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SeeWahala:
Hehehe 😂🤣 I pray God blessed you with kids so you will send them to school and they will bring back such results for you term after term

Let me see the mouth you will use to tell them they didn't do well when you're here today saying that D7 & E8 are okay for them as results

In as much as I classified this result as poor,I will also let you know that examination is not the true test of ones knowledge.

Wole Soyinka had third class

JASONjnr:
E8 isn't failure it's a PASS.

You can't grade E8 as fail.

WAEC says F9 is fail.
D to E are passes.


Also, I had a friend during my primary and secondary school who wasn't intelligent at all.... he made it to the university and became a first class.

You don't taunt people when you don’t know where their growth set in.

I also had a classmate in my secondary school,he the dullest in the class then...but he a medical doctor now, practicing abroad.

Revealpanda:
I'm not a fan but this just proves you don't need education to make it in life.

One might ask... So why are those with good grades and 1st class not in power?
They aren't willing to do what this olodo is willing to do to climb to the top

You've said it all, hardwork doesn't pay in Nigeria, it's connection that pays

Taich:
The only people Efcc has power over are noisy young men with questionable source of income. Efcc that can’t prosecute a former governor without immunity wants to prosecute an incumbent with all state powers at his disposal. Jokers.

This new EFCC chairman is unintelligent,as he says things without reasoning.

He is trying by all means to please his pay masters

ufotunang:
..it's the court that will determine a politician or ex governor to be jailed.. when EFCC takes the ex governor to court for persecution..and the lawyers judges deliberate on the ex governor case...at the end it's the court/ supreme court that will give a final judgement if he should be jailed or not..if the ex governor is guilty or not guilty of the fraud the he committed..so EFCC cannot jail an ex governor it's the court / supreme court that has such powers to jail an ex governor

The case of looting is glaringly clear
That's why he was declared wanted and and subsequently arrested.

Since he is in the forgiven party,the instruments of government will be used in his favour.

After looting in office,if you meet their conditions you will be aquitted

The judiciary is worse than the EFCC, they had been compromised.they are puppets to highest bidder.

You seem to be ignorant on how this people operates

Leonardo4:
So even Atiku and the Wike of those days will keep quiet? Are they not part of the leaders. ?

They are all the same pretenders deceiving their gullible followers.

The beautiful ones are yet to be born.

Efcc is one of the toothless agency in the country..

They are only used to chase enemies and perceived enemies.

Has any governor or public office holders gone to jail in Nigeria

Yahaya Bello is walking freely enjoying his loots and marrying new wives.

This is just a lip service statement,EFCC lacks independence

agentNija:
Exactly. Tinubu is a one term president. He should start preparing his hand over notes now.

Yes,all the odds are gradually turning against him.

The monkey only gets smart because of the closeness of trees

Nigerians live carelessly,

This is brought about by the non chalant attitude of the people towards their health

Nigerians never took their health seriously

They indulge in dangerous unhealthy practices daily knowingly and unknowingly.

no adequate health education

adeoyekay:
Hippopotamus, we normally sing it on the assembly ground

indomie generation spotted.

Leonardo4:
So even Atiku and the Wike of those days will keep quiet? Are they not part of the leaders. ?

both past and present

Peter obi
Atiku Abubakar
Nyesom Wike tinubu
Obasanjo
Amaechi.
Kwankwanso
Just to mention but a few
Including the 36 state governors and all the federal legislatures

Lukuluku69:
There is no Controversy about his Life and Death. What ever you read about a Double of Buhari is just a figment of some demented mind imagination.

With the abundant facts and figures?

Lukuluku69:
Transparent Glass for a Muslim? Really?

He's a former president of a country and his death is controversial.
.so, they have to do it to clear doubt

slimfit1:
Buhari won't be dead and Obasanjo won't know the day Obasanjo opens his mouth is the day I know what the truth is, apart from that it's all fake news.
Osinbajo won't be taking orders from a foreigner, so let us use our senses please. Don't let someone that was cargo alive back to Nigeria deceive you. He wasn't as smart as I thought to be captured in Kenya because of money or woman. Exposed your people with useless mouth.
Back to the story that guy can riot in that place for all I care.

In Nigeria it is the leaders (looters) versus the masses.

I want to let you know that all the past and present leaders of this country knew the truth but won't disclose it.There are things they keep to themselves only, kept away from the masses

That's why the youths of this country have to take it back because there's no messiah in sight

Softmirror:
All it takes by those who say that his not the one is to be as objective as can be by providing a DNA TEST that scientifically proves that he is not Buhari. It is as simple as that.

There are enough facts and figures to prove the claim.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as the new Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture.

