African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.
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Nigeria faced enormous security and political challenges throughout the year. The political and socioeconomic scene was characterised by the country’s slow economic recovery, the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the North East, the precarious situation in north-central states (which pitched nomadic herdsmen against settled farmers), and widespread, apparently organised, banditry in parts of the North West. The sheer number of attacks, counter-attacks, and sectarian clashes made an accurate account of these events all but impossible. At the end of the year, however, all eyes were on the elections due in early 2019, particularly, the battle for the presidency between the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, and his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar. The surprising reappearance of the septuagenarian challenger, who had served as vice president under former president Olusegun Obasanjo, and who had already run three times (unsuccessfully) for the presidency, heralded a fierce and initially unexpectedly open battle for the highest office.