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AMINDA:
The optics of the public "peace deals" with fully armed terrorists was ill-thought out and has proven to be this government's archiles heels. It's all the US government will need to justify their position that some government officials were aiding and abetting the carnage. No matter how hard the headlines are sensationalised, Tinubu cannot absolve himself from responsibility as the C-in-C.

FreeStuffsNG:
University graduates are not automatically Senior officers

They are at the entry level base of mid level officer cadre and as they have more experience and training and deliver on kpi with no serious disciplinary issues, they rise up and can eventually become Senior officers unlike a non-graduate who cap at mid level.

owagbeba:
I thought PENGASSAN was for senior staff, how did trainee Engineers join PENGASSAN?

peleson1:
APC can not dissolve state excos ,APC will not have candidates in next election in enugu

AMINDA:
So why didn't Tinubu win the APC states of Ebonyi, Imo and Cross River in 2023? All these states returned their governors under the APC by the way. Even Lagosians voted against Tinubu but returned Sanwo-olu as governor. It is not necessarily the APC that is unpopular, it is Tinubu.

oyichi:
and you are sure that the governor will work for tinubu, just watch, tinubu is going to end up losing everything

AMINDA:
Simple question, do all these translate into votes for Tinubu in Enugu come 2027?

AMINDA:
Lol. Due to greed, Tinubu will end up losing from both ends. He keeps sabotaging the political ambitions of APC members in all opposition states by promising the governors that APC won't field candidates against them. Why won't they jump at the offer to decamp when they all see an opportunity to run unopposed? That doesn't mean they would be able to convince their supporters to deliver their states to Tinubu. Meanwhile, the erstwhile loyal APC members would be aggrieved to work for the party in the presidential election. So dark the con of man!

WELLWlSHER29:
I prayer is that God will enlighten and open the eyes of Nigerians in 2027 to choose the right leaders.

Ezmans:
that I'll be the end of his governorship career in enugu

destinychildolu:
And Kwankwaso is current what?

Streetinvestor2:
What does he stand to gain by joining the evil party. Will it make SE vote SW president in 2027 when we don't see him as an option

Barring any last-minute change of plans, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State will soon defect from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.

Sources familiar with the governor’s plan said Mr Mbah has consulted widely with political associates and leaders in Enugu and beyond in recent weeks regarding his planned move.

Two former governors of Enugu, Chimaroke Nnamani and Sullivan Chime, as well as a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani — all now members or supporters of the APC — are believed to have played critical roles in persuading Mr Mbah to join the ruling party.

One close associate disclosed that the consultation rounds would conclude this week, after which the governor and his inner circle will fix and announce a date for his formal defection.

Mr Mbah’s imminent departure marks yet another major setback for the PDP, which has governed Enugu since 1999 but is now engulfed in a deepening national crisis. His planned exit comes just three months after Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom and four months after Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta left the main opposition party for the APC.

According to a PDP chieftain Mr Mbah consulted, the governor gave two principal reasons for his looming defection. First is the unending strife within the PDP at the national level, which he reportedly described as a grave threat to the ambitions of anyone hoping to contest on the party’s platform in 2027.


Second, Mr Mbah lamented what he considers the unfair treatment of the Southeast within the party’s leadership structure.

On 30 June, the governor threatened to lead the PDP’s Southeast zone out of the party after Abuja insisted on retaining Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary instead of Sunday Udeh-Okoye, the candidate nominated by the zone.

That warning was ignored, and Mr Anyanwu — a key ally of former Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike — has since been reinstated. Still aggrieved, Mr Mbah is now said to be finalising his move to the APC.

When contacted on Thursday, the governor’s spokesperson, Uche Anichukwu, acknowledged the recent wave of political consultations but said he was unaware of any final decision to dump the PDP.
the entrance at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja on Tuesday morning-Photo credits: Ademola Popoola Premium Times

However, PREMIUM TIMES’ sources, all close associates of the governor, insist they are “100 per cent certain” that Mr Mbah will defect to the APC within weeks, if not days.

Mr Mbah, 53, a lawyer, businessman and politician, was elected governor of Enugu in 2023.