The appointment was announced on Friday, July 18, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

“Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication,” the statement said.

He also attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program on Corporate Governance in 2002.

The President also appointed Lydia Kalat Musa from Kaduna State as Chairman of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA); Jamilu Wada Aliyu from Kano State as Chairman of the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC); and Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa, also from Kano, as Chairman of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).


Sanusi Musa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kano State, has been named Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), while Professor Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu from Sokoto State will serve as Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).


Sanusi Garba Rikiji from Zamfara State has been appointed Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN), and Mrs Tomi Somefun from Oyo State will take up the role of Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC).


Additionally, Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria from Kaduna State has been named Executive Director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).

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Victor Ebonysays:
July 18, 2025 at 5:21 pm
One of the masters strategic moves to concur again with wide margin in the north come 2027

Reply
ugochukwu jamessays:
July 18, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I’m not trying to criticize or express envy, but what I’m saying, Mr. President, is that there’s no need to waste time on appointing northerners to your government. They are not supportive of you, and no matter what you do, they won’t appreciate it at this time because they are aware of the strategies and always want to be on top. This is similar to what Alhaji Atiku Abubakar did to our former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. If it weren’t for their lack of shame, would they be challenging this government? They seem to forget that it was their brother, the late President Muhammadu Buhari, who caused many of the current problems in this country—problems that stemmed from public harassment of democracy and a lack of respect for the judiciary and the legislature.

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The fear of the Nigeria police is beginning of wisdom.

They are the real face of Nigeria

alphaconde:
I need an explanation how the banks are showing everywhere.

Banks tops the sources of revenue because of the economic activities in the state e.g,(ONITSHA MARKET)

Banks are the sources of transactions that runs into billions of naira daily which is induced by the huge financial transactions in Anambra state

Traders from within and outside African countries buy goods here.

Lagos state is the only state that has large patronage in trade than Anambra state, even at that, it's the same people from south east that boost the economy there.

So it's the huge momentary transactions that instigates the Banks in Anambra state to top the list

Chasito:
Sorry, pls forgive my ignorance
please are you saying that the other 3 are much safer than the 1st one?

The other three are more hazardous,the first one is safer and has more opportunities

dominique:
You have to do a manual scan for the MTN network on your phone. I posted the steps on how to go about it right above your your posts

With the manual scan, all the network are showing forbidden

deltateam:
In recent times, Chemists don't care about you but about selling their drugs

They will rather prefer to refer you to their new drugs than old and more effective drugs.

Usually those newer drugs have more profits margin and so they'll try to convince you to buy it.

Say NO! Go for drugs that you're used to.

Do you know that after taking one particular drugs for a long time,it efficacy will drop because it has gotten used to your system.

Different pharmaceutical companies do change their drugs regularly by making it more potent.

Although, it's better to go for the drugs you know than asking for help from a pharmacy or chemist

Sirchiboy:
Parenthood is responsibilty not an avenue to breed kids in the hope of making them your retirement plan.
This is very common in African culture where parents make their kids their life time retirement.
Every parents should plan for their future retirement.
You can decide to support them once in a while but not a most it is your reponsiblity to cater for them in their old age.

'The child is the father of the man".

When you are old and weary, Who will look after you.

Taking care of someone,is not all about money

AndroBlaze:

Whoever wrote this article needs to seriously work on his grammar and logic. The fact that someone does something more than one time, does not make him divide and become another person, no state has produced more than two leaders yet, despite the authors best attempts to confuse us.

Also Ogun state cannot lead the list as the author majestically proclaims, the two leaders from Ogun State spent a cumulative period +11 years , while the 2 leaders from Katsina spent +12 years.

A leader as a head of state and as am elected president is one person occupying that seat twice with it's accrued benefits

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has called for the total abolishment of fetish practices associated with traditional stools in different parts of the country.

Such fetish practices come alive mostly during royal successions when a traditional ruler dies in some parts of the country.

In some parts of the country, the successor to the late king would be made to eat the heart of his predecessor before his burial.


Writing on X on Wednesday, Sani said he was delighted that such traditional practices are now fading away.

“I’m delighted to see that many traditional institutions in this country are dropping the fetish practices associated with royal succession when their Kings or Chiefs die,” he wrote.

“There is a community in the central part of this country where the new monarch has to ‘eat the Heart’ of the late Monarch before ascending the throne.


“I hope they have stopped. We must separate our culture from barbarity.”

DAILY POST reported earlier that the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, said he was satisfied with how the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, was buried in accordance with Islamic rites.

The monarch who died on Sunday at the age of 91 years, was buried the following day at his residence in Ijebu Ode.


It was gathered that the interment process was carried out by muslim clerics, as security operatives, including soldiers, barred traditionalists and members of the Osugbo cult from handling the burial.



