2027: Beyond the intrigues and horse-trading in Nigeria's party politics, by Aminu Habibu Jahun Honest Talk Political feelers indicate that the next presidential election could be one of the most crucial in the 4th Republic, with the prospects to either deepen democracy, or ominously to throw it overboard. The unusual bid by the ruling party to cling to power beyond 2027, and if possible to political eternity, and the determination by those opposed to it, underpin the political intrigues and horse-trading preparatory to 2027. During transitions from military to civilian democratic rule (...