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National Security Consultant | Conflict Resolution Expert | Counter-Terrorism Analyst
Comprehensive Media Interviews & Public Engagements
— 2010 to 2026
Recurring Themes
Core Thematic Position
The following recurring themes run through Rev. Thompson's media engagements over 15+ years:
Terrorism as Global Phenomenon
Nigeria's insecurity is not a local problem but part of a globally templated religious extremism. Groups like Boko Haram, ISWAP, and herdsmen are legs of one coordinated agenda.
Failure Engineering
Nigeria's crises were engineered through colonial design — divide-and-rule, deliberate militarisation of the polity, and ungovernable unit carving. Solutions lie in revisiting foundational programming.
Staged Progression of Terror
Terror follows a staged sequence: indignation → acceptance → resignation → collapse. Nigeria, he has warned repeatedly, was transitioning toward the final stage.
Military Solution Limited
The military component is a maximum 37% of the solution. Non-military strategies — coalition-building, ideology, value re-engineering — are essential.
Complicity in High Places
Thompson has consistently alleged government infiltration and complicity, citing appointments, policy failures, and the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu as evidence.
Media's Strategic Role
Media reportage of terror is often counterproductive, amplifying fear and emboldening terrorists. He advocates strategic, disciplined, and clinically framed reporting.
The Omoluabi Solution
The Omoluabi ethos (a Yoruba concept of integrity and good character) is proposed as a unique Nigerian counter-terrorism and national re-engineering tool.
International Accountability
Nigeria's refusal to act has made international intervention (particularly US involvement) increasingly likely. Thompson has consistently warned of this since at least 2012.
Television & Video
Video & Television Interviews
Sources: Channels Television (primary platform), YouTube, State Affairs programme. All links verified as of research date
INDEPENDENT CHANNEL — EZEKIEL DACHOMO
US Military Action on Nigeria Inevitable
Topics: US intervention threat, Nigeria security crisis, Tinubu's options
Channels Television
Role of Media in Tackling Insecurity in Nigeria
Topics: Media's strategic role in counter-terrorism reporting; asymmetrical warfare
Channels Television
Insecurity in Nigeria — Explosive Revelations
Topics: Causes of insecurity; complicity in high places; structural failures
Channels TV / Online
Nigeria Needs a Superior Ideology and Value System
Topics: Misdiagnosis of Nigeria's security malaise; ideological roots of terrorism
Edmund Obilo / State Affairs
Terrorism and Banditry in Nigeria — Part 2
Topics: Terrorism, banditry, Macedonian Initiative, non-military counter-terrorism
Channels Television / Politics Today
Boko Haram Is Gasping for Breath in a Way
Topics: Status of Boko Haram; counter-insurgency assessment
Online / Channels TV
Boko Haram Is Just a Symptom, Not the Problem — Pt. 3
Topics: Root causes of terrorism; Nigeria's destiny and threats; structural security gaps
Adeola Fayehun Programme (online interview)
Terrorism Linked to Osama bin Laden's Global Agenda
Bin Laden’s Sudan Model, Boko Haram & ISWAP, and alleged political-terror links in Nigeria’s fight for its soul.
