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Oby Ezekwesili says she decided to pull out after ‘extensive consultations with leaders from various walks of life across the country over the past few days’. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)
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Oby Ezekwesili quits Nigeria’s presidential race

She has withdrawn from the race, pledging to form an opposition coalition to defeat the ruling party

  • Agency
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According to a report in June by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC-based think-tank, Nigeria has overtaken India as the world’s poverty capital. (George Osodi/Bloomberg)
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‘Politicians have failed us’: The despair of Nigeria’s poor

Ahead of Nigeria’s presidential elections next year, residents of informal settlements say they expect little to change

  • Staff Reporter
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