If he's already talking recklessly like this before any political party has platformed him, then I can guarantee you that his political prospects are dead on arrival
press9jatv: Oriyomi Hamzat get huge fans too. I pity him here. Nigeria politics especially Oyo state politics is very deep.
I'm pretty sure there's more to her qualifications than just Politics and International Relations.
isuomo: Well, i know someone in London who graduated with a 2:1 in Politics and International Relations from the University of Westminster in 2022 now working for Nomura Asset Management and earning six figures. She is 26.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian.
The 44-year-old businessman was nabbed for “ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine” while on his way to Iran.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said Christian was arrested at the Port Harcourt airport on June 7 while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight QR1434 to Tehran Khomeini in Iran, via Doha.
“After a body scan proved positive to ingestion of illicit drugs, he was placed on excretion observation during which he expelled 53 wraps of cocaine in six excretions with a total weight of 1.172kg,” the statement reads.
“The suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran.”
The statement said on June 14, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, also intercepted Edobor Ambrose Ali, an Italy bound passenger on an Air France flight.
“The NDLEA officers in collaboration with the Aviation Security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), discovered drug consignments hidden in the luggage of the suspect during baggage scanning at the tarmac,” the statement reads.
“The suspect was thereafter brought down from the aircraft for baggage identification, after which a thorough search of the bag led to the discovery of 14,410 pills of tramadol 225mg and 200mg concealed in winter jackets.
“In his statement, Ebodor said he lives in Italy, where he was hired and sent on an all-expense-paid trip to Nigeria to courier the drug consignments to Milan, Italy, for a fee of 2000 Euros.
“At the Port Harcourt ports in Onne, Rivers state, NDLEA operatives on Friday, 13th June, intercepted a shipment of 157,800 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N1.1 billion in street value, during a joint examination of a watch-listed container with men of the Customs Service and other security agencies.
“The opioid consignments were hidden behind 257 cartons of ceramic sanitary wares.”
Hamid Hosseini, a member of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce’s energy committee, said: “Israel’s attack completely caught the leadership by surprise, especially the killing of the top military figures and nuclear scientists. It also exposed our lack of proper air defence and their ability to bombard our critical sites and military bases with no resistance.”
Mr Hosseini also raised concerns about Israel’s apparent infiltration of Iran’s military and security forces, enabling it to conduct covert operations in Iran’s armed forces and nuclear targets.
"Where is our air defence?” texted one official, while another asked: “How can Israel come and attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?”
In its response to Israel’s attack, Iran was also only able to muster 200 missiles, despite an order from Ayatollah Khamenei to launch a barrage of 1,000 and reports that Iran was planning a response in the event of an Israeli attack for over a week. Damage of residential homes after Iranian missiles hit Israel.
Ayatollah comes under pressure to improve relations with the West amid Israel attack and economic collapse
Iran’s supreme leader is facing growing anger from within the regime’s ruling inner circle following Israel’s attacks on the country’s nuclear infrastructure.
Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Friday, killing top commanders and nuclear scientists, and bombing sites in an effort to stop Tehran building an atomic weapon.
In response Tehran fired a salvo of missiles at Israel, which were largely intercepted.
As hardliners continue to threaten vengeance against Israel and its allies in the wake of the strikes, there are signs of a deepening rift between Iran’s extreme and moderate voices.
It has mainly been left to the hardliners to articulate Iran’s official response.
The country’s state-owned Fars News Agency, closely affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, quoted a senior military official warning that, apart from attacking Israel, “the war will spread to all parts of Israel and American bases in the region in the coming days, and the aggressors will be targeted with a decisive and widespread response”.
In an attempt to silence criticism of the regime’s handling of the crisis, Mohseni Ejeie, Iran’s chief judge cleric, issued a warning on Saturday that any Iranian citizen who posted comments on social media supporting Israel’s attack would face sentences of up to six years in jail.
Even so, as criticism of the regime’s handling of the crisis begins to surface, it is likely to find itself under pressure to explain its inability to defend the nation from Israel’s assault, despite the vast sums it claims to have spent upgrading the Iranian military.
Private text messages shared with The New York Times reveal that some Iranian officials are questioning why Iran’s air defences have not been more effective in repelling Israel’s attacks, which hit its arsenal of ballistic missiles and assassinated senior figures in Tehran’s military chain of command.
