Akpan Richard, a 33-year-old employee of a public relations company, woke up on Thursday, 1 June, unwilling to go to work. The recent hike in the price of petrol as a result of subsidy removal by the Nigerian government has changed his life overnight. His monthly budget for transport to and from
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