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Bola Tinubu turned Lagos into a great city. Can he transform all of Nigeria?
Democracy is holding despite social and regional divisions.
Personality rules in a country where political parties were once kingmakers.
Divisive politics and historical power structures helped Bola Tinubu win.
The international community cannot afford to give up on Nigeria’s vast democratic promise.
For the president-elect to make the next four years a success for Nigeria, he’ll have to create a new political ethos for his country.
Nigeria’s new president will immediately face pressures from within his party, the opposition, and the majority of voters who didn’t back him.
When and how Washington congratulates foreign leaders on contentious election victories matters.
Former President Obasanjo warns: “Danger looming ahead.”
Peter Obi doesn’t want to be defined by his ethnicity. But in a country still haunted by the Biafran War, his election would be a symbolic milestone.
The country’s hope lies in the example of a rapidly reforming China at the turn of the 1980s.
Less than two weeks before the tightest presidential vote in Nigeria’s history, the country is running short on cash, gas, and patience.
For too long, the international community has ignored the Nigerian military’s abuses.
Imperial powers didn’t just steal art and artifacts. They stole Africa’s future.
Why the world’s eyes will be—or should be—on Nigeria in the coming weeks.
Nigeria’s pivotal elections and other trends that will shape the continent next year.
Nigeria has one of the world’s biggest film industries. Like Hollywood, women are underrepresented behind the camera. But that’s shifting.
Global tax reforms resisted by richer nations could reduce reliance on tax havens and bring much-needed revenue to African governments.
Peter Obi belongs to the Igbo minority and lacks a major party platform, but he promises a break from the country’s corrupt gerontocracy.
Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger due to government failures to invest in preventive infrastructure.