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Vol 67 No 6

Published 20th March 2026


Nigeria

Tinubu hollows out the opposition

With rivals co-opted, detained or outmanoeuvred, and a new electoral law, the President has engineered near-total political dominance

When they meet Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 18-19 March state visit hosted by Britain’s King Charles III at Windsor Castle, some politicians in the ruling Labour Party may betray some pangs of envy towards a ruthless political leader who managed to co-opt almost all his opponents over the past two years. In the same period, British politics has polarised to the extent that the two formerly dominant parties, Labour and Conservative, are down to their lowest opinion poll ratings – 18% and 17% respectively – for a century.

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