This article undertakes a retrospective appraisal of Nigeria's widely acclaimed, yet contentious, success in its interventionist role in Liberia and its seeming inability to contain the threats posed by members of the dreaded Islamist militant: Jamaa-tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda-awati Wal Jihad/al-Wilayat al-Islamiyya Gharb Afriqiyyah, also known as Boko Haram. Drawing ref...