May 29, 2026
By Charles Kumolu
Even if President Bola Tinubu’s first three years in office have not translated into widespread prosperity for Nigerians, they have at least been characterised by a measure of peaceful and harmonious living.
This represents a rare accomplishment in light of Nigeria’s history of discord and uneasy relations among its multiethnic population.
The gravity of the situation is better appreciated when one considers how deeply the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari polarized the country. With the exception of the Nigerian Civil War, few periods in Nigeria’s history have so profoundly deepened the nation’s ethnic, regional, and political fault lines as the Buhari administration.
