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American global hegemony has come under challenge from many countries and rising powers such as Russia, China and India and as they are chased out of countries hitherto under their control, they have been on the search for new abodes for their military adventurism

The West has, since our independence, been engaged in the efforts to foist a military presence in our land. In the early 60s, during the Balewa Government, Britain had sought to establish a military base in Nigeria, which was vehemently resisted by university students, diplomats and the elites.