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Jul 31, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
.@officialABAT: “My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced.” Image .@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…
Jun 12, 2023 14 tweets 8 min read
.@officialABAT: "Fellow Nigerians, it is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image .@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…
Jun 10, 2023 5 tweets 4 min read
INVESTIGATION: Baba Aisha, Nigeria’s fake doctor cashing out on deadly concoction that cures nothing | TheCable thecable.ng/investigation-… ImageImageImageImage 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…
Feb 25, 2023 156 tweets 82 min read
Time: 11:37am

Location: Mzondu ward, Gbajimba, Guma LGA, Benue.

Update: Voter turnout has increased significantly here.

#NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023 ANOTHER BVAS HICCUP

Location: PU 03, Iponri Housing Estate, Surulere, Lagos.

Time: 11:40am

Update: BVAS misrepresents the gender of two women. The machine displayed "male" as their gender.
Feb 25, 2023 119 tweets 67 min read
LIVE: Anticipation, anxiety as Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, RMK vie to succeed Buhari | TheCable
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#NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides After six months of intense campaigning, political acrobatics and sometimes hard-to-predict machinations, E-Day is finally upon us.
Feb 25, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
#NigeriaDecides2023: The Anambra community hoping to produce Nigeria’s next president | TheCable thecable.ng/inside-anambra… 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).
Feb 24, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
FACT CHECK: Viral audio of Atiku, Tambuwal and Okowa plotting to rig election is doctored

An audio of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), plotting to rig the general election that is hours away has gone viral.

#FactCheck In the said recording, Ifeanyi Okowa, vice-presidential candidate of the PDP, and Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and director-general of the party’s presidential campaign council, could also be heard.

Checks by TheCable have found the recording to be deepfake.

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Feb 24, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
ANALYSIS: How Nigeria’s undecided voters can change the country’s fate at the polls | TheCable
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#NigeriaVotes2023 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.
Feb 24, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
#NigeriaDecides2023: Can Datti become the second vice-president from Tudun Wada, Zaria? | TheCable thecable.ng/nigeriadecides…

#NigeriaVotes2023 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...
Feb 24, 2023 7 tweets 5 min read
#NigeriaDecides2023: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi and RMK in battle royale | TheCable thecable.ng/nigeriadecides…

#NigeriaVotes2023 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.

Not this year.

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Feb 23, 2023 15 tweets 5 min read
#NigeriaDecides2023: Vote-buying made easy? How naira redesign may boomerang | TheCable thecable.ng/nigeriadecides… Image 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.

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Jul 3, 2022 33 tweets 7 min read
OPINION BY SIMON KOLAWOLE: Tinubu’s lingering certificate conundrum | TheCable thecable.ng/tinubus-linger… 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,...
Jul 2, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Sex, tribe and religion — tests you must pass to get a Lagos apartment | TheCable thecable.ng/sex-tribe-and-… 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.
Jun 30, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
INTERVIEW: Waziri Adio on why he set up a think tank on public policy — and how Nigeria can change | TheCable thecable.ng/interview-wazi… Image .@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”.
Jun 24, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
‘I never said investment in SABMiller now worth $100m’ — Obi blames ‘one youth’ for misinformation | TheCable thecable.ng/i-never-said-i… Obi said this in a letter to @CCSoludo, governor of Anambra state, on Thursday, through his media aide, Valentine Obienyem.

The former Anambra governor blamed “one of the youths, not under our control, but eager to throw in anything that glorified their hero — Obi”.

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Jun 22, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
REVEALED: Peter Obi administration's $12.24m stake in International Breweries now worth $5.38m | TheCable thecable.ng/revealed-peter… 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.
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Jun 7, 2022 234 tweets >60 min read
LIVE: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi lock horns for APC presidential ticket | TheCable thecable.ng/live-tinubu-os…

#APCPresidentialPrimaries
#APCSpecialConvention 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.
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Jun 5, 2022 27 tweets 7 min read
OPINION BY SIMON KOLAWOLE: @atiku’s candidacy and Nigeria’s delicate balance | TheCable thecable.ng/atikus-candida… .@simonkolawole: If power does not go to the south in 2023, the pivotal role of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will have to be scrutinised.
Jun 2, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
VIDEO: Buhari wouldn’t have been president in 2015 without me, says Tinubu
🎥 Galaxy TV Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says without him, President Muhammadu Buhari wouldn’t have won the presidential election in 2015.

Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a meeting with APC delegates in Ogun state.
May 10, 2022 15 tweets 5 min read
EXCLUSIVE: How convicted fraudsters, drug dealers got presidential pardon (full list) | TheCable thecable.ng/exclusive-how-…

Cc: @officialEFCC @MBuhari @FemAdesina @DrAhmadLawan TheCable has obtained a copy of the 162 convicts recommended for pardon by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative Of Mercy.
Nov 7, 2021 42 tweets 14 min read
LIVE: INEC announces results of Anambra governorship poll | TheCable thecable.ng/live-inec-anno…

#AnambraDecides2021 AND WE'RE BACK
Welcome to the second part of TheCable's coverage of the Anambra governorship election. As usual, we are on hand to bring you the results of the election as they are reeled off by INEC officials.

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