Buhari wins as Nigeria turns its back on Jonathan

Posted on Sat 04 April 2015 in Nigeria • Tagged with politics, opinion, news, APC, Boko Haram, Buhari, Goodluck Jonathan, Lamido Sanusi, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, Wole Soyinka

Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London

In the end, the margin was too decisive. Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent president of Nigeria, had no choice but to telephone his challenger Muhammadu Buhari and concede defeat.

It was a rare moment of grace in an election characterised by Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s …


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The Failure Of The Nigerian Government To Protect Its Citizens

Posted on Wed 30 April 2014 in Opinion • Tagged with Nigeria, Boko Haram, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, President Goodluck Jonathan, Chibok

Relatives of abducted schoolgirls protesting

Two weeks.

That's how long 190 schoolgirls have been abducted for. They were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State in North-Eastern Nigeria. President Jonathan should be held personally responsible if anything bad happens to these innocent children, despite numerous dubious claims that the Government is winning the "war …


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