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The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, says the federal government prioritises only President Bola Tinubu, his wife, son and bank account, describing its “Renewed Hope Agenda” as “renewed hunger.”

Mr Usman said this when Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, the director-general of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, visited his palace.

In a video of the visit seen by Peoples Gazette, the emir accused politicians of abandoning ordinary citizens after elections, warning that politics had become a pursuit of personal interests rather than public service.

“Every four years you come to my palace with a cap in hand, asking for prayers, asking for support. After the election, you disappear to Abuja, to Lagos. You don’t come back until the next election,” the emir said in Hausa.

“Is the palace voting centre or toilet that you visit only when pressed?” the Emir asked Mr Yari.

He recalled that Katsina State produced two former Nigerian presidents, the late Muhammadu Buhari and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

“In my days, politics was about community. Now politics is about one man, his son, his wife, and his bank account. You call it ‘renewed hope’, but people in Katsina are in renewed hunger,” he stated.

He also criticised APC members for engaging in political disputes ahead of the 2027 elections while insecurity continues to threaten communities.

“You are fighting each other in APC—Governor Dikko Radda vs former Governor Masari vs former Governor Aminu Bello Masari supporters vs Abuja boys. All fighting for 2027 tickets while bandits are in Batsari, in Jibia, and in Safana, killing people. Is that not selfishness? Your people are dying; you are fighting for a ticket,” Mr Usman said.

The emir claimed that banditry had forced about 52 schools to close and prevented farmers from accessing their farmlands in about 12 local government areas of the state.

“People pay N10 million or N20 million ransom to Turji and his boys. And you come to me talking about the DG campaign for Tinubu 2027? Should you not be talking about DG security for Katsina 2026? “

“Where is Bello Turji?” he asked Mr Tinubu’s entourage. “You promised to handle security. Turji is in a forest 100km from here. Go and bring him, then come and campaign.”

The emir warned that politicians who prioritised their families, associates and contracts over the public should not expect voters to remain loyal to them.

“They will collect your rice and vote against you. They will collect your N5,000 and still vote for who they want because you taught them selfishness.

“In 2023, you brought rice, you brought money, but Katsina people still split votes. In 2027, if you bring the same selfish politics, they will collect but not vote for you,” he added.

Tinubu campaign team was lambasted by Emir of Katsina!
He frankly told them his palace is not a polling centre,they visit every 4 yrs.
Hunger everywhere
The in fighting within the northern governors both old & current.
Tinubu should prepare to go back to Iragbiji pic.twitter.com/I2KViPYGEy

— Okanumee (@oyokometer) October 22, 2026

Mexican Drug Cartels Are Turning Nigeria Into Meth Hub — US Warns

The United States has warned that Mexican drug cartels are increasingly targeting Africa as an alternative route for trafficking synthetic drugs, following the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) dismantling of four m+thamphet@mine laboratories in Nigeria this year.

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for Africa and the Middle East, Michael Gonzales, gave the warning on Tuesday during a visit to the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja.

Gonzales commended the agency for its counter-narcotics operations, describing its recent successes as evidence of effective intelligence gathering, inter-agency cooperation and coordinated enforcement efforts.

He explained that Nigeria’s strategic position and the NDLEA’s record of achievement informed his decision to make the country his first destination since assuming office four months ago.

According to the US official, increased American pressure on dr¥g cartels operating in the Western Hemisphere is pushing tr@ffickers to explore alternative routes through Africa to reach markets in Europe and other regions.

He likened the situation to “squeezing a balloon,” explaining that pressure on criminal networks in one region could force them to redirect their activities elsewhere.

Gonzales also warned that the growing shift from plant-based drugs to synthetic substances such as m+thamphet@mine presents additional challenges for law enforcement agencies because of their potential dangers and the difficulties involved in detecting them.

He stressed the need for countries to strengthen international cooperation and target criminal organisations as interconnected networks, including their financial operations.

In his response, NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), said the agency’s recent operations had uncovered what he described as a deliberate attempt by Mexican drug cartels to establish Nigeria as a manufacturing base for methamphetamine.

🇳🇬 REPORTED MASS KILLINGS BY STATE — SEPTEMBER 2026

State — Persons who died in incidents highlighted by the NHRC:

1 🟠 Niger — 37
2 🟠 Plateau — 36
3 🔴 Zamfara — 21
4 ⚫ Adamawa — 16
4 🔴 Katsina — 16
6 🟠 Benue — 13
7 🔴 Sokoto — 12
8 🟤 Rivers — 11
9 🔴 Kaduna — 9
10 🟣 Oyo — 6

Niger and Plateau together account for 73 of the 177 deaths listed (41.2%).

🟠NC 🔴NW ⚫NE 🟤SS 🟣SW

favor914:
Very very surprising that there are incoherent people who believe that an Igbo man, can succeed a siting Yoruba president.

It is impossible in the unwritten law, Northern Nigeria will never accept such an arrangement in the past, present, or future.

Ezeama400:

Young and ebullient Michael Okpara toured the whole of the region canvassing support for the creation of Mid-West .

His aura and glory were contagious! https://t.co/sTCvKyowQp

— Anambra 1st son (@UchePOkoye) October 16, 2026

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FSBoperator:
Onitsha first served as the provincial administrative outpost of the British before moving it to Enugu to oversee the coal mining operations.