"Where is our air defence?” texted one official, while another asked: “How can Israel come and attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?”
Hamid Hosseini, a member of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce’s energy committee, said: “Israel’s attack completely caught the leadership by surprise, especially the killing of the top military figures and nuclear scientists. It also exposed our lack of proper air defence and their ability to bombard our critical sites and military bases with no resistance.”
Mr Hosseini also raised concerns about Israel’s apparent infiltration of Iran’s military and security forces, enabling it to conduct covert operations in Iran’s armed forces and nuclear targets.
In its response to Israel’s attack, Iran was also only able to muster 200 missiles, despite an order from Ayatollah Khamenei to launch a barrage of 1,000 and reports that Iran was planning a response in the event of an Israeli attack for over a week. Damage of residential homes after Iranian missiles hit Israel.
From the start of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, the battle between the regime’s moderate faction, which seeks to adopt a less confrontational stance towards the West, and the ideological hardliners has been one of the regime’s defining characteristics.
While Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, remains the hardliners’ undisputed head, Masoud Pezeshkian, the country’s recently elected president, is viewed as representing the regime’s more moderate wing.
To date, Mr Pezeshkian has kept a relatively low profile, condemning the Israeli attacks and calling for unity among the Iranian people, stating: “Today, more than ever, the Iranian nation needs togetherness, trust, empathy, unity and consensus.”
Mr Pezeshkian’s electoral victory over conservative hardliner Saeed Jalil last was seen as indicative of Tehran’s desire to adopt a more constructive approach with the West, especially in terms of alleviating the sanctions that have hit the Iranian economy hard.
The regime’s handling of the economy – where funds have been diverted to support military and terrorist operations instead of concentrating on domestic issues – has provoked mounting dissent throughout the country, and seen Khamenei under pressure to adopt a more conciliatory tone.
During the election campaign, Mr Pezeshkian, a 71-year-old heart surgeon and member of the Iranian parliament, was highly critical of Iran’s repressive morality police.
He directly challenged the hardliners’ approach by calling for “unity and cohesion” in Iran, as well as calling for an end to Iran’s “isolation” from the outside world.
Mr Pezeshkian also campaigned in favour of engaging in “constructive negotiations” with Western powers to agree a new deal over the country’s nuclear programme, which Iran agreed to kerb in return for an easing of Western sanctions.
But while Mr Pezeshkian has tried hard to pursue a more moderate social and foreign policy since taking office, he has had to contend with the institutional resistance of the hardline faction, which regard any deal with the West concerning Iran’s nuclear ambitions as tantamount to a sell-out.
One indication of the ideological struggle at the heart of the Iranian regime came in March when Mohammad Javad Zarif, the country’s moderate former foreign minister, was forced to resign from his position as vice-president.
A close ally of Mr Pezeshkian, Mr Zarif’s dismissal was said to be related to his opposition to Tehran’s deepening alliance with Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia, which he regarded as being counterproductive to Iran’s diplomatic efforts to improve relations with the West.
While Israel’s military assault against Iran means there is little prospect of Tehran improving relations with the West in the near future, the eruption of hostilities will nevertheless focus attention on the regime’s internal wrangling, which could ultimately result in the regime’s collapse.
For the moment, Iran’s hardliners have taken charge of the country’s military response to Israel’s continuing offensive. But the longer Israel continues to attack key Iranian targets with impunity, the more pressure the hardliners will come under pressure to explain their abject failure to defend the country, a failing that ultimately could lead to their demise.
You live in a country where N39 billion was spent on "renovating" an edifice which was built over 30 years ago at the cost of N250 million;
You also live in a country where minister of agriculture decided that the solution to the nation’s looming hunger disaster is to hold prayers.
You see all these things going on in your country, but this is what you have chosen to get upset about?
Who or what damaged you like this?
I know you love living in a pseudo historical world of make believe and fantasy and you love rewriting history, but please in the future keep your fantasies for yourself and the other day dreamers who practice intellectual dishonesty like you.
Kemetian: Self loather who trusts his oyinbo master so much…
How do you know he’s not poisoning you with his dodgy “health care assistance”?
Where in your history has the white man ever given to blacks for free, as opposed to exploiting them?
What qualifies him to be a health care expert?
