Nigeria, April 25 -- We are creatures that love to blame the external, while the problem is usually internal - Imam al-Ghazali

Some sections of the northern elite have come again. They were outraged during the Jonathan administration, in snooze mode during the Buhari regime, and are now wide-awake coalescing like vultures, not because its two years of Tinubu's government, but it is the second year of reduced rent-seeking opportunities and access to public resources. But their predicament has some logic to it. Most had established virtually nothing, with no viable or known source of income, until they secured political office. Once out of power, it's almost inevitable to feel as though the air has thinned out.

Now they are back, rallying...