Channels Television (Monitored on Channels TV)
Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern — US Designation
Topics: US designating Nigeria; Tinubu's response to killings; Leah Sharibu; genocide denial
Channels Television / Sunrise
Terror Alert: Moles Within Government Working to Collapse Nigeria
Topics: Kuje prison break; Abuja terror attacks; government absorbing terrorists; complicity; UK/US terror alerts; 'Abuja is a matter of time'
Channels Television / Sunrise
Experts Recommend Ways to End Boko Haram Insurgency
Topics: Abuja bombings; citizen vigilance; reporting strange movements
Print & Online
Print & Online Interviews
Sources: Vanguard, The Guardian Nigeria, New Telegraph, Church Times Nigeria, Merge Magazine, The Laurel, Leadership Newspaper, and others
2025
Nov 23
Church Times Nigeria
Thompson Links Terrorism to Osama bin Laden's Global Agenda
Topics: ISWAP, Boko Haram, herdsmen as one coordinated agenda; Tinubu and Shettima alleged dealings with terrorists
2025
Nov 8
Vanguard News
Killings: We Can't Keep Pretending
Topics: Nigeria's denial of killings; US intervention; Leah Sharibu; genocide; Boko Haram FTO designation
2025
Nov 18
Leadership Newspaper
Trump's Threat: Cleric Faults Presidency, Says Genocide Exists in Nigeria
Topics: Genocide in Nigeria; government denial; US pressure; religiously-motivated killings
2023
Pre-election
New Telegraph Nigeria
Presidential Candidates Should Form Interim Government
Topics: 2023 elections; security conditions; Nigeria at a crossroads; leadership quality requirements
2022
2022
New Telegraph Nigeria
Nigeria Needs More Than a Spartan Father Figure — Sadness Over Insecurity
Topics: Political and economic situation; state of insecurity; leadership deficit; security architecture failures
2022
Jan
The Laurel
Rev Ladi Thompson Gives Survival Strategies for 2022
Topics: National security outlook; 2023 elections; economic insecurity; leadership selection
2021
2021
New Telegraph Nigeria
Regional Security Politicised, Not a Solution to Insecurity
Topics: Military invasion of Benue State community; killing of officer and soldiers; politicisation of regional security approach
2021
2021
New Telegraph Nigeria
CAMA Law a Red Herring and Tinderbox
Topics: Amended CAMA law; Church and State relations; destabilisation of religious institutions
2021
Feb 26
New Telegraph Nigeria
War Against Bandits: It'll Be a Terrible Mistake to Depend on Gumi
Topics: Banditry vs terrorism; stages of national terror collapse; Ahmad Gumi; coalition-building
2021
Dec 27
Merge Magazine
Exclusive Interview with Ladi Thompson
Topics: Failure engineering; colonial foundations; Nigeria's security fault lines; role of the clergy
2020
Dec 3
Church Times Nigeria
How Nigeria Can Win the War Against Terror
Topics: Emotive vs strategic response to terrorism; media's role; government cohesion needed
2019
Jul 18
BusinessDay Nigeria
How the Church Should Respond to Boko Haram, Ruga and Insecurity in Nigeria
Topics: Book launch: 'The Kingdom Gospel's Solution to Boko Haram War' (138 pages); terror as hybrid satanic/philosophical machinery; Church's body language in responding to terror; RUGA policy
2017
Oct 11
Vanguard News
Dad's Rejection of Bribes as Perm Sec Still Inspiring
Topics: Personal background; values formation; Nigeria's psyche; corruption and national security
2017
Jan 8
Vanguard News
Our Religious Leaders Are Corrupt
Topics: Corruption in religious leadership; Boko Haram re-emergence forecast; state collapse warning
2016
Apr 17
The Guardian Nigeria
A Good Intention, But Could Be Counter-Productive
Topics: Boko Haram rehabilitation/amnesty policy critique; Chibok girls debriefing; hybrid warfare
2015
Feb 7
The Guardian Nigeria
Nigeria Has Potential to Be the Model African Nation
Topics: Nigeria's founding failure; colonial history; Taubman Goldie; African leadership model
Written Commentary
Written Commentaries & Opinion Pieces
Thompson has also authored direct opinion pieces on national security, distinct from interview formats.
2025
Dec 10
eLife Online
Ransom Payment: Nigeria Has Lost the War Against Terrorism
Topics: Ransom funding terrorism; Church's role; Leah Sharibu; CAN advisory on national security
Beyond Nigeria
International Engagements & Presentations
Testimony and papers presented directly to US and UN policy audiences.
US Congress Hearing on Nigeria
Attended/presented at 2012 Congressional hearing on Boko Haram FTO designation debate
US Congress, Washington DC
US Congress Auditorium Omoluabi Matrix Paper
Presented paper on the Omoluabi Matrix as an alternative dispute resolution tool in counter-terrorism
US Congress Auditorium
UN Track III Program
Presented on upgrading Nigerian inter-faith dialogue platforms as a counter-terrorism strategy
United Nations Track III
Follow The Coverage
Additional Research Sources
The following platforms contain additional interviews and content not fully catalogued above. Recommended for deeper research:
Muck Rack Profile
Aggregates all his published bylines across Vanguard, The Nation, This Day, New Telegraph
New Telegraph Archive
Full tag archive of interviews on insecurity, service chiefs, Benue, bandits, and more
LinkedIn Profile
Contains articles, links to media appearances, and post history
YouTube Search
Interviews from Channels TV and independent channels. YouTube under 'Ladi Thompson Nigeria'
Church Times Nigeria
Publishes monitored transcripts of his Channels TV and other broadcast interviews
Methodology
Research Notes & Methodology
How this database was compiled, and where the remaining gaps sit.
