The Economist and the fallacy of overgeneralisation

The Economist’s October 1 article, “Nigerians dislike their president, but may re-elect him anyway,” is serious foreign correspondence and deserves to be treated as such. It makes valid observations about hardship, insecurity and Nigeria’s fragmented opposition. But its headline reaches a national conclusion that its reporting does not sufficiently establish: that Nigerians, collectively, “dislike” President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.