Nigeria
The Promise and Peril of Nigeria’s 2023 Elections
Michelle Gavin, The Council on Foreign Relations Nigeria’s 2023 general election is just weeks away. With incumbent President Mohammadu Buhari term-limited, the…
Nigeria
Money is breaking democracy in Nigeria
Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/ Peter Obe. https://photos.aap.com/Peter Obe…
Nigeria
Can We Stop to Catch Our Breaths?
Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash By Aniemeke Isioma Prisca Twentieth of October 2020 You carry army go kill many youth…
Nigeria
Buhari: The Messiah Who Will Not Save Nigeria
Bayo Omoboriowo, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shamusudeen Kareem The Yorubas have a saying that if a child would…
Nigeria
Tinubu, 2023 Presidential Election, and Impending National Disaster
By Shamsudeen Kareem "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold," is a line from "The Second Coming" written by the Romantic poet,…
Nigeria
Should Nigeria have released Boko Haram suspects?
Military commanders inspect arms and ammunitions recovered from Boko Haram jihadists. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi…
Nigeria
Buhari's Dictatorial Past and the Rule of Law Today in Nigeria
John Campbell, The Council on Foreign Relations In the immediate aftermath of the State Security Service’s invasion of an Abuja court room…
Africa
Nigeria: what Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election means for Africa’s biggest economy
"By Bayo Omoboriowo - This image was made available by Official Photographer of President Muhammadu Buhari, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72788912 Iwa Salami,…
Nigeria
President Buhari and the $1bn splurge on military equipment
President Buhari in April 2018 approved the release of $1bn for the procurement for military weapons with the stated intention of crushing…
Africa
Nigeria Sees More High Level Corruption Convictions Under Buhari
John Campbell, The Council on Foreign Relations On May 28, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) credibly announced 603 corruption convictions…