Double-edgedBut it also poses awkward questions for establishment leaders such as Alassane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire or Nigeria's Bola Ahmed Tinubu – both of whom saw their election victories in 2020 and 2023 mired in controversy...

Having served as political chief in the US Embassy in Abuja FitzGibbon had strong relations with President Bola Tinubu's government there...

The cost-of-living crisis is becoming the most serious political challenge facing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government a year after it was elected...

Opposition battles its internal demons In 2012 Bola Tinubu helped to lead a national coalition of opposition parties and radical activists to galvanise Nigerians into nationwide protests after President Goodluck Jonathan removed the petrol subsidy...

4% President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's espousal of free market economics – ending the $10bn a year fuel subsidies and letting the naira float – faces its sternest test...

' The man who holds his post today Bola Ahmed Tinubu was no less blunt admitting the need for a rethink of strategy: 'We must re-examine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in four of our Member States...

Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the current Ecowas chair was due in Dakar on 12 February but the trip was cancelled just two hours before he was due to arrive in favour of lower-profile talks with Sall in Addis Ababa on 15 February coinciding with their attendance at a meeting at the African Union...

The detention of former Humanitarian Affairs Minister Sadiya Umar Farouq on 2 January on charges related to alleged fraud over US$38 million of public funds has led to a trail of documents implicating officials in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's government...