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Bitter pill: The heavy toll of expensive medicines on Nigerians As the cost of life-saving medicines continue to rise, Nigerians are grappling with the challenge of affordability. TheCable's documentary unpacks the dire situation and proffers solutions. #TheCableAt10
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Dora Akunyili’s daughter named chief medical officer of US hospital | TheCable
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Obasanjo: The elections were a show of shame — I’m too old to keep quiet | TheCable
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‘Police murdered my cousin’ — Nigerian-born Canadian minister endorses #EndSARS via @thecableng
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PHOTOS: Obasanjo scores hattrick at Baptist Boys’ High School 100th anniversary match | TheCable
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Rep: If Nigerians need NYSC to get jobs, why should anyone be president with just WAEC? | TheCable
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Okonjo-Iweala: Nigerians no longer believe government can provide anything for them | TheCable
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JUST IN: Ortom backs Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi, says he’ll make a true president | TheCable
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Chimamanda writes @JoeBiden , says Nigeria’s presidential poll was 'deliberately manipulated' | TheCable #NigeriaDecides2023
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Boniface leads Bayer Leverkusen to first Bundesliga title, ending Bayern’s 11-year reign | TheCable 📸: @bayer04_en
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‘There’s dignity in labour’ — Peter Obi fires back at Tinubu | TheCable
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No better team to fix Nigeria than my husband and Datti, says Obi's wife | TheCable
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PHOTOS: Large turnout as LP takes presidential campaign to Ekiti | TheCable
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PHOTOS: @PeterObi joins Catholic faithful to celebrate Holy Week in Anambra | TheCable
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Many Nigerians feel deeply cheated by INEC, says Chimamanda | TheCable
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Breakthrough for cancer treatment as US drug trial records ‘100% success’ | TheCable
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‘I won’t be part of a cover-up’ — Rinu Oduala steps down from Lagos #EndSARS panel | TheCable
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Obi to Nigerians: Support me in saving our nation — I’ll fulfill all my promises | TheCable
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JUST IN: Tinubu appoints Hadiza Bala Usman, Musawa as special advisers | TheCable
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VIDEO: Massive crowd receive Obi, Datti in Kano #ObiDattiInKano
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BREAKING: Lagos govt invited us to intervene in #EndSARS crisis, says @HQNigerianArmy | TheCable Cc @jidesanwoolu @followlasg #LekkiShooting #EndsSARS
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. @PeterObi leads Tinubu, @atiku , Kwankwaso in new Anap poll | TheCable
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Akeredolu: No problem if Obi wins in 2023 — as long as presidency comes to south | TheCable
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‘Lagos to Abuja for N16,500’ — Green Africa brings fresh competition to aviation sector | TheCable
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IGP: Governors will no longer be allowed to stop rallies of opposition parties | TheCable
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PROMOTED: BUA responds to Dangote
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Ayo Adebanjo: If Obi loses, a Christian southerner may never be president again | TheCable
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Chased by Boko Haram, this 8-year-old #Nigerian has ‘conquered the world of #chess ’ in the #US | TheCable
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JUST IN: Hilda Dokubo appointed chair of Rivers Labour Party steering committee | TheCable
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TRENDING VIDEO: Electricity workers shut down Abuja TCN station over strike
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JUST IN: Court dismisses suit against Tinubu’s inauguration over 25% of FCT votes | TheCable
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RESULT PDP wins in Peter Obi's polling unit In Anambra: The Peoples Democratic Party won in PU 019, Umudimakasi Square, Agulu, Anambra where Peter Obi, its vice presidential candidate, voted Presidential election result PDP: 258 APC: 1 #NigeriaDecides2019 #ElectionDay
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JUST IN: Air Peace offers free flights to Nigerians willing to return from South Africa | TheCable #XenophobicAttack
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Catholic Church donates ALL its 425 hospitals in Nigeria as COVID-19 isolation centres | TheCable #COVID19
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Ayo Adebanjo to Tinubu: LP is now NADECO | Support Peter Obi's presidential bid | TheCable
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VIDEO: 'You shut us out on approval of Buhari's $22.7bn loan' — Abaribe tackles Lawan 📹: @ARISEtv
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BREAKING: ‘We need not be confused nor gullible’ — Obasanjo endorses @PeterObi for presidency | TheCable
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Ooni to Tinubu: Use traditional rulers to tackle insecurity | We’re closest to the people | TheCable
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#Wike : "Who will suspend me? What do you think is my job here? “I'm not saying I'm bigger than the party but those who ran away from the party cannot suspend me from the party. I beg them, today, today, they should come and suspend me. Anything they see, they will take.”
