₦airaland Forum

Svoboda:
Sometimes I feel Atiku should team up with Makinde as his running mate, while Obi contests under a different platform. This will get Tinubu effectively stranded, because he can only win the SW outright. The SE will be a no go area, while struggling in the SS, as Obi will eat up valuable votes in that region. The north would Atikus play ground of course.

You are right. Obi/Kwankwaso contesting as a third force will do serious damage to Tinubu's chances, unlike in 2023. Obi will still defeat him overall across the rest of the South but this time, there will be no 5.6m Northern votes for Tinubu. Those votes will largely go to an Atiku/Makinde combination, adding to his 7m margins in 2023. This is why Tinubu is desperate to deny Obi a platform because that's the only way they can attempt to sell the "Southern unity" card. The sitting arrangement at the summit is already speaking volumes. Overall, an Atiku/Obi combination is still the best combo but not the only one.

hegelian:
this does nothing but buttress the point he was trying to make..elevating people like this to highest offices is an insult tp the teeming people of intelligence, exposure and education sagacity of the region and the country at large.. we should not be defending mediocrity all in the name of defending tribe or religion...

Unlike Hon. Adigun Abass who is on his second stint as a federal Legislator, Northerners have never voted Nafiu Bala for any position. Along with 7 others, he was the regional Vice Chairman of a third rate political party that was the ADC before it was adopted by the coalition. Who elevated him?

Every critiscism he ever made against Sani Abacha and Goodluck Jonathan, was actually him telling on himself.

Bottomline is that the opposition is spoilt for choice come 2027. Any combination will give Tinubu a run for his money. With Seyi Makinde now onboard, even the Southwest will be up for grabs. Tinubu will not win the region in a landslide as his lackeys like to pretend.

The implosion of APC is inevitable. Governors have the powers to handselect their preferred candidates for other positions except for Rivers and Lagos. No be juju be that?

What a disgrace. Where are the "Tinubu will clear the Southsouth" gang? We will all learn politics together.

Tinubu removed subsidy to reduce borrowing, but now borrows to reduce the effect of subsidy removal. No be juju be that?

But the whole excuse given for removal of subsidy was to stop borrowing. How come Tinubu has outborrowed Buhari in just under 3 years while still not paying subsidies? Plus, Buhari had more infrastructure to show for all his borrowings. If contractors are unpaid and budgets of MDAs unfunded, it begs the question; where is the money?

oz4real83:
can you hear yourself? You aren't even bothered that the appointees made by either Buhari or Tinubu were failures, you are only worried about their ethnicities💔💔💔. I don't care where an appointee comes from as long as the person performs well, that is the difference between both of us.

If this were true, you also wouldn't care from which part of the country the president comes from. You will only be concerned with competence but here you are, advocating for power to remain in the South. The jokes write themselves. Since all the appointees thus far appear to be incompetent, let it at least reflect federal character or a truly Southern agenda.

oz4real83:
your hypocrisy isn't surprising. Since the country gained independence, how many years have your people the northerners been in power? How was their being in power beneficial to Nigeria, and even their fellow northerners? It is the turn of the south, but is there any difference between the failure Buhari and this failure Tinubu? Why didn't you cry out when Buhari was in power? APC, PDP and any person that has ever been affiliated with them are the worst evil that ever befell this country😡

If you are going to call it government of the South, then let it truly reflect the South, not just a single Tribe. Under Buhari, the entire North was classified as one and he shared appointments across different tribes in the 19 Northern states. Can the same be said of Tinubu? This is the reason why he has failed to build a true Southern conscensus. Besides, the South didn't vote Tinubu. They largely voted Peter Obi. Northerners made Tinubu president.

So Tinubu was going to consider him as Minister of Finance? From Wale Edun, to Taiwo Oyedele to Adelabu. Meanwhile, Dorris was quickly redeployed out of the ministry. "Turn of the South" indeed.

Talk is cheap. This was Edo yesterday at the City Boy Southsouth convention. Okpebholo promised Tinubu 2.5m votes from here.

“Another gathering to show capacity that President Tinubu followers get capacity”—- Dumb APC Supporter😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/Nie8aJBahx pic.twitter.com/TGi6g9K1Lf

— JezebelReborn🧙‍♀️ (@JezebelReborn) April 24, 2026

Sad. APC is only concerned about election matters for now but the reception they are receiving from the populace tells all the story. This was how the people of Edo state boycotted the City Boys movement event earlier today. Like we keep saying, Tinubu can be the only candidate on the ballot and still end up losing.

“Another gathering to show capacity that President Tinubu followers get capacity”—- Dumb APC Supporter😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/Nie8aJBahx pic.twitter.com/TGi6g9K1Lf

— JezebelReborn🧙‍♀️ (@JezebelReborn) April 24, 2026

"Hold my beer!"

Parachoko:
Wetin concern Buhari with Lekki deep seaport?

And by the way, I won't be having this kind of unnecessary argument with you because Buhari nah APC man.

He tried his best and Asiwaju is continuing from where he stopped.

Typical. As expected. Bottomline is that Tinubu has outborrowed Buhari despite not paying subsidies but he has no commensurate projects to show.

Parachoko:
Tinubu is miles ahead of Buhari

Under Buhari, the economy got so bad nobody was willing to give us loans again

Tinubu has done more in Infrastructure in less than 4 years.

