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It is the same set of reproba8tes who denied Buhari had a school leaving certificate that gleefully argue Tinubu never attended CSU.
Same inverted thinking, same articles of faith.

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Ezeama400:

“Tinubu is a professional bonafide liar. I lectured at Chicago State University for five years, and during that period, he claimed he attended the institution. I was the director of the very programme he claimed to have attended.”

— Former Chicago State University lecturer says.…

— JezebelReborn🧙‍♀️ (@JezebelReborn) November 8, 2026

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https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/09/2027-i-was-a-lecturer-there-tinubu-never-attended-chicago-state-university-adedeji-doherty/

Ogbeni Dr. Pearse ain't nothing but a content creator.

Nah Tinubu doppelganger attend CSU bah?

That Tinubu graduated from CSU has never been in dispute. It was his claim to have attended or graduated from the elite, highly-ranked, privately owned University of Chicago that was a lie, but he later took back this claim and blamed it on an unintentional error by Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi.

In June 2022, when fresh, widely shared, and obviously politically inspired doubts were raised about the authenticity of Tinubu’s graduation from CSU, I took advantage of my being a professor here in the US and reached out to friends and colleagues at the school to help me verify this information.

A friend, who is a professor of English at the university, went to the registrar’s office and confirmed that Tinubu indeed attended and graduated from CSU. “Please be advised that Bola A Tinubu attended Chicago State University from August 1977 [to] June 1979. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with Honors on June 22, 1979. His major was accounting,” a statement from the office of the Registrar of the university read.

Source: https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2023/09/tinubu-definitely-graduated-from.html#google_vignette

NationalFocusNG:
https://nationalfocusng.com/2026/11/04/i-drove-a-taxi-to-pay-for-my-education-in-the-us-tinubu/

At what age did you drive a taxi in the United States?

Uuuju:
Hope it is not AI ?

This was him earlier this year.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8OOpihTrpM

Image source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/lula-da-silva-gym-rat-brazil-president-livestreams-workouts-campaign-historic-fourth-term

Nigel Farage Claims Calling Kemi Badenoch A 'Nigerian Scammer' Is Not 'Intentionally Racist'

'Do you think it's racist'

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was questioned on #BBCBreakfast after his former senior aide Raheem Kassam called Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch as a 'Nigerian scammer'https://t.co/YWIXX1DvHT pic.twitter.com/14rGmh2BxS

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) October 27, 2026

Nige: “As far as ‘scammer’ is concerned, it’s a strong word but it’s pretty clear that Kemi Badenoch does not tell the truth about what has happened.”

He added: “This is a cultural argument about whether Kemi Badenoch, who grew up in Nigeria, considers herself Nigerian or British. It’s not a debate or argument I’m going to get involved in.”

“So she’s a scammer? So you would support those comments?” Nugent asked.

Farage said scammer means someone who does not tell the truth.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-farage-kemi-badenoch-nigerian-scammer_uk_6ae05c6be4b059999c62a2ea

What sayeth the defender of Western civilization?

Farage's Friends and the Racism Nobody Will Condemn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ldgJOuoVBA

Robert Jenrick refuses to condemn 'racist' 'Nigerian scammer' remarks about Kemi Badenoch by Reform ally

Robert Jenrick refuses to condemn 'racist' 'Nigerian scammer' remarks about Kemi Badenoch by Reform ally

Robert Jenrick declined to criticise the comments from former Farage chief adviser Raheem Kassam, saying they were the remarks of "a random journalist".

Raheem Kassam, who was Chief of Staff under Nigel Farage's former party UKIP, described the leader of the opposition as "a Nigerian scammer" on X, and warned people not to give her their bank details.

The comments were slammed by Conservative party chairman Kevin Hollinrake, who accused the former adviser of "launching racist slurs" and said it was "time for Mr Farage to come clean" about the role Mr Kassam plays within Reform UK.

"Reform say there is no room for racism inside their party. How does that square with the fact Mr Kassam still seems to retain close ties to Mr Farage, while simultaneously launching racist slurs against the Leader of the Opposition?'

When asked about Mr Kassam's comments on LBC's Sunday with Lewis Goodall, Mr Jenrick refused to condemn them as racist, referring to Mr Kassam as a "random journalist" and "not someone who is employed by Reform".

"Well, [Kemi Badenoch] said that she was Nigerian, and I presume what he is referring to - I don't know, I've never spoken to [Raheem Kassam] about this.

