Sentence:  In Nigeria, this failure is expressed by the coming into position of dominance of the <WSD>militariat</WSD>, that is the alliance of top military officers and bureaucrats, local and foreign capital (private sector) and traditional rulers that has been dominant in Nigerian politics, especially from the mid-1980s. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A ruling class formed by an alliance between military officers and bureaucrats.