By Mark Holden

Western media coverage of last weekend’s election in Nigeria focused on two things – violence and voting issues. But there is more to this story.

Although unsuccessful, Goodluck Jonathan, of the PDP, can be proud of his legacy of pushing forward Nigeria to be a country with true democratic elections and freedom of speech. His failure to secure another term was fundamentally an issue of timing, in that he left it too late to communicate about the small economic revolution he had put in play. Jonathan let the power of social media be owned for too long by his opposition Read full story ›

Source: The Drum