This database was compiled through systematic web research across Nigerian and international media platforms, YouTube, and academic/NGO archives. All entries have been sourced from publicly accessible materials.
Coverage Period: 2010 – May 2026
Primary Media Platforms Identified: Channels Television, Vanguard, The Guardian Nigeria, New Telegraph, This Day, The Nation, Church Times Nigeria, Merge Magazine, Leadership Newspaper, The Laurel.
Known Gaps & Recommended Follow-Up:
• NTA (Nigerian Television Authority) archives — Thompson has appeared on national TV beyond Channels and a direct NTA archive search is recommended.
• TVC News and Arise TV archives — check for appearances between 2018 and 2023.
• Radio appearances — VON (Voice of Nigeria), Raypower, and other FM stations may hold audio interviews not captured online.
• Foreign media — specific outlets that covered Nigeria's security (BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters) should be searched directly for any Thompson contributions.
• Pre-2012 material — early warnings Thompson gave about Boko Haram in the 1990s–2000s are referenced in his interviews but the original broadcasts have not been located in open archives.
Deep Dive
Early Period Deep Dive (2010–2014)
What is known — and what remains to be retrieved — from Thompson's earliest years as a public security voice.
This section documents what is known and what remains to be retrieved from Thompson's earliest media engagements as a public security voice. His own retrospective statements confirm he was already active on Channels TV and in policy circles from at least the early 2000s.
What His Own Interviews Confirm About the Early Period
Active on Channels TV for 15–20 years (as of 2025)
In his Nov 2025 Channels TV interview, Thompson stated: 'For 15 to 20 years, I spoke on this station that there is a global resurgence of religious extremism.' This places his Channels TV debut approximately 2005–2010.
Early alarm-raiser on Islamist threat
2017 Vanguard interview: 'When we first raised the alarm about Islamism, Boko Haram is coming, bombs are coming, even the places we went to, they said it couldn't be as bad as that.' Confirms pre-2010 activity.
Jos/Plateau State early warnings
'There's one pastor I spoke with in Jos, he's in London now. We had a meeting in parliament and he said when I first met Pastor Ladi, I hated him. He said when I came to Jos I told them that bloodshed was coming.' (Vanguard 2017)
2012 US Congress Hearing on Nigeria
Thompson attended/presented at the 2012 Congressional hearing on the FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organisation) designation debate for Boko Haram. He later described the hearing as marked by 'asinine arguments' that denied the religious and terror nature of Boko Haram. (Referenced in multiple 2025 interviews)
Predicted Muslim killings ~10 years before it happened
In 2025 he said: 'I said that about 10 years ago' — meaning approximately 2015 — that terrorists would eventually begin killing Muslims. He made similar predictions while serving as CAN Special Adviser. (Church Times Nigeria, Nov 2025)
Channels TV tag confirms pre-2014 appearances
The Channels Television website tag page for 'Revered Ladi Thompson' includes the headline 'Old Military Tactics Won't Bring Success To Fight Against Boko Haram — Analyst', which appears to predate 2014 but the full article is not accessible in open archives. Direct archive access at channelstv.com is recommended.
Chibok Girls Debriefing (2014–2016)
The Guardian Nigeria (Apr 2016) identified Thompson as a 'security expert and consultant who has been involved in debriefing some rescued Chibok girls.' This confirms active security advisory work in the 2014–2016 period beyond media appearances.
Confirmed Early Period Media Appearances (2010–2014)
2014
Jul 3
YouTube / Channels TV (Part 3 of series)
Boko Haram Is Just a Symptom, Not the Problem — Pt. 3
Topics: Root causes of Nigerian destiny threats; structural security gaps; multiple actors beyond Boko Haram
2014
Jun 28
Channels TV — Sunrise (Saturday breakfast programme)
Experts Recommend Ways to End Boko Haram Insurgency
Topics: Abuja bombings; citizen security consciousness; inferior government tactics; proper diagnosis of insurgency; 'empty promises'
2013–14
2013–14
Channels TV (tag confirmed)
Old Military Tactics Won't Bring Success to Fight Against Boko Haram
Topics: Limitations of conventional military approaches; need for non-military counter-terrorism strategy
2012–13
Channels TV
Channels TV (confirmed by Channels TV tag archives)
Nigerian State Yet to Define the Problem — On Boko Haram
Topics: 2023 elections; security conditions; Nigeria at a crossroads; leadership quality requirements
2012
2012
US Congressional Hearing on Nigeria (Washington DC)
Testimony / Attendance at US Congress Hearing on Boko Haram FTO Designation
Topics: Political and economic situation; state of insecurity; leadership deficit; security architecture failures
Retrieval Strategy for Pre-2014 Material
Based on evidence gathered, the following targeted steps are recommended to retrieve early-period material:
• Channels TV Direct Archive: Contact Channels Television directly at info@channelstv.com or visit their archive portal at channelstv.com. Request footage under the tag 'Revered Ladi Thompson' spanning 2005–2013. The tag page confirms multiple appearances exist in their system.