Tell me more about it. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos-Ibadan Railway, Kaduna-Abuja Railway, Kaduna-Kano Expressway, Warri-Itakpe Railway, Lekki Deep Seaport, Baro Port, Second Niger Bridge, 700MW Zungeru Hydropower plant, AKK gas pipeline, Loko Toko Bridge, several dry ports, etc. Kindly list out Tinubu's projects in similar manner.

Parachoko:
Nigeria was borrowing to pay for subsidy before Asiwaju became the President

Under Jonathan, we were borrowing to pay Salaries, borrowing to pay for subsidy, Pension, and also borrowing to build projects

Under Buhari, we were borrowing to pay subsidy on fuel, and also borrowing to pay salaries, pensions and also borrowing to build projects


Under Asiwaju, we're not borrowing to pay pensions or salaries, we're not borrowing to pay for subsidy, we're only borrowing to spend on Capital Projects.

I expect Sanusi to know there's no problem borrowing to build capital projects

Buhari paid fuel, education and electricity subsidies and still had more "visible" infrastructure projects to show for his borrowings. Tinubu, despite not paying subsidies, has outborrowed Buhari. Kindly list out the infrastructure projects he has delivered.

Another blockbuster from the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway propaganda media machinery. It turned out to be another praise-singing article for Tinubu. How has the president come out looking good from this as seen on the last paragraph after admitting all through the article that things are not okay? He now takes credit for sacking Edun without any responsibility for appointing him in the first place? TheCable's angle on Chargoury seem more plausible now considering the fact that a request for a new foreign loan was made barely 48 hours after the ouster of Edun.

Tinubu has no sense of diplomacy, tact or international relations. This is why he ran Nigeria for over 3 years without a single ambassador. His careless and unprovoked mention of Donald Trump was what made Trump become interested in Nigeria. Now, he has done the same with Kenya. Throwing a fellow country under the bus and potentially laying the groundwork for an uprising or dissent from their citizens at a time of global economic pressure.

The governors will select their preferred senators while he selects the governors. Under the so-called NADECO "democracy fighters", democracy have been overturned in favour of Baba sopé at both the federal and state levels. What a disgrace!

garykoeman:
All these jobless nnamdi kanu followers and Peter obi supporters

Your attached image is only indicting Tinubu further. Nigerians are now killing themselves over food all under his regime.

jamafa:
You heard it with your ears when he said, he tapped NSA phone. If it's sane country, é go no where e go dey now

Under Nigeria's law, an individual cannot incriminate himself nor be compelled to testify against himself. The onus is on the appellant to prove a crime was committed and how. Besides, he never said he tapped the NSA's phone.

Good to see Peter Obi doing the politicking. This is better than demanding other candidates step down from the race. May the best candidate win.

amaridigital:
His enablers maybe but Tinubu never.
Even if Tinubu lose the election which is almost impossible, nobody can touch a former president. That's why people like Babangida are doing book launch up and down. Unless you want to set the country on fire then try arrest Obj, Jonathan or Babangida tomorrow you hear.

Are you willing to bet that it will happen and heaven will not fall? Time is a gentleman.

Basic123:
Stale!

Look for a new song

It will never get stale that a president of a country facing age falsification and certificate forgery allegations inserted a cause in the electoral act that legalised both crimes.

Krankhead:
ElfufIus now your messiah.

He was your messiah barely three years when he was busy answering questions for Tinubu at Chatham house and making him president. Tinubu practically begged him publicly on-stage in Kaduna. We know he's going after Elrufai now to massage his bruised ego for having needed his help in the past but that's just a show of cowardice and ingratitude. We know you all will turn on your current messiahs, Wike and Ribadu, as soon as Tinubu succeeds in rigging himself into power. No be una again?

A so-called master strategist with 36 state governors is decriminalising certificate and age falsification, approving use of unmarked ballot papers and hounding all opposition parties all in a bid to perpetuate himself in power. What a disgrace.

ppogba:
Heaven never still fall as some people predicted since the arrest of Hell Rufai ni?

Neither will heaven fall when Tinubu and his enablers get docked after 2027. Time is a gentleman.

They are clearly afraid of what a free Elrufai can do. They know how he made them president. So Elrufai who voluntarily presented himself to the authorities cannot be granted bail because he is a former governor? We are happy that this dangerous precedence is being set. Tables will turn and it will definitely go round. Time is a gentleman.

P.S: The DSS is now seeking anonymity for so-called witnesses that it wants to use in testifying against Elrufai. Only the guilty are afraid.

Another Chargoury project taken care of. Neither the Sokoto-Badagry nor the Lagos-Calabar are priorities. They are beginning to look like conduit pipes for a well-coordinated heist.

esnbrutality:
No matter what reasons are given...we shall still KNOW those that killed

Abba Kyari.....and the real....

Muhammad BUHARI

Air vents systems were penetrated with gas that killed the above mentioned people..

We know for a fact that the people supporting this failure with their full chest will NEVER have Southern UNITY going forward.

Just watch....

Time is a Gentleman

Elrufai was probably heading somewhere with that Thallium Sulphate allegation. He simply gave them a teaser that nothing is hidden under the sun. We haven't heard the last of it. There's a reason why they are keeping him incarcerated for otherwise bailable offences.

Gombe-led? Was there ever a time when he led the party? The Nigerian media is complicit.