₦airaland Forum

Omoawoke:
Make Una dey do nonsense in the name of partners. That the person is your lover doesn’t mean you should be doing dirty things in presence of each other. Is there no other way to show love other than polluting tear gas?

budaatum:
You inspire me. Please know.

dubaino:
Reno Omokri thanks President Tinubu for Ambassadorial nomination.
He made this post on his verified X Account


'I thank God Almighty for this nomination and look forward to serving my fatherland and humanity. I am particularly grateful to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his visionary and exemplary leadership.

The President has taught me the meaning of forgiveness and has helped me better understand what patriotism entails. In short, Christlikeness is demonstrated in him. He is the right man, at the right time, for the right job, and deserves the right hand of fellowship from all Nigerians.

May God bless you, Mr President, and may Nigeria prosper as an indivisible entity with peace, prosperity, and progress under your able leadership.

I thank my parents, Esijolomi and Omerewumi, who moulded me, as a piece of clay they received from God, into what I am today.

May God bless Malam Nuhu Ribadu. Although I have said this publicly before, let me repeat it today. If it were possible for all the goodness on Earth to be domiciled in a single human being, that person would be Malam.

Finally, I thank my wife, Hana, my yene konjoo, who has been a pillar by my side and helped settle my mind for the three years that enemies of the President made me their foe because of my unalloyed support for the President and unrelenting loyalty to Nigeria.

May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

Oritsebemigho Ogbareno Omokri'


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nairalandankrah:
https://thesun.ng/inmates-declare-kanu-president-inside-sokoto-prisons/

Oyeneku:
Since 1960 till date the only time I enjoyed Nigeria is the military rule.. go and ask shun kuti he'll tell u what u need to know about military rule

fergie001:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

President Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names.

In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors.

There are four women on the career ambassadors' list and six women on the non-career ambassadors' list.

Among the non-career ambassador designates are Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo, and former Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State; Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list.

Also on the list are former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent, former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer and Senator from Ondo State, and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.

Among the nominees for career ambassador and high commissioner-designates are: Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia), Yakubu Nyaku Danladi(Taraba), Miamuna Ibrahim Besto(Adamawa), Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi), Syndoph Paebi Endoni(Bayelsa), Chima Geoffrey Lioma David(Ebonyi) and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim (Ogun).

The other nominees are Abimbola Samuel Reuben(Ondo), Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah(Edo), Hamza Mohammed Salau(Niger), Ambassador Shehu Barde(Katsina), Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno(Borno), Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru(Kaduna), Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari(Kawara) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande(Osun).

The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate.

Last week, President Tinubu sent three ambassadorial nominees for screening and confirmation. The nominees were Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun). All three are in the pot for posting to the UK, USA, or France after their confirmation.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said more nominees for ambassadorial positions will be announced soon.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President,

Information and Strategy,

November 29, 2025
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BlessedGift:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6OL7JXKAk


Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed has claimed that he nearly halted the swearing-in of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

He stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has not recovered from a few comments he made.

Speaking, Baba-Ahmed lamented that his warning to Nigerians was ignored.

He urged citizens not to wait for foreign powers, especially the United States, to rescue the country.

He said, “I nearly stopped the swearing-in of this government. Up till today, some elements are blaming me. Ever since a few comments I made, the APC has not recovered.

“We were telling the people repeatedly, and they wouldn’t listen. That is why we are paying a very high price.

Chilipepper:
This foodstuffs or 1million naira? Choose wisely

TyroneP:
How US lawyers raped me at bar association conference – Ex-American judge, Ademiluyi

A former judge of Prince George’s County in Maryland, United States, April Ademiluyi, discusses her entry and exit from the judicial system with BIODUN BUSARI

What would you say about your childhood?

[b]I was born in the United States. My parents are from Lagos, Nigeria. My father lives in Lagos, but my mother is here with me in the States. She raised my two siblings and me, who were also born here. I can say that, as a Nigerian, I had difficulties with the acceptance of other cultures. For example, Black Americans didn’t quite accept my family as Africans. So, my mother went through a lot of discrimination from Black Americans, and I certainly went through discrimination myself as a child. As a child, I hung around a lot more Africans than anyone else.

