Nigeria: What Next After These Shutdowns?

[Daily Trust] The directive to have telecoms services suspended for two weeks in Zamfara State evokes the memory of a similar attempt to neutralize an overpowering cult of terrorists. In 2013, when Boko Haram's onslaughts overwhelmed the military, the Jonathan-led federal government authorized the shutdown of telecom networks in the insurgency-ravaged Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Whatever the outcome of this tactic, the operational might of the targets today is a valid reason to reflect on the repeat of this experime