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Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, backs Peter Obi’s presidential bid | TheCable #2023Elections
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JUST IN: Edwin Clark endorses Obi for president, calls him ‘best hope of new Nigeria’ | TheCable #2023Elections
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‘The rock upon which Nigeria will stand’ — southern, middle belt leaders endorse @PeterObi | TheCable
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You can't force northerners to vote for Tinubu, Bafarawa tells el-Rufai | TheCable
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Peter Obi: If elected president, 100m poor Nigerians would have access to free medical care | TheCable
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JUST IN: Tinubu meets Ibori, Wike, Makinde in Aso Villa | TheCable
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Jega: @MBuhari has disappointed so many Nigerians | TheCable
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Obidients more peaceful than @MBuhari supporters in 2011, says @ShehuSani | TheCable
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Obi to Nigerians: Don’t listen to presidential candidates that speak through proxies | TheCable #2023Elections
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TOP STORY: Chimamanda writes Biden, says Nigeria’s presidential poll was ‘deliberately manipulated’ | TheCable
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UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION (I): Bribery, bail for sale… #Lagos police station where innocent civilians are jailed and criminals are recycled | TheCable
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TRENDING VIDEO: 'I'll kill you and nothing will happen' — soldier manhandles traveller along Kaduna road 🎥: @dkuti82
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Tunde Bakare: ‘Emi lo kan’ politics breeds dictatorship | good politicians don’t avoid debates | TheCable
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EXTRA: ‘The man who won the elections’ — Chimamanda introduces Obi at US university lecture | TheCable
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BREAKING: Southern, middle belt leaders endorse Obi | TheCable
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BREAKING: Six #coronavirus patients recover in #Lagos , set to be discharged | TheCable #COVID19 #COVID19NIGERIA #coronavirus
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JUST IN: Tinubu meets with Jonathan, Akpabio, governors in Aso Villa | TheCable
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. @PeterObi to universities: Give students one-week holiday to go and vote | TheCable
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LP state chairpersons take control of party HQ, insist Abure remains national leader | TheCable
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Onaiyekan: Swearing in Tinubu before tribunal delivers verdict makes no sense | TheCable
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Obidients sing national anthem in #Lekki #LagosRally #Lagos4MillionMarch
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Atiku: "It will take a miracle for Labour Party with no structure in the grassroots to win the presidency. In the north 90% of our people are not in tune to Social media."
