The Fourth Republic: Twists and Turns, By Akin Osuntokun

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic approaches the 2027 elections under familiar stresses and some new strains. Central to the country’s instability is the persistent overcentralisation of power in Abuja, which distorts federalism and undermines prospects for a stable political equilibrium. The immediate background to the inauguration of the Fourth Republic was the precipitate death of the two […]

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