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helinues:What? Political? To the extent of beheading a teacher? Who did this to us? My dear, the day they will kidnap you or your family member you will wake up from this your dream. Even when you don't have sense, do you lack a humane heart as well? Honesty, politics and tribalism have blinded many that even when you offer to give them a guardian, they will still choose to be left out and stumble on whatever comes their way. I will never support or follow any politician in my life sheepishly. I still have a brain to reason, eyes to see, and a discerning spirit to make assessments. |
Tinubu led government has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that they are clueless and have nothing to offer. Three years down. What happened in Oyo State is to me is the last straw that broke the camel's back. The trauma of the beheaded teacher will never leave us for decades. The question is - What was his offence to deserve such a fate? Nigeria failed him. Every Nigerian irrespective of tribe and political affiliation should reflect on this - If you found yourself in the beheaded teacher's fate, will your support for this regime save you? If you are kidnapped today or your close relative is kidnapped today? Will you confidently believe that Tinubu led regime will rescue you unhurt? How many times will a mosquito bite you before you realise the need for a mosquito net, repellent, or insecticide? GOD forbid! I will never support or follow blindly. favor914:If I am the Commander-in-Chief, the Oyo kidnapped victim and other kidnapped victims in the country will be rescued with bearest minimal collateral damage. I will never pay a dime as ransom and the bandits will be apprehended. The trauma of the beheaded teacher is enough to irk me to give my service chiefs a Marshal order to deploy Drones and technology to monitor the bandits and their whereabouts, use Anaesthetic gas deployed via a fighter jet or drones to sedate and incapacitate them including their victims in their hideout in the bush or wherever they are. Then soldiers will rapidly set foot on the ground to apprehend everyone with no or minimal casualties. Then we isolate the hostages from the bandits and neutralise all the criminals to the world beyond. Payment of ransom is emboldening them. We need to take the war to their camp and also prove to them that we can rescue hostages without ransom and collateral damage while dealing decisively with them at the same time. Enough is enough. |
OBI CANNOT BE PRESIDENT IN THIS NIGERIA Prince Omokhodion Okojie Let me begin with a statement that will shock many people. Peter Obi cannot be President of Nigeria. Yes. Let me repeat it again so that nobody will say they did not hear clearly. Peter Obi cannot be President of Nigeria. Not in this Nigeria. Not in a country where corruption has become an industry. Not in a nation where those who benefit from the decay of the system are the ones controlling the system. Not in a place where those who profit from darkness are the ones holding the switch to the light. So before the Obi supporters become angry and before the Obi haters begin to celebrate, let us slow down and examine something deeper. Because the problem is not Peter Obi. The problem is Nigeria. Let me explain. Nigeria today is like a marketplace where many traders have been selling fake drugs for years. Suddenly one honest pharmacist arrives who wants to clean the market. What do you think the fake drug sellers will do? They will not welcome him. They will not clap for him. They will not say thank you. They will fight him with everything they have. Because if honesty enters the market, their own business dies. That is why Peter Obi cannot be President in this Nigeria. Not because he is not qualified. But because he is dangerous. Dangerous to corruption. Dangerous to waste. Dangerous to political profiteers. Dangerous to the entire industry of national looting. And when a man becomes dangerous to a corrupt system, the system begins to panic. Let us look carefully at what has been happening in Nigeria. Everywhere you turn today, Obi is the topic. Government spokesmen wake up every morning thinking about Obi. Party loyalists go on television talking about Obi. Social media attack dogs spend their entire day discussing Obi. If Obi sneezes in Onitsha, somebody in Abuja will hold a press conference. If Obi visits a school, somebody will write an angry column. If Obi greets a market woman, television panels will debate it for two hours. Now think about it. Why? Why is Obi giving them sleepless nights? Why is a man who is not in government causing so much anxiety in government? There is a proverb that says when the goat begins to shout too loudly, check the grass it has eaten. Something is disturbing them. Let us call some names since many people are afraid to do so. Every time you turn on the television, somebody is attacking Obi. You will see people like Daniel Bwala going from one station to another explaining why Obi is the problem of Nigeria. You will see political loyalists defending Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu by attacking Obi morning, afternoon and night. You will see people twisting every statement Obi makes. You will see people inventing narratives about Obi. And you will ask yourself one simple question. Why? If Obi is irrelevant, why the panic? If Obi is politically finished, why the fear? If Obi is not a threat, why the daily propaganda? In our villages there is a saying. Nobody fights a dead snake. If they are still beating the bush, it means something inside the bush is alive. And that thing inside the bush is the idea that Nigeria can actually work. Peter Obi has become a symbol of that possibility. That is why he is a problem. Not because he is perfect. Not because he is a saint. But because he represents something dangerous to the current political order. Accountability. And accountability is the worst enemy of corruption. Let us look at it clearly. For