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#Ramadan fast continues Wednesday as Saudi Arabia agency declares no sight of crescent moon | TheCable #EidAlFitr
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LP campaign to Oshiomhole: Police ranked Anambra safest state under Obi | TheCable
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VIDEO: #BokoHaram bows to superior firepower of soldiers, abandons gun truck
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RESULTS Location: PU: 024 Dan Waire primary school, Ward: Sabin-Gari East, Fagae LG, Kano APC: 10 PDP: 1 LP: 45 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023
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VIDEO: Those who need rest should have rest, those of us who don’t need rest will continue to work, says @PeterObi
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‘Present Tinubu for debates, bullying media won’t work’ — Obaigbena hits APC campaign | TheCable
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VIDEO: Massive crowd at IBB square as @PeterObi takes campaign to Benue
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Wike: Nigeria not ripe for Muslim-Muslim ticket... it's an insult to also ignore zoning | TheCable
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BREAKING: Kano state government finally acknowledges 'strange deaths', says they were caused by complications from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria
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Seyi Tinubu: We organised concert to celebrate bravery of youths who voted my father | TheCable
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Obi, LP refusing to pay N1.5m to access documents requested, INEC tells tribunal | TheCable
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#Coronavirus : We’ve started immediate cash transfer to poorest households, says FG | TheCable #COVID19
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VIDEO: Thugs have invaded LP HQ, says chair
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[TOP STORY] Ayo Adebanjo: I and Obasanjo agreed to support Obi to make Nigeria better | TheCable
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IGP orders arrest of Sunday Igboho over eviction notice to herdsmen | TheCable
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Interim government plot: Decide presidential petitions before May 29, Agbakoba tells tribunal | TheCable
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Kukah: There could have been coup if a non-northern president practised nepotism like @MBuhari | TheCable
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EXTRA: I’ll support presidential candidate who has no money to share, says Methodist prelate | TheCable #2023Elections
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Report: How Chinese are funding terrorist groups to gain access to mineral reserves in Nigeria | TheCable Cc @NigeriaGov
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PDP, APC GET NO VOTES IN PETER OBI'S POLLING UNIT RESULTS Anambra: Agulu 2 Ward, PU 19, Anaocha LGA PDP: 0 APC: 0 LP: 236 APGA: 3 NNPP: 2 #NigeriaElections2023 #NigeriaDecides2023
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‘There shall be a new Nigeria’– Adeboye expresses optimism in new song | TheCable
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Ex-DSS director: Senator’s aides conveyed thugs who attacked #EndSARS protesters | TheCable
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VIDEO: Voters at Adeleke's polling unit demand that officials must upload results to @inecnigeria server before leaving #OsunDecides #OsunElection #OsunDecides2022
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‘Maintain neutral stance’ — Obi faults INEC for seeking dismissal of petition against Tinubu | TheCable
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#EndSARS : NBA to sue @HQNigerianArmy over Lekki shooting | TheCable
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Soyinka: LP leadership knew Obi lost 2023 polls — but they want to force lies on Nigerians “I can say categorically that Peter Obi’s party came third not even second and the leadership knew it but they want to do what we call in Yoruba ‘gbajue’, that is force of lies.” Soyinka…
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TRENDING VIDEO: Nigerian grandma who is an @Arsenal fan analyses recent @premierleague matches 🙂 📽️: @tundeglasses
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JUST IN: Results from LP agents indicated I won Lagos guber, says Rhodes-Vivour | TheCable
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Soyinka to Obidients: Your refusal to accept constructive criticism has become a badge of honour | TheCable
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JUST IN: Abdulsalami meets with Tinubu at presidential villa | TheCable
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REWIND: APC threatened to form parallel government if 2015 presidential poll was rigged | TheCable
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LP to Tinubu: There won't be anarchy when you are evicted by law | TheCable
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EL-ZAKZAKY VIDEO: ‘I was free in #Nigeria , lived next to @NGRSenate president, never in @PoliceNG detention…’ #ElZakzaky
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#EndSARS : UK parliament to consider petition seeking sanction on FG | TheCable
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Bayern Munich star speaks on how refusal to pay bribe stopped him from playing for Nigeria | TheCable
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AS IT STANDS (AFTER 30 LGAs) APC: 375,027 PDP: 403,371 #OsunDecides2022 #osundecides22 #OsunElection
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. @PeterObi on his track record: As a governor, I served a state for eight years. Not one day did I ever borrow from any financial institution in Nigeria. I have never been invited by anybody to answer questions about missing monies.
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VIDEO: 'You are very stupid' — Fani-Kayode attacks journalist at press conference 🎥 Africa TV
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