Nigeria: Lawmakers Flex Their Muscles in Ailing President's Absence

Nigerian lawmakers took action July 26 in response to national anxieties about the health and competence of absent President Muhammadu Buhari, who for the last 80 days has been in the United Kingdom receiving medical attention for an undisclosed ailment. The Nigerian upper house voted in favor of a battery of constitutional amendments that, if passed by the lower house and signed into power by the executive, could have a significant impact on Nigeria's power structures....