He had earlier in 2003 served the state as Chief of Staff to then-Governor Chimaroke Nnamani and later as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development.

In the past two years of his governorship, his administration has been credited with significant strides in security management, fiscal prudence, innovative governance, and infrastructure and human capital development.

If he defects as planned, Mr Mbah’s departure will further shrink the PDP’s control to just nine states: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, and Zamfara. Of these, Rivers is already under heavy influence of the APC through Mr Wike, a PDP member serving in the APC-led federal government.

The APC, meanwhile, will stretch its dominance to 24 states: Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Sokoto, and Yobe.

The remaining three states will continue to be governed by other opposition parties: Abia (Labour Party), Anambra (All Progressives Grand Alliance), and Kano (New Nigeria Peoples Party).

Racoon:
This is not a new thing. The concern is why is the EFCC, ICPC, NPF and even the DSS that broke into judges houses in wee hours of the night in 2016 in Gestapo style not acting even in the face of this obvious corruption by Wike? A case of the Orwellian era: "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than other"?

Kingchuksero:
Why must we depend on birthday donations to build national library. It's saddens my heart. P.O is absolutely right

ottersberger:
Nigerians have reacted with anger to news that Tinubu’s government collected more than ₦600 billion in Value Added Tax from global tech firms, questioning why the country is still drowning in debt and poverty. The Federal Government announced the revenue windfall from companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix, claiming the collection followed amendments to the VAT Act.

Officials insisted that Tinubu’s reforms had not imposed new taxes but only ensured fairness, protecting low-income earners and easing burdens on small businesses. But citizens were quick to dismiss the claims as another hollow achievement with no direct impact on their lives.

“The big question is, ‘WHERE IS THE MONEY?’ When you are still borrowing up and down and fixing AMUNEKE billion billion dollars white kangaroo projects,” wrote @the_oddmind on X.

Other Nigerians mocked the government for celebrating figures without showing accountability.

“Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix don drop money, but how come nothing dey reflect for road, light or even minimum wage? Who dey chop this VAT?” asked @AJ_Daniel6.

Mercy @LaVidaMercy added, “Big money, but the real question is where will it go?. If Nigerians still can’t see improved healthcare, schools, jobs, or electricity, then N600 billion is just another figure looted in the name of progress.”

Analysts have also pointed out that the VAT haul is equivalent to nearly $400 million, yet Nigeria remains trapped in borrowing and austerity under Tinubu’s administration.

Critics argue that unless transparency is enforced, the ₦600bn collected from tech giants may end up like other public funds, stolen without a trace.

https://parallelfactsnews.com/where-is-the-money-nigerians-to-tinubu

fuckingAyaya:
Don't comment because you have a mouth, comment because you have something reasonable to offer or contribute. Thousands of ongoing projects from your bedroom or parlour? Them dey print this things give una for una WhatsApp group to comment on public forum or na your brain process the comment?

givedemwotowoto:
Which fight is your country fighting already? Show me the sophisticated work the DSS is already doing before you come here to talk rubbish. Who said crime can be eliminated? But you come here to compare a country fighting to minimize it to the barest minimum to a country doing almost nothing based on the useless excuse that it can't be eliminated.

Do you know what America would've been like if they folded their hands saying it can't be eliminated? and Yes, that was America before the 80s when they waged a war against narcotics.

givedemwotowoto:
Dangote refinery and reduced consumption are major factors that eliminated queues, though smuggling was a factor as well.

Nigeria was not the only country giving subsidies. The inability of the government to fight smuggling that should be considered a national sabotage and national security issue is a big fail on the administration. Rather than national security operatives go to lagos house of assembly to intimidate lawmakers, this should’ve been their primary assignment. Big Fail!

surgical:
Tinubu did not do any magic, it is because he is able to put petrol prices at a rate that both the government and the dealers makes abnormal profits
The scarcity that occur before is usually for price negotiation, when government wants to jack up prices,since everyone involved is smiling to the bank except the masses, the oppressors are delighted, what will they withdraw supply for

matrixmuzi:
Poverty of mind is really dealing with you all. Igbos are not office people that needs appointment .They are business people that love to own their businesses .keep your appointment to urselves