Outside regional capitals, the British had administrative outposts.

Anywhere you have a GRA know that it used to serve as the exclusive reserve of British colonial officers.

Enugu was a mere provincial administrative center and never a regional capital.

Kaduna was the capital of colonial northern Nigeria, but there were several administrative centers like in Kano, Lokoja, Minna, etc.

In Western Nigeria, Benin city was an administrative center .

At no time ever was Enugu a regional capital of colonial eastern Nigeria.

It only became one in 1960 passed by a resolution of the majority Ibo .

FSBoperator:
Calabar was the capital of the Eastern Region from its creation in 1954 until 1960. In 1960, it was replaced by Enugu as the capital of the Eastern Region.

Enugu served as an adminstrative capital of Ibo provinces from 1938 but Calabar was the capital of Eastern Nigeria.

Try and understand that the British colonial officers used Enugu as an adminstrative outpost for Ibo provinces just as PH served for non Ibo provinces.

The real capital of Eastern Nigeria was Calabar and never Enugu.

Enugu became the capital in 1960 after Zik and his Ibo majority decided on their own majority whim to move the capital to Enugu .

At no time had an adminstrative provincial outpost of the British over Ibo land ever served as the capital of Eastern Nigeria until Zik moved the capital from Calabar to Enugu.

Liars

FSBoperator:
Liar.

Enugu became capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1960.

Why do you lie ?

FSBoperator:
Calabar was the first capital of southern Nigeria and became the capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1951 .

In 1960, the first thing the Ibo dominated house did was to move the capital to that barren desolate Enugu.

If is from there the marginalisation of coastal provinces became extreme as all resources from the coastal provinces were poured into developing Enugu

I don't know why you are bringing PH here which was already a well established commercial city dealing in oil palm and timber before the British built railway to bring coal from Enugu .

Today you are begging for access to the sea after moving the capital from Calabar to that desolate Enugu that up till this day has no ground water.

FSBoperator:
Calabar was the first capital of southern Nigeria and became the capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1951 .

In 1960, the first thing the Ibo dominated house did was to move the capital to that barren desolate Enugu.

If is from there the marginalisation of coastal provinces became extreme as all resources from the coastal provinces were poured into developing Enugu

I don't know why you are bringing PH here which was already a well established commercial city dealing in oil palm and timber before the British built railway to bring coal from Enugu .

Today you are begging for access to the sea after moving the capital from Calabar to that desolate Enugu that up till this day has no ground water.

FSBoperator:
This one has come with his lies.

It is on record that Enugu was built from scratch using resources from minority people.

Enugu was the very first Abuja.

What was the rationale from moving the capital of Eastern Nigeria from Calabar to one desolate water barren land that is Enugu?

Go and read up on why western Cameroun people wanted out of Nigeria and you will see where they condemned the severe marginalisation of the minority enclaves in preference to developing Enugu.

You do know that Enugu became the capital of Eastern Nigeria in 1960 by a majority Ibo house ruling.

You do know that Enugu was dubbed the fastest growing city in the world because every resource was being channeled to building it from scratch.

As per the economy of western Nigeria, cocoa was the mainstay which Yoruba provinces dominated.

And Ibadan was already a cosmopolitan city long before independence .

There was no talk of marginalisation as a reason for wanting to have their own region by the minorities in western Nigeria.

The motivation was to have their own cultural identity which the Oba of Benin used in highlighting as a major grievance.

Did the Yorubas oppose the minority aggitarion?

Capital No.

The Yorubas instead stated that they who led the independence movement will be the biggest hypocrites to oppose the agitation of their own co Africans.

Was this the case in the East and northern Nigeria ?

Hell no.

FSBoperator:
Pls be decieving yourself with your own lies

The entire process was started and concluded at the regional house in Ibadan with all Yoruba MPs voting unanimously in support of the creation of Midwestern region.

The north and Ibo vehemently opposed minority agitation.

Sardunna saw northern Nigeria as his grand father's estate to reclaim under the Fulani Sultanate.

Ibos saw eastern Nigeria as their bequeathed inheritance from the British.

Only Yorubas wanted to reclaim their ancestral lands and not an inch more.

So continue lying to yourselves.

FSBoperator:
All three regional leaders, (Awo, Zik and Ahmadu Bello) wanted to balkanize each others regions.

Yorubas did not oppose Midwestern region unlike how Ibos did everything to block COR region.

A Yoruba man at the regional house in Ibadan was the one who led the motion for a referendum to decide on the creation of Midwestern region.

The majority Yoruba house voted unanimously for such and when the final results were out, another Yoruba man at the Federal Parliament stood up to call upon the federal parliament to ratify the plebiscite.

The entire Midwestern project was conceived by the then Oba of Bini at the regional House of Chiefs from where the issue was quickly passed by a Yoruba dominated house in Ibadan.

The OP is being highly dissenginious in trying to claim Ibos were behind the Midwestern region creation.

Young and ebullient Michael Okpara toured the whole of the region canvassing support for the creation of Mid-West .

His aura and glory were contagious! https://t.co/sTCvKyowQp

— Anambra 1st son (@UchePOkoye) October 16, 2026