Tinubu: Lion at home, lamb abroad? By Suleiman A. Suleiman

We should begin where we must. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has his virtues. For one, he is not given to petty vindictiveness as former President Obasanjo too often was. Tinubu has not been involved in any open political fights with governors or lawmakers as Obasanjo did. Instead, he appears generally forgiving and conciliatory, having brought several of his fiercest political critics into his government. Also, unlike many of Nigeria’s previous leaders, Tinubu did not come to office by accident, nor was he enthroned by anyone. He arrived in office by sheer personal grit, itself an unusual thing in Nigerian political leadership at that level.
Now, the average Nigerian president is a very ...