"I presume what he is referring to here is the fact that she told a big lie and said that she'd been offered a scholarship for pre-med at Stanford University."

When pressed by Lewis to condemn the language, noting that Mr Kassam was a longtime ally of the Reform party leader and that the comments lent heavily on racial stereotypes, Mr Jenrick stressed he was "not on [LBC] to talk about what a journalist has tweeted", and that Mr Kassam was in no way officially affiliated with Reform.

"You're wasting time debating what a journalist has said rather than asking me about things that I can control myself, which is what is the position of Reform, for example, on freedom of movement?"

Speaking with Mr Kassam later in the show, the former UKIP adviser defended the comment as a "tongue in cheek joke on Twitter", and doubled-down on his "scammer" comments, attributing them to Ms Badenoch's comments saying she loved Nigeria as much as she loved Britain.

Mr Kassam, who lives in the US, added that he had never been officially affiliated with Reform UK, and said he last officially worked for Nigel Farage "over a decade ago", but admitted that he visits Reform HQ regularly when he is in the UK.

"I visit all the time. Whenever I am back in the country, I visit my friends in the Tory party, I visit my friends in parliament, I visit my friends at Reform HQ.

"I've been to Reform events - I've been to lots of Reform events. I've been to lots of Tory events. I've been to Labour and Lib Dem events too...I visit my friends."

The comments come in the wake of a racism row within Reform UK, after ITV News broadcast undercover filming, gathered over a year, of some of its councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language.

In the film, Undercover: A Year in Reform, a Reform councillor and deputy mayor of Solihull is recorded calling Asian homeowners "parasites" who had "infested" some areas of the UK.

Speaking on the controversy, a Reform spokesman said investigations had been launched "where members, activists and councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately" and some suspensions had also occurred.

It comes after promises from Reform leader Nigel Farage to root out "bad apples" from his party.

Source: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/robert-jenrick-refuses-condemn-nigerian-scammer-remarks-kemi-badenoch-racist-5HjdkQF_2/

There is no $700 Billion Mining deal. You can take this assertion to the bank.

An investment framework is not the same as a trade deal.

[quote author=EmmyMaestro post=140970698]"I got married to a man my friend rejected" — Woman shares her story

Lady shares how she married her friend’s ex, whom her friend claimed she never loved and was only dating for financial benefits. After the marriage, the woman started calling the man to tell him lies about her own friend 😳🤦🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/z1egPtmGc1

— Yobarnub 🦍 (@realyobarnub) October 21, 2026

to Gemini AI >>>>

On X (formerly Twitter),the content creator Yobarnub (@realyobarnub) primarily creates and curates pop culture commentary, viral internet banter, and social commentary heavily focused on Nigerian culture, relationships, and daily life.
Their content style fits that of an "aggregator" or "commentary page," frequently reposting viral videos, screenshots, or trending topics and pairing them with engaging, often provocative, captions. Key themes in their content include:
• Relationship and Gender Dynamics: A substantial portion of their posts consists of sharing stories, videos, or questions about modern dating, relationship expectations, financial roles in romance, and "hot takes" on Nigerian men and women.
• Viral Banter & Afrobeats Culture: They regularly post about Nigerian entertainment, celebrity news, and music drama (involving major figures like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, or Omah Lay). They also lean heavily into internet "banter"—such as the ongoing friendly rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana.
• Daily Life & Consumer Relatability: They share viral clips of everyday scenarios that evoke shock or humor, such as consumers getting scammed on appliances, bad customer service experiences, or people sharing unique career stories.
• Socio-Political & Historical Reflections: They occasionally pivot to more serious topics by posting open-ended questions about Nigeria's development, historical throwbacks, or highlighting viral clips of citizens expressing frustration over the country's economic hardships.

Singularity Network Security Limited
Recipient of the December 2015 ₦8.

Why it matters
This case illustrates ongoing challenges in Nigeria's fight against corruption, particularly regarding large-scale infrastructure projects and public procurement processes. It demonstrates the persistence of anti-corruption agencies in pursuing cases against high-profile political figures, reflecting evolving institutional capacity in the Fourth Republic's accountability mechanisms.

What happened
In 2026, Nigeria's Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) filed fresh charges against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai and others over alleged irregularities in a ₦10.8 billion closed-circuit television (CCTV) security project. Singularity Network Security Limited was identified as a recipient of ₦8 billion from the December 2015 contract disbursements. The charges represented a renewed effort by anti-corruption agencies to pursue accountability for the failed infrastructure project that had been under investigation for years.

