Nigeria, June 1 -- The main threat to Nigerian democracy is no longer a lack of understanding of elections but the growing doubt that elections matter. What is often labelled voter apathy is actually ... Read More
Nigeria, May 19 -- Nigeria's political class now touts "consensus candidacy" with renewed assurance. Party leaders, governors, and godfathers frame it as proof of democratic progress, a tool to avoid ... Read More
Nigeria, April 6 -- Democracy does not always die with the crack of gunfire or the drama of tanks rolling into the public square. More often, it is weakened quietly - by rulings, memos, selective inte... Read More
Nigeria, March 23 -- On the evening of 16 March, as families in Maiduguri prepared to eat their evening meal, a series of coordinated suicide bombings ripped through the city. The attacks struck the M... Read More