Nigeria, June 27 -- Nigeria is a big name. Quote me anywhere. It is destined to be great. A brief journey into its past would expose one to this reality. Its epithet "Giant of Africa" is not a mistaken epithet. Calling Nigeria a giant is not only well thought out, it is a giant in all ramifications. Is it its abundant human and natural resources that are not enough to make it a giant? Or its fertile lands in which vegetables and even staples grow wildly, cultivated or not cultivated? Or its strategic geographical location that makes it accessible to other parts of the world?

Yet, regrettably, the country, which should be a lighthouse and a leading giant, is at war. The war it is fighting is not with its neighbors. It is not fighting to r...