The Kaduna CCTV project was originally conceived as a comprehensive security surveillance system to monitor the state capital and surrounding areas during a period of heightened security concerns in northern Nigeria. Awarded during el-Rufai's first term as governor, the project was intended to enhance public safety through modern technology infrastructure. However, the project reportedly failed to deliver the promised security coverage despite the substantial financial investment, prompting investigations into potential mismanagement and corruption in the procurement and implementation process.

Source: https://1000reasons.vote/hall-of-fame/fourth-republic/singularity-network-security-limited

silibaba:
Setup Setup Setup Setup Setup Setup Setup

Nah set up bah? You are one of the reasons your country continues to suffer from ret#arrd#ed development.

"The witness told the court that $500,000 and $100,000 were allegedly set aside for the payments. He added that forensic audio recordings captured conversations involving El-Rufai and some of his suspected associates."

"After Kayode submitted a hard copy of his findings to the court clerk, the defence complained that the document should have been served earlier to enable it to study its contents."

So this really happened bah?

flokii:
That IP0B agent you mentioned is not Yoruba.. his mother is Igbo and his father is a descendant of returnee slave dumped by Portuguese on the shores of Lagos. He might not even have true Nigerian roots.

It is one thing to question GRV's political leanings,but quite another to indulge in the sort of historical revisionism that anyone with a modicum of objectivity should find contemptuous. Worse still, it reframes the heinous transatlantic slave trade in a way that apportions blame to the victim.

You can do better than this.

[No] honour among thieves.

Met him once during his period of rehabilitation, after he had fallen foul of the same establishment he represents.

So long, Alhaji Archer.

Qualifications from Webster Graduate School & an American International University (London) don't make for rich pickings, Alhaji Buba Galadima. Moreover, a PGD from Nile University (Abuja) should not be mistaken for an actual PhD.

Alhaji, father of Zainab, really needs to get his #Facts right. Where was he when his daughter was appointed a Special Assistant To The President (Domestic & Sexual Violence)?

"Zainab is the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ally turned foe, Buba Galadima. She was a technical assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) projects in the Office of the Vice President during the first tenure of Buhari. In this interview, she shared her experiences in the State House. She also spoke about the relationship between the Buharis and Galadimas and why her father parted ways with the president."
Source: https://dailytrust.com/how-i-was-treated-in-the-villa-zainab-buba-galadima

Stephen0mozzy:
Hahaha 😂😂

I'm sorry to say Sah, but this is a shameful thing to say. 5 Masters and you dey find job?

1. Some intellect - I agree, then, just not enough for her thesis/research that earned her those certificates could translate into real world application and funding/appointments.

2. From which schools did she get these qualifications from - hope not Republic of Bene, abi Togo

There's a level of education that you'll get, if you can't make demand for your skills, then the investigation will come back on you.

I owe you one container of Alamo bitters for the quality of your questions,

QuinQ:
Ok, the sky is falling. Let's compare - see below

Garbage in, Garbage out (GiGO).

You think you have it all figured out huh, comparing load-shedding Nigeria to always-on-USA.

If shitz really goes sideways, who do you think will suffer the most? Braimoh in Lokoja, who does not have all the trappings of an industralised economy? Or Brandon in Los Angeles, whose entire life now resolves around his playstation, coffee machine, WIFI connection, &gas-guzzling automobile

merrymike47:
Depending on how you see it, the car that Burna bought could be later auctioned, sold at a higher price (still an investment) and the benefactor is the owner (Burna).

So because say nah Burna drive car, e go appreciate bah?

So Burna don enter same league as Michael Jackson and Prince already?

I like your thought process.

Rebuttal

Fani-Kayode on Atiku: Separating claims from the record, By Paul Ibe

In public discourse, opinion is free. But opinion should never be presented as a substitute for fact.

Fani-Kayode is free to dislike Atiku, disagree with his policies, question his political choices and prefer President Bola Tinubu. But history should not be rewritten to serve those preferences… Atiku has sought presidential nominations repeatedly. That is true. He has changed political parties like Fani-Kayode. That is true… The Mambilla tribunal raised serious questions about a $500,000 transaction involving his former wife. That too is true… But it is equally true that Atiku has only appeared on Nigeria’s presidential-election ballot three times before 2027

Femi Fani-Kayode has written a lengthy polemic against Atiku Abubakar. Length, however, is not evidence. Nor does repetition transform opinion, disputed recollection or allegation into fact. There are several claims in his opinion article that require correction or, at the very least, proper context.

