In what appears to be a fresh twist to the attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North -East, the Federal Government has raised the alarm that the sect’ s alliance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria increases the possibility of it ( Boko Haram ) deploying chemical, biological , radiological , nuclear and explosive attacks in the future. The Federal Government noted that the proliferation of the CBRNE weapons , their means of delivery , the spreading of technological skills required for their production and the possibility of their use constitute a threat to national security. In a 60 -page document, titled ‘ National Security Strategy ’, whose foreword was written by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd ) , and was released during the week by the Office of the National Security Adviser , a copy of which was obtained by one of our correspondents , the Federal Government , however , stressed that there was the need for a counter- strategy to addre...