Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- This week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organised a round table to address the challenges of premature political campaigns in Nigeria. The controversy started way back in July 2024, almost three years to the next election, when people based in Abuja woke up to find billboards all over the city featuring President Tinubu holding his wife (Remi) with a clear message or caption "Grassroots support for Tinubu 2027". The meaning of the billboard was for many very clear. The President was launching his campaign for a second term. Many participants at the roundtable argued however that we cannot be sure it was the president's initiative because Nigeria has a tradition of third-party campaigning which ...