It is correct that Atiku has sought the presidency in different political cycles since 1993. But Fani-Kayode blurs an important distinction for the purposes of mischief.

Atiku was not a presidential candidate in a Nigerian general election in 1993, 2011 or 2015. Those were contests for party nominations. He was actually on the presidential ballot in 2007, 2019 and 2023. Having emerged as the ADC candidate for 2027, the coming election will be his fourth general election presidential candidacy, not his seventh.

This matters because Fani-Kayode then compares Atiku with politicians from other countries by counting their actual presidential election candidacies, while counting Atiku’s unsuccessful party primaries as presidential elections. That is not a like-for-like comparison.

Abdoulaye Wade, for example, contested Senegal’s presidential election in 1978, 1983, 1988 and 1993 before winning on his fifth attempt in 2000. He subsequently won again in 2007 and lost in 2012.

More fundamentally, Nigeria’s Constitution does not disqualify anyone because of the number of times he has unsuccessfully sought election. Section 137 bars a person who has already been elected president twice; it does not impose a limit on how many times an eligible Nigerian may contest. The decision whether persistence represents experience, ambition or something else belongs to voters, not to Fani-Kayode’s theology.

By the way, it is not about how many times a man falls. What is defining is how many times the man gets up, dusts himself and moves on each time he falls.

Seven Political Parties? Not Quite So Simple

Fani-Kayode also claims that Atiku has belonged to seven political parties. That calculation apparently treats the People’s Front of Nigeria (PFN) as a political party. It was, in fact, one of the political associations formed during the Babangida transition. It was never registered as a political party. The military government rejected the associations and created the SDP and NRC instead. The PFN tendency subsequently moved into the SDP.

Political movement between parties is certainly a legitimate subject for scrutiny. But Fani-Kayode is an unusual person to present changing parties as evidence of peculiar moral failure. He himself joined the APC, returned to the PDP in 2014, repeatedly denounced the APC afterwards, and declared in 2019 that he would rather die than join it — only to return to the APC in September 2021.

Party switching may be criticised. But the standard should apply consistently.

What Really Happened in 2003?

Fani-Kayode presents his interpretation of the Obasanjo-Atiku conflict as though nobody disputes it. The historical record is considerably more complicated. Atiku has repeatedly stated that PDP governors approached him before the 2003 election and urged him to challenge President Obasanjo for the party ticket, but that he declined. He repeated that account publicly in 2021, saying that he relied on the party’s understanding that presidential power should remain in the South-West for eight years.

Earlier, he similarly told an interviewer that the governors wanted him to run against Obasanjo and that he refused, preferring to remain his running mate.

Other published accounts confirm that powerful PDP governors did indeed consider replacing Obasanjo and approached Atiku. Accounts differ significantly, however, on Atiku’s exact conduct and the negotiations that followed.

Mambilla: What the Tribunal Actually Said

Fani-Kayode also bundles Mambilla together with Siemens, Halliburton and other matters to create the impression of established corruption findings.

The recent Mambilla arbitration deserves much greater precision. The ICC tribunal examined the circumstances surrounding a $500,000 transfer made by Sunrise promoter Leno Adesanya through China Castle Investments to an account belonging to Atiku’s then-wife, Jennifer Douglas. The tribunal rejected Adesanya’s explanation because adequate contemporaneous documentation supporting the alleged foreign exchange transaction was not produced. It described the circumstances as raising significant concerns.

That part should not be concealed. But neither should the sentence that immediately limits what can legitimately be claimed about Atiku.

The tribunal expressly stated that there was no evidence in the arbitration record that Vice-President Atiku Abubakar actually exercised his official duties in a manner that fostered the award of the contract to Sunrise.

The arbitration did not impose criminal liability on Atiku, nor did it find that he corruptly awarded the Mambilla contract to Sunrise. Indeed, the former vice president did not have the final say in the award of that contract.

An investigation may examine whatever evidence exists. Investigation is not conviction, suspicion is not proof, and political commentary cannot manufacture a finding that the tribunal itself did not make.

Fani-Kayode is entitled to his recollection. He is not entitled to convert a disputed episode in Nigerian political history into incontrovertible proof of “treachery”.

