How can they pass on to their children a nation as strong and free as the one they inherited from their forefathers?

WSJ: And the Fair Land

Apart from the airport ceremonies that are attended by senior officers, the motorcade to the soldier's home town evokes strong sentiments of an appreciative nation - no-one seems to bother about how lowly the soldier's rank was - his death at the front line had raised him into the ranks of the venerated.

BBC: African viewpoint: Defending Nigeria's police and army