Nigeria: Alhassan and the Game of Long Knives

15 September 2017

Those who thought that Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting would be the political funeral for Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan may have exaggerated her dilemma after all.

She may well have had her letter of resignation in her bag, but in the end President Muhammadu Buhari didn't push her over the edge - yet. After many years in politics, Alhassan should know that wrongs might not be counted always; but they're not easily forgiven.

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