Can Nigeria’s 2027 Election Deliver Hope?

As Nigeria prepares for the 2027 national elections, campaign season is already underway. After the promise of “change” in 2015 and “renewed hope” in 2023, Nigerians are weighing persistent frustrations over the cost of living, insecurity, and concerns about the credibility of the electoral process, at a time when democracy itself is under strain across West Africa.

In this episode of Into Africa, Oge Onubogu is joined by Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development - West Africa (CDD-West Africa), a distinguished Nigerian political scientist and democracy advocate with more than three decades of experience across academia and civil society. Together, they explore what Nigeria’s security and economic challenges reveal about the state of its democracy, the relationship between citizens and the state, and what is at stake as the country heads toward 2027.