Do you know that millions of people in his own country distrust his motives?
Have you ever investigated what they say about him?
I may not be poor, but what I have is not enough to create the kind of economic impact and opportunities that $200 billion is capable of creating.
sreamsense: Are you poor? Let it starts from you too now. Why pointing fingers? You can sell your inheritance and donate the money to Africa too. So, no need to call on any Dangote, call yourself and answer yourself first
Oya o, Adenuga, Dangote, Elumelu etc. Over to you. Or do you want to be outdone by a foreigner in your own continent?
Also, if I were Gates, I would set up a board of trustees that would be in charge of rigorously scrutinising how the monies are spent. He should put legal experts in international finance and financial forensic experts to track spending both in terms of paper trails and electronic footprints.
If he ever makes the mistake of handing this money over to African politicians, it will grow wings and disappear.
Finally, I would advise that strenuous efforts are made to ensure that ONLY the extremely poor and marginalised in society are beneficiaries here. Orphans, widows, beggars, the disabled, the homeless etc are the only ones who should profit from this generosity.
Bill Gates has announced an ambitious philanthropic commitment: over the next 20 years, he plans to donate the majority of his unprecedented $200 billion fortune to Africa.
Speaking at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Gates emphasized that the funds-allocated through the Gates Foundation-will be used to transform healthcare, expand education, and drive Al-powered health innovations across the continent.
Princess Iman Pahlavi, the granddaughter of the last royal ruler Shah of Iran, Emperor Mohammad Pahlavi, has tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend in the City of Love after the couple's court marriage in New York.
Iman, 31, and American Jewish businessman Bradley Sherman said 'I do' in a private ceremony in Paris as members of the Iranian royal family gathered in the French capital to bless the newlyweds on June 8.
The daughter of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Princess Yasmine Pahlavi, Iman wore an ethereal, off-shoulder Elie Saab gown with detacheable sleeves as her American beau picked a black tuxedo for the day.
According to Iranian media outlet Kayhan Life, the ceremony was attended by Queen Farah - who was 21 when she married Shah Mohammad Reza in Tehran in 1959 - as well as 'prominent Iranian figures'.
The first images from the couple's lavish Parisian wedding were posted on Instagram by Iman's sister Noor Pahlavi and other attendees, with Iman reposting the snaps on her own social media accounts.
US-born Iman, who works as a senior manager at American Express in New York, walked down the aisle with her father - Iran's former crown prince Reza.
One picture showed Bradley, who is the CEO of tech firm Luchy, looking lovingly at his new bride, while another was captured during the couple's first dance as husband and wife.
The venue was transformed into an enchanted forest for the reception, with Iman changing into a strapless gown - also from Elie Saab - for the post-wedding festivities.
The white dress, with a fitted corset top, was adorned with strings of pearls that glistened under the lights as Iman and Bradley were hoisted on chairs for the traditional Jewish 'chair dance' during the reception party.
In another picture, the bride and groom can be seen standing in front of their massive wedding cake, covered with what appears to be a bed of raspberries, as their guests can be seen cheering for the couple.
Prior to their Paris ceremony, Iman and Bradley registered their marriage at a New York courthouse - with the Persian princess picking white halterneck midi dress by Rosie Assoulin.
She paired the floral print dress with white pumps and a bejewelled cross strap, and opted to for a chic, low ponytail hairstyle for the occasion.
The wedding comes nearly two years after Iman's family revealed she was engaged to Bradley, who is originally from Arizona, in an Instagram post.
Iman, then 29, appeared full of joy in loved-up photos taken during the romantic beach proposal.
Shots of the tender moment showed Bradley down on one knee, surrounded by torches and flower petals, as a visibly emotional Iman covered her face in surprise.
Other snaps picture them embracing by the shore, and posing with family members including her parents Yasmine and Reza - the former Crown Prince of Iran - and her sisters Noor and Farah.
'Our sweet Iman got engaged this weekend,' Yasmine wrote in a joint Instagram post with her husband.
'She and Bradley have been dating for three years.
'We’ve watched their relationship blossom and are so happy that they have made a commitment to share their lives together.'
The couple first met in 2017 through mutual friends, EUROdayFR reported, and are understood to have moved in together during the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the New York wedding was much more low-key, the Parisian celebrations were in line with the family's history of elaborate, grandiose celebrations.
