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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 10 Feb 2016

    Rats invade Nigeria budget documents and smuggle foreign items, health minister says http://bbc.in/1RpYnaN pic.twitter.com/6Kf5R9msp0

    8:34 AM - 10 Feb 2016
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      1. Valentina Emeruwa-Daniel‏ @ValieDan 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica. So our budget now stands the risk of having lassa fever

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      1. Senator‏ @SenatorFola 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica I'm moving somewhere else.pic.twitter.com/2ldI3nijwn

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      1. Your favorite Veterinarian‏ @jaybrizzy 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Safe to say.. The budget is now down with Lassa fever... @PdpNigeria @PdpYoung @adeyanjudeji @PdpAkwaIbom

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      2. Sadiq Abubakar Baba‏ @sadiqbabaa 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica I don't think the rat in this context means rodent. It might be that he means some bad elements.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      3. Omooba Adeniyi Adeoye‏ @Nero_Naija 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @sadiqbabaa

        @sadiqbabaa @BBCAfrica exactly that it. Pity people are too lazy to read

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Omooba Adeniyi Adeoye‏ @Nero_Naija 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica For the gullible ones who are too lazy to read and doesn't know the diff. between Rat and a quoted "Rat"pic.twitter.com/vlMQ0qzLQN

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      2. adeda‏ @tosinadeda 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica people will read only headline and won't know "rats" is a metaphor. .

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. Kenny Amasike‏ @boicom7 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @tosinadeda

        @tosinadeda I guess @BBCAfrica is taking advantage of that.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. adeda‏ @tosinadeda 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @boicom7

        @boicom7 @BBCAfrica They all do that, attract you with an headline so you can open the link.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Kenny Amasike‏ @boicom7 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @tosinadeda

        @tosinadeda @BBCAfrica Exactly man

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Hassan Khan‏ @thehassanian 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Dear @BBCAfrica , The Name of Nigeria's Minister for Health is Prof. Isaac Adewole not Odewale thanks

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      1. Reverend‏ @rev_duke 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica see how we are being caricatured among nations @MBuhari @NGRSenate @TVCconnect @PdpNigeria @YeniAKuti

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      1. VoN‏ @VoNwosu 11 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica I smell Oshiomole's handwork here. Those Edo rats can do anything brotherly. May the Lord help us. 😂😂😂😂

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      1. #BlackLivesMatters‏ @OlugbengaBlacks 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @SituationRoomNg stop publishing nonsense on Africa.

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      1. Aloysius Asuquo‏ @aabullet 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica na wetin be this nah?! Which level of falling of hand be this nah? :(

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      1. Seyi Martins-Ogunye‏ @thisIsPhakt 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica 'Rats' not Rats. You have succeeded in misleading lazy headline trackers and knee jerk commentators.

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      1. jibrin faisal‏ @faisaljibreen 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica "This is a national embarrassment!!

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      2. Yahya yahmar‏ @YahyaNura 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica @bbcworld why rats doing that only in nigeria?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. OMOTAYO‏ @SimplyTEEWHY 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @YahyaNura

        @YahyaNura @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld try and read the story first.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Yahya yahmar‏ @YahyaNura 10 Feb 2016
        Replying to @SimplyTEEWHY

        @simplyteewhy @bbcafrica @bbcworld I knw he mean ppl who scamble on our wealth

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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