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The tax master of Nigeria. I am in Church, praying for you. Tinubu didn't mean well for you.

Erinfolami FC, back to the top.

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has described as illegal and unconstitutional the directive of the Lagos State Government for citizens to stay indoors on the last Saturday of every month.

In a press release made available to journalists, he said that in the forceful enforcement of the directive, the government deployed all its arsenals, including law enforcement agencies, LASTMA, health officers, and even ‘area boys’ to harass, intimidate, and threaten innocent citizens from the lawful exercise of their fundamental and constitutional rights to move freely during the sanitation exercise today.

According to Adegboruwa, the government claims to rely on a particular health law of 2017, which it had refused to publish or make available to the public for confirmation and scrutiny.

“For the avoidance of any doubt whatsoever, there is currently no law in force in Lagos State which permits the government to restrict the movement of persons for the purpose of enforcing monthly environmental sanitation,” the senior lawyer said.

He, therefore, challenged the government to publish such a law, if it exists at all.

For him, a megacity like Lagos does not need to force citizens indoors for two hours in the name of sanitation if the government gets its acts together for positive policy direction and implementation.

He also described as archaic and anachronistic the claim of the government to position the state for global recognition and to, at the same time, cling to what he called the relics of dictatorial policies of the inglorious military era and discarded methods of cleanliness which are not in tandem with best global practices.

The SAN concluded that a government voted into power by the people should not turn around to deploy brute force to compel the people into submission and to abuse state power to oppress the people and keep them indoors against their will.

The Lagos State Government had directed residents across the five divisions of the state to remain indoors and participate in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise scheduled for Saturday, April 25, between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, urged residents to clean their surroundings and clear drainage channels in front of their homes before proceeding with other activities after the exercise.

He explained that the reintroduction of the monthly sanitation exercise followed sustained calls from residents advocating for a dedicated time to maintain cleanliness in their communities.

The commissioner also said that the exercise had not been nullified by any court pronouncement.

https://www.channelstv.com/2026/04/25/lagos-sanitation-forceful-restriction-of-movement-illegal-says-adegboruwa/

More than 50 Nlfpmo. When we were singing of insecurity in Kwara, those who don't know this way to Ilorin were calling us names.

Let us ask one Woye, who told us it is game changer. I dont blame politicians, but youths who leaves moral to defend lies.

Tinubu is not beyond 2027. He knows himself.

The next President of Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Akpabio is misnomer and Nigeria need God now more. Those ruling us are very unfit.

They are hungry, but can't voice out.

They will still support APC.

When we warned about insecurity in Kwara they called us name.

No fewer than 30 traditional rulers across the southern area of Kwara State have fled their palaces following a sustained wave of kidnappings, killings and violent attacks, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.

Our correspondents gathered from two credible community leaders that the affected monarchs were seeking refuge in urban centres, including Ilorin, Osogbo, Offa, and Lagos.

Findings show that some of the affected traditional rulers are from Omugo, Afin, Oreke, Oreke Oke-Igbo, Olohuntele, Alabe, Ganmu Ailehri, Ologanmo, and Igbo Agbon communities.

While some have been away from their domains for months, others have been out for nearly a year.

Their displacement, triggered by repeated attacks by armed groups, has created a leadership vacuum in their communities.

A resident of Omugo community, Wale Olasunkanmi, said his traditional ruler, known locally as Eesa, fled due to fear of abduction.

He said, “In the past, our traditional rulers were always around. They lived among us and provided leadership during crises. But now, they don’t stay here anymore. They only come occasionally for meetings or special occasions and leave immediately.

When attacks became frequent, it was no longer safe for them to remain in the palace. Even ordinary residents are afraid, so you can imagine what it means for a king who is always a target.”

Olasunkanmi recalled that a major attack on the community in March 2026 marked a turning point.

“After the bandits attacked the church on March 22 and abducted about eight people, many families started leaving. The fear was too much. People abandoned their homes overnight,” he said.

He added that while there had been a slight improvement in security in recent weeks, the absence of traditional rulers continued to affect coordination and decision-making.

“Even as some people are trying to return, there is no strong leadership on the ground. That makes it difficult to rebuild confidence,” he stated.

According to him, Omugo is part of the larger Oro-Ago community, which comprises about 15 towns, including Ajegunle, Iragbon, Ago, Oke Ayin, Oyate, and Oke Daba, all of which have experienced varying degrees of attacks.