The $1.2 Million American Engagement

Then there is Fani-Kayode’s description of a “foreign hired gun” supposedly employed for $1.2 million. There is no secret contract to uncover. The engagement between Atiku and Washington-based Von Batten-Montague-York was publicly filed with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The filing states that the firm was retained for government affairs representation and strategic advisory work, including policy positioning, briefing materials, institutional outreach and engagement with Congress and executive branch officials. The twelve-month compensation disclosed in the filing is $1.2 million.

The same filing specifically requires compliance with FARA, US ethics requirements and applicable election laws.

People may debate the wisdom or cost of employing an international strategic firm. But calling a publicly registered professional engagement evidence of some sinister conspiracy adds heat, not facts.

Read more: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/912771-fani-kayode-on-atiku-separating-claims-from-the-record-by-paul-ibe.html

nothingspoil70:
I advise all of you to read before rushing to comment. Thank you

You speak well. Let's hope the binary thinkers heed your advice.

Alhaji Waziri and co-travellers, what say ye?

Broken clock Fani-Kayode has launched several bromides at once (apologies to Reuben Abati)...,and the streets iz wating for a commensurate response. I no fit laff.

Cont/d

His political career has not been the same since as he stumbled from one failed bid to the other leaving a legacy of division and destruction in his path.

Some may argue that if Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal could eventually win after five attempts Atiku may do so after seven, but the truth is that Atiku is no Abdoulaye Wade. He does not have the latter’s sincerity of purpose, courage, sense of loyalty, humility, discipline and patriotism.

Outside of that, unlike Wade, Atiku Abubakar is more of a transactional and pragmatic businessman who is more interested in making a fast buck than a statesman who puts the interest of the nation before his.

Unlike Atiku, Wade was upstanding in all his ways and would always endeavour to do the right thing by others, especially in the case of those who stood by him.

Unlike Atiku, he appreciated the importance of loyalty, he did not covet the position of his leaders, he understood the power and dynamics of patience and he was not one to cut corners.

Unlike Atiku, he NEVER tried to undermine, destroy, humiliate, discredit or topple his benefactors and neither did he attempt to dishonour standing agreements or deny others the Presidency whenever it was their turn.

Wade played politics within the rules and norms: he did not attempt to subvert or violate them to his own advantage. Atiku, on the other hand, revels in subversion and believes that Nigeria was established for his benefit alone.

This is a man that has consistently opposed and fought against the idea of a power shift to the South ever since he left office in 2007. He enunciated that notion and willingly espoused that grave and grievous injustice.

He challenged Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, stayed with the coalition that removed him from power in 2015, took the PDP ticket from Nyesom Wike in 2022, ran against Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi in 2023 and is doing so again in 2027.

What remains striking is that he has done this even in cycles when a power shift to the South was the prevailing argument from much of the political class, including many Northern leaders who backed it in the name of rotation, fairness and equity.

Clearly he has contempt for Southern aspirations. That is his mindset though he masks it well. Simply put, he has a sectional outlook and not a national one, and for this reason, God will not allow him to achieve his ambition.

Outside of that you cannot repay good with evil and escape it before the Lord. Atiku will learn this the hard way and so will those that stand with him. Is it any wonder that this time around he has employed the services of a foreign hired gun and vile mercenary to help him in return for a massive dollar fee?

In the history of our country we have never witnessed a presidential candidate employ foreign publicity firms to openly run down, threaten, slander and disparage the very Nigerians he wants to lead simply because he is so desperate to be President.

Yet he will fail and more importantly, if the necessary evidence is adduced, he will be made to face the law for the corruption that he allegedly indulged in when he was Vice President.

The most obvious was the Mambilla Power Plant case but there are others like the Siemens case, the Halliburton case, the INTELS case, the William J. Jefferson U.S. Congressman bribery case (for which the Congressman went to jail), the Leno Adesanya power plant bribery case (which is reported to have been re-opened) and other serious allegations of corruption and offshore payments involving millions of dollars which, though yet to be proven, have left many unanswered questions.

To be fair, none of these cases have, at least so far, resulted in a Nigerian trial or conviction but all have left a paper trail in the files of foreign regulators and many unanswered questions at home.

Yet it didn’t stop there.

Atiku’s worst crime was not the allegation of financial impropriety but his relentless determination to undermine and destabilise the government that he was elected to serve and to utterly destroy his principal whom he obviously hated with what the Bible described as “a perfect hatred”.