• YouTube Search — Full Series: The 2014 YouTube video 'Boko Haram Is Just a Symptom, Not the Problem' is labelled Part 3. Parts 1 and 2 of this series likely exist on the same channel or Channels TV's YouTube page. Search 'Ladi Thompson Boko Haram symptom Part 1' and 'Part 2'
• Macedonian Initiative Archives: As founder of the Macedonian Initiative NGO, Thompson's organisation likely holds records of his early media engagements and public presentations. Contact via ladipeterthompson.com.
• National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Archive, Nigeria: The NBC holds broadcast archives of Nigerian television stations. A formal request for Channels TV appearances between 2005 and 2013 featuring Ladi Thompson on counter-terrorism topics may yield early recordings.
• New Telegraph Print Archive: The paper has covered him extensively. Their physical/print archive for 2010–2014 may hold interviews not yet digitised. Contact New Telegraph at newtelegraphng.com
• Internet Archive (Wayback Machine): Search archive.org for snapshots of channelstv.com/tag/revered-ladi-thompson/ between 2010 and 2014 — cached versions of the page may list article titles and dates that have since been removed from the live site.
Published Works
Books & Published Works
Thompson's published corpus, spanning national-security commentary and theological writing.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
3 Kingdoms & Governments
This insightful book explores the complex relationship and interplay between spiritual and earthly governing systems. By examining the biblical and spiritual dynamics of different kingdoms and authorities, the author helps readers understand the invisible spiritual forces, structures, and principles that truly influence governance and power in the world today.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
The Devil's Arythmetic
Explains what Nigerians must do to create a model African nation. Covers failure engineering, colonial fault lines, and the path to Nigeria becoming a continental leader.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
The Mind of Christ
Theological work exploring the mindset of Christ as a framework for personal and national transformation. Forms part of his broader 'reprogramming' ideology applied to national security discourse.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
Scandalous Mercies of King David
This book takes a profound look at the life of King David, moving beyond his public triumphs to examine his deepest flaws, vulnerabilities, and failures. It explores the concept of "scandalous" grace—demonstrating how divine mercy and greatness can manifest even through a deeply flawed human being, offering a compelling perspective on redemption and unmerited favor.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
Mystery of the First Fruits
Unpacking a vital yet often misunderstood biblical concept, this book dives deep into the spiritual significance of "First Fruits." The author guides readers through the ancient principles of consecration and prioritization, illustrating how honoring God with the very first and best of one's increase opens up pathways to enduring divine blessings and financial or spiritual abundance.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
The New Eden: Ojuelegba!
Blending urban reality with deep spiritual insights, this book takes a familiar metropolitan setting (Ojuelegba) and uses it as a backdrop to discuss spiritual restoration. It challenges believers to look past the decay and chaos of modern society, envisioning a "New Eden" where God’s original design, purity, and purpose can be re-established in our communities and everyday lives.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
Scandalous Mercies! (Book One: Jacob's Agenda)
Unpacking a vital yet often misunderstood biblical concept, this book dives deep into the spiritual significance of "First Fruits." The author guides readers through the ancient principles of consecration and prioritization, illustrating how honoring God with the very first and best of one's increase opens up pathways to enduring divine blessings and financial or spiritual abundance.
Spiritual Education 101
Designed as a foundational textbook for the soul, this book acts as an introductory guide for anyone looking to understand the fundamentals of a walk with God. It breaks down complex spiritual truths into digestible, practical lessons, helping believers build a solid foundation of faith, correct doctrines, and godly character from the ground up.
Author: Peter Ladi Thompson
Alignment & Balance
Much like a vehicle requires precise mechanical alignment to run smoothly on a rough road, this book argues that the believer's life requires spiritual alignment. Utilizing strict biblical principles, the author emphasizes the importance of holding onto a sound doctrine to navigate life's challenges without losing stability, focus, or spiritual integrity.
