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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All hail the new Emir of Kano

Posted on Thu 12 June 2014 in Nigeria • Tagged with opinion, politics, APC, Central Bank of Nigeria, Emir of Kano, Goodluck Jonathan, Kano State, Kano, Lamido Sanusi, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan

Emir-Of-Kano

So a former Central Bank Governor becomes an Emir and not everyone is pleased, who would have thought huh?. The inauguration of Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano after the previous Emir Bayero died was seen as more of a political move by the Governor of the State who …


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