In 1959, her grandfather Mohammad Reza Shah - the last Shah of Iran - had a lavishly memorable wedding to the 21-year-old Farah Diba, while he was 40.
As a young Queen of Iran, Farah's December 1959 wedding was the object of much curiosity and received worldwide press attention.
Her gown was designed by Yves Saint Laurent, then a designer at the house of Dior, and she wore the newly commissioned Noor-ol-Ain Diamond tiara.
The couple went on to have four children: Crown Prince Reza, Princess Farahnaz, Prince Ali, and Princess Leila.
Part of Farah's appeal to the Shah had been her Western education and understanding of culture.
Together, the pair claimed they would usher in a 'golden age of Iran.'
During her time as a royal, Farah took an active interest in promoting culture and the arts in Iran.
Through her patronage, numerous organisations were created and fostered to further her ambition of bringing historical and contemporary Iranian Art to prominence both inside Iran and in the Western world.
Under her guidance, the museum of modern art acquired nearly 150 works by such artists as Pablo Picasso, Monet and Andy Warhol.
In 2022, Farah recalled her shock over her country's 1979 Islamic Revolution - and labelled it 'unbelievable' following her 43 years in exile.
In 1979 the Shah, whose family had already fled to Egypt, was deposed and replaced with the hardline Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - a shift that would have long-lasting and far-reaching implications.
With his liberalising reforms and harsh treatment of his political opponents, the Shah made an enemy of traditionalists in the country, and Khomeini, who had been living in exile in France, successfully returned and announced the creation of an Islamic republic.
The women's rights movement quickly regressed. Wearing the hijab was enforced, many of the liberties they had been granted were withdrawn and the female minister of education in Iran, Farrokhroo Parsa, was executed by firing squad.
Recalling the revolution, Farah admitted: 'It was very sad, and very hard, and we couldn't understand why our people were going in this direction when Iran was doing so much and moving forward.'
She added: 'I don't think that we didn't have problems. But even today, when I think about it, these were not problems to the point that they would lead to what happened.
'Countries change, governments that change for something better are not bad - but to go from Cyrus the Great to this is unbelievable.'
But many are divided over the legacy of Farah and some consider her a modern-day Marie Antoinette who represented the worst excesses of the Shah's regime before the 1979 revolution.
The most lavish parts of her legacy include an extravagant three-day party thrown in the Persepolis in October 1971 by her husband, with the couple flying in eighteen tons of food to celebrate Iran's 2,500th anniversary.
Meanwhile Farah was also patron of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, in which she amassed an art collection, gathering modern pieces which would now be valued at $3billion.
Farah's style, charm, and support of the arts, led her to be dubbed the 'Jackie Kennedy of the Middle East.'
At the same time, the Shah was pushing the country to adopt Western-oriented secular modernisation, allowing some degree of cultural freedom.
He believed the headscarf suppressed women and banned the hijab, and granted women the right to vote and an increasing number joined the workforce.
Under the Shah, Iranians enjoyed the luxury of new colleges, universities and libraries. Secondary schools were free for all and financial support was extended to university students.
However the Shah's determination to showcase an increasingly liberal and modern front to the world and ban on religious garments frustrated traditionalists in Iran.
Under Pahlavi, there was a widespread censorship of the press. He repressed political dissent - and the crackdown on communists and Islamists led to many being imprisoned and tortured.
People lived in fear of the Shah's secret police called SAVAK, which paralysed people from speaking out against the regime; such was the notoriety of their brutality.
These factors, along with the Shah being perceived as a puppet of the USA and economic uncertainty, culminated in the monarchy being overthrown.
The 1979 Iranian revolution saw the ousting of the Shah and the induction of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - a shift that would have long-lasting and far-reaching implications.
The Pahlavi family fled to Egypt before embarking on a 18-month search for permanent asylum through Morocco and the Bahamas.
Finally they were granted asylum in Mexico but travelled to the US to seek medical assistance for the Shah's developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Their visit to the States worsened relations between the US and Iran and the couple were forced to flee to Egypt.
Shah's health deteriorated and he died four months later in 27 July 1980.
Farah stayed in the country for two years before flying back to the US, where she settled in Maryland.