Further findings by Saturday PUNCH showed that Oreke and Oreke Oke-Igbo communities have been largely deserted since June 2025 following repeated bandit incursions.


While the son was released after about 21 days, the monarch regained his freedom after a ransom reportedly exceeding N30m was paid.

A palace source said the monarch was still undergoing treatment.

“Kabiyesi went through a very traumatic experience. He spent almost a month in captivity under harsh conditions. Given his age, it affected him seriously,” the source said.

“Since his release, he has been receiving medical attention. Doctors advised that he should rest and avoid stressful situations. That is why he has not returned to the community.”

Across the affected communities, the impact of the attacks has been devastating.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that farms had been abandoned, schools shut down, and markets rendered inactive as residents fled to safer locations.

The latest gunmen attack occurred in Olayinka community in Ifelodun LGA, where armed men stormed the palace of the monarch, Oba Salman Olátúnjí Aweda, in the early hours of Saturday and abducted him alongside his wife and another resident.

Police authorities later confirmed the arrest of 42 suspected illegal miners in connection with the abduction, while sources disclosed that the kidnappers demanded about N400m ransom.

A resident, who identified himself simply as Tunde, recounted the attack.

“It was like a war scene,” he said.

“They came with guns and started shooting. People were running in different directions. Before we knew what was happening, Kabiyesi had been taken.”

Tunde added that the attackers appeared to have prior knowledge of activities in the palace.

“Earlier that day, some miners came to pay royalties to the king. So, when the attackers came at night, they demanded the money. Kabiyesi gave it to them, but they still took him away. After that incident, everyone fled. Nobody wants to stay there again,” he said.

Traditional rulers killed by gunmen

Beyond Olayinka community, a disturbing pattern has emerged across Kwara South, with traditional rulers increasingly becoming targets.

In September 2025, the Baale of Ogbayo in Oke-Ode was killed in his palace after gunmen invaded the community at dawn.

Earlier, in February 2024, the Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, was killed in his palace, while his wife and another person were abducted.

Sources said the kidnappers initially demanded N100m, which was later reduced to N40m.

In November 2025, the Ojibara of Bayagan-Ile, Oba Kamilu Salami, was abducted on his farm and released after about 25 days in captivity following the payment of ransom.

According to findings, ransom demands in recent cases have ranged between N40m and N400m.

A source involved in one of the negotiations said, “They usually start with outrageous figures, sometimes over N100m. After negotiations, it may come down, but it is still a huge burden.

Development disturbing’

The Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch in Kwara South, Olaitan Oyin-Zubair, said the signs of mass displacement were long ignored.

“There was a time we raised the alarm that communities were being deserted, but people did not take it seriously. The development is really troubling and disturbing” he said.

“Today, more than 28 communities with traditional rulers in Ifelodun have been abandoned. Places like Olayinka, Oro-Ago, Omugo, Ahun, Oke-Oyan, Owa-Kajola, Owa-Onire, and Oba have become ghost towns. Farms are abandoned, schools shut, markets dead. The reality we warned about has become undeniable,” he stated.

Residents said the crisis had severely disrupted agriculture and worsened food insecurity.

A trader from Oro-Ago, Bose Adeyemi, said she had relocated to Ilorin.

"I am a yam seller, but I cannot go back home. Nobody wants to farm anymore because it is too dangerous,” she said.

A retired civil servant, Janet Adebisi, said she had abandoned her investments.

“I used my gratuity to start farming, but I cannot even visit the farm now. My life is more important than any investment,” she said.

Traditional council under scrutiny

The wave of attacks has put the Kwara State Traditional Council under scrutiny, with many questioning its response to the crisis.

While sources within the council confirmed that meetings had been held with government officials and security agencies, critics say the response has not been visible enough.

A community leader in Ekiti LGA, Adebayo Ojo, said, “Our royal fathers must speak with one voice. People expect leadership at a time like this.”

https://punchng.com/kidnap-terror-30-kwara-kings-flee-palaces/

Leeds United vs Chelsea 26 April, 2026 3: 00 pm.

Welcome back the Bees boys, I remembered the FA cup those days.

Thank God, bandit can't collect guns from original bl. How come no standard uniform for police?

"If you're not paying subsidy and you've got the money, why are we still borrowing?" — Lamido Sanusi questions federal government's economic policies and borrowing plans.

