Tinubu’s crisis of competence and democratic backsliding, by Emman Usman Shehu On the first day of August 2024, Nigeria’s streets erupted in a cacophony of dissent, as citizens, battered by a relentless cost-of-living crisis, took to the streets to demand relief. The protests, fueled by hunger, skyrocketing inflation, and a sense of betrayal, laid bare the failures of President Bola Tinubu’s administration—a government that promised renewal but has delivered misery and an alarming drift toward autocracy. A year into his tenure, Tinubu’s economic missteps and heavy-handed response to public unrest signal...