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After impeachment drama, emergency rule and enough reconciliation meetings to power an NGO, Rivers has declared peace again. Residents are advised to remain calm, keep receipts, and not finish their popcorn before the next “final episode.”
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Nigeria’s economic debate has officially entered its tailoring era, as Shettima warned that Bangladesh’s size 36 policies cannot fit our size 52 problems. Citizens, meanwhile, say they will consider any shirt size that comes with cheaper rice.
Nyesom Dwala
Party youth leaders have reportedly entered Prado season, while ordinary youths remain on the national waiting list with ‘please be patient’ and one motivational tweet. Officials have yet to explain who paid, but the cars are already campaigning fluently.
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A 1 a.m. arrest, a silent presidency and a Peter Obi statement shouting from the headline have left Nigeria doing what it does best: refreshing X, choosing sides and waiting for the people with answers to remember they have mouths.
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APC has denied plotting against Atiku with the confidence of a man who has never even seen a plot, while Nigerians nodded wearily and returned to the more urgent conspiracy of why garri now costs like imported software.
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A denial has been issued, but not before one headline travelled from London to Lagos and returned as a family emergency. Diaspora Nigerians are advised to read the full story before their aunties add prayer points.
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Rivers Assembly has welcomed back three pro-Fubara lawmakers, raising hopes that stability may return for at least one working day. Sources say even the mace has requested a briefing note before recognising anybody.
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Rivers voters say they are willing to support the latest peace arrangement, provided someone first explains whether yesterday’s enemy is now today’s coordinator, tomorrow’s ally, or just passing through on his way to another handshake.
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Aso Rock says subsidy removal is bitter medicine, but Nigerians say even Panadol now requires a budget defence. As the government promises long-term gains, citizens begin the short-term pain of trekking to work, with faith as their transport allowance.
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Lawmakers have promised to properly scrutinise the 2027 budget, immediately after extending the 2025 one like a Netflix subscription nobody remembers buying. Nigerians are urged to remain calm as “on time” once again enters the realm of faith.
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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has advised governors to stop eyeing unavailable seats, a warning delivered from the comfort of one very available chair. Abuja observers say democracy remains alive and well, pending one phone call.
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In Nigeria’s latest miracle of political weather, Wike says he is unbothered while standing firmly in the opposition, beside the ruling party, and somewhere under the Rainbow. Experts call it cross-carpeting; villagers call it eating from both pots.
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Atiku asked Tinubu where the prosperity is, but the most convincing opposition statement came from an egg now costing ₦261. Government numbers say recovery; breakfast says Please check your account balance.
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In a fresh episode of Nigeria’s elite landlord-tenant quarrel, Shettima accused the opposition of failing to keep their political houses intact, from inside a ruling party compound where even the gateman may be checking Canada visa requirements.
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Six opposition parties have entered consultation mode, Nigeria’s most reliable political fuel queue, where everyone agrees to move forward as long as their own car is in front. So far: three committees, five working groups, many big men, and one common candidate still missing, like NEPA.
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President Tinubu has launched a campaign council to campaign on behalf of a candidate reportedly too occupied with governing to campaign, raising fresh constitutional questions about whether Nigerians are voting for him, his timetable, or the men holding the business cards.
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After losing Osun to Adeleke, the APC has reportedly solved the problem by putting Adeleke in charge of winning Osun for Tinubu. Party loyalists are now updating their CVs to include “defeated us convincingly” as a core skill.
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Governor Makinde says he helped set the wedding chairs, paid for aso-ebi, and still watched his old opponent get served jollof at the ministerial high table. Nigerian politics remains the only owambe where your RSVP can be used against you.
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After previously arriving with a UNN degree, Uche Nnaji has reportedly returned to WAEC on his INEC form, proving once again that in Nigerian politics, factory settings are never far away when the premium package starts buffering.
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Ogun politics has entered “sir, you are not on the manifest” mode as PDP says APC pressured INEC, APC says stop blaming people, and INEC responds with premium silence. For now, the only candidate clearly cleared to fly is confusion.
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As 2027 approaches, Atiku and the ADC want INEC to explain who is printing the ballots and why key officials are being reshuffled like party rice. Nigerians, already experts in surprise substitutions, would simply like to know who moved the referee before kickoff.
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Nigeria’s most powerful political weapon is no longer godfathers, delegates or bullion vans, but a membership register quietly doing bouncer work at the 2027 election gate. Several big men have discovered that in politics, even the groom can be told his name is not on the list.
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After unsubscribing from subsidy removal, Obi says the petrol subsidy will return once corruption is fixed, a modest errand Nigeria has been running since independence. Motorists have been advised to keep receipts and avoid political auto-renewals.
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After months of political cold war, Wike and Fubara have entered the same room again, prompting Rivers people to hope for peace while wisely keeping screenshots, receipts and emotional distance.
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