures and calls for self-defence.

These challenges are not confined to the North. In the South, militancy, piracy, secessionist agitations, cultism, and cybercrimes further complicate the nation's fragile security landscape.

Speaking at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies, themed "Mobilising Stakeholders to Curb Insecurity in Nigeria: A Practical Approach," the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, stresse...