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“When we met at nightclubs on weekends, my friends would tease me with questions like, ‘Where’s your truck?’ They’d laugh when I walked in and ask, ‘Are you here to sell diesel?’ I took the wisecracks in stride. I didn’t feel that selling diesel was beneath me. I had my wife and children to look after; there were school fees to pay.”
.@officialABAT: "I am not going to talk in difficult terms by dwelling on economic jargon and concepts. I will speak in plain, clear language so that you know where I stand. More importantly, so that you see and hopefully will share my vision regarding the journey to a better,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@officialABAT: "The fierce opposition to the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and the unrelenting pro-democracy onslaught it unleashed was the equivalent of the battle against colonial rule by our founding fathers that resulted in the gaining of Nigeria’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital territory, many residents consume ‘Baba Aisha Herbal Medicine’, a low-end herbal product that sells for just N100 and is touted to cure common diseases. In this five-month-long investigation, @kemi_busari scientifically probes the content of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
ANOTHER BVAS HICCUP
After six months of intense campaigning, political acrobatics and sometimes hard-to-predict machinations, E-Day is finally upon us.
The 2023 presidential election holds today and residents of Agulu community, in Anambra state, are gearing up for a poll that may seal their fate for the next decade. Agulu is the ancestral home of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
It is less than 24 hours to Nigeria’s presidential election and Yakubu Isa, a resident of Abuja, the country’s capital, is still unsure of who to vote for. He said all the political candidates are cut from the same cloth and it doesn’t really matter who wins.
A few blocks from the family house of Namadi Sambo is the residence of Datti Baba-Ahmed. Both men share a few things in common. The former is an ex-vice president while the latter seeks to become the next vice-president of Nigeria...
On a good day, presidential elections in Nigeria are a straight fight between the candidate of the ruling party and that of the leading opposition party.
The Nigerian currency was redesigned apparently to curtail vote-buying in the 2023 general election — but there are indications that it may now be cheaper to buy votes as a result of the resultant hardship.
The social media, where most political debates take place these days and where brickbats are exchanged between protagonists and antagonists per nanosecond, has caught fire again with reports that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
When Chuks Amadi concluded his national youth service programme, he wanted to practise as a medical doctor in the “centre of excellence”, mainly because it is believed to be a home for all, where dreams are achieved faster and opportunities abound for the willing.
.@Waziriadio Adio, former executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, speaks with @Shehu_Idris95 on Agora Policy, the think tank and non-profit he just launched “to find practical solutions to urgent national challenges”.
Obi said this in a letter to @CCSoludo, governor of Anambra state, on Thursday, through his media aide, Valentine Obienyem.
In a 2018 interview, Peter Obi said he invested $20 million in International Breweries on behalf of Anambra state as a governor. Obi’s claim was in response to questions on economic development, Anambra politics and his presidential ambition.
It is finally here; the most-eagerly anticipated presidential primary in recent history. The stage is set for a clash of gladiators and kingmakers in Eagle Square, Abuja. Welcome to TheCable's coverage of the APC special convention.
.@simonkolawole: If power does not go to the south in 2023, the pivotal role of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will have to be scrutinised.
TheCable has obtained a copy of the 162 convicts recommended for pardon by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative Of Mercy.