ADA, ADC, APC: Without substance, what’s in a name?, by Zainab Suleiman Okino Nigerian politicians appear obsessed with the alphabetical positioning of political parties’ names and their corresponding acronyms on ballot papers. This obsession has created a frenzy among the political elite in their scramble to incorporate an “A” into their party names. The phenomenon manifested prominently in the new opposition coalition’s decision to name their party the African Democratic Congress (ADC), following concerns about the potential hijacking of the earlier All Democratic Alliance (ADA) by ruling party infiltrators. These...