Ben Igbinosa

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The reality of the growing hardship in Nigeria dawns on you when you see the once bustling airport departure lounge now empty of passengers! How long, Oh God?

Voting here is a national punishment. This is Pyakassa Pry Sch polling unit, Abuja Municipal.

Why this confusion? INEC arrived at the Pyakassa Pimary Sch polling station at 10.20am. It took them more than one hour to setup. They could not reorganise the people. What happened thereafter was expected. Confusion! Many are leaving out of frustration, unable to vote.

INEC officials finally arrived at the polling unit. So much confusion.

Waiting for INEC officials at Pyakassa polling unit. Turn out is huge and the people are peaceful.

Who is the baron behind the cocaine seized? Hope it will not find its way into the market. Good job NDLEA. God help Nigeria

Most of you are smart but not intelligent. There are three mathematicians in my family. My late grandmother, my 87yo father and myself. If you can solve this by 8:30pm, a surprise awaits you. #KemifiedInfo

Nigeria. Largest cassava producer in the World (garri expensive) Largest exporter of crude oil (PMS expensive) Largest exporter of LNG in Africa (cooking gas expensive) Largest rice mill in Africa (rice expensive) Largest Cement plant in Africa (cement expensive) 🙄

Another petrol filling station scene in Nigeria. No thanks to the federal government that has failed the people.

This is what Nigerian petrol station has become.

At EU-AU Summit in Brussels: Working with President ⁦@PaulKagame⁩ of Rwanda and President ⁦@SuluhuSamia⁩ of Tanzania to advance regional railways project linking Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC. With their remarkable vision and leadership, we will get it done!

We were heading to Kebbi for a wedding,we’ve been informed that Bandits have blocked the road.Some said we should pray and move on,I’ve joined those who prayed and moved back home.

@StatiSense @naijama Lying with statistics

🇳🇬THE NAIRA AGAINST THE US DOLLAR SINCE 1999 OBJ: 1999—2007: ₦94.9—₦127.5 YAR: 2007—2010: ₦127.5—₦150.3 GEJ: 2010—2015: ₦150.3—₦197 PMB: 2015—2021: ₦197—₦413.5 FX GROWTH OBJ: +34.4% in 8yrs YAR: +17.9% in 3yrs GEJ: +31.1% in 5yrs PMB: +109.9% in 7yrs+ #StatiSense (NBS)

Photostory: Vendor Supplies Water To Bayelsa Water Board A trending photograph has revealed a water vendor, popularly called Mai Ruwa supplied water to the government agency in charge of water supply in Bayelsa State.

@whitenigerian So what?

Nigeria has just Unveiled the World’s Largest Rice Pyramid in Abuja. 🌍 🇳🇬

This is supposed to be a school in a state in Nigeria where Billions are budgeted for Education every year.

#JusticeOdiliSiege This is a witch-hunt

I just saw an actual headline “Military releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno”. And in this country we are actually looking for Sunday Igboho to arrest for defending his people from killer herdsmen? May Buhari not push us to the wall with his tribalism! #TableShaker