Nigeria’s president will struggle to contain threats

Muhammadu Buhari is confronting intense internal and external pressures as fiscal and governance problems deepen

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  • 2019 election manoeuvring
  • Emergent populism
  • Outside Abuja
  • Fiscal crises
  • Living costs
  • Devolution calls
  • Economics of desperation
  • Economic cushion

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