Atiku betrayed Obasanjo to such a point that I, as Minister of Aviation at the time, was constrained to demand that he should be thrown out of cabinet meetings on two separate occasions during full sessions of cabinet.

I did this during the course of the meeting and in the presence of every single Cabinet member and when I did so there was pin-drop silence in the cabinet chambers. The first time, Obasanjo saved him from the humiliation and appealed to me and the other Ministers to allow him to stay whilst he sat there looking daggers at me and clearly in a state of shock.

The second time, which was a few weeks later, I made another demand in our cabinet meeting under ‘other matters’ that if he did not get up and leave the chamber as a consequence of his betrayals and treachery against our President then we the Ministers would walk out and leave him to conduct the Federal Executive Council meeting alone with the President.

Obasanjo again appealed to us to allow him to stay but compelled him to apologise to the entire cabinet there and then for his treachery and outrageous behaviour all motivated by the fact that he wanted to topple the President and take his place. Atiku apologised there and then to the entire cabinet and consequently was allowed to stay at the Federal Executive Council meeting. But he NEVER attended another cabinet meeting after that.

This episode proves how over-ambitious he was as Vice President and how he coveted the seat of the man that brought him out of obscurity in Adamawa State and made him his Vice President. He repaid Obasanjo’s good with evil just as he later repaid Tinubu’s, Buhari’s and the old PDP’s good with evil in later years.

Today he is so desperate to win the presidential election that he has not only destroyed his old party the PDP by splitting it into two but he also did the same to the ADC, his new one, by breaking it in two and driving the Obi/Kwankwaso faction out to join a new party called the NDC.

Anytime he does not get his way or his ambition to become the flag bearer of whichever party he is in is threatened, the party must be broken. In the case of PDP he singlehandedly killed what was once Nigeria’s dominant party and finally buried it in 2019.

That is his political legacy: chaos and destruction.

Worse still, as presidential candidate of the ADC, he has said he will restore the oil subsidy just to get votes, knowing that in the process of implementing this disastrous policy, he will utterly destroy Nigeria and cause us to lose all the economic gains we have made in the last three years.

Let him be aware that there is nothing more irresponsible than attempting to destroy the future of your people just because you want to be President. Again, let him be reminded that to pay a foreign PR company led by a shady character who uses his wife’s surname rather than his father’s, $1.2 million to denigrate, undermine, demonise, vilify, malign and destroy your President in the international media just because you covet his seat is unacceptable.

History is against you, Waziri. No person in the world has ever tried to be President of his country seven times or more and has won except for Abdoulaye Wade, and like I said you are no Wade and neither do you share his gravitas nor have his grit.

Statistically and historically you have little chance of winning on your seventh attempt or of ever becoming President. It appears that the Living God has placed a divine injunction on your ambition.

This will be proved in January 2027 when you will be defeated by your old friend and arch-nemesis and be compelled to go back to Dubai and retire in peace.

I come in peace, Waziri, and I wish you well.

• (Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is a former Minister of Culture and Tourism, a former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria’s Ambassador-Designate to South Africa, Lesotho and Estawani, the Sadaukin Shinkafi, the Wakilin Doka Potiskum, the Otunba of Joga Orile, the Aare Ajagunla of Otun Ekiti and a Legal Practitioner)

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/the-seventh-bid-of-waziri

The seventh bid of Waziri

The seventh bid of Waziri

September 27, 2026 by Femi Fani-Kayode

Waziri Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria, has attempted to become the President of our nation no fewer than six times and his latest attempt is the seventh.

In 1993 he contested the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential primaries and lost to MKO Abiola.

In 2007 he contested as the Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate in the general election and finished third behind Umaru Yar’Adua and Muhammadu Buhari.

In 2011 he lost the PDP presidential primaries to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.

In 2015 he lost the APC presidential primaries to Muhammadu Buhari.

In 2019 he was the PDP presidential candidate and lost the general election to Buhari.

In 2023 he was the PDP presidential candidate and lost the general election to Bola Tinubu.

He is now on his seventh bid.

There are only six documented cases of individuals who have contested the presidency of their country seven times or more.

They are:

1) Pascual Racuyal of the Philippines who contested 11 times.

2) Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda of Mexico who contested 10 times.

3) Harold Stassen of the United States of America who contested 9 times.

4) Jack Fellure of the United States of America who contested 9 times.

5) Lyndon LaRouche of the United States of America who contested 8 times.