In 1981, Israel conducted a surprise airstrike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, codenamed "Operation Opera". On June 7th, 1981, eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets, escorted by six F-15s, flew over 1,000 miles through Saudi Arabian and Jordanian airspace to destroy the French-built reactor near Baghdad. Israel believed the reactor, officially intended for research, was part of Iraq’s covert nuclear weapons program under Saddam Hussein.
The strike was a success: the reactor was obliterated, and all Israeli aircraft returned safely. Ten Iraqi soldiers and one French civilian technician were killed. The attack drew widespread international condemnation, including a UN Security Council resolution (487) criticizing Israel. The U.S. temporarily suspended arms deliveries to Israel in response. However, Israel justified the strike as a preemptive measure to prevent Iraq from developing nuclear weapons, citing Saddam’s hostility and the reactor’s imminent activation.
The Osirak strike set a precedent for Israel’s policy of preventing nuclear proliferation among adversaries, later influencing its approach to Iran and Syria. Some analysts argue it delayed Iraq’s nuclear ambitions, while others contend it drove Iraq to pursue a more secretive program. Declassified documents from the time, including U.S. intelligence assessments, confirm Iraq’s nuclear intentions, though the reactor’s immediate threat remains debated.
Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday, the latest effort by the Jewish state to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program.
The targets of the operation, the extent of the damage, and any casualties were not immediately clear.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the attack, saying in a statement: “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future.”
At the White House earlier Thursday, President Trump said an Israeli airstrike “looks like it’s something that could very well happen” — but stopped short of saying an operation was “imminent.”
“I don’t want [Israel] going in, because I think it would blow it,” he added, referring to negotiations between the US and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. “Might help it, actually, but it also could blow it.”
The Federal Government of Nigeria has allocated N785 million under the 2025 budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for vocational training and empowerment schemes for hairdressers, barbers and small-scale urban businesses.
These projects have little or no connection to the ministry’s core agricultural responsibilities.
One of the listed items, titled “Training and Empowerment of Hairdressers in Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency, Kwara State”, got a N100 million allocation.
FIJ’s review of the original budget proposal submitted by the ministry to the National Assembly shows that this project was not included in the executive draft.
Ilorin West/Asa is part of Kwara Central, which is represented by Senator Saliu Mustapha (APC) who is a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Production, Services and Rural Development.
Another N500 million was approved for a project titled “Supply of Vectar Eco Midi for Empowerment to Barbers, Hairdressers and Other SMEs in Ogun West and Other Locations in Geo-Political Zones (Multiple Lots)”.
Like the first, this project was absent from the original proposal and was likely added during the appropriation process. Ogun West is represented by Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi), a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
A third project, titled “Provision of Supports for Hairdressers and Unemployed in Lagos Constituencies”, gets a N185 million allocation.
In total, the agriculture ministry is spending N785 million on initiatives related to hairdressing, barbering and SME support in the 2025 budget.
All three items fall under the ministry’s capital expenditure vote, even though the Ministry of Agriculture is tasked with improving food security, boosting farm productivity and supporting rural livelihoods.
The ministry originally proposed a budget of N636 billion for 2025, with N480 billion earmarked for capital projects.
However, the final approved budget shows a considerable increase, bringing the ministry’s total allocation to N2.22 trillion, with N2.06 trillion set aside for capital spending.
The increase followed a supplementary budget introduced by President Bola Tinubu in January.
The Presidency’s official statement attributed the additional N4.53 trillion added to the national budget to improved revenue projections.
It said the funds were intended to support institutions like the Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry and priority investments in infrastructure and solid minerals.
FIJ’s review of the final budget documents shows that a large share of the additional funds allocated to the agriculture ministry was used to accommodate constituency empowerment projects.
Many of these projects have no direct relevance to food production, irrigation, agro-processing or climate-resilient farming.
This trend has been observed in previous years. In both 2023 and 2024, the agriculture ministry’s capital budget included line items for tailoring workshops, grinding machine distribution and laptop donations, all filed under agricultural development.
Meanwhile, agricultural output continues to decline despite rising budgetary allocations. According to the Business Confidence Monitoring (BCM) report published by the Nigeria Economic Summit Group and Stanbic IBTC, agriculture has been Nigeria’s worst-performing business sector since January 2024.
The BCM report highlights low investor sentiment, stagnant growth, and shrinking employment and capacity within the sector.
Food inflation has only recently begun to ease after reaching critical levels. In 2024, food prices rose by up to 40 per cent.
Although the Consumer Price Index reports a decline to 21.26 per cent in April 2025 from 23.1 per cent in January, the current rate remains in the territory of galloping inflation.
Food insecurity has also worsened. According to international monitoring agencies, 6.9 million Nigerians fell into acute food insecurity in 2024 alone. This figure accounted for 23 per cent of the global increase in food-insecure people recorded that year.
Experts warn that the crisis could deepen in 2025, as insecurity, climate shocks and high input costs continue to undermine food production in key farming regions.
Despite these challenges, the agriculture ministry’s capital budget continues to absorb constituency projects with limited or no relevance to the sector.
Most of these projects are initiated by legislators who sit on powerful budget committees and who represent urban or semi-urban constituencies.
FIJ estimates that the total sum of N785 million for hairdressing and barber-related projects in the 2025 agriculture budget covers vocational training, equipment supply and small business support.
These initiatives primarily benefit urban residents and political constituencies, not farmers or agricultural value chains.
CBEX Ponzi Scheme Reportedly Resumes Operations, Demands $200 from Nigerians to Recover Lost Funds.
Weeks after suddenly shutting down and absconding with hundreds of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting Nigerian investors, the fraudulent digital financial platform Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) has resumed operations nationwide.
Investors revealed that the scheme’s operators have urged them to log back into their accounts to recover their lost investments. “Someone told me to check my CBEX account this morning, claiming our balances had been restored,” one investor told Peoples Gazette, sharing a screenshot of the supposedly returned funds.
However, the Ponzi scheme has imposed a new condition: investors must pay $200 to reactivate their accounts before withdrawing their money.
Nigeria’s 2025 Budget: How Much Does a Streetlight Really Cost?
Nigeria’s 2025 budget has dropped, and the figures for streetlights alone are enough to make anyone do a double-take. With 1,477 streetlights allocated a jaw-dropping N393.29 billion, the average cost per light is about N266 million. For context, that’s not just expensive—it’s astronomical. Are they planning to install streetlights, or the sun itself
Let’s break down what else the National Assembly (NASS) deemed worthy of such astronomical funding:
538 Boreholes for N114.53 billion: Access to clean water is critical, but at roughly N213 million per borehole, one wonders about the scope and actual delivery of these projects.
2,122 ICT Projects costing N505.79 billion: Tech is vital for development, but this budget equates to nearly N238 million per ICT project. It’s unclear if these are small setups or mega ventures, but the figures invite scrutiny.
43 Community Town Halls at N17.23 billion: That’s N401 million per town hall—building community spaces or palaces?
561 Education Projects funded with N179.96 billion: Education is the backbone of growth, yet N320 million per project begs the question of efficiency and real impact.
319 Health Projects with N420.09 billion: Health is crucial, but that’s over N1.3 billion per project, raising eyebrows on fund management.
32 Traditional Ruler Empowerment Projects costing N6.74 billion: Supporting traditional leadership is important, but N210 million each? Are rulers getting special perks or grand palaces?
1,380 Road Projects with N1.44 trillion: Roads are essential infrastructure, but that’s about N1.04 billion per road project. We must ask—what defines a project here? Could these figures actually transform Nigeria’s roads or just line pockets?
24 Security Vehicles costing N11.7 billion :Security is a must, but nearly N488 million per vehicle? Even armored cars don’t cost that much.
What Does This Tell Us?
The 2025 budget’s allocations raise serious questions about priorities and financial stewardship. With per-unit costs so inflated, it’s hard to avoid suspicion about waste, inefficiency, or worse—embezzlement.
Is NASS genuinely committed to lighting up Nigeria, or are these figures a glaring example of budget padding and mismanagement? The country deserves transparency, accountability, and realistic budgeting—not sky-high numbers that suggest the streetlights might be solar systems or the sun itself.
Conclusion
Nigeria needs smart investments, not grand illusions of development funded by absurdly inflated budgets. The people are watching, and it’s time for the National Assembly to shed light on these numbers—before the entire budget becomes just a costly shadow play.
It is indeed shocking that in a European country the guests at a wedding between a mixed race man and a white woman would be attended by mostly white people. Very, very shocking. It's almost as if the wedding didn't take place in Africa.
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