Interestingly, white Americans actually accepted our African heritage more than Black Americans. That’s what it was like growing up for me. As Africans, we had difficulty with Black Americans.

How would you compare racial discrimination between then and now?

Discrimination against Africans at that time was not quite as severe anymore. Things have absolutely changed now. I think it’s because more Africans have migrated to the US. I think it has completely changed the scene and culture. I think Black Americans are far more accepting of us.[/b]

But I think one thing I notice now is a kind of hostility between Blacks and Whites. I can’t say things are better now. I think there’s just a different type of discrimination that’s eating up our headlines.

What inspired your studies?

I have a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Then I went on to law school. I graduated from George Mason University. As far as my studies, I just started with Chemical Engineering because I was good with math and sciences. My parents didn’t even need to tell me what to study. My siblings were also brilliant in math and sciences. So, we didn’t need direction on what to study. We went for our talents and what we enjoyed doing.

What motivated you to go into serving in the public space?

It wasn’t like I went into politics. It was just that I decided to run for judge. Obviously, running for a judge is political. Contesting for a judge in Prince George’s County, Maryland, has some constraints.

It’s not as easy to run for judge as it is for other political positions. However, what actually prompted me to do that was a personal experience that I had. I was a victim of a crime, and I reported it. The perpetrators who harmed me were wealthy and powerful people who were connected to the prosecutors, and because of that, I couldn’t get justice.

It was something that sparked a need for me to make a change to our judicial system. It drove me to want to be a judge. I wanted to ensure that what we call the two-tiered system of justice that treats the rich and the poor differently doesn’t happen on my watch. It was that personal experience that pushed me into a kind of politics or public service.

Would you like to share that experience that pushed you into running for judge?

I was drugged and raped at a bar association conference. It was a sad experience in 2012. It was a conference where lawyers gathered. So, obviously, those who drugged and raped me were lawyers. Then I reported the case to the local police.

They (police) assisted me with recording a conversation between me and one of the people who was involved in drugging and raping me. In that conversation that the police were recording, I got him to confess. Then the recording disappeared. It not only disappeared but was also swapped with another recording.

In the swapped one, he was not confessing to what he did to me. He didn’t confess that he raped me. It was a grainy recording that sounded to me like there were clues that they put the whole thing together.

What happened next after you won as a county judge?

I wanted to be a different judge who was not going to allow justice that treats the rich and the poor differently in my courtroom. It was one of the things that I pledged when I was running for judge.

I pledged to work with the law enforcement agency to uproot corruption in the courts. There was a specific concern that the judges were taking bribes from prison contractors to incarcerate children. That became a point in my campaign where I told myself to work with law enforcement to uncover what they were doing.

All I wanted was for this to be addressed, but this created a lot of tension among the judges who were taking bribes. I must say that it was tough for me to win. It took me running three times to win. I was met with a lot of hostility because they were afraid that I was communicating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about corruption in the courts.

Out of hostility, I went through a lot of harassment on that job until the very end of it, when I was ultimately terminated. The experience was extremely stressful from day one to the very end because of the harassment they subjected me to.

How many years did you serve to work with the FBI in exposing this corruption you talked about?

I was there for three years and four months. They started by watching my emails. The particular judge I was reporting to the FBI for taking bribes would use whatever I said as a complaint. She would make me look like an uncooperative and biased person.

They used all these things against me. There were times they picked some of my emails out of context and tried to paint a picture like I was being biased on a case that I was deciding. They completely misconstrued my emails.

They would say I was biased on rape cases because I was a rape victim. You don’t see a lot of this in the media. I have not seen any judge being attacked this way. Judges can fire you for any reason, and they used all that to attack me.

Did you have colleagues who stood by you at times to defend you?

I did not get support from anyone there. Everybody was against me. They don’t like anybody in their system who could potentially be talking to law enforcement agencies. There was a lot of corruption going on, and they didn’t want you to uncover it. They didn’t want me to talk about it.

Are you pursuing a case to get justice?

