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Vol 66 No 9

Published 2nd May 2025


Nigeria

Tinubu exudes confidence as opposition starts to fold

After failing to capitalise on deepening hardships and insecurity, opposition governors and lawmakers are defecting to the ruling party

As a political boss, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has run rings around his rivals. They lack his skills and tactical acuity but most of all they are just not as ruthless and determined. That is why – with the opposition parties in disarray – that Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress are odds-on to win the 2027 elections.

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