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Rubbish, absolute nonsense. Your oga is a criminal and you know it.

Nokia 3310 yesterday, today and forever. O jabo ko fo. O fo ti.

Her breasts don digest self

xeratek:
Abeg who watch Man U match.. wetin be scores?

it ended 4-1 in favour of Manchester united. It was a blockbuster.

So says the spokesperson of Tinubu's government

TINUBU DECIDED TO TEACH El Rufai why they call him the master strategist.

Now, a lot of people were angry when I said that: "El Rufai did almost nothing" before he was arrested.

Well, let me explain something to those who may not understand politics very well. I mean, Nigerian politics.

You and I know that it is now a culture in APC that once you join the party, all your sins will be forgiven. That's why we have majority of the corrupt politicians in Nigeria, in the APC. The simple reason is not because they love the party; they are looking for umbrella ☔ from criminal prosecution.

Now, Mallam Nasir El Rufai was the Minister of the FCT from 2003 to 2007. Everything he did as minister, is on record. He was the Governor of Kaduna State for 8yrs under the APC, from 2015-2023.

And when he stepped down as governor, he took up the ambition of making Tinubu the president of Nigeria. He was vital and viral. He rubbished Peter Obi by calling him a mere content creator. He said the entire vote from the south east will be easily swallowed up by one local government in Kano.

For those who know him, El Rufai is a force. The north do not joke with his words.

He was one of the founding members of the APC in 2015. With his political weight, he campaigned vigorously for Tinubu. He followed Tinubu like a Tse Tse fly everywhere including Chatham House. He was the person Tinubu assigned to answer questions on insecurity at far away Chatham House.

And when they came back, he followed Tinubu to almost all his campaigns. And when Tinubu allegedly won the election, Mallam Nasir El Rufai was the "ONLY" human being that Tinubu "BEGGED" openly to work for him.

I chose my words carefully when I said "begged" and "openly".

Tinubu begged him openly to work for him. El Rufai was reluctant at first, but he later agreed to work for him. But behind the scenes, APC stalwarts reasoned together and advised Tinubu to drop him for some undisclosed political reasons. But Tinubu did not tell him that he had decided to drop him. Tinubu decided to use the senate screening as the tool to drop him, so that he can be absolved from open blame.

Then, ultimately, El Rufai was screened down by the senate. Tinubu did not intervene. But El Rufai, as a human being, was angry. How can you beg me openly to join your government, and you go behind to drop me, without telling me? And he had to face the senate without knowing he had already been dropped.

That was the beginning of their frosty relationship. El Rufai felt that Tinubu had embarrassed him, and rightly so. The senate already knew him. He was once a minister of the FCT. He was also a two time governor. So, why did he fail the senate screening? What was it that those that passed the screening had that he didn't have? Indeed, his political credentials were much larger than those that passed.

So, the decision to drop him was difficult to understand logically and even politically. The only explanation is that he had already been voted down before he stood before the senate. Of course, Tinubu had the prerogative to tell Akpabio and co to scale El Rufai through. So, the excuse that he failed the senate screening was illogical and lame.

The relationship between Baba El Rufai and Tinubu got tastelessly sour.
El Rufai was bittered as every other human being would be. Of course, APC became uncomfortable for him and he had to exit the party.

But he planned to revenge.

The mistake he made was to reveal his plans to early. He forgot he was dealing with a ruthless politician who is probably better than him at the game. So, immediately he left the APC, he publicly disclosed that he was one of the masterminds behind Tinubu's emergence, and that he was going to bring Tinubu down. He acknowledged carrying Tinubu at his back into the seat. And he pledged, in his own words, "TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE" of helping to bring Tinubu on board.

That was his ultimate error.
With that, he had extended a handshake of battle with the master strategist.

APC knew that El Rufai pulls a lot of weight in the north. Well, everyone knows that too. El Rufai is not a stock you should wish away. He is not a stock you should ignore either. He is someone that is either with you, or you take him out. Do not let any embers of the fire smother. Use water and douse it completely; else, it will reignite and consume you.

You cannot afford to allow a leopard roam around your pen.

They decided that El Rufai must be quarantined. He must be out of circulation as fast as possible. And to take him out of circulation, all you have to do was to open his books and pick one of his crimes, and that's it. And when they finally beamed their torchlights on him, it wasn't hard finding something to use against him.

He was arrested for eavesdropping on security information. He gave himself in by disclosing that he was tapping security information. A man on wanted list now showed up with his two legs. They also added some other sundry crimes to balloon the charge sheet.

Now, some people said that the reason why they arrested him was because he committed heinous crimes against the people of northern Kaduna.

I laugh.

Well, I don't have the data to question that. But I just wish to remind those peddling that narrative that Tinubu knew of all those things he allegedly committed, but they never opened that chapter until he fell out with Tinubu.

Why did they suddenly remember those crimes just when he fell out with Tinubu? Why didn't they prosecute him immediately he stepped down as governor? Why did they wait till he entered the bad books of the ruling party?

So, the travails of El Rufai is more political than criminal. If he had remained in APC, do you think he would be behind bars today? And if, from his present confinement, he pledges to re-join the APC and to campaign for Tinubu, don't you think his sins are likely to be forgiven again?

Look, politics is a game. Tinubu is not just a master in it, he is a grandmaster of politics. El Rufai thought he was dealing with a local government chairman when he went on air, telling the world how he would make sure Tinubu goes back to Lagos.

Alas, Tinubu used his joker to dislodge him.

I believe El Rufai will come out, but that would be after the elections. He cannot be allowed to disrupt Tinubu's plans. Sometimes, the best way to handle a dog is simply to put him inside a cage. That's all.


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4 YEARS AGO TODAY, I JAPА’D FROM NIGERIA TO THE UK 🇳🇬✈️🇬🇧

I left Nigeria with hope, dreams and plenty of uncertainty.

I thought Japa meant everything would become easier.

I was wrong but it was the best decision of my life

The UK gave me opportunities, certain peace of mind and security.

Sometimes I miss the Nigeria I complained about.

Sometimes I ask myself, “If I knew what I know now, would I still have left?”

But one thing Japa gave me that money cannot buy:

PERSPECTIVE.

Four years later, I wouldn’t tell anyone to Japa or stay.

I’ll simply say: know WHY you are leaving before you leave.

Because moving abroad can change your location without automatically changing your life.

🔥 LET’S START A REAL CONVERSATION:

If you could go back to the day you left Nigeria, WOULD YOU STILL JAPA?

YES or NO — and tell me the biggest lesson Japa has taught you.

Let’s hear the truth.

Credit: Anthony Egbuniwe

Vanguard News

September 12, 2026


*UNN sued over Peter Obi’s academic records*


A Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Abayomi Arabambi, has sued the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) over the alleged refusal to release details of the academic record of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC).

Arabambi, in a fresh suit, said he had requested a certified true copy (CTC) of Obi’s certificate number D000198 in respect of a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy issued in 1984 in line with the Freedom of Information Act, but the institution turned down his demand.

In the originating motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2144/2026 and filed by his lawyer, Anderson Asemota, on Sept. 9 at the Federal High Court in Abuja, said letters had been written to the university.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the court documents made available on Saturday, the applicant, a former factional spokesperson for LP, named the VC and UNN as 1st and 2nd respondents.

He is, therefore, seeking an order of mandamus compelling the respondents to perform their statutory duty under the FoI Act, 2011, by determining and responding to his request dated July 16 in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

According to Arabambi in the affidavit setting out the facts, by a letter dated 16th July, 2026, the applicant requested a CTC of Certificate No. D000198, stated to have been issued by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to Gregory Peter Onwubuasi Obi in respect of a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy in 1984.

“The applicant also requested a Certified True Copy of the certificate, academic record or other official records upon which the said degree was predicated.

“The said request was duly delivered to and received by the respondents on 6th August, 2026.

“The applicant expressly made the request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, and stated the public-interest and accountability basis for the request.

“The respondents failed and/or neglected to provide the requested information within the period prescribed by the Act,” he said.

Arabambi stated that the respondents did not communicate to him a written notice of refusal identifying the specific provision of the Act relied upon for refusing access.

“The applicant consequently sent a reminder letter dated 31st August, 2026, reiterating the original request and again demanding the requested records.

“The reminder letter was delivered to and received by the respondents on 1st September, 2026, as evidenced by the delivery receipt,” he said.

Arabambi, in the affidavit deposed to by Chuku Maudlyn, a litigation secretary in the law firm of Messrs Neplus Ultra Attorneys, averred that the delivery receipt identified the receiver as the VC and the destination as the UNN.

“As at the commencement of this action, the respondents have neither supplied the requested records nor issued a lawful written notice of refusal,” he said.

The applicant, therefore, sought 19 reliefs.

He prayed the court for a declaration that his written request made pursuant to the FoI Act, 2011, “constitutes a valid request for information within the contemplation of the Freedom of Information Act.”

He sought an order of mandamus compelling the respondents to furnish him with a CTC of certificate number D000198 issued by the university if the said certificate exists in the custody, possession or control of the respondents.

Arabambi also sought an order of mandamus compelling them to furnish him with the CTC of the existing official academic and institutional records relating to the said degree and the certificate, including where they exist and are within the custody or control of the respondents.

He listed the documents he sought as relevant academic records, relevant graduation/degree-award records, relevant certificate-register entries, relevant Senate or academic approval award records, and any other existing official records upon which the said degree and/or certificate was based, among other reliefs.

Giving grounds for his application, Arabambi submitted that as an applicant, he has a statutory right of access to information in the custody of a public institution.

According to him, the respondents are subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

He said the requested information concerns a certificate expressly represented to have been issued by the UNN.

He says the respondents are consequently the institution whose official records are directly relevant to his request.

Arabambi said Section 4 of the Act imposes a statutory duty to respond within the prescribed period, and that they had failed to comply with that duty.

“The respondents did not communicate a lawful refusal identifying any applicable exemption.

“The failure therefore constitutes a refusal and/or deemed refusal under the Act,” he concluded.

NAN reports that at the centre of the applicant’s complaint is what he described as multiple variations of Obi’s name across documents submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and educational authorities.

The case is yet to be assigned to a judge. (NAN)

© 2026 Vanguard Media Limited, Nigeria


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You're nothing but Judas isiaka

Yes! Very dark man and Rufai Oseni.

Na wetin Nollywood people collect from cancer hand now. The thing just dey chop dem like nama.

Look at her in real life without makeup and look at her on Tiktok. Very ugly gorilla.

Love is blind and love conquers all. Please marry her. She is your wife from heaven.

BewareOf419:
It is a welcome development

I have seen someone embalmed in mortuary and after 21 days, he comes back to life

rora ma pa iro.

Rubbish! Will the church help them to pay the mortuary bills?

Nice one Seun. Please kindly introduce monthly subscription on nairaland. It's time we separate reach people from the pour ones on this forum.

Very useless and wicked people. Most of them are not different from the woman o. By the way, what did they do to the man? Bunch of morons.

It served her write. Next time she won't leaf Nigerian men to follow Kofi.

There was a time, long, long time ago that dis babe used to hungry me, but now dat she is old she no dey hungry me again. Na one moderator for here dey hungry me now.

The same Nigerians will still vote for him based on religion and ethnicity.



Happy post rumours birthday uncle Dave.

Your boss dey smoke igbo

Go to China and ask of Doctor Zhang Wei. You won't regret that you did.

Na wa o. Na which kind Judas Isiaka be dis?


Happy post rumours birthday uncle Dave.

BREAKING: IGP Disu challenges NBA president over Nigerians recording policemen, says practice is ‘very, very demoralising’

Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has challenged the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN, over the legality and limits of citizens recording police officers while carrying out their official duties.

Disu raised the issue while engaging with the NBA President, questioning whether members of the public should be allowed to record police officers in the same way they might record activities taking place in other professional environments.

The police chief also questioned whether lawyers or other professionals would accept people entering their offices and secretly recording them, or whether proceedings in courts could similarly be recorded without restrictions.

According to Disu, the issue has become a growing concern within the Nigeria Police Force, particularly following a recent court judgment concerning the recording of police officers.

He said the judgment had encouraged citizens to bring out their phones and record officers in different situations, describing the development as “very, very demoralising” for police officers, particularly those deployed to dangerous locations such as highways, forests and bushes to protect members of the public.

Disu said the police had discussed the issue and that the DIG in charge of planning had produced further write-ups and cited several legal authorities on the matter, which he said would probably help decide the issue.

The IGP appealed to the NBA to participate in a police symposium scheduled to hold in Owerri, Imo State, where the issue of recording police officers would be discussed, particularly in light of the recent judgment.

Disu said the judgment had “really jolted” police officers and become a concern because citizens started coming out with their phones to record police officers everywhere they saw them, saying the practice could be embarrassing.

The IGP further said the practice had gone beyond recording police officers while they were carrying out their official duties in public places.

According to him, some Nigerians had gone as far as restaurants to record police officers while they were eating.

“Everywhere you see a policeman, you start recording the policeman,” Disu said, describing the development as “very, very demoralising” to the police.

He stressed that police officers are doing very difficult jobs and need “all the concentration in the world” to be able to perform their duties.

However, Disu clarified that the police were not saying citizens could not exercise their right to record officers in public places while they were doing their jobs.

He said the concern was that Nigerians should exercise restraint and should not turn police officers into content for skits or anything.

The IGP also explained that many police officers deployed to checkpoints and other operational locations work under difficult and dangerous conditions.

He noted that some officers stay in dangerous areas, thick forests, bushes and on highways, sometimes in the middle of nowhere, morning and night, to do their jobs and keep other people safe.


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Make this thing happen now. I wan see wetin go happen for Nigeria if the thing happen.

Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq or India would be your best bet.

omoredia:
For you to collect money says more about your character.

leave the character and face the content of his story.

Na fake news jo

Not enough original content
Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 20 characters.
This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

Baba Adeboye will not like this.

NIGERIAN POLITICS: A FILTHY, DIRTY, EVIL AND WICKED VENTURE?

By Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq.

I developed an interest in politics when I was around 15 years old. Since then, I have watched politics being played, read extensively about it and followed political developments with great interest. For many years, I saw politics primarily as an instrument through which society could be transformed and the lives of the people improved.

However, my active involvement in Nigerian politics has exposed me to a completely different side of it. I have seen enough to conclude that Nigerian politics, as presently practised, can be filthy, dirty, wicked and sometimes outright evil. I have seen how lies can become political strategy, how desperation can drive people beyond reasonable limits, how institutions can be dragged into partisan battles and, most painfully, how human lives can become secondary to political ambition.

Of course, this does not define everyone in politics. I have encountered people of character, conscience and genuine commitment to public service, and these experiences continue to give me hope. But I have also come to believe that walking away because politics has become too dirty will not make it cleaner. Those who believe politics can be better must be prepared to participate, take the risks that come with it and insist, through their conduct, that there must be a better way.

The recently concluded Osun State governorship election brought these realities closer to me than anything I had previously experienced. An election should ordinarily be about the people and their right to choose. It should be a contest based on the records of the candidates, their character, programmes and capacity to govern. Candidates should present their ideas, make their case before the electorate and ultimately allow the people to decide who deserves their votes.

Instead, what should have been a democratic contest gradually became something frightening. The political atmosphere became poisoned by threats, intimidation, violence, arrests, lies and allegations of abuse of government institutions. People who had lived peacefully together suddenly became divided because they belonged to different political parties.

Political disagreements became personal warfare, and in the process, innocent people suffered. Some were arrested, some were injured and, most painfully, some lost their lives. I saw families thrown into mourning because of an election, and I asked myself: can political power ever be worth the life of another human being?

On August 15, the people of Osun went to the polls. Despite everything that had happened in the build-up to the election, the people came out to make their choice, and at the end of the process, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Governor Ademola Adeleke the winner of the election.

The election had been won and lost, but the bitterness, injuries and human losses remained. For many, that moment could easily have been entirely about celebration and political triumph, but what happened immediately afterwards left a lasting impression on me.

Shortly after the election, Governor Ademola Adeleke invited some of us who had been very close to the election and the events surrounding it. Naturally, one would have expected the conversation to be dominated by celebration. Instead, the Governor was deeply concerned about the violence that had characterised the election and, particularly, the number of people who had lost their lives.

He spoke about families that were mourning and communities that had become divided by politics. He told us that the election was over and that the responsibility before him was no longer simply to celebrate victory, but to begin the difficult process of healing the state.