"If you're not paying subsidy and you've got the money, why are we still borrowing?" — Lamido Sanusi questions federal government's economic policies and borrowing plans pic.twitter.com/QjGemTVjVJ

— TheCable (@thecableng) April 24, 2026

Water has dried behind his fish. No where to go. Their hatred consuming them.

How do you locked down a city in this era.

The beginning of the end.

Oluwole is not far from us. How we have gone backwards under APC is meant to be a thesis at Harvard, UCL, Sandford.

Wale Edun told us, we are not borrowing again, where are we now?

Long trip for El-Rufai, we shall be here.

The dilemma some of us will confront when the 2027 general election draws near is what to do with the APC. By “some of us”, I have deliberately excluded the APC’s ride or die voters who will stick to their partisan choices no matter what. Those ones, because they mostly base their vote on religious or tribal sentiments, are not going to give any more thought to voting other than double down on their pre-made decisions. Their choices should be respected, but there is no swaying them. For the rest of us who decide based on the options in front of us, there is the question of what to do with the APC in 2027, when the choices are either nonexistent, narrow, or uninspiring. Casting a vote will not just be about increasing or decreasing the contenders’ tallies. Who we vote for has serious implications, because it will determine whether we want to repudiate or vindicate the incumbent APC’s failures.

If there is something that many of us can easily agree on, it is that the APC has underperformed. Anyone who disagrees with that is either disingenuous or sincerely deluded. There is no one—apart from those who are benefitting from this government one way or another—who can state how their lives have significantly improved since 2015 or 2023. They came into power over-promising and have spent the past three years under-delivering. The basic problems of water, light, food, and housing that Nigeria has faced forever are nowhere near resolution. Add to that list of perennial malignancies the seemingly intractable problem of security, plus corruption, a growing debt profile, and an underproductive economy, and one would almost despair. Everything we complained about under the PDP has not only failed to improve, but is, in fact, worse. Eleven years on, and our lives have not changed significantly.

A while ago, APC supporters would have reminded us that the Muhammadu Buhari and the Bola Tinubu administrations are two different regimes, but no more. With his own mouth, Tinubu himself has admitted that they are continuous. So, what we are looking at is an unbroken sequence of underwhelming administrative capacities. Buhari was a disaster in every form, and Tinubu is hardly an improvement on his many shortcomings. Giving them another four years will not make any difference. This is all there is to the APC; nothing else is coming. In fact, Remi Tinubu said it best when she confessed that the President “has no magic”. If his own wife has enough truth in her to admit that her husband has no capacity for social transformation, why hope against hope?

Part of the problem is that the APC overwhelmingly consists of over-promoted pretenders who launched into national reckoning without enduring enough scrutiny. They started as the “opposition” and were indulged as underdogs. When they boasted about what they would do if given real power, they were not taken to task enough. By the time they started slithering their way to the Federal Government, it was clear that they were way over their heads. Since then, they have gone from a provincial party to a national behemoth, and the result is the multiplication of the factors of their ineffectiveness across all spheres. So, yes, there are many grounds to repudiate a party like the APC by voting against them. To vote for them is to make a firm statement of repudiating incompetence, insecurity, mediocrity, corruption, nepotism, and abuse of power.



Now, the dilemma arises when you start to consider the alternative, the so-called opposition. There are several of them, but the ones that seem to be keeping the APC itself awake are the ADC members. They are not a formidable company; the ADC is—like most of what we call “opposition” parties in Nigeria—more of an ad hoc platform for disaffected politicians displaced from the presidential party. Since there is no binding ideology that cements political parties in Nigeria, some of them are ready to sleep in the ADC tonight and wake up in the APC camp tomorrow morning. That is not because the APC has any superior vision that draws anyone; the main centripetal force that glues party members is either presidential power or access to money until you eventually get presidential power. Also, it is hard to trust that they have not been infiltrated. Recent statements by Bola Tinubu and Gbajabiamila suggest that some characters in the ADC have been planted to cause disarray within the party. If so, voting for them will lead to a repeat of 2023, when the Labour Party reaped the benefits of collective disenchantment with the APC. Rather than step up and consolidate their gains, the LP frittered everything away, further shrinking the space for opposition politics in the country. Given Tinubu and Gbajabiamila’s self-confession, I will not be surprised how much they were involved in the ruin of the LP (and, more obviously, the PDP).

