Nigeria has struggled to build a durable democracy since becoming independent of Britain in 1960. Its first democracy collapsed in 1966. Its second democracy collapsed in 1983. An attempt to return to democracy was overthrown in 1993. Since 1999, it has maintained reasonably fair and free elections for a poor and populous country. You are a correspondent for a major American newspaper who has been asked to write a feature-length news story updating the results of Nigeria’s 2023 election and the broader debate on the future of democracy in the country. Start with the latest developments post-election. Then delve deeper: What are the major forces at work? How will the problems of democracy in Nigeria be resolved? Will liberal democracy every come to the country? What is the significance of the 2023 election? You have about 1,500 words, a little more if you need it.
