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PDP Govs of Taraba, Enugu, and Zamfara are certainly going to join the coalition.

PulaPower:
You ought to have stated which of the party was founded or the party the defected into..

Tinubu left SDP to found AC, which later changed name to ACN which later merge with CPC to become APC..

You are not entirely correct.

From SDP he defected to AD, defected from AD and formed AC

SmartPolician:
This is the only coalition that can stop Tinubu. Anything else is a complete waste of useful time. If Atiku and Obi contest individually, that's an easy win for Tinubu. Again, El-Rufai and Amaechi have no political value.

El Rufai has the Northern Muslim fanatics on his side, after kwankwoso.
With Ameachi leaving APC, he might get some part of his supporters back.

Brenbentondiaz:
Wait! B-b-b-b-but he's been paid by Tulumbu and he's working for Tulumbu? At least that's what those deranged roaches were saying some days ago. You know, anyone that exposes their agulu fraud for what he is has been bribed by Tulumbu. Lolz.

To occasionally criticize the government is part of his script.

It seems Obi and Fayemi are in same ship now..

armchairscholar:
I really appreciate your thoughtful post and the way you’re encouraging hope and patience. History shows us that the Church moves at its own pace, like you said, and it’s inspiring to hear your call for Black African Catholics to stay faithful and keep building up leaders. Your point about the papacy being more Italian than just “white European” really puts things into perspective—it’s less about race and more about tradition and geography.

I see a lot of wisdom in your push to avoid a victim mindset. It’s easy to feel overlooked, but focusing on raising strong clergy and deepening faith, like you mentioned, feels like the way forward. The Bible reminds us in Galatians 6:9 not to grow weary in doing good, and I think that applies here—keep sowing seeds for the future.

I’m hopeful too that one day we’ll see a Black African pope, and it’ll be a beautiful moment for the Church to show its universal heart. Until then, let’s keep praying for wisdom and unity, trusting God’s timing.

Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate.

We must stay united in Christ Jesus, regardless of who is elected as the new Bishop of Rome.

"Why Sub-Saharan (Black Africans) Catholics Must Eschew the Victimization Mentality Towards the Papacy".

Tonight, the College of Cardinal will meet at the Conclave to elect the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholic faithful and other billions eyes will be at the Sistine Chapel.

Since 2005 when Pope JohnPaul II died, there has been calls for the Church to elect her first Black Pope, same calls was louder in 2013 when Pope Benedict XVI retired. And now in 2025 that Pope Francis died the calls is at it's ever loudest voice.

These calls are made by some stratas of people. Those that genuinely call for inclusivity among the Black Catholics, those that feels that the Whites deliberately don't want the Black Man to lead the most organized institution in the world and Those (Mostly Non-Catholics and Haters of the Church) who overtly calls for a Black Pope but at their closest wishes that the Church does not elect the Black Man as the Pope, so that they can inturn accuse the Church of racism.

Many people think the papacy has always been dominated by white Europeans—but when we look deeper, we see a clearer picture: it's not a 'white man's' dominance, it's overwhelmingly an Italian one.

Out of 266 popes in history:

About 216 were Italian

Only 1 pope has ever come from the Americas [North and South](Pope Francis, Argentina)

Only 1 pope has come from Poland (John Paul II)

Only 3 popes in all of history have come from Africa—and that was over 1,500 years ago, from North Africa.

Not a single Black African pope... yet.

But look at the pattern. It took over 1900 years before Latin America saw its first pope. Poland had to wait centuries. Even Germany, France, and Spain—great Catholic powers—have had very few.

The papacy doesn't rush change—it moves slowly, but it does move.

So let us, as Black Africans, stay hopeful and faithful. Our time may not be now, but it is surely coming. Let's raise leaders, deepen our theological scholarship, support African clergy, and stay united.

One day, a Black African will sit on the Chair of Saint Peter—and the world will witness the richness of the African faith tradition leading the universal Church.

Be Aglow for Jesus!

Immaculate Joe


@OAM4J

Oga, Tinibu left AD at some point.

Option 1.

