Abuja, Nigeria's once-gleaming and supposedly modern capital, mainly built in the 1990s, seems to be a shadow of its former self.  Yours truly spent the last weekend there and tried to gauge the national mood with the 2019 presidential (s)election less than three months away.

On the drive to Gwarimpa from the airport, my host was already complaining about how bad things are.  The guy works in a bank and is relatively well off, but he said he knew many people who have moved abroad or are trying to make that move.  This he put down to the mismanagement of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.  You wouldn't know how bad things are from the road from the airport, with posters and billboards of Buhari and his vice president Yemi Osinbajo, asking voters for four more years.  Throughout my stay, I didn't see a single poster for any of the opposition.  You would have thought Buhari was the only candidate for president.  Maybe he had set up a "task force" to remove all opposition posters.

More: https://www.naijiant.com/articles/abuja-vibes-dont-feel-good-for-buhari/

People are vexing in Abuja o...everybody humble I swear. They all do kabu kabu these days to and from work.

It is well...

life was better under GEJ