No. The lawsuit I have is not about getting my job back. I cannot go back to that job. As I said, the harassment was too much. There were a number of things they did. I mean, just nine months into this, I started getting harassment letters from a man who was serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary for drugging and raping women.

They were using this guy to harass me. One morning, there was a huge commercial truck with no license plates that was trailing me and tried to run me off the road. These were all incidents that I reported to the police while I was there. It was very obvious to me that the truck tried to run me off the road. They were trying to kill me. They were afraid of being caught for taking bribes to incarcerate children. That’s a very hefty penalty that is going to come at them.

What do you do now?

I’m not practising law anymore. I decided to focus on going back into intellectual property work. I’m just getting ready to go back into practising patent law specifically.


Recently, President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern and threatened to send troops to terminate terrorists ravaging the northern part of Nigeria. What do you think about this?

The thing is that the government is spending a lot of time on immigration cases. The ability of the United States to combat corruption from within is crippled. We have our own problems as well. We have Christian persecution here.

We also have high murder rates in our largest cities. We have corruption that is running and hurting us everywhere. It’s infuriating to see those in power trying to sanction a country like Nigeria.

What will you advise African ladies across the globe who have dreams but are confronted with challenges?

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t go far in life. We live in a very corrupt world, and I don’t care what country you’re in; corruption is everywhere.

So, you must find what you love and be passionate about doing it. Keep on going. Keep up the good fight and never drop the good fight because with perseverance and hard work, success always happens.
https://punchng.com/how-us-lawyers-raped-me-at-bar-association-conference-ex-american-judge-ademiluyi/

Great100000:
Donald Trump has said he will "permanently pause migration" to the US from all "third world countries".

The US president wrote in a Truth Social post that this would "allow the US system to fully recover" from policies that had eroded the "gains and living conditions" of many Americans. He did not provide details of his plan or name which countries might be affected.

His comments came a day after an Afghan national was accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in Washington DC, one of whom has died. Trump suggested the incident underlined a major national security threat.

The president's subsequent announcements represent a further toughening of his stance on immigration.

In the wake of the shooting, he promised to remove from the US any foreigner "from any country who does not belong here". The same day, the US suspended processing all immigration requests from Afghans, saying the decision was made pending a review of "security and vetting protocols".

Then on Thursday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it would re-examine green cards issued to individuals who had migrated to the US from 19 countries. The announcement did not explicitly mention Wednesday's attack.

When asked by the BBC which countries were on the list, the agency pointed to a June proclamation by the White House that included Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia and Venezuela.

There were no further details about what the re-examination would look like.

Trump's strongly worded two-part post on Thursday night went further, pledging to "end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens".

'Third-world countries'

In the post, the president also blamed refugees for causing the "social dysfunction in America" and vowed to remove "anyone who is not a net asset" to the US.

The post, which Trump introduced as a "Happy Thanksgiving salutation", was filled with anti-immigrant language.

He said that "hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia were completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota" and took particular aim at the state's Democratic lawmakers.

"I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover," the president wrote.

The phrase "third world" is a term that was used in the past to describe poorer, developing nations.

The White House and USCIS have not yet given further details of Trump's plan, which Trump did not directly link in his post to Wednesday's attack.

The president had already imposed a travel ban on nationals of Afghanistan - and 11 other countries, primarily in Africa and Asia - earlier this year. Another travel ban targeting a number of majority-Muslim countries was enacted during his first term.

The Trump response to Wednesday's shooting amounted to a "scapegoating" of migrants in the US, argued Jeremy McKinney, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Speaking to the BBC World Service's Newsday programme before Trump's latest comments, Mr McKinney highlighted that the attacker's motive was not known. "These types of issues - they don't know skin colour, they don't know nationality," he said. "When a person becomes radicalised or is suffering some type of mental illness, that person can come from any background."

Suspect in DC shooting is Afghan

The flurry of announcements come after officials said that the suspect in the Washington DC shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, had come to the US in 2021.