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Their children doesn't attend these public schools,so they don't really care about the teachers upkeep.

They concentrate on spending on irrelevant projects, just to loot.

None of them want to build the youths

Kestolove:
Very old article you couldn't evn edit and add Tinubu.
40 character

Try to read to the end.At the bottom of the article BolaTinubu was mentioned for Lagos state.

Or was it that you have comprehension problem

Hahjascho:
For me, addiction to anything is bad.

It shows you’re not in control…psychologically or mentally.

Do you know you can be addicted to the job that puts food on your table.

That isn't bad,some addiction are harmless and beneficial

teresafaith:
Phone addiction is difficult to break.
Imagine waking up first to do is to start pressing your phone just know you're addicted

It depends on what you are using your phone to do.

Many uses it for business and to get informed
So getting addicted to something that benefits you isn't bad

Alcoholism,it's the worse form of habit since Adam,once you are addicted to it , you are finished as it reduces your sences of reasoning

Out of Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT, only 10 states have produced a head of state or president since independence.
Since gaining independence from Britain on October 1, 1960, Nigeria has been led by a mix of military rulers and democratically elected presidents.

Across six decades, 16 men have been at the helm of Africa’s most populous country, some by ballot, others by boots. What often goes unnoticed is the geographic diversity of these leaders. Nigeria’s heads of state have come from different cultural, ethnic, and political backgrounds.

Their states of origin offer not only regional representation but also reflect the power dynamics and political shifts that have defined Nigeria’s journey. Below is a comprehensive list of Nigerian states that have produced presidents and heads of state.

States That Have Produced Presidents/Heads Of State
1. Anambra State – Nnamdi Azikiwe

Full Name: Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe
Born: November 16, 1904
President From: October 1, 1963 – January 16, 1966 (Ceremonial)
Age at Assumption: 58
Died: May 11, 1996, at age 91
He was the first indigenous Governor-General; he became ceremonial President at age 58 after Nigeria became a republic. He was popularly known as “Zik of Africa,” and he played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s independence movement. He hailed from Anambra, located in the Southeast. Azikiwe’s legacy in Nigerian politics and education, including co-founding the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, remains unmatched.

2. Abia State – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, from Umuahia in Abia State, became Head of State on January 16, 1966, after Nigeria’s first coup. He ruled for just six months before he was assassinated on July 29, 1966. Aguiyi-Ironsi was the first military head of state, symbolising a turbulent shift from democracy to military rule.

3. Plateau State – Yakubu Gowon

Born: October 19, 1934
Head of State From: August 1, 1966 – July 29, 1975
Age at Assumption: 31
Status: Still alive as of July 2025.
General Yakubu Gowon, from Plateau State, became Head of State at just 31, the youngest in Nigeria’s history, following Ironsi’s assassination. He ruled from August 1966 to July 1975. Gowon led the country during the Nigerian Civil War and promoted the “No victor, no vanquished” policy post-war.

4. Kano State – General Murtala Mohammed

Born: November 8, 1938
Head of State From: July 29, 1975 – February 13, 1976
Age at Assumption: 36
Died: Assassinated in Lagos during an attempted coup on February 13, 1976.
General Murtala Mohammed became a leader through a bloodless coup that ousted Gowon. He was known for his bold reforms, including civil service overhauls. He is remembered as a martyr of leadership integrity. He was assassinated barely seven months later, on February 13, 1976.

5. Ogun State – General Olusegun Obasanjo (Military Era)

Born: March 5, 1937
Head of State From: February 13, 1976 – October 1, 1979
Age at Assumption: 38
Status: Still alive as of July 2025.
Olusegun Obasanjo (from Abeokuta) first became Head of State in 1976 after Murtala’s assassination. He took over after Murtala Mohammed’s assassination and was the first military leader to voluntarily hand over power to a civilian government. He returned as a civilian president two decades later.

6. Sokoto State – Alhaji Shehu Shagari

Born: February 25, 1925
President From: October 1, 1979 – December 31, 1983
Age at Assumption: 54
Died: December 28, 2018, at age 93.
Shehu Shagari became Nigeria’s first executive civilian President on October 1, 1979. Shagari's presidency was cut short by a coup despite efforts to improve education and infrastructure. His civilian-led democratic transition marked a milestone. He was re-elected in 1983 but was overthrown by the military on December 31, 1983.

7. Katsina State – Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Military Era)

Born: December 17, 1942
Head of State From: December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985
Age at Assumption: 41
Died: 13 July 2025, at age 82
Muhammadu Buhari became military Head of State after ousting Shagari in 1983. Buhari's regime was marked by an anti-corruption crusade and strict discipline, but also human rights criticisms. He would later return as a civilian president decades later.

