Nigeria, May 13 -- Politics is the authoritative allocation of values, according to David Easton. Harold Lasswell in 1936 said, "It is about who gets what, when and how." As I predicted in January this year, 2026 is a year of high-wire politics. This is because Nigeria is preparing for its eighth general elections in this Fourth Republic, which started in 1999. Recall that we have a quadrennial electoral process where general elections are held every four years. We have successfully had polls in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023. The eighth one is scheduled for January 16 and February 6, 2027. Gradually, the political temperature of Nigeria is heating up. A lot has happened since January that I need to bring you up to speed on...