₦airaland Forum

Omenlon:
you are the one who is swimming in ignorance here. Those una so-called sanner country, go and fact check the level of citizens involvement in community development. How much you dey even pay for tax self, if at all you don ever pay once.

ghettowriter:
Very commendable. Not everything you will wait for the govt to do for you

ElSudani:
This is really strange. Why wouldn't he just do the test and move on with his life?

IzunnaOkafor:
By Izunna Okafor, Awka

The Anambra State Police Command has recorded another operational success in its fight against crime, following the rescue of a Nigerian citizen based in South Africa who was kidnapped in Enugu State.

The victim, it was gathered, was rescued following a police-led joint security operation in Isulo, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

According to a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, police-led joint security operatives attached to the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Aguata, rescued the victim in the early hours of Thursday, January 15, 2026, during a routine visibility patrol around the Isulo axis of Orumba South LGA.

According to the statement, the rescued victim, who was immediately debriefed by the operatives, disclosed that he is a native of Obinagu–Isikweachi, Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, but based in South Africa.

The victim, police said, further explained that upon his return to Enugu to celebrate Yuletide with his people, he was abducted from his hometown in the evening hours of January 1, 2026, by a yet-to-be-identified gang of six armed men who reportedly masked their faces during the operation.

The Police Spokesman said the victim further revealed that his abductors demanded a ransom of forty million naira (₦40 million) from his wife and other family members while holding him captive.

However, he said the victim managed to escape from the kidnappers’ den, while his escape subsequently led to his rescue by the joint security operatives during the visibility patrol, thereby bringing an end to over two weeks of captivity.

SP Ikenga also noted that following his rescue, the victim was properly debriefed and has been successfully reunited with his family.

Meanwhile, the Anambra State Police Command further disclosed that operatives are currently working with actionable intelligence obtained from the victim to identify, locate and dismantle the criminal hideout within the area, as well as arrest all those responsible for the abduction.

The Command reiterated its commitment to proactive policing, intelligence-led operations and the protection of lives and property across the state, while also assuring Ndi Anambra and residents that sustained security pressure will continue against criminal elements.

mikeapollo:
Do you know that some people will be paying more as PAYE tax from January according to the new tax law?

SisterAnn:
When government fail in their primary duty of securing lives, the people are bound to react having been pushed to the wall.

Monday okpo should get ready to go cap in hand to beg and pay compensation once again.

But the angry youths shouldn't have taken away the animals, that is stealing.

Segunbabba:
https://www.thecable.ng/extra-i-know-junction-where-madman-who-advised-peter-obi-stayed-in-anambra-says-bwala/

Lanretoye:
The whole country has been distributed in their pockets,imagine attorney general of a federation and minister of injustice

helinues:
When you are done lying to yourself, let's us know . So you will make transfer to other banks without attracting any charges

You are not talking to your local village people on NL

Odingo1:
I need an opinion, I live in 1 bedroom room flat, room and parlour with dining of 800k per year, the landlord recently increased it to 1m but my wife insisted that we move to another room and parlour that is smaller and far from town only that the house have POP design at 1.6 million. I told her that the place we are staying is better and we can save 600k then unprovoked she said she have finished making arrangements with the other house that I must pay the money that day. To my greatest surprise she started physically pushing me around, bring out our wedding pictures and throw on it the bed and went to kitchen looking for kitchen knife. And bring out all my bag and ask me leave the house or she will smash all my belongings including labtops and phone. Is a shock to me, yet to recover. Note I am a sole provider in the union, she contribute nothing, I gave her monthly upkeep of 120k, I take care of every Damm expenses in the house. I started a lab business for her with 3 m. The marriage is about 10 months, no kid yet. We have not have major issues except minor issues which we resolve.
I haven’t involved families yet, I want see opinions first, mod pls front page.

WriterX:
After carefully reading this, I have come to realize that Bayo Onanuga’s statement is less a serious policy defence and more a partisan tirade riddled with historical amnesia, selective facts, and personal abuse unbecoming of a presidential spokesman. When a government communicator abandons evidence for insults, it often signals insecurity, not confidence.

First, the attempt to frame Peter Obi as a “bitter loser” ignores a basic democratic reality: post-election critique is not bitterness; it is accountability. Every major opposition figure globally — from the United States to Europe — continues to interrogate elections, policies, and governance long after polls close. To demand silence from Obi while Tinubu himself contested elections multiple times after losing is rank hypocrisy. Tinubu went to court repeatedly between 2003 and 2007; was he “bitter” then, or was he exercising democratic rights?

Second, the claim that “empirical analyses showed Obi could not have won” collapses under scrutiny. INEC’s own final results show Obi won 11 states and the FCT, including Lagos — Tinubu’s political base — an unprecedented outcome for a third-force candidate. That alone contradicts the narrative of an “abysmal third-place fluke.” No amount of name-calling erases the electoral earthquake of 2023, where a candidate without state backing or federal machinery shattered Nigeria’s two-party monopoly.

Third, Onanuga’s assertion that Obi was an “abysmal failure” in Anambra is demonstrably false and easily verifiable. When Obi left office in 2014, Anambra had zero bank loans, over ₦75 billion in savings and investments, and functional public institutions — facts acknowledged by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Debt Management Office, and even successive Anambra governments. If that is failure, then Nigeria desperately needs more of it. Contrast this with today’s federal reality: ballooning debt, weakened purchasing power, and record food inflation despite repeated claims of “economic restructuring.”

Fourth, the mocking reference to a “madman in Onitsha” is not just crude; it exposes a disturbing disdain for mental health, religious diversity, and millions of Nigerians. For a presidential spokesman to deploy such language reflects poorly on the administration he represents. Governments confident in their record do not resort to mockery — they marshal data.

On the economic claims, Onanuga’s narrative again unravels. Removing petrol subsidy without adequate buffers triggered historic inflation, currency freefall, and widespread poverty, as confirmed by the National Bureau of Statistics and the World Bank. Foreign reserves have not “risen sustainably”; they have fluctuated amid heavy intervention, while the naira lost significant value within months. Inflation “decelerating” after peaking above 30% is not success — it is damage control after policy shock.

The much-touted Lagos–Calabar and Sokoto–Badagry highways remain largely conceptual, with procurement controversies, cost opacity, and minimal visible progress. Announcements are not achievements. Nigerians measure governance by outcomes, not press releases.

On the accusation that Obi promotes “copy-and-paste governance,” Onanuga again misrepresents reality. Every successful nation learns from others — Singapore studied Britain, China studied the West, Rwanda studied Singapore. Learning is not copying; refusing to learn is stagnation. Ironically, many Tinubu policies — subsidy removal, tax harmonisation, FX liberalisation — are textbook IMF and World Bank prescriptions, hardly “homegrown originality.”

Finally, the obsession with Obi’s party movements reeks of selective memory. Tinubu himself moved from SDP to AD to AC to ACN to APC. Political evolution is not wandering; it is adaptation. To weaponise it against Obi is intellectual dishonesty.

In the end, Onanuga’s statement does more damage to the presidency than to Peter Obi. It replaces governance communication with personal insults, substitutes propaganda for proof, and reveals a troubling intolerance for dissent. Nigerians are not asking for perfection — they are asking for honesty, competence, and respect.

A government that truly has results does not fear comparison. And a spokesman confident in his principal’s record does not need to shout insults to be heard.

Racoon:
@MrAfobaje
https://x.com/i/status/2005730194657861787
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Morbeta11:
https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2005731853966217685?t=008XfaJ-gtSWVj9DoB44Pg&s=08[/quote]Peterobiisathie
Beerfraud
Legendhero
Timemanager

You guys forgot to post this news

What happened?

ChybuzzDD:
It's amazing how some of you guys sound at times

A man shouldn't be sounding so incapacitated like this. It's such a shame!

LegendHero:
IPOB and bandit are the same. They are terrorists.

What you’re doing is not different from what Gumi is doing. Ya’ll both supporting and rationalizing terrorism.

Putindbutt:
Enough of this propaganda and show us just one body killed.

Putindbutt:
Audio strikes.... Where are the pictures of the bodies?. US and their propaganda.

CyynthiaKiss:
Merry Christmas from Mo Salah (Mohammed Salah) and his Family ✍️🎄

Nlfpmod Nlfpmod

Abufo:
see the douchebag that arrested and detained Mazi nnamdi Kanu............Nigerians are just brainwashed beyond belief!

HgAkpobomeEr:
Lawmakers have a right to make laws.

Jayhome24:
They are talking because that shit SERAP is headed by one bu--ffon obidient I knew the moment Onanuga challenged their useless Emperor to court to proof the alteration they will cook up another stunt, people wey God don cursed tey tey.