Politics and governance in 2012 began with a face-off between Nigerians and the federal government over the removal of fuel subsidy and subsequent increase in the pump price of petrol.
There were also tight governorship elections during the course of the year and the dramatic de-registration of half the number of the country’s political parties.
Bribery scandals involving members of the House of Representatives investigating corruption only heightened the spectacle.
In this report our correspondent Charles Erukaa looks back at the political drama that unfolded in 2012.