Then there are the problems of a coherent manifesto or even credible characters to drive a reformation agenda, they supposedly tout. Nobody knows for sure what the ADC stands for right now, other than being a major opposition. Some of the people who currently populate the party have been in power at various times, and they did not justify themselves any better than we are currently trying to bring down. What exactly will be different if the ADC takes over from the APC? It is vital to scrutinise them, not just give them the same pass the APC received when it was the so-called opposition. All the while, Tinubu was celebrated as the “builder of modern Lagos”, there was little interrogation of how a city that lacks basic services like potable water or sewage facilities can be called “modern”. We elided all the uncomfortable questions, and today neither Nigeria nor Lagos is better for it. It is 2026, and their solution to waste management in Lagos is to fall back on 20th-century methods of observing “sanitation day”. If they are that bereft of practical and progressive ideas, they might as well bring back the woléwolé system. That is the outcome you get from hyping underachievement and setting the bar low.

That is also why I am wary of overlooking the glaring faults of the ADC just so we can get the underperforming APC out of power. To keep them there longer is to prolong the irreparable harm they can cause. As needed as it is to get rid of an incompetent cohort, there is nothing desirable about replacing them with another set of mediocre politicians who will take us on another wild ride for another four, eight, twelve, or sixteen years before we can finally get rid of their nuisance. After Buhari, I no longer believe in voting “the lesser evil” just to get rid of an incumbent one.


Yet, the APC is not a viable option. To vote for them again is to clearly communicate that mediocrity and underperformance do not matter. Once Buhari won a second term despite his many failures in his first term, it became a telling statement of how much Nigerians had consented to what he was doing to them. The same thing will be true in 2027. If, with our own hand, we vote for people who have made no gains in their first term, we lose the moral right to complain about them during their second term. Giving them a second term takes us from the condition of being the victim of their ineffectiveness to consensual participants in our affliction. So, yes, the choices ahead of us in 2027 are not about choosing between two parties that can foster national development or not, but are sadly reduced to a repudiation or vindication of a mediocre incumbent.

https://punchng.com/2027-to-repudiate-or-vindicate-the-apc/

Only in Nigeria a complete failure will aspire to higher position.

Tinubu and propaganda. Let me laugh.

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed 20 persons in Pubagu, Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, and Mayo-Ladde in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

Our correspondent gathered that the terrorists stormed the two border communities around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, overpowering local security operatives before killing residents.

Confirming the attack exclusively to PUNCH Online on Wednesday, the Chairman of Askira Uba Local Government Area, Mada Saidu, said 11 people were killed in Pubagu, Borno State, while nine lost their lives in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

He said, “Yes, there was an attack in Pubagu, Askira Uba, yesterday, Tuesday, around 4 p.m. Eleven people were killed. While in Mayo-Ladde, Hong Local Government in Adamawa State, nine people were killed.”



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The two locations, according to him, are separated by a river.

“In total, we have 20 deaths, 11 from Askira Uba in Borno, nine from Hong Local Government, Adamawa,” he added.

Saidu noted that the insurgents overpowered local security operatives, gained access to the communities, and shot their victims.


“I later went there together with the Army. Initially, it was local security that was there, that is, hunters and vigilantes. But they were overpowered by the terrorists,” he stated.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers stormed the communities on motorcycles and operated for hours, destroying homes and looting property.

One of the survivors, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Yesterday evening, the terrorists stormed our community in Pubagu. They shot sporadically for hours, burning houses and shops. They killed both men and women after operating for over one hour.”

The source added that the terrorists operated with little resistance from security operatives.

“The local vigilantes and hunters tried their best. Unfortunately, the terrorists were well armed and in much greater numbers. The resistance was not strong enough. The hunters later fled for their lives, too,” the source added.

On April 16, PUNCH Online reported that Boko Haram terrorists killed four soldiers and one civilian in Mussa community in Askira Uba Local Government Area.

The Chairman of the local government, Mada Saidu, who confirmed the earlier attack, said the civilian casualty was a woman.


https://punchng.com/terrorists-kill-20-in-borno-adamawa-border-communities/

Wike is in charge of the court.

Judiciary led by small tiger, want to ensures Time line is distrusted, thereby using technicalities. They should not forget their families will benefit from this too.

muyico:
you said 28community's
but only mentioned 3
opposition at it again

Go there and count or tell Nlfpmod.

Police that are always boasting over to you. Iree oo. Criminals are so emboldened under APC and Tinubu. Pity the driver cant defend himself against the allegation of GUO.