I will explain later

Lol 😂😂😂

Mr. Peter Obi shouldn't fall for this.

After destroying the party, they(Tinibu and Abure) wants to make PO have the sense that he is in control of the party, seeing that he and other opposition leaders is making arrangements to form a coalition.
They want PO to ditch the idea of uniting with others to restle power from them. DoA.

If you watched and listen to Mr. Peter Obi this night with an unbiased mindset, you will agree with 80% of everything he said..


It feels fulfilling listening to him tonight.

E be like say The Chicago drug dealer is loosing his grip on Lagos state treasury..

Christistruth02:
Gen Abacha ordered june 12 Protesters to be shot
about 150 of them died in Lagos along the Ikeja Airport road

So how did Prof. Humphrey Nwosu the cause of his Brother's death.. ?

Salewa97:
Yoruba Ronus go dey cry for this thread.

I want to hear their excuse for today.

Bot comment spotted.

Adamu Garba 2-1 Ronu bigots.

Adamu Garba: Yari_ba Ronus are serial betrayal.

Yari_ba Ronus: You are wailing because appointment no reach your side.

Adamu Garba: Peter Obi's presentation about Rivers SoE is solid.

Yari_ba Ronus: 😭😭😭

Conduct election today, with Tinibu, Atiku, Wike and El rufai on the ballot separately.

Wike will come a distant fourth.

Sen. Seriake Dickson is a lone voice in an unstable Senate.

Sen. Seriake Dickson is currently the Only Senator that is challenging the status quo.

Sen. Serika Dickson is doing his bid to challenge Tinibu's declaration and makes sure that the SoE doesn't stand in Rivers State.

Wike has finally led Tinibu to his downfall.


Declaration of SoE in Rivers State has united opposition parties faster than we envisaged.

FreeSpirited:
Obi is no longer thinking strait these days.. It seems he's sucking up into these old corrupt cargoes for visibility and acceptance.. Now he's already looking like them. I mean I can Obi saw an opportunity as this for constructive opposition only to write and send that first prosaically weightless letter he wrote yday

He wrote that statement hours before 7:pm.

Below is the Link to his LinkedIn post yesterday.

You can check the time.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterobigregory_it-is-unfortunate-that-60-years-after-independence-activity-7307676715562983424-6otU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAADdIgNIBX-A0eUBHtQHNMyXcBroyC1EtBaM

chopnaira:
Read the topic title.

I understood the topic.

You failed to state, that in 2013, the Governors and their HoA members weren't suspended unlike what just happened in Rivers State.

The Executive and Legislative of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states weren't suspended.

So it's a different thing.

I hope Adamawa State where I stay is not part of your calculations..?

A repeat of what happened in 2013, prior to 2015 general election..

Northerns are regrouping to challenge a southern sitting president.
Last time they used Tinibu, a southern willing tool.
Who will they used this time around, or will they themselves be the willing tool..

Time shall tell

To the Northern Muslim fanatics, El-Rufai is a presidential material. And these group of people are over 50-60% of Northern votes.

“The killings were frightening. A deluge of refugees swamped eastern Nigeria from practically all parts of Nigeria. Faced with this intolerable situation, Ojukwu, understandably, barred the eastern Nigerian delegation from further attending Gowon’s Peace and Reconciliation Talks in Lagos, insisting that the lives of Igbos outside eastern Nigeria were unsafe

One of the reasons why Ndigbo has lots of respect for Ojukwu.

fergie001:
Governor Fintiri's club transfer is almost completed with Binani crossing over

It's not fake bro...

The other Governor is still afraid... I wouldn't mention his name.

Kill the Idea sir.

Gov. Fintiri is moving no where.

Front page worthy.

Oga, I run POS services as my side hustle, I have never for one day gotten cash from the bank (ATM or not)..

Also, most people prefer to use POS terminal to withdraw cash rather than ATM terminals. Because it is faster and also readily available at every corner of the country..

It is still the consumer that this new policy will affect the most.

In fact, if this new policy is binding to ONLY ATM terminals, then almost everyone will abandon ATM for POS.