decades Nigeria has been run like a private estate. Public money disappears without explanation. Budgets are announced but development never appears. Projects are commissioned only on television. Convoys grow longer while citizens grow poorer. Politicians become billionaires while the nation becomes poorer. In such a system, the most important qualification for leadership is not competence. It is loyalty to the system. Do not disturb the arrangement. Do not question the spending. Do not ask where the money went. Do not open the books. Do not shine light into dark corners. Once you obey those rules, the system will embrace you. But the moment you begin to talk about prudence, accountability and transparency, the system will label you dangerous. And that is exactly where Peter Obi entered the picture. For years he spoke about cutting the cost of governance. For years he spoke about investing in production. For years he spoke about redirecting resources into education and healthcare. For years he spoke about leaders living within reasonable limits. In any normal country, those statements would sound ordinary. In Nigeria they sound revolutionary. Because Nigeria has normalized the abnormal. The abnormal has become normal. Waste is normal. Corruption is normal. Impunity is normal. So when somebody begins to talk about discipline, it sounds like a threat. Let me give a simple illustration. Imagine a house where everybody has been stealing from the kitchen for twenty years. Every day somebody removes rice. Every day somebody takes meat. Every day somebody pockets the cooking money. Nobody complains because everybody is benefiting from the arrangement. Then suddenly one new member of the house says something simple. Let us keep records of everything we buy. Immediately the house will erupt. Why? Because records will expose the thieves. That is exactly the Obi problem. He represents record keeping. He represents scrutiny. He represents the uncomfortable possibility that public money may actually be tracked. And many people cannot survive in such an environment. So the attacks begin. The propaganda begins. The character assassination begins. They will say he is stingy. They will say he is desperate. They will say he is tribal. They will say he is inexperienced. They will say anything that can weaken the symbol. But deep down, the fear remains. Because ideas cannot easily be destroyed. Peter Obi has become an idea. And ideas are stubborn things. Look at what happened during the last election cycle. A political movement emerged from ordinary citizens. Young people began to discuss governance seriously. Students began to ask questions about budgets. Market women began to talk about debt. People who had never attended political meetings before suddenly became politically conscious. That frightened the establishment. Because once citizens become aware, manipulation becomes difficult. One old man in my village once said something very profound. He said the day a blind man begins to see, many thieves will run away. That is what happened. Many Nigerians began to see. And the reaction from the political class was immediate. Fear. Panic. Aggression. That is why every Obi visit creates anxiety. When he visits a school, they wonder what message he will deliver. When he visits a hospital, they wonder what questions he will ask. When he visits a disaster site, they worry about the attention he will attract. Because every visit reminds Nigerians of something uncomfortable. Leadership can actually be different. And that thought is dangerous to a corrupt system. Let us talk plainly. Many Nigerian politicians are not afraid of opposition. They are afraid of example. Opposition can be insulted. Opposition can be ignored. Opposition can be suppressed. But example cannot easily be destroyed. Example exposes hypocrisy. Example raises standards. Example forces comparison. If one leader flies private jets everywhere while another travels modestly, citizens will compare. If one leader speaks carefully about public spending while another celebrates extravagance, citizens will compare. If one leader answers questions directly while another hides behind spokespersons, citizens will compare. Comparison is uncomfortable for those who benefit from excess. So they prefer noise. They prefer propaganda. They prefer confusion. Anything that distracts the public from comparison. But Nigerians are not foolish. The average Nigerian may be struggling economically, but he understands hypocrisy when he sees it. He knows when politicians are afraid. And today many powerful people are afraid. Because Obi represents something they cannot easily control. Authenticity. Now let us enter small pidgin so everybody go understand. My people, make we talk truth. The wahala wey Obi carry no be ordinary wahala. E be like person wey enter dark room come carry torchlight. All the rats and cockroaches wey dey inside go begin run. Na wetin dey happen for Nigeria now. Obi carry torchlight. Some people no like that light at all. Because if light shine well well, many things go show. Contracts wey dem inflate go show. Money wey disappear go show. Lifestyle wey no match salary go show. So the easiest thing is to attack the man holding the light. But light no dey fear noise. Light na light. Another proverb says something powerful. When a clean river enters a dirty swamp, the swamp becomes disturbed. Not because the river is violent. But because the river is pure. That disturbance is what we are seeing in Nigeria today. The political class is disturbed. They are restless. They are defensive. They are aggressive. Because somewhere deep inside they know something. If Nigeria ever truly embraces accountability, many political careers will end. And that is why some people keep saying Obi cannot be President. Not because Nigerians do not want change. But because the system is designed to resist change. However, history teaches us something important. Systems eventually collapse under the weight of their own contradictions. A