Mr Lakanwal travelled under a programme that offered special immigration protections to Afghans who had worked with US forces in the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

At the time, the Taliban had taken back control of Afghanistan, raising fears of retribution against those who had co-operated with the US. Mr Lakanwal once worked alongside the CIA, the agency's current director has said.

Mr Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and his application was granted earlier this year, an official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

He was arrested after the attack and was said to be not co-operating with authorities.

Trump styled the attack as an "act of terror".

He said the following day that one of the two members of the National Guard who were shot had died.

Sarah Beckstrom succumbed to her injuries, he said. The 20-year-old from West Virginia was working in the city as part of Trump's deployment of National Guard members to crack down on crime.

She had volunteered to work in DC over the US Thanksgiving holiday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.

The second National Guard member, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, was said by Trump to be "fighting for his life".
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxweyy157go

mocochannel:
Detty December brings thousands of visitors into Lagos each year, creating a massive spike in social activities, entertainment, travel, and spending. From concerts to family vacations, the festive rush boosts several sectors of the economy.

Here are the ten businesses that benefit the most:

1. Hotels
Hotels stay fully booked during December. Many visitors reserve rooms weeks ahead, and premium suites usually sell out first. Last year, hotels across VI, Lekki, and Ikeja made billions due to the heavy demand for comfort and proximity to major events.

2. Short-Let Apartments
Short-lets experience even higher demand. Travellers prefer privacy, larger spaces, and home-style comfort. Prices often rise, with some apartments jumping to six-figure rates per night during peak weeks.

3. Nightclubs and Lounges
Nightlife hits its peak in December. Clubs host back-to-back events, table bookings sell out, and bottle service becomes a major money-maker. Some top clubs reportedly earned billions during the season.

4. Event Centres and Concert Venues
From weddings to end-of-year parties and blockbuster concerts, venues are booked months ahead. Halls, open fields, and arenas all stay busy throughout the season.

5. Luxury Car Rentals
Demand for premium mobility rises as visitors want to move around in style. Rental fees often triple, with SUVs and high-end sedans becoming the most requested options.

6. Beaches and Resorts
Recreational spots enjoy a surge in visitors. Families book private beach houses, friends arrange group outings, and resorts remain busy—especially when people want a break from Lagos traffic.

7. Cinemas and Film Premieres
Nollywood releases major titles during December, making it the biggest month for cinema traffic. Red carpets, premieres, and holiday films attract crowds daily.

8. Restaurants and Food Vendors
Food businesses thrive throughout the festive period. High-end restaurants stay full, while street vendors enjoy late-night sales thanks to concerts and events scattered across the city.

9. Beauty, Grooming & Fashion
Everyone wants to look their best. Salons extend their working hours, makeup artists get fully booked, tailors handle rush orders, and stylists make steady profits throughout the month.

10. Digital Payments & E-Commerce
Online payments skyrocket. People buy tickets, gifts, clothes, and services digitally. Some hotels and clubs even accept crypto from travellers who prefer fast, borderless payments.

Source:
https://schooloverflow.com/topic/10-businesses-that-boom-during-detty-december-1092

Explorers:
After the devastating terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001(9/11) that killed over 3,000 on U.S. soil, the United States vowed to hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice.

That hunt immediately led to Afghanistan, where Al Qaeda’s leaders were based, the home of the Taliban government harboring the Al Qaeda terror group that carried out the attacks.

US troop numbers grew as Washington poured in billions of dollars to fight a Taliban insurgency and fund reconstruction, peaking at about 110,000 in 2011.


THE HUMAN COST:

American service members killed in Afghanistan through April: 2,448.

US contractors: 3,846.

Afghan national military and police: 66,000.

Other allied service members, including from other NATO member states: 1,144.

Afghan civilians: 47,245.

Taliban and other opposition fighters: 51,191.

Aid workers: 444.

Journalists: 72.

How much money has been spent?

About $2 Trillion

The vast majority of spending in Afghanistan has come from the US.

Between 2010 to 2012, when the US for a time had more than 100,000 soldiers in the country, the cost of the war grew to almost $100bn a year, according to US government figures.

https://mobile.reuters.com/news/picture/the-longest-war-scenes-from-two-decades-idUSRTXFOTD0

Ofunaofu:
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, invited the founder of Baze University, Abuja, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, for questioning for sustaining views perceived as inciting against the Nigerian State, a security source has disclosed.