And finally

6) Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal who contested 7 times.

Every single one of them failed to ever win the presidency of their nation except Wade who won on the 5th and 6th attempts and lost on the 7th.

Atiku has failed in all of his six attempts over the last 33 years and he is now on his seventh.

Stop and think about that.

In a country of 230 million people one man has been trying to be President for 33 years, has failed each time, and is now attempting it again for the seventh time.

Again consider the fact that the same man has been a member of 7 political parties since he joined politics in 1991 and 4 political parties (one of which is the PDP which he left and rejoined twice) since 1999.

Given this, it is fair to say that he is a political wanderer.

Unlike leaders elsewhere, to Atiku, the party is nothing but a vehicle of power that exists for him and he does not exist for the party.

It is of course his right to keep trying, but this could also be legitimately regarded as an obsession.

Nothing is more indicative of that obsession than his attempt to mobilise the governors of the PDP to move against his leader President Olusegun Obasanjo, a man who had nominated him as his running mate for the second time, topple him as the party’s presidential candidate and take his place as the flag bearer in 2003.

This was not only a case of ingratitude but also treachery, and especially so because Obasanjo had trusted him to raise all the finances that were needed for that second run.

Atiku raised the money through private donors, and instead of utilising it for the election and primaries, he sat on it, refused to release it and literally blackmailed the President who was left with nothing.

Two interventions saved Obasanjo.

Firstly the God factor, which was the most important, and secondly a stupendously wealthy businessman from Kano (who I shall not name) who made virtually all the money that was needed available for both the delegates at the convention and the election itself.

That is how Atiku’s Luciferian rebellion and ‘Absalom’ agenda was thwarted and crushed.

Yet despite that, Obasanjo refused to drop him mid-stream as his running mate and he was elected as Vice President on the same ticket of the man that he had sought to humiliate and destroy.

It was after the second term began after the 2003 election that the real war between the two camps began, and I am proud to say that yours truly and others like Nasir El-Rufai, Nuhu Ribadu, Akin Osuntokun, Abiye Sekibo, Frank Nweke, Uba Sani, Adamu Bello, Julius Ihonvbere and many others that were either working in the Presidency or were ministers together with others like Peter Odili of Rivers State, Umaru Yar’Adua of Katsina State, Ahmad Makarfi of Kaduna State and a number of other governors took the battle to the gates of the Vice President and gave him hell over the next four years.

By the time it was all over, we had put him in his place and proved to him that treachery and rebellion are as the sin of witchcraft and never pay.

slivertongue:
MR PRESIDENT I NEVER EXPECTED THIS FROM YOU

In such a critical and sensitive time when citizens are accusing you of Yorubanizing your government: and a period when Warri port, Calabar port, Rivers port are calling for attention : you went to Paris with full confidence to supervise and approved Development of the Gateway Deep Seaport (located at Ogun Waterside) and the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone (a planned 10,000-hectare industrial and logistics hub).Investment Value: Initial investment projected at over $7 billion.

You supervised the signing ceremony and assured both domestic and foreign investors that the Federal Government would provide regulatory clarity, policy stability, and necessary infrastructure support the project.

What do you want people like us to say? We may not be able to protest over such tribalistic policies that only favour the western region.

However , the question is who is now going to pay pay that $7 billion and who is going to provide the necessary infrastructure you promised……. Of course the South-South, the South-East and the Northern regions.

The defense that will spring up from those in the Western region will be “ it is a state project “
but you were the one that supervised, approved and signed the project …… no one can exonerate your full involvement.

This act alone has shown that you are not a president for all Nigerians because what is good for the geese is also good for the genders.

Lagos sea port awarded, Ogun sea port awarded and the sea ports in the South-South and South-East are all lying dead.

I hope the senate president and the FCT Minister and the Aviation minister are all watching how APC is dealing with those of us from the South-South and South-East over sea ports issues.

Come 2027, you want us to vote for APC; because you are taking us for being daft . RIGHT? We shall see.

~ Jophertson Jophertson

I hear you. But I think it is important to stress that the devil you seek is actually in the missing details. You have to bear in mind that presidential trips routinely produce phantasmic headlines about MoUs that often never bear fruit.

At any rate, the proposed funding for this deep sea port is expected to come almost entirely from private investors. Yes, nah DaddyJP tok am.

Curious345:
As at when Peter Obi bought his First House in the UK in 1987 my Parents were still Boyfriend and Girlfriend.

