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Maintaining a Constitutional Balance Between Individual Rights Protection and National Security in the War Against Terrorism in Nigeria: An Appraisal

National security and counter-terrorism are often used by governments to justify violation of individual rights, creating tension between state security and human rights protection in Nigeria. This article examined how these seemingly conflicting duties can be balanced. It raised key questions: Should individual rights be subject to national security? Who determines the legitimacy of security measures? How have the United States and Britain reconciled these concerns in their counter-terrorism efforts? Adapting doctrinal research method, the paper relied on primary and secondary legal sources, …