LEADERSHIP learnt that there have been growing concerns over Baba-Ahmed’s recent public remarks on various media platforms, especially those bordering on his claims of a “constitutional crisis.”

According to a security source on Friday night, “A few days ago, Baba-Ahmed was on national television blaming the judiciary and the military for allowing the swearing-in of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. He even went to the length of inciting the military that it was President Tinubu’s swearing-in that made it possible for them to look you in the face and call you ‘bloody fools’.”

Another security source explained: “His inflammatory comments carry undertones capable of heightening national tension particularly given the sensitivity of Nigeria’s current political climate. It is also disturbing, considering how similar narratives have contributed to instability in countries like Guinea-Bissau and other states.

“I believe the secret police is treating his comments with caution. It has nothing to do with politics, but the corporate existence of our nation could be threatened if such rhetoric is allowed to fester.

“The complacency by the judiciary and military in not stopping the inauguration of President Tinubu’s administration as he was quoted leaves much to be desired

“Such an invitation aligns with established protocols especially as his description of efforts to improve the security of the nation as a ‘joke’ could agitate public sentiment, weaken trust in state institutions.

“These sessions are not punitive; they are preventive, focused on clarifying intent, contextualising the remarks, and preventing the emergence of narratives that could unintentionally fuel unrest.”
https://leadership.ng/dss-invites-baba-ahmed-over-alleged-inciteful-remarks-against-nigeria/

treesun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNrHsHG1O44?si=MI7m2MXXXwTwIq-X

Tinubu’s Security Emergency Not Enough, He Should Declare War On Terrorists — Ooni Of Ife

budaatum:
When Buhari said "do ranch", my people did not hear, and thought he was asking Fulani herdsmen to take your land and do ranch, as if Fulani can possibly do what is suggested here.

What people did not understand was that Buhari was actually providing the dagger that will kill Fulani herdsmen, but I guess people would never understand that he could be going against his own people, just as they cannot understand that the Emir of Kano is promoting education amongst people who are convinced education is evil.

InvertedHammer:
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The funny thing is that you just gave full analysis of Nigerian democracy from 1999 till date except that then Nigerians could boast of better security, naira was stable, inflation was manageable and government was run with less bureaucracy.

In our democracy, critics are being arrested and imprisoned, corruption is entrenched with impunity, unregulated real estate developments prevail. Do we talk about Turn Around Maintenance in the refineries or the unremitted billions of naira to the Federation account by NNPCL?

You alleged that Sani Abacha looted $4 bn. But OBJ blew $16 billion in Power/Electricity scam. The worst thing that happened to Abacha was death. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard about his loot like his colleagues. Please do tell which regime was/is not corrupt in Nigeria if that's the yardstick you want to embrace.

In this your democracy in the last two years, inflation has gone parabolic, insecurity is everywhere, wanton looting of the treasury is prevalent and those who dare criticize the politicians end up in jail.
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Omooba77:
Religions by share of world population:

1. ✝️ Christianity – 29.61%
2. ☪️ Islam – 24.49%
3. 🧘‍♂️ Non-Religious – 17.05%
4. 🕉️ Hinduism – 14.14%
5. ☸️ Buddhism – 6.14%
6. 🀄 Chinese Folk Religion – 4.01%
7. 🌿 Ethnoreligions – 2.62%
8. 🔴 Others – 1.41%
9. 🧡 Sikhism – 0.36%
10. ✡️ Judaism – 0.18%

Source: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Pew Research Center, PBS

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InvertedHammer:
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Military government has been the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria. Those who complained were those who didn't have the opportunity to live the way the politicians are doing now. For one, things get done quicker and decisions got taken faster.

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Brightest04:
Abeg you're not the only one who witnessed military regimes in Nigeria. I want to tell you things were very much ok, no bandits kidnapping people to take their pounds of blood. The North was peaceful as well as the south. So what do you have to say