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@Reuters Nigeria Chief Correspondent. @StateIVLP Alumnus. Ex-@234next/@Premiumtimesng/@theafricareport.
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BTW, I put this article together while listening to Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food. Daz and Kurrupt trading kans and kibbles, and trying so hard to step around the halos cast by The Chronic and Doggystyle. A solid album.

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"Let me now say that except we are here to lie to ourselves, we must acknowledge the fact that the National Assembly is gradually becoming a shadow of what a virile and effective parliament should be." Former senate president Bukola Saraki in his Democracy Day address.

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I remember the first day I walked into MKO Abiola's bedroom, first thing that came to my head was "ol' boy person fit play monkey post here o." πŸ˜…

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Didn't know Nigeria Foreign Minister Tuggar is a hip-hop head. Man used Public Enemy's Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man! to tell Seun Nigeria won't be accepting Venezuelan prisoners deported by Trump.

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An APC agent at LASIEC office this afternoon screaming that the staff delaying the release of election tags are opposition party members. "Everybody working here is supposed to be an APC member." #LagosLGAElection

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Today, there is restriction of movement in Lagos due to the local governments election; so the woman who fries akara inside Opic moved her business to the other side of the road. There is no restriction of movement or election in Ogun State.

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Yesterday, at a PU in Oriade LG, an APC enforcer stood near voters to ensure they thumbed APC. One man who'd been vociferously rooting for LP voted APC and collected 3k. Another LP man voted APC and said he wanted a bottle of beer: he got a chilled Trophy. #Lagoselections2025

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From my observation during yesterday’s #LagosLGAElection, INEC should consider allowing non-Yorubas (especially Igbos) to transfer their polling units to their home states and go vote there. To avoid mass disenfranchisement and violence in 2027.

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Buhari referred to himself as a "converted democrat" and swapped his military uniform for kaftans and prayer caps. reuters.com/world/africa/n…

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To the sound of Afrobeats in an open air pub at its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria's Bature Brewery is working to wean more customers off the big brands and onto its locally inspired craft beers. reuters.com/world/africa/n…

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Been really tiring these days coming to social media, and everything is 'Igbo this' 'Yoruba that' in Lagos. Think this seed was sown with the 2015 'drown in lagoon' threat. Igbos thumbed massively for Fashola/ACN >1.5m votes in 2011. APGA with Igbo running mate got <6k votes.

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Lagos House LagosHouseOfAssembly amends the Tenancy Law prescribing two years imprisonment or N1m fine to any agent collecting more than 5% charge. If signed into law, the devil will be, as usual, in the implementation.

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Gift Usen cannot wait to have her hand. Born 25 years ago in Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria, she has navigated through her life with only one fully developed hand. reuters.com/science/nigeri…