corrupt system can survive for many years. But it cannot survive forever. At some point, the pressure from citizens becomes too strong. At some point, the demand for accountability becomes too loud. At some point, a new generation refuses to accept the old rules. And when that moment comes, the impossible becomes possible. So when I say Peter Obi cannot be President in this Nigeria, understand what I mean. He cannot be President in a Nigeria controlled by corruption. He cannot be President in a Nigeria controlled by political profiteers. He cannot be President in a Nigeria where transparency is treated like a crime. But if Nigeria itself changes, everything becomes possible. Because the real battle is not Obi versus politicians. The real battle is Nigeria versus corruption. The real battle is citizens versus impunity. The real battle is truth versus propaganda. And that battle is still unfolding. One thing is certain. The louder the attacks become, the clearer the fear becomes. And fear is always a signal. It tells you something important is happening. Today Peter Obi is the greatest nightmare of corruption. Not because he holds power. But because he challenges the comfort of those who hold power. And until Nigeria decides whether it prefers comfort or progress, the debate will continue. But one thing nobody can deny. The conversation has changed. And once a nation begins to question its habits, transformation becomes only a matter of time. Prince Omo Okojie writes from Benin City. |
I am very sorry for being Nigerian. |
Deepspirituals:He deserved a second term because accordong to him in 2022 he said, "It is the turn of the Yorubas and in the Yoruba nation, it is my turn". So, he has to finish the 'Emilokan' against all odds. |
Bosman17:The same way South West gave us BAT (Who's academic quslification/record is in dispute) as their Emilokan when we have the likes of Osinbajo, Adesina, etc. Even the South West extraction led administration oversaw the removal of certificate forgery as one of disqualifications criteria in the electoral act. [Your guess is as good as mine] The music has started playing, let us watch the dance together. |
PigTormentor:Our bone of contention is forgery based on the certificate that was presented. My question is - 'How come a well-known politician presented a Secondary School certificate that was issued years before the establishment of the institution?' Are you saying that such did not happen or the said certificate wasn't forged? I am very interested in engaging with you to establish the degree of our honesty. I am not asking you how someone gains admission or graduates from a university. My question wasn't ambiguous. |
PigTormentor:It is truly not easy to defend the indefensible! Your definition of Forgery left much to be desired. Let's put this into perspective, you lost your $100 bill and went to a third party to print another bill as a replacement instead of approaching the US minting company and to you, it wasn't Forgery. Let me educate you. Even when you graduated with a certificate and went to anywhere to print a copy/replica that wasn't from the source after you have lost it, the act is Forgery. Meanwhile, you deliberately avoided addressing the Secondary School certificate that was obtained years before the School's inception. I believe that you are vastly knowledgeable and exposed, please, address that as well. We are now before Equity. Let our hands be clean. [Life has taught me that in every argument, let our conscience direct us] |
PigTormentor:Then, what is forgery? What about the Secondary School certificate he graduated with years before the School's inception? Please, can we for once call a Spade 'A Spade' without beating about the bush? [Let us not turn to stupidity in the course of trying to defend and indefensible] |
Recently, the Nigerian masses and social media have been rattled by the ongoing clamour to strengthen the Electoral Act and improve transparency in our electoral system. The bone of contention is enacting the mandatory transmission of results (Form EC8A) electronically from the polling units to Irev into law. Senator Akpabio, no one is abolishing the hard copies of Form EC8A the one you can decide to use a bicycle or wheelbarrow to transmit as you like. What Nigerians are saying is that a copy of it after the results have been written and signed by the party agents at polling units must be snapped and transmitted electronically in real time with BVAS from the polling unit to the IREV. And this action must be enacted into law to serve as a primary collation tool to checkmate the hard copy since it can not be tampered with or altered. Senator Apkabio, I agree with you on the argument of the availability of internet access or the collapse of the national grid or whatever. But let me counter your position with reference to WhatsApp message transmissions. Even in the absence of the internet, we still send our messages that stay in transit and are delivered automatically as soon as it accessed internet. So, without internet in those remote polling units, let the result be captured, uploaded and transmitted in real-time. Before the Polling officer gets to the RAC or INEC office, the BVAS must have accessed the internet and delivered automatically to the IREV. This is like saying that football matches must be transmitted live from the pitch of play to demonstrate transparency. Even if there was no network at that time for live streaming but we still watched the match days later, everyone will be satisfied to see how our Super Eagles won or lost. It is all about transparency. So, Senator Akpabio and the Nigerian Senate, listen to the voice of reasoning. Even if there is no light, we have power banks and generators to charge the BVAS. [I am still available to proffer more solutions to any excuse or argument Akpabio will raise] We want a free and very transparent electoral process. QED. |
