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2027: Concern mounts as Nigeria’s democracy shows signs of return to ‘Abacha era’

…CSOs say elections are under serious threat As political tensions heighten ahead of the 2027 general election, observers are raising concerns that Nigeria may be drifting toward a dangerous concentration of political power reminiscence of the era of Sani Abacha. From 1995 to 1998, under Abacha’s regime, five political parties were controversially registered, each ultimately […]

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