{"id":175480,"date":"2025-08-21T22:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/every-nigerian-should-learn-combat-skills-for-self-defence"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:39:07","slug":"every-nigerian-should-learn-combat-skills-for-self-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/every-nigerian-should-learn-combat-skills-for-self-defence","title":{"rendered":"Every Nigerian Should Learn Combat Skills for Self-Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged all Nigerians to learn combat skills to protect themselves in the face of danger.<\/p>\n<p>General Musa gave this advice on Thursday when he appeared as a guest on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He likened the acquisition of combat skills to driving, swimming, and other essential survival skills.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he would advise Nigerians to learn combat skills for self-defence, General Musa said, \u201cThat one should be taken as learning driving, learning how to swim. Whether we have war or not, it is a survival instinct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Europe, swimming is compulsory; [so is] Learning and teaching about security because you have to learn what security is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, should train Nigerian graduates in unarmed combat skills for day-to-day survival against dark-hearted men.<\/p>\n<p>The defence chief further explained that security is the responsibility of all Nigerians, even as he urged citizens to remain situationally aware of their surroundings to identify strange and suspicious individuals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has urged all Nigerians to learn combat skills to protect themselves in the face of danger. General Musa gave this advice on Thursday when he appeared as a guest on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. 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