Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates Archives

The Inevitability of Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Unsurprising Candidacy of APC’s Presidential Nominee

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·August 30, 2022

Convincing Nigerians to ignore the controversies of his past, his wealth and his choice of running mate will be the crowning achievement of Tinubu’s career—not becoming president. Read more Read More...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023 Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates vol6-no2

‘Obidience’ or Sacrifice Can Peter Obi Actually Lead Nigeria?

Chukwudi Ukonne·August 25, 2022

A former governor of one of Nigeria’s most electorally volatile states, Peter Obi, is no left-force tyro. Regardless, he faces almost impossible odds of winning the election. Read more Read More...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023 Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates vol6-no2

One Last Dance? Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s North Star

Chukwuma Junior Chinye·August 25, 2022

The journeys of PDP and Atiku, its two-time presidential flagbearer, are as interwoven as they are similar. The 2023 election will likely be their ‘last dance’ together, this author writes. Atiku has no doubt reshaped PDP, but have the years shown a match made in Heaven or a pairing doomed to fail? Read more Read More...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023 Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates vol6-no2

In the Mould of Aminu Kano Rabiu Kwankwaso and the Kwankwassiya Movement in Kano

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·July 7, 2022

Nigeria's 2023 elections might provide the strongest opportunity for former minister, senator, and governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to assert his claim as the rightful heir to Kano’s most illustrious son. Read more Read More...

Best of 2022 June/July 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates