Factcheck0001: if by now u still think Tinubu lost in osun then u are beyond redemption
Even when Tinubu spoke openly with APC leaders in osun to adopt Adeleke n they refused n Tinubu even told efcc to release his money to him
Then u still believed Tinubu was against him?
So for your mind u don't know the meaning of what Adeleke did by thanking Tinubu in his first speech?
Everyone in osun knew Tinubu didn't interfere in osun election
Before u come here to argue blindly, go n watch fayose interview after the election about how the federal cam collect any state if they are interested n what obj did for him n ladoja then
Imagine withdrawing the security details of a governor, locking the state account, arresting his wife n deputy then making soldiers write election result on open field.
U kids know nothing about politics, Adeleke understand better n that's y he appreciates Tinubu
If Tinubu has not arrested and prosecuted EFCC’s chairman for allegedly embarrassing him in Osun State elections, then why should we not conclude that he gave the order to freeze the state accounts, and he only withdrew after public opinion was united against him?
9japride: When election comes, you all will still see millions of votes for a candidate with funny characters and someone will tell me those are ghosts? Generally, a lot of people are just wicked and that's why the country is still in stone age.
Is it MORE about wickedness of a LOT of people or is it more of the ignorance of a lot of people, which makes Stockholm Syndrome affect them so easily?
If it is more of ignorance and Stockholm syndrome for vote buying and tribalistic zoning and rotation of sharing the national cake of corruption, then how do we do the enlightenment WORK to reduce the impact drastically
BrickandLace: Nigeria needs to restore honour, integrity and decorum back to the highest office of the land. The stigma of the current guard has reached the heavens.
I wish Nigeria all the luck.
Why wish all of us luck with our country when you certainly don’t just wish yourself luck on your future life goals, you WORK hard to achieve them. Not so
And the Christians, led by his own wife are the ones who have made him fail to do anything he promised?
Failed to create 50 million jobs and the wife mocked us with her akara empowerment joke to make up for his failure.
Failed to make a dollar exchange for N300 in the short term despite his SPV loan of $3.3 billion from Afreximbank to defend the national currency. The SPV loan is secured by future oil revenues, even though Elumelu’s UBA arranged it for a ridiculous rate of 11.85%
Failed to crash petrol below N185 that it was in January 2023.
Deltafirstson: Although the pump price of fuel was N197 when President Bola Tinubu took over on May 29, 2023, the product now sells for N617 per litre – less than two months after.
In his inaugural address, Tinubu announced that subsidy was gone, fulfilling a promise that all leading presidential candidates made during the campaign.
Nigerians have been lamenting the hardship occasioned by fuel price hike. Amid the lamentation, a video where Tinubu campaigned to slash the price of fuel went into circulation.
Checks by Daily Trust affirmed the authenticity of the video uploaded on the YouTube page of Channels Television.
At his campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on January 25, 2023, Tinubu spoke on a number of issues, but those of fuel scarcity and naira redesign made the headlines.
However, Tinubu who spoke in Yoruba language, also assured the crowd that though people were saying petrol price would hit N200, it would be reviewed downward under him.
“The great Nigerian youths, the great Nigerian students, the confident Nigerian youths. This is a revolution. This election is a revolution. They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200 per litre. Go and relax, we will bring it down,” he had said in the 7th minute of the video.
lapazi: At least we understand that Jingirs statement is his own opinion and should not be treated as fatwa. Good counter from this sheikh
Was the Yes Daddy religious war of Obi a fatwa crusade against Muslims, in his desperation to fight for power and grab it before running cluelessly like he did in Anambra for eight years
NLCreator: Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.
There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.
Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.
The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.
While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.
“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.
“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.
“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”
Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.
Atiku is there as major distraction to divide votes. He is a Tinubu man and will be compensated well.
That’s why he said this will be his last election because his assignment would have been completed.
With this divided oppositions, Tinubu and INEC can decide to give him any number they like while cutting from Obi’s number. This is what they did in 2023 and that’s why Obi and Atiku had identical numbers at 6M+ votes. It was intentional
It’s the same reason Tinubus camp never want a United opposition because a United opposition brought APC to power and they know how powerful that method is. It’s difficult to beat no matter how you look at it. It’s also why they have working overnight to ensure they scatter any gathering that has a United front. At the end of the day, Nigerians should hold Atiku responsible for what Nigeria has become because he has been doing this since 2015. The project/contract will end in 2027 in which has decided not to contest ever again.
Are you smarter than Soludo
jameshankss: Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”
Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.
He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.
Or perhaps you’re smarter than the master strategist of Nigerian politics
lexylaw40: The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, [/b]on Wednesday [b]stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.
Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, Ibadan, Oyo State, while alleging that Obi received campaign funds from Utomi, whom he described as Tinubu's "son."
The LP aspirant, who spoke in Yoruba language, said "In the buildup to the 2023 elections, Obi who had purchased the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suddenly announced his exit from the party.
"Initially, Pat Utomi had secured the LP's presidential ticket, but when Peter Obi said he resigned from the PDP and joined the LP. Bola Tinubu, a master political strategist, quickly told Utomi, that everyone knows to be his son to step down for Obi.
"The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
"What Peter Obi didn't know is much more that what he knows, he started collecting campaign funds from Utomi, while Tinubu was giving the money to Utomi.
"This went on until Obi's presidential campaign got to a stage it went beyond target. Obi was used without him knowing," Akinwale said after announcing his departure from the party.
Obi defected to the LP after resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also withdrawing from the presidential race under the party.
The former governor consequently joined the race for the party’s presidential ticket, while Professor Pat Utomi, in June 2022 stepped down for him to emerge as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, unopposed in Asaba, Delta State.
honesttalk21: The picture is mixed. Lagos has clearly built stronger fiscal capacity, but whether that justifies the tax burden and rising debt is a fair question. Higher IGR, transport and road investment show greater capacity, but revenue growth alone doesn't prove residents are getting better services. Lagos also isn't immune to national policy governing inflation, exchange rates, federal allocations and wider economic conditions which all shape what the state can deliver. Migration reflects those wider pressures too. Ultimately, the test is whether today's spending creates lasting infrastructure, productivity and growth capable of servicing the debt without continually pushing the cost onto residents. That requires transparent capital expenditure reporting, revenue tied visibly to service delivery, and disciplined business practice among citizens themselves, not unfair profiteering that erodes whatever gains reform delivers.
If Tinubu grew the state budget 100 times to N4.2 trillion in 27 years but failed to make ordinary pipe borne water available to all households then what is the basis of any renewed hope for anything different from him at the federal level?
Perhaps this is why Bwala said nothing worthwhile can be achieved by Tinubu even if he is given 30 years.
How much money, adjusted for inflation and population did Jakande have in four years to achieve all these progressive agenda, which didn’t stop Buhari from detaining him for corruption in 1984?
Splashme: The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.
Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.
The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.
Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”
The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.
Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.
He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”
eluquenson: REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE
* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.
* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.
* His government built the Lagos State Television
* His government built the Lagos Radio
* His government built Lagos State University
* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.
* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.
* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.
* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.
* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.
* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.
* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.
* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.
* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.
* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.
* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.
* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.
* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.
* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).
* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.
* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.
* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980
* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).
* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.
*His government established LASACO Insurance.
*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.
*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.
WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?
IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.
honesttalk21: The honest picture is mixed; total debt is relatively stable in dollars as at December 2025, while external debt is the real growth story. And since the float, the DMO rate has broadly tracked the market, making the fraudulent rate criticism more applicable to the pre-2023 regime.
The old exchange-rate peg effectively subsidised imports while hurting local production. But calling the correction flawless oversells it. The reform may have been necessary, yet poor cushioning turned it into a rapid economic shock.
FAAC makes the point. Record naira allocations in 2024–25 translated into some of the lowest dollar equivalents in roughly 16 years seen in more naira inflation and depreciation than real fiscal growth.
