Nigerian election key to shaping the nation’s future after years of corruption, incompetence

The usual process is that most voters choose between the two long-established parties that informally represent the interests of the major ethnic and linguistic groups.

Nigeria is choosing between two traditional presidential candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, and Atiku Abubakar, while Peter Obi is the dark-horse, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

February 23, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa's most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent's entire population (200 million). It is a major oil producer, pumping 1.5 million barrels a day. But its GDP per capita is slightly less now than it w...

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