Issue 382,
6 December, 2018
Article length: 638 words
Nigeria’s bitter contest between ailing incumbent and veteran ‘big man’
It says something for the political climate – and the power of social media – that Reuters on 2 December ran a story headlined: “Nigeria’s Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike.” It quoted President Muhammadu Buhari telling diaspora Nigerians in Poland, where he was attending COP24 climate talks: “It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.” He was referring to internet rumours that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese-born body double.
Nigeria,
Muhammadu Buhari,
All Progressives Congress,
Atiku Abubakar,
Boko Haram,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
Donald Trump,
Olusegun Obasanjo,
Central Bank of Nigeria,
CBN,
World Bank,
Oby Ezekwesili,
Kingsley Moghalu