Jim Ovia hadn't started Zenith Bank yet.

Elumelu had just finished NYSC and was a new staff at Union Bank.

Otedola had just become a Managing Director for the first time at Impact Press.

Dangote was still basically a young trader and hadn't moved into manufacturing yet.

Tinubu was still a mere staff at Mobil.

Pastor Chris was still a Student Pastor.

I could go on and on..

Is this the man you are comparing with the Forger in Aso Rock?

If not for Politics who's Wike, Umahi and even Tinubu to Speak when Obi is talking?
OBI IS COMING

So Obi graduated from UNN in 1984 and bought a house in London 3 years later? Do you have any actual proof to support this claim beyond the words of Valentine Obienyem, who first made the assertion about an outright purchase?

P.S: the house he bought in 1996 - around the time he was appointed by Abacha - in not in contention.

Matters arising according to Qwen AI >>>>

Acting in my capacity as a senior member of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), I can state unequivocally that the Tesla Cybertruck, in its standard unmodified form, does not comfortably meet the spirit and specific technical requirements of Nigeria’s road worthiness standards.

Here is why:

Violation of Pedestrian Safety and Bodywork Standards: Nigerian road worthiness inspection guidelines explicitly mandate that a vehicle’s body must have "no dangerous sharp edges or structural damage"
The Cybertruck’s defining design feature is its rigid, stainless-steel exoskeleton with sharp, angular geometry. Unlike conventional vehicles that utilize crumple zones and rounded contours to absorb impact and mitigate injury to pedestrians, the Cybertruck’s rigid structure poses a significant pedestrian safety risk in the event of a collision.

Lack of Localized Type-Approval Adaptation: While the vehicle may have passed safety tests in jurisdictions like the United States, those standards differ from the pedestrian safety protocols emphasized in other regions. Nigeria’s recent push toward stricter pre-shipment inspections is designed to ensure imported vehicles meet modern safety and environmental standards, but the Cybertruck’s design inherently conflicts with global best practices for pedestrian protection

But who cares? Certainly not FRSC. Certainly not the street urchins who surrounded the car. And, finally, certainly not Nigerian's legion of teaming youths who simply want an opportunity to hammer.

imolile:
Joseph Nantomah How in the world is this a Nigerian name? this guy need to be investigated by the Nigerian immigration. He might be Cameroonian. Fraudsters are fond of using fake Identity and trying to indict Nigeria knowing that there are lots of crimes reports in Nigeria

According to the Nigerian Indie..

"Nantomah was born in Borokiri, in the Port Harcourt city in Rivers State, Nigeria on 31 December, 1976.

His mother had left his father when he aged 2, Nantomah had to grow up with his father, a sailor and a petty trading stepmother. As a child, Nantomah would hawk his step-mother’s goods in the streets of Port Harcourt while feeding and sleeping in a room filled with dozens of other children."

(Source: https://independent.ng/joseph-james-nantomah-born-in-nigeria-blossomed-in-united-states-of-america)

completeskills:
Lebara network is very good in the UK and many European countries. Give them some time..they will suprise you.

Lebara is actually a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. (MVNO) in those countries, as is the case ihere..

It piggybacks on the Airtel network in Nigeria, so its service is only ever going to be as good as the underlying infrastructure (masts, antennas, spectrum and base stations) can support.

SmartyPants:
Today, Tinubu works for the FBI, tomorrow, Tinubu is afraid of getting arrested.



Are you people confused?

You are right, no head of state can be arrested for attending UNGA.

Only knuckle-heads argue to the contrary.

xxgig:
Are others also missing UNGA for the 3rd consecutive year?

Our President, Teflon Don, is in good company.

Joseph James Nantomah, known online as “The Black Mentor,” built a public image around entrepreneurship, real estate, coaching and financial success. But behind that image was an investment fraud scheme that ultimately involved at least 39 victims and more than $2.7 million in losses.

In this documentary, we follow the story from Nantomah’s arrival in the United States in 2016, the creation of his “Black Mentor” persona and Wealth Flow conferences, the real-estate investment promises, and the money entrusted to his companies.

We also examine the investor lawsuits, the SEC investigation, the criminal case, his guilty plea, and the final federal sentence.

On September 18, 2026, Nantomah was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, ordered to pay $2,762,798.37 in restitution, and received three years of supervised release.

This is the documented story behind the money, the decisions, and the consequences

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUfyfjhqPg