₦airaland Forum

Frank Olizeh the best midfielder Nigeria has ever produced.

Very wicked man. Is it your money?

How is that a front page material?

Na wa o. Ordinary budget APC cannot do for Nigeria again. Na United nations dey help us do our budget now. Na only God knows how much they paid to get it done.

You see what Tinubu has caused for the poor boy. Hardship in Nigeria today is making men's prick to rice up anyhow.

Barzinime:
Someone without a source of income is telling me to look for work, so hilarious.
Won’t waste my time with Nuisance.

you've been noticed. Now s t f u.

Na wa o. Omo see instant georgement from God.

Barzinime:
Learn son, stop wallowing in ignorance and what do you do if I may ask?

s t f u

Barzinime:
Its poor not pour, proof of low IQ!

wehdone o, Professor Wole Soyinka of nairaland. I hope seun is paying you well? No go look for work to do, your mates dey national assembly, you dey here dey correct English. No go look for work to do.

It's long over dew. Honestly we need. Seun it's time you introduce subscription on nairaland. Subscription join nairaland, payment for posting and making comments. Let's separate the reach from the pour on nairaland.

Whether Tinubu wins or loses in 2027, Yorubas are done for — Retired Commodore Olawunmi
Philip Ibitoye
October 4, 2026

Kunle Olawunmi is a retired Naval Commodore, former Deputy Director of Defence Administration at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), and Professor of International Relations, Diplomacy, Strategic Studies. In this interview with PHILIP IBITOYE, he discusses Nigeria’s governance failures, constitutional reform, Yoruba self-determination, the implications of President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the Yoruba people, amongst other issues.

WHEN you look at the state of Nigeria today — the pervasive insecurity, cost-of-living crisis, and other destabilising issues — as a retired Naval Commodore, is this the country that you thought you were fighting for?

Thank you for the question. I mean, the answer is obvious. This is not the country we fought for. I spent 35 years fighting for this country, losing my colleagues. I went to Angola, Congo, Liberia, everywhere, carrying the name and image of this country. But, suddenly, we find ourselves in a situation where it is just unbelievable.

Yes, it is unbelievable that we can depreciate to the level we are now where we have criminals in government. If you go to state governments, you have criminals. There are people that have been deported from the US, arrested for one crime or the other; they ran back to Nigeria and became your governor, senator and so on. We have a situation where the people that we voted for are sponsoring terrorism. It is just unbelievable that you can vote for people that are in government and they are committing treasonable felony against the state. So, that is why I use the word unbelievable. That we now have people in government that are working against the people that voted them in. It is a bit frustrating to say the least and that is where we are today.

When some people take a critical look at all the challenges Nigeria faces, they claim there is no hope of a better future for the country. But in your opinion, what are the practical steps that can be taken to reset the country on the path to progress?

That is a very deep question. From my experience and knowledge about this country, it is a difficult answered. Because even the youth that I could have said, okay, let us see how these they fare when we handed over power to some of them; they are even worse than the elders. Look at our boys; they are into criminal activities, not because it is their fault, but because poverty has been weaponised for the past two decades. So, it has eaten so deep that I would want to join those who feel that there is really no hope. But, you see, there is always an answer to some of these issues. This country will need to experience a genuine revolution… Then, even those youth that are bad, you have to find a way to reset their minds. I was in the military when Idiagbon was around. I don’t want to mention Buhari because we thought it was Buhari, but it was Idiagbon that was actually behind initiatives such as the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) because Buhari had a second chance and he messed up big time. So, it was Idiagbon. And I know that if there is a revolution in this country, we can gather people that can actually right the wrongs that have sunk so deep. I don’t think it should take time to right the wrongs if there is a proper revolution. Not the one sponsored by United States or by our politicians, but genuine revolution in this country should be my answer. Short of revolution, there is no hope.

What would a revolution in this context look like?

Except you want me to take part in the revolution. If I am to take part in revolution, I know what to do, because that is my training. But what should it look like? It has to be spontaneous. It should not be like something that you organise, because once you organise, you are going to be infiltrated, you are going to be sponsored by the same politicians you want out. So, it has to be something that is spontaneous, whereby people get tired and they say no. Enough is enough. Then new leaders will emerge from that kind of revolution. That is how it happens. If you study all the revolutions that have happened, it is not something that is really well-planned. The leaders will just emerge during those skirmishes and people will listen to them.

Reading your previous statements, you acknowledged that the current constitution, which many have argued is the foundation of all the problems facing Nigeria today, does not contain mechanisms to allow self-determination by the people. In a situation where you don’t have that process, what can be done with the limited options you have for the Yoruba self-government that you envision?

I will still repeat what I said before it is revolution, because you have to kick out all these people, kick out the constitution, kick out all those senators in Abuja. There’s no legal process to kick out the constitution, that is why I’m answering like that. I have deepely studied these issues of: Yoruba Nation, Biafra, and the rest. So, I know the problem and that is why I wrote that article (on Yoruba self-determination). In fact, Tinubu to me, and to some of my colleagues, has killed… he has destroyed the Yoruba race because of his attitude in governance, okay? We had Obasanjo, who is a Yoruba man; you saw how he behaved. Now another Yoruba man, so, I am saying that we are just tired of this, kind of Yoruba people emerging as our leaders, and they have destroyed our image. Yorubas are not like this. This is not who we are. How did we get to this point? So, for me, if you want to talk about the constitution, you can’t change this constitution. You know why? You need the legislative arms and their goodwill at the National Assembly and the state assemblies. I know the process. The Abuja section is Fulani-Hausa/Northern-heavy, they will not allow it to go through. The governors that we have, even in South-West, are already bought, you understand? They are not Omoluabi again. I don’t know how we got here. You can’t even say, okay, the South-West governors should come together and talk and let us do this. They have been compromised so badly that we can’t do much, okay?

And if we can’t use our South-West governors, we cannot use the senators, both at state and federal level, how then do you change the constitution? Look at what Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former president, did. He set up a Constitutional Conference; they did it, spent a lot of money, and came up with a white paper. Then he left — they basically hushed him out of government and killed the report. So, how else do you want to change the constitution if a whole president of this country set about doing that and failed? They said the blood of the baboons will do something, and basically they chased him out of Aso Rock. And when they got to Aso Rock, Buhari killed the report. Look at the Stephen Oronsaye Report. The report also could have helped, but they killed it.

Now, what is making me write that article (on Yoruba self-determination), or what is giving me strength is that now we have a Yoruba man there who is our son, who I actually thought would make a difference. And he also pronounced that he is going to turn around the Oronsaye Report, in 2024. Now he has not done it three years, almost four years down the line. The Confab Report is lying in Aso Rock there. We know. He has not touched it. And he is a Yoruba man. That is why I wrote that article, because I don’t care whether you are Yoruba, Hausa, or Igbo. If you start behaving in a way that jeopardises the interest of the people that voted you in, I don’t care whether you are my brother, I will talk to you and that is why I wrote that piece. Tinubu has disappointed us all. And I am ready to take him on anywhere, because he should know better. You cannot be this greedy and self-centred — he has sold this country out to the United States and France. For what? Look at our minerals now. How many billions of dollars has he just signed out for the United States, just to stay in power? The French people have taken over our tax system. How can a Yoruba man do that? I was a Defence Attaché in Paris for four years. I know the French very well. I know how they cheated the French-speaking countries both in Africa and in the Caribbean. I know. I cannot dream that the Nigerian president will now go to France to sell out our country; it is something I cannot dream about. And he did it.

Last week now, he signed off all our mineral resources to the United States. Who does that? Just to remain in power? So, I will talk to him whether he is my younger brother or my elder. Whatever he is, I will talk to him, because this country is bigger than him. I told Buhari the same thing, that this country is bigger than an individual. So, once you are there, whether you are my uncle or my father and you are misbehaving, we have to speak out so that the people can have a sense of relief. All our children are prostitutes now. All our boys are into crime. That is why I even said that to even think about the solution to Nigeria’s problems is difficult, except you have a revolution. The youth are gone; our parents are gone. What is left? So, the constitutional issue cannot be resolved; that is why I mentioned the Oronsaye Report, I mentioned the Confab. Now, see where we are. The Yoruba man, Tinubu, now is there, he cannot implement that same Oronsaye Report. He cannot implement the resolutions of the Confab. He is busy trying to win the next election, to do what with it? I don’t mind if he wins or loses; that is not my issue. Because whether he wins this election, and I want you to quote me, whether he wins or loses this election, it is a loss to the Yorubas. At least Buhari when he was there, he empowered all the Almajiris in the North. That is why they are so powerful now. I don’t know how many people that Tinubu has empowered since he became president in the South-West, except Gilbert Chagoury (the Lebanese businessman who has been a major beneficiary of Federal Government construction projects in the past three years) that he empowered. I don’t know how many other Yorubas that he has empowered. So, that is why I decided to write that article. The fact that he is the president and from Yoruba land does not speak well for us; he is representing us.

In your statement, you expressed fears that the actions and failures of Tinubu’s government may be increasingly presented as the collective project of the Yoruba. From history, some people still maintain today that an Igbo man or woman can never be president because of the 1966 coup. Do you think there is hope of Nigeria moving past this inclination to judge a group based on the actions of a few individuals?

I am a student of history, I am a professor of International Relations, Diplomacy, Strategic Studies. I know what I am saying. I know some people will come out and say I’m talking nonsense, but they will get to know later. Let me tell you, what you just said now actually summarises my fear. I remember the so-called Igbo coup. Till today, the Igbos have been ostracised from governance of this country. Now, Tinubu is doing the same thing. That is why I say whether he wins or loses, we are done for. Yorubas can never have mouth to speak anywhere again! Let’s say he wins this upcoming election and rules till 2031, that is the end of Yoruba leadership in this country. The damage, the destruction, the injury is too deep. Yorubas cannot come up again and say they want to rule this country now. How are you going to do it? I want you to quote me: Except Tinubu can facilitate a Yoruba Nation, I am not talking about true federalism, I am talking about a nation of Yorubas emerging now, we are in trouble. If he does not do it, or he does not facilitate it, let me tell you, once he leaves government in 2031, we will be a slave in this country. The Fulani will take over all the South-West. You cannot talk, because they have the army, they have the police, they have everything under them, and they can overrun you and you can never come near that presidency again, maybe in the next 30 years, just like the Igbos, maybe forever. The only thing he can do for us as Yoruba now is to facilitate for us to have our self-determination and I am saying that, and I want to be quoted. Because if he does not and he leaves that government in 2031, we are done for; Yorubas are done for! And our children, unborn children, are done for! Because I remember what happened during Buhari; it took me a lot of courage to come out and speak against the cabal and they declared me wanted.

So, you can imagine when Tinubu leaves in 2031 and another Fulani becomes president, then the Fulani will take over, and they will enter all your forests, all your towns, all your ministries, everywhere. What can you say? Can you now say, “Okay, you want to resist?” You can’t, because Tinubu has spent eight years and he has messed up everywhere. So, what are we going to do? That is why I am intervening now. It will be another five years for Yoruba people to wake up; they are always sleeping. And when I talk, they will say I am saying nonsense. Then five years later, it will now dawn on them.

Lastly, you also said Yoruba people should neither defend bad government because the president shares their ancestry, nor accept collective blame for policies over which ordinary Yorubas had no special control. So, what do you say to people who say, “This candidate is bad, but I’ll vote for him because he’s my tribesman, he’s Yoruba”?

No, don’t get me wrong. I am speaking more deeply than elections now. Let’s say you now vote for him, I don’t care. Let’s say he wins; I am telling you that if he wins this election, we are done for,; we are dead as Yorubas. If he loses this election, we are dead and buried. That is what I am saying. I am not talking about, “Oh, maybe you should not vote for him because he’s a Yoruba man.” I say vote for him, we are done; don’t vote for him, we are done. We are already dead. So, the only repair he can do now is to facilitate a Yoruba nation to come out from this contraption. If he cannot do that, Yoruba people reading this should know that they are done for, except some of the criminals among us in Yoruba land that are benefiting from the status quo right now. Those are the ones that will say what I am saying is wrong, or what I am saying is nonsense, because they are benefiting from this iniquity that we are seeing. And they are fewer than 0.00001 per cent of the people. So, I am speaking for the majority.

What are your thoughts

#CitizenAY

Copied

Their mates dey still food stop like gari, yam, semovita, and beans, na baby dis ones dey steal.

HeraldAgric01:
Sad. Players are just all over. Zero shot sofar in second half.

they initially parked the bus at the start of the second half.

ajalawole:
Carrick himself is tired of this united teams

so, what's he waiting for?

How can I be suffering under this Tinubu's government and still be suffering in the hands of Manchester united? God, this is too much for me now.

How you take know? Are the arinu rode of Jesus?

Nemesis0147:
Man U is finished….
They go sack carrick this night

to bring in Samson Siasia as his replacement.

wisdomkid:
First time Man UTD is winning a game in months?

have they won? Don't bank on those useless boys o

This useless club called Manchester united is completely finished. Dominique why are you laughing?

Why is Bruno always complaining and nagging like a baby over every little thing? The guy is not good enough to be the captain of Manchester united.

Mynd44 I love the clothes you wore to church today.

Barzinime:
Sorry, can now see the IQ level

is it our fault that you don't have data abi na we sey make you dey very pour?

That won't stop them from collecting bribes from people

Former Dunamis Pastor, Now Traditionalist/ Humanist ~ Daniel Abraham Writes His Will
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Here is my WILL AND MY TESTAMENT.

I intend to d1e at 85 years, but if that wish doesn't come to pass, and d1e anytime.

All my property belongs to Bridge, my distinguished son, and her mother, my distinguished wife.

She is currently pregnant; if she gives birth and it is a boy, his name shall be IKENGA, my late father's Nickname.

But if a female she will be named Ologbo( confirm the spelling), after my late mother.

But if my distinguished wife decides to remarry, Bridge and his brother or sister should be protected by all means.

My distinguished wife stood by me in my tough times, and she must be protected.

And as for my other children, I love them, and I wish them well.

If they want to return, they are free and must take Bridge, his sibling, as theirs.

As for my son Daniel, if he returns, then he would lead Bridge and his sibling.

No member of my family or siblings should fight with my current wife; she must be protected.

When I d1e burry me according to our Igede culture, not Christianity.

I denounce Christianity in its entirety.

I remain a HUMANIST.

Bridge and his sibling must never be taken to any church or Christians gathering until both are 18 years old to decide for themselves.

I know my death, either at 85 years or anytime, will stir controversy, especially from Christians.

But Jesus Christ/ God remain use1ess for as long as I live and d1£ and become an ancestor.

Your prayers and wishes can't even kill a mosquito.

My Facebook account and all other social media handles should be managed by Bridge or any of my children who are not religious.

This is from a sane mind.

Only I have the power to review this testament."

~ Daniel Ejeh Abraham


Copied

Barzinime:
You guys just come online to type jargons because you have data.

is it our fault that you don't have data abi na we sey make you dey very pour?

🇨🇦 NIGERIAN MAN FACES D€P0RT@TI0N FROM CANADA DESPITE HAVING A CANADIAN WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN

The immigration ordeal of Olukunle Adetunji has brought renewed attention to the difficult realities some families face under Canada's immigration system.

According to reports, Adetunji faced immigration detention in 2016–2017 and was released in July 2017. At the time, his wife, Kimora, and their three children were Canadian citizens, while his application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds remained outstanding.

Now, a CityNews report published on October 14, 2026, says he is facing d€p0rtation from Canada despite repeated attempts to regularize his immigration status.

His case raises difficult questions about family unity, immigration procedures, and the challenges faced by people seeking permission to remain in Canada.

Immigration rules or family unity—which deserves greater consideration in a case like this? Share your thoughts respectfully.

Canada to deport Nigerian activist after 14 years

A Nigerian migrant rights leader, Olukunle Adetunji, is set to be deported by the Canadian authorities despite many attempts to regularise his status.

The Nigerian who has been freed from immigration detention in Canada for almost a decade could be deported to Nigeria over illegal stay.

A Canadian media platform, City News, reported on Wednesday that Adetunji said his planned deportation by the North American country was considered “worse than being behind bars.”

He visited Canada in 2012 and decided to stay, married his wife, Kimora, in 2014.

Adetunji was deported to Nigeria the same year and remained there for two years until he allegedly returned to Canada in 2016 by illegal means.

He and his wife decided he would apply to stay in Canada on compassionate grounds and they could finally be together again but the authorities arrested him.

He was initially detained at the Maplehurst Correctional Centre for about a month, then to Lindsay for a few months, then to a facility in Scarborough and finally to Toronto’s Immigration Holding Centre.

He was later released trying to regularise his status but the news of his deportation was shared recently.

“I’ve been taken away from my three boys. I made them promise that I’d never leave them. And, for me to break that promise is…I don’t know, I can’t break that promise,” Adetunji said.

As the Canadian authorities prepared to send him back to Nigeria, Adetunji claimed that he had no family in his home country.

“I have no ties with Nigeria. I don’t have a place to stay. It’s like a death sentence,” he added.

https://punchng.com/canada-to-deport-nigerian-activist-after-14-years/?amp

Someone told me that it was their baby that negotiated for their release.

Nefort:
Mercedes Benz is not even among the top 10 reliable car brands

that's because the spare parts are very expenses.

My own be sey, which style the man give the woman wey make her scream so much that people hear dem dey do am inside mosque? I'm sure sey na doggie style

Mercedes is the father of all cars. Hba be!

GanagiBitrus:
My advice then; go set up an Agency that links Men with Wife-Materials. You'll hit jackpot.

I'm already doing that and the business is booming.

Toluwanisings- God is Not a Killer: The Lack of a Defibrillator and Poor Health System Killed Him.

I am sure we all know this our brother is now late. That is, he is dead.

We know him as Toluwanisings. His real name is Olayemi Bayonle Bolaji.

God did not call him home. The Incompetent Health System Did.

A lot of messages and farewell speeches have been authored to mourn him. But one thing I must say quickly is that most of them will be dishonest. Why?

Most of those speeches will say it is “Gods” will. Some will say maybe God called him home because he has fulfilled his assignment.

My people. It is all lies. God did not call him home. He slumped and died.

This brother slumped and had a window to survive it. But he was being moved from hospital to hospital. Then there are literally No defibrillators to even attempt to save his life, at least temporarily.

The evidence behind dying after slumping shows that the heart is responsible in 70 percent of such cases.

It is either the person has Cardiac arrest / arrhythmia, that is the Heart's electrical system short-circuits, heart stops pumping.

In another case, a massive heart attack where blood clot blocks coronary artery and then heart muscle dies quickly.

For many young Nigerians, Undiagnosed cardiomyopathy, the Heart muscle gets thickened/enlarged.

What usually happens is that when people slump, the heart is quivering and suffering from what they call “ventricular defibrillation”.

Guess what? The rate of survival drops by 10 percent, for every minute that a defibrillator is not applied.

This defibrillator is typically available in public places in the US and UK. The Lagos Blue Line now has defibrillators.

A decent defibrillator costs 900,000 to 1.5 million Naira.

We should have these things in public places, with training done for many Nigerians, especially motor park operators.

Many of our hospitals (primary and secondary health Centres) don’t even have it. And that is why they literally reject heart related issues.

If we have these machines in public parks and with trained people, we can increase survival rates of such heart/slumping.

Imagine that I made a post a few days ago that I have personally lost 4 people to such. Then this happened. Terrible!!! What a loss.

I must not forget to mention, heavy alcohol usage and chronic stress can also cause slumping.

Overall, let us increase our adoption of science to prevent these needless deaths.

Any pastor saying it is Gods will is just promoting an obsolete cliche. Where there is science to prevent such a death.

Our brother Toluwanisings died from an incompetent health system.

God did not call Toluwanisings. Incompetence called him.

When next a politician visits your church or mosque, ask them to provide these things. Tell them to fix our health system.

Whenever Yinka Alaseyori goes to sing for Lagos State, she should raise the issue with them.

When Tope Alabi meets them, she should tell them.

Mama Esther Ajayi and Pastor of Genesis, tell your friends to fix the health system. This is an opportunity.

Rest In Peace Toluwanisings. Nigeria failed you.

Copied