Myriads of challenges, including protests over the government’s cash swap policy, fuel scarcity and far in the north bandits are still causing problems for the population there.

These are what the next Nigerian President will inherit…but can whoever comes into power solve these problems and return Nigeria to the big brother status in Africa?

Dr Akinola Oloji, Project Manager, Lake Chad Basin Team, Institute for Security Studies in Dakar, takes a look at these challenges and the way out.