Pelumi Salako

Vot­ers have been let down be­fore, won­der if Bola Tin­ubu will be able to fix sys­temic is­sues in Africa’s largest econ­o­my.

Mixed re­ac­tions have trailed the an­nounce­ment that Sav­age, a Gram­my-nom­i­nat­ed singer, will per­form at coro­na­tion.

A close look at the four main vot­er con­stituen­cies and how they could af­fect Nige­ria’s up­com­ing elec­tion re­sults.

Rul­ing par­ty can­di­date promis­es hope, op­po­si­tion pledges change as Thurs­day’s dead­line to end cam­paigns ap­proach­es.

Ex­perts and ac­tivists say po­lit­i­cal ac­tors have ex­pand­ed the scope of mis­in­for­ma­tion ahead of the gen­er­al elec­tions.

New lit­er­ary fes­ti­vals are spring­ing up in Nige­ria, in­spir­ing an evolv­ing com­mu­ni­ty of more book-lov­ing Africans.

Ac­tivists say vic­tims of se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies are yet to re­ceive com­pen­sa­tion or jus­tice and po­lice bru­tal­i­ty is on­go­ing.

Many Nige­ri­ans say get­ting a pass­port is now cum­ber­some due to cor­rup­tion and gov­ern­ment in­ef­fi­cien­cy.

There are 64 lep­rosy set­tle­ments across Nige­ria but most are in vary­ing states of dis­re­pair with lit­tle to no fund­ing.

Africa’s largest oil pro­duc­er is once again in the throes of a re­cur­rent fuel scarci­ty is­sue.