He spoke about extending a hand of reconciliation to everyone who contested against him, supporting the victims of election violence, ensuring that those who deserved justice were not forgotten and bringing political leaders together irrespective of party differences. What struck me was that these were not merely words spoken in the emotion of the moment; he immediately began the process.

In the days that followed, Governor Adeleke publicly declared that he held no grudge against his political adversaries and announced a ₦500 million Election Violence Victims Endowment Fund to provide relief to verified victims and their families. Scholarships up to university level were also announced for the children and dependants of those who lost their lives.

He began reaching out across political divides and made it clear that assistance to victims should not be determined by their political affiliations. Whether a victim belonged to Accord, APC or any other political party should not matter. They were Osun citizens first before they became members of political parties.

Gradually, the political temperature in Osun began to come down. Governor Adeleke reached out to former Governors, elder statesmen and political leaders across party lines. Then Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, the APC governorship candidate and the Governor’s major opponent in the election, publicly congratulated Governor Adeleke. Other major political actors also began embracing reconciliation. For me, these were important developments because democracy must ultimately respect the verdict of the people, while anyone genuinely dissatisfied with an election retains the constitutional right to seek redress through lawful means.

However, despite the collective efforts of key political leaders towards reconciliation, some politicians and their supporters continued to promote bitterness and hostility. There have been reports of unwarranted killings and violent attacks on innocent individuals even after the election. This is one aspect of Nigerian politics that I find particularly disturbing. Why? How? And for what reason?

People insult one another, destroy friendships, threaten each other and sometimes even become violent in defence of politicians. A few weeks or months later, the same politicians meet somewhere, shake hands, laugh together and discuss their common interests. Meanwhile, those who fought these political battles may be left with broken relationships and, in the worst cases, permanent injuries or the loss of loved ones.

Whatever length you go to in pursuit of power, do not surrender your humanity because of politics. No politician is worth killing or dying for.

While the parties are gradually healing, the most disturbing episode in the entire election matter, and one that made me reflect even more deeply on the bitterness and desperation that sometimes characterise our politics, was the controversy surrounding petitions purportedly filed before the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in the names of the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, his party and, in another instance, the PDP.

Ordinarily, there is absolutely nothing wrong with filing an election petition. The law gives every candidate who is dissatisfied with the conduct or outcome of an election the right to approach the tribunal. What made this particular situation extraordinary was the controversy surrounding whether the petitions had actually been authorised by the candidates and their parties.

Senior members of the APC legal team came out publicly to disown the petition. They explained that consultations had taken place after the election and that their professional advice was against challenging the result at the tribunal. The candidates and their parties also publicly denied authorising petitions challenging the election.

The entire episode raises a fundamental question about desperation in Nigerian politics. How can an election petition purportedly filed on behalf of a candidate and political party become the subject of public controversy over whether the candidate, the party or their established legal team actually authorised it?

It also speaks to the troubling reality that some people appear to profit greatly from political crisis and conflict. Sometimes, one is left wondering whether those behind such desperate actions have dined with the devil and sold their souls to his kingdom.

Perhaps this is one of the biggest problems with Nigerian politics, there are people whose relevance depends entirely on crisis. Insecurity in Nigeria has already become a business venture for some people. When there is peace, they become irrelevant. Therefore, they must constantly create new fights, new enemies, new accusations and new reasons for society to remain divided.

These experiences have made me understand why many people want nothing to do with politics. Politics can expose you to lies, betrayal, intimidation, blackmail and attacks from people who may never have met you. It can turn lifelong friends against one another and sometimes make otherwise reasonable people abandon every principle they once claimed to possess.

Nigerian politics may presently be filthy, dirty, wicked and sometimes evil, but perhaps the answer is not to abandon it to those who made it so. The answer is for more people who believe in a better way to enter the arena, remain courageous in the face of intimidation and insist that politics can still be about service, development, ideas and the people.

I am glad to note, in what I consider a commendable development, that the APC candidate, Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji, and his party have instructed that the petition be withdrawn, and the withdrawal has been effected.

Pelumi Olajengbesi, Esq. is a legal practitioner and Accord candidate for the House of Representatives, Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency.


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