Debt is similarly nuanced. Total public debt in dollar terms is broadly stable despite the naira figure nearly doubling, meaning much of the increase is an FX effect. External debt, however, rose from about $42.5bn to $51.9bn roughly 22% reflecting genuine new foreign borrowing.
The 22% rise reflects actual borrowing, not simply currency effects: Eurobond re-entry, increased World Bank/IDA financing, and a shift toward multilateral lenders. The aim is to diversify funding, support reforms and infrastructure, and ease pressure on the naira. But there’s a clear risk: if growth and revenue don’t keep pace, higher dollar-denominated debt means greater servicing pressure and potentially more naira weakness.
What has 27 years of similar reforms yielded in Lagos State apart from higher revenues to government from greater tax burden on people without commensurate increase in government services and utilities to create the environment for future growth to repay the debts?
favor914: Make I no waste my time dey banter with a Bitter Loser, go enter Aso Rock, we dey watch u
Can there be a more bitter loser than those who have been made jobless extreme poverty paupers by 11 years of APC cluelessness?
Jobless people whose renewed hope for 50 million jobs promised by Tinubu has failed to materialise. Instead of the promised jobs, Remi Tinubu is mocking them with her akara empowerment.
Cum4me: Life is amazing living in a better environment. They all tastes what it feel like having a good governance. Not this APC regime of looting and killing
What works are you doing to end this suffering of APC extreme poverty and insecurity, sooner than later?
Stephen0mozzy: Beauty and long life runs in the family 🤭
If nor be say I get babe, una for give me that 5th generation as bride 😁
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
How does this show that long life runs in the family when you don’t know what happened to other members of the family in each generation, and you don’t know the age of the women when they had the SURVIVING child?
favor914: Never can I compare a Lagos trained person that was opportune to even be educated in the United States, with one customs officer turned politician with a diploma from ABU.
Tinubu na Lagos Man, Original Omo Eko, Lagos Island proper, himself & Atiku are not on the same level he will continue to pepper his man, least u forget when the Pdp kicked Atiku out in 2006, who gave him the platform to run for president against Yaradua in 2007?
Your atọhunrinwa grew Lagos budget 100 times in 27 years but failed to employ enough well paid workers to make water available to all households. Is this the brilliance in business and governance that you are bragging about?
Have you heard of Stockholm Syndrome before? You can start your free education from the thread below.
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun made this known at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Mr. Edun said that the benefit of the subsidy removal will be plough back into various sectors to improve business environment for local and foreign investment. He added that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.
Ofunaofu: Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years
• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio
•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency
A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.
The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings. > > According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.
The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.
The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.
“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.
It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.
stuffs2002: Peter Obi is seriously working for Tinubu
Maybe unknowingly, like he did in the last election.
Kwankwaso is obviously eyeing 2031 with Dickson and his NDC party, in the hope that Tinubu fails to get a 3rd term for life president, as Obasanjo failed in 2007!
Dogalmighty17: Atiku is Fulani. What business does a Fulani man have after another Fulani man ruled for 8 years before handing over power to the south? No northerner has any business contesting for president next year.
What part of the constitution does this belong?
Is this how they use tribalistic zoning and rotation to share the national cake in Britain, such that it is attractive for us to japa there?
yarimo: Why joint ticket in the first place? Are they not popular enough to defeat president TINUBU individually or what?
What was APC doing in 2015 when they merged to invite terrorists who destroyed Nigeria before Tinubu begged Buhari to make Jonathan a one term president?
9jatriot: What do you mean by absolutely nothing? Do the following news items count as 'absolutely nothing?'
Compare this interveiw with ath of lamba king when he was lying on internation stage that the the guy had to correct him on TV.
The opposition and their supporters will not learn from this and learn how to present their ideas, not lamba
What is there to learn from the master strategist of lamba lies?
How many times have you bought petrol for less than N185?
Deltafirstson: Although the pump price of fuel was N197 when President Bola Tinubu took over on May 29, 2023, the product now sells for N617 per litre – less than two months after.
In his inaugural address, Tinubu announced that subsidy was gone, fulfilling a promise that all leading presidential candidates made during the campaign.
