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erad:
University lectures organized by the university, not some random group. The fact that he accepts such invitations says a lot about him and his need for validation.

Y'all just twist everything to play victim. He's dragging the whole school when he should be dragging the organization that invited him and himself for not making sure they were capable of hosting him and have gotten all necessary approval.

From what I know of OAU, no one there is threatened by whatever he's going to say. It's more about the logistics and his security. Like I said, if the event was organized by the school management, they would know how to adequately make arrangements to host him without affecting normal academic activities. If anything happens to him, no one will mention the organization, it's the school they'll hold responsible.

It is normal for universities to invite people of public visibility to talk. Does the current government have the emotional maturity to allow the below kind of discussions without negative behaviour?

https://youtube.com/@oxfordunion?si=YkMFgIPemULkDz1B

Wallade:
Can you prove that Tinubu is killing opposition voice?

You are too small and tiny to disgrace Tinubu.

This is funny. Pa Tinubu is the only one embarrassing himself.

Let's see what happens once he leaves office. Either he does in 2027 or 2031 - what is certain is that he must leave that seat.

Flangelo12:
The $2.3 billion Siemens-Nigeria Power Deal (Presidential Power Initiative - PPI) is active and in its second phase as of early 2026, aimed at modernizing Nigeria's power grid and improving reliability.

Following a period of stagnation, the project was revived by President Tinubu's administration. It has successfully delivered and commissioned multiple mobile substations and transformers, yielding roughly 984 MW in additional capacity. The overall target is to reach 25,000 MW with projects ongoing to reduce grid outages.


Key status updates include:

Revival and Status: The partnership was stalled but was revived and accelerated, with, as of early 2026, the project is moving forward under President Tinubu, having seen increased momentum.

Infrastructure Progress: Siemens has delivered and installed 132/33 KV mobile substations and several 75/100 MVA and 60/66 MVA transformers nationwide.

Phase 2 Goals: The project is currently focused on upgrading seven lines and installing 10 transmission lines covering 554 km to boost capacity to 7,140 MW.
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Key Focus: The deal seeks to mitigate grid failure, increase electricity access, and upgrade key transmission substations.

Timeline: The project timeline was extended, with some critical project components (substations) expected to be finalized around 2026.

Where did you get this info from?

israelmao:
Just like Ajuri the former presidential spokesperson faded away after tendering his resignation so Edun will as well become the backwater.

Power is transient and like a mist that quickly vanish at the sight of sunlight.

You do know that this is true for Tinubu as well. He will pass away and we here will decide the legacy we shall tell our kids. Hint: it may not be a good one.

Believeintruth:
That is why I feel for Oyedele. In my opinion this appointment is more of a poisoned chalice and will test his integrity. Will he do eye service and soil his name, or will he tell the truth and risk being fired by his boss?

I have no feelings for Oyedele. He is an extremely mature adult and knows exactly what he is getting into. His integrity is already in tatters.

The funniest thing here seems to be that BAT thinks he would win a free and fair election. Power really intoxicates.

If Edun hadn't lobbied to retain his job, I would have treated him with more respect. His firing should be seen as a badge of honour by him. He refused to play ball at some point. That is good.

I don't like narcissists and this is an example of narcissistic behaviour. What is the wisdom in this video?

Defendants first line of defence should be the government's statement that there was no coup.

This guy is not right in the head

thesolutions:
Denominational church leaders. That makes them the head in those denominations.

You can call them anything you want. There is only one Father.

Gracious3105:
No one deserves to be called a father among the bethern. It was clear from Jesus Words. If Paul erroneously call himself a father that is for him as he was human and could make mistakes

Thank you. GOD in heaven is my father. Making anyone else my father means I am a grandchild of GOD. Meanwhile GOD has given us the opportunity to be HIS sons and daughters.

zegxy:
But the people who attends the churches of these men were not forced to and those given their offerings and tithes in these churches weren't hypnotised or compelled to do so. They were merely convinced.
The simple question I want to ask you his, Do you think it's possible for an individual to be a father to all the Christian denominations we have in Nigeria ?

There is but one father in Christianity and he sits in Heaven!

zegxy:
Most of these men of God, never instructed their followers to call them daddy GO or father but it's the members out of the respect they have for them call them such

Let them come out and make a statement asking their people to stop calling them 'father' and 'mother'.

thesolutions:
Denominational fathers are still fathers. There is a unifying body known as Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). They have made statements just like our legislators are making statements regarding the security situation in the country. But their statements can be bought just like those of the politicians can be bought too.

Is is statements that solves security challenges? But if a respected father, be it denominational father or any religious father, makes statements, the state forces will act on those statements to show him they are on top of the matter.

But when respect for these fathers have gone to the dogs, the best they can do is give examples of countries that are getting it right so as not to step on toes of vindictive government and self centred citizens

No they are not fathers. They are church leaders.

In my opinion it is foolish of a person to disclose how much they earn publicly. The person is looking for attention.

There is only Father. Anyone else who calls themselves that in the church sense is delusional.

For matters of security, this will not and should not happen in banks.

Eateries already allow people to ask to use the toilet.

Also what happened to my taxes! Use it to build toilet and charge for use. Perhaps small change like 20 to 100 naira.

From certain novels I have read the best thing for this one is to make him disappear, no sign of any violence, just make him disappear.

I can only laugh .. modern women eh.

Message gotten but didn't need to use the terms; monkey and pig.

This statement shows everything wrong with democracy in Nigeria. This means there is virtually no choice. I repeat this adage - Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you should.

Not all women who go to the gym go there for hook-up... Haba! Yes there are some who do similar to some girls who go to NYSC camp to sleep around.

But let's not build a narrative that every woman inside gym is looking for nacks.

Rice and beans with slightly peppered tomato stew and fish (Titus).

If the opposition uses the old anthem for campaigning, it would be an interesting focus. I am still not pleased with how we changed the anthem.

SixSeven:
Tinubu is a democrat, a true man of his words. 😅👇

June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”

What is his scorecard on the above?

Good posts naptu... These kind of things should be recorded for posterity.

One could imagine how Peter Obi would have been dealt with by this government if he was truly corrupt.

BadBradley:
People don't really get it, if the story is true, the priest is complicit.

No matter the level of demon possession in a woman , she just doesn't send her nudes to her priest without feeling the man is into that kind of stuffz either through utterances or rumours.

The priest also said she wasn't the only one. From that kind of deflective talk , he's into that kind of stuff.

You think life is cause and effect always. Some people just want to make others fall. They need no reason other than the thrill of it.

McLizbae:
Lols... Baba should calm down and teach the daughter in the proper ways. She may be coming from a place where such is a way of deliverance and blessings, from the master. Lols..

He is teaching her. This is a form of tutelage. Not every lesson will be in the form of niceties. This one needs cane.

bolaayenimo:
Don't forget Bode is an insider in PDP and very close to OBJ

I doubt Obasanjo cares for Bode. I heard on the streets that dude is very stingy as well.

Harddiskng:
Even if Jesus becomes president of Nigeria.

Nigerians will still complain

Most think it is job of the President to rescue them from their poverty and grow disgruntled if that magic doesn’t happen.

Including Tinubu when he was trying everything to be President. That guy said everything and anything!!