8. Niger State – General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida

Born: August 17, 1941
Head of State From: August 27, 1985 – August 26, 1993
Age at Assumption: 44
Status: Still alive as of July 2025.
Ibrahim Babangida overthrew Buhari in a palace coup and became Head of State in 1985 and ruled until he controversially annulled the 1993 elections. IBB presided over a controversial era of structural adjustment and plunged Nigeria into political uncertainty.

9. Ogun State – Chief Ernest Shonekan

Born: May 9, 1936
Head of Interim Govt: August 26, 1993 – November 17, 1993
Age at Assumption: 57
Died: January 11, 2022, at age 85.
Shonekan led Nigeria during one of its most unstable periods. His short rule was terminated by Abacha’s coup. Ernest Shonekan, also from Ogun, led the interim government from August 26 to November 17, 1993. He was appointed by Babangida to lead the transitional government.

10. Kano State – General Sani Abacha

Born: September 20, 1943
Head of State From: November 17, 1993 – June 8, 1998
Age at Assumption: 50
Died: June 8, 1998, reportedly of a heart attack.
Sani Abacha assumed power on November 17, 1993, after a military coup ousting Ernest Shonekan. He ruled until his sudden death in June 1998. Kano has produced two of Nigeria’s most controversial military leaders. Abacha is often critiqued for human rights abuses despite economic stabilisation efforts.

11. Niger State – General Abdulsalami Abubakar

Born: June 13, 1942
Head of State From: June 9, 1998 – May 29, 1999
Age at Assumption: 55
Status: Still alive as of July 2025.
Abdulsalami Abubakar succeeded Abacha in 1998 and handed over power to Obasanjo in 1999. He organized Nigeria’s swift return to democracy.

12. Ogun State – Olusegun Obasanjo (Civilian Era)

President From: May 29, 1999 – May 29, 2007
Age at Second Assumption: 62
Status: Still alive.
Obasanjo won the 1999 democratic elections. As a civilian president, Obasanjo oversaw major economic reforms, debt relief, and mobile telecom growth. Ogun State has contributed two heads of state across both civilian and military eras, marking it a politically significant state in Nigeria’s southwest.

13. Katsina State – Umaru Musa Yar’Adua

Born: August 16, 1951
President From: May 29, 2007 – May 5, 2010
Age at Assumption: 55
Died: May 5, 2010, after a prolonged illness.
He was elected in 2007. Yar'Adua was respected for his humility and commitment to the rule of law. He initiated electoral reform but died in office. Katsina State has the distinction of producing both military and civilian presidents, highlighting its sustained political influence in northern Nigeria.

14. Bayelsa State – Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Born: November 20, 1957
President From: May 6, 2010 – May 29, 2015
Age at Assumption: 52
Status: Still alive.
Jonathan took over after Yar’Adua’s death and was elected in 2011. His administration focused on electoral reform, education, and women’s empowerment, though it was marred by corruption allegations. Goodluck Jonathan, from Bayelsa State, lost his re-election in 2015. He remains Nigeria’s only president from the oil-rich Niger Delta, and his administration focused heavily on electoral reforms and national dialogue.

15. Katsina State – Muhammadu Buhari (Civilian Era)

President From: May 29, 2015 – May 29, 2023
Age at Assumption: 72
Status: Died on 13 July 2025, at age 82
16. Lagos State – Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Born: March 29, 1952
President From: May 29, 2023 – Present
Age at Assumption: 71
Status: Alive, incumbent President.
Bola Tinubu was sworn in on May 29, 2023, becoming Nigeria’s 16th president at the age of 71. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, is the first president to emerge from Nigeria’s commercial hub. His presidency began amidst economic reforms and subsidy removals. He was elected in 2023 after years of influence in Nigerian politics.

Out of Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT, only 10 states have produced a head of state or president since independence. Ogun State leads the list with three leaders: Olusegun Obasanjo (both as military and civilian president) and Chief Ernest Shonekan. Katsina State has also produced three leaders, Muhammadu Buhari (military and civilian) and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

Kano State follows with two leaders, Murtala Mohammed and Sani Abacha, while Niger State also boasts two: Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar. The remaining six states each produced one leader: Anambra State (Nnamdi Azikiwe), Abia State (Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi), Plateau State (Yakubu Gowon), Sokoto State (Shehu Shagari), Bayelsa State (Goodluck Jonathan), and Lagos State (Bola Ahmed Tinubu).

This distribution highlights the concentration of political leadership in a handful of states, with four states, Ogun, Katsina, Kano, and Niger, producing 10 out of 16 leaders.

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