Nigerians have been lamenting the hardship occasioned by fuel price hike. Amid the lamentation, a video where Tinubu campaigned to slash the price of fuel went into circulation.
Checks by Daily Trust affirmed the authenticity of the video uploaded on the YouTube page of Channels Television.
At his campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on January 25, 2023, Tinubu spoke on a number of issues, but those of fuel scarcity and naira redesign made the headlines.
However, Tinubu who spoke in Yoruba language, also assured the crowd that though people were saying petrol price would hit N200, it would be reviewed downward under him.
“The great Nigerian youths, the great Nigerian students, the confident Nigerian youths. This is a revolution. This election is a revolution. They are plotting, but they will fail. They said fuel price will increase and reach N200 per litre. Go and relax, we will bring it down,” he had said in the 7th minute of the video.
FSBoperator: Obasanjo that removed 4 governors from office and wanted a third term ?
How did he remove them from office? Who are the four?
Thanks for reminding us about Atiku leadership of other democratic heroes to be loyal to the constitution and kill the bill of 3rd term in the NASS despite Obasanjo’s Ghana must go bags of bribe.
DeepSight: The NASS is in his pocket and the constitution specifies a two thirds majority. They used a voice vote by which no one can tell. That's illegal.
Secondly I didn't say the declaration of the state of emergency was illegal, I said the removal of the state govt was unconstitutional. They are two entirely different things.
Finally the Supreme Court which is also in his pocket deliberately delayed the issues and eventually side stepped the critical question as to power to suspend elected officials.
Obasanjo was right about how dangerous Tinubu is to our democracy, with Wike’s help in destroying the judiciary.
The only surprise is that the same Obasanjo helped Tinubu fight for power and grab it, maybe because he is jealous of Jonathan and Atiku being better administrators than him.
iwaeda: Wike Boasts Of Helping APC Use Judiciary To Kill Osun LG Funds Case, Warns Party Leaders Against Ingratitude
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has openly boasted that he assisted certain elements within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in deploying the judiciary to frustrate the Osun State local government allocation lawsuit.
In a video now circulating widely on social media and obtained by SaharaReporters, Wike made the claim while addressing a crowd in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The former Rivers governor accused the APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, of benefitting from judicial actions against the Osun State Government without knowing those who did the work behind the scenes.
The suit in question led to the withholding of local government funds in Osun State, a development widely seen as targeting the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as opposition in the state.
Wike, who spoke angrily, suggested that the court action supporting the APC’s position against the Osun government did not happen by chance, boasting that powerful political forces worked quietly to ensure the outcome.
“Don’t take our support for Mr President for granted,” Wike warned, in an apparent message to APC leaders defending Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. “You have to be careful about the statements you make. You have to be very careful.”
He accused Basiru of political ingratitude, claiming the APC was enjoying in Osun State without understanding who engineered their advantage.
“Today, you are enjoying in Osun. You don’t know those who did the work,” Wike said. “You are opening your mouth to talk about Rivers State.”
Olofofo247ng: Tony Elumelu in 2022 publicly crying about oil theft in the Nigeria Petroleum sector... One would wonder why Tony will support Tinubu now? I know the Obidients will start calling him names now...
He supports the amalanomics expert in balablu bulaba propaganda politics because of his own personal interest.
An example is his bank arranging SPV loan for $3.3 billion to defend the naira which failed to help Tinubu achieve his N300/$1 short term goal.
If it’s true that oil theft has reduced so much then why is Tinubu using Elumelu to take SPV loans secured by future oil revenue, at the outrageous rate of 11.85%?
By the way, why are you labouring in vain to cyber bully Nigerians to stop asking questions about our money
Aleem26: Na Akwa ibom be those guys na y e reach online if na indigene b those guys we no go see them post am...them go say na chief pikin free them lol
Is that what we do for our politicians on the basis of tribalistic zoning and rotation of public office to share the national cake of corruption in local, state and federal governments
Politics › Re: "2027: Vote For Competence, Not Religion" - Sheikh Daurawa Counters Jingir by anonimi: 4:37am On Aug 24