This is the right time for Nigerians to stage a massive protest against the lawmakers for their inability to do the right thing. Now that Trump and the Western world have eyes on Nigeria, let us use the opportunity to request the needed reform. With their interest in our country, let us push for the needed reform on our electoral act to do away with the production of rogue leaders. What are we clamouring for? The masses are requesting that our electoral system be strengthened and be very transparent to produce popular leaders and the masses' choice. Simple! |
It has become alarming on the fortune spent or the financial burden in organising and exercising a burial ceremony in the Southeastern and other parts of Nigeria. This supposed moment of grief has been transformed into a massive carnival and jamboree. Though you may argue that we can't tell someone how to spend his/her money but the effect of different displays of affluence on society should always be considered in every discussion. Focusing on the Igbo land where I come from, the Burial ceremony is more like executing a capital project. Even to the downtrodden, no matter how you want to cut your cloth according to your size, the community and Church requirements will over-stretch and drain your pocket so it is inevitable that you must borrow or seek aid. For instance, if a man (a father) dies, the church will ensure that all financial obligations of the deceased, the wife, and the children including levies, dues, or sundry pledges made must be paid before partaking in his burial. Such treatment is equally meted out to the family by their community. The Kinsmen, 'umuada', and other relative groups will also extort theirs as well. Thereafter, different lists of entitled requirements ranging from assorted drinks, assorted foods, and sundry items as provisions for attending or appearing at the funeral by different groups will be submitted as obligations that must be fulfilled. These provisions come with different penalties to be paid as a fine for failure to meet to anticipated standard. For instance, if the soup you provided is not sophisticated with meat and fish, it may attract a fine of N50,000 or more. More so, you may pay a fine for being accused that you serve them with unbefitting plates and cutlery. You may also be accused of a delay in presenting their meals which attracts fines. With all these burdens attached, you will now understand the financial involvement. All these were precedents set by the elites which over the years have been accepted as a standard. And that made me ask; are they truly mourning or celebrating? The cost of caskets and an ambulance is not left out. Recently, I was marvelling when told the amount it cost for transporting the dead from Lagos to the Southeast. I felt like 'must it be one dead body per ambulance?' Why not arrange multiple dead bodies in an ambulance to convey to a particular region within a stipulated period and then distribute them to the closest mortuaries? Maybe a bus ambulance will be serving that purpose and be plying the route probably twice or three times a week. The government can assist different bereaved families with such provisions free or at a subsidised rate. Even a casket could be regulated and provided free for bereaved families with heavy taxes placed on the rich people who want to patronise expensive/luxurious caskets. Let their taxes be used to fund free caskets for the poor. Even the wealthy in our midst executing expensive burials should equally be taxed. As they chose to display their wealth, let them equally partake in funding the burial of the poor with such taxes. Above all, let there be strong regulations on what needs to be spent during burial with heavy fines to those who want to exhibit a show of wealth. [My Opinion]
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Did President Tinubu goof in mentioning the monetary reward of $100,000 each to the victorious Super Falcon? I initially thought it was $10,000 (about N15,000,000) each. I never knew it was $100,000 (about N150,000,000) each. Honestly, this is outrageous. Is Nigeria economically buoyant to cough out N150,000,000 each to 24-man team players and about N75,000,000 each to about 10-man coaching crew/staff? If we can spend such, why do we still issue peanuts as minimum wage? |
oneMalik:As a Yoruba man, can you tell me how Tinubu's regime transcended to providing food on your table? Before 2015 when I was campaigning for PMB against GEJ, I never knew it would be one of my greatest undoings. I felt that with PMB's military background, he would nip the then-insecurity 'Boko Haram' in the bud. I thought that GEJ was too weak to take decisive decisions. Under PMB's watch, we were mesmerised by Banditry, Fulani herdsmen's killings and high-scale kidnappings. During the 2015 election, some of my Igbo brothers were asking me to support GEJ because he made Gen. Ihejirika the Chief of Army Staff. But I questioned how Ihejirika being chief of Army staff will metamorphose to food on my table. As a Yoruba, how did OBJ's 8 years in office benefit you personally? As a Northerner, how did PMB's 8 years benefit you personally? As Ijaw, how did GEJ's 5 or 6 years benefit you personally? It is high time we look for a competent leader irrespective of tribe or region to transform the country for the good of all of us. Today, Tinubu is the president, under his watch, subsidy was removed. Pump price has gone up, electricity price has gone up. This resulted in to increase in the prices of food and household items. Yet, our salary (income) was never increased exponentially with other increments to it. Once again, as a Yoruba, can you sincerely tell me your gains or transformation compared to those of the politicians and their families you are fighting for? |
citylantern:QED |
What a hypocrisy! APC-led government regime of which you, Adams Oshiomhole were then one of the Chairmen spearheaded the arbitrary printing of money that cripled the Nigerian economy. QED Did Emefiele take decisions on his own? Who was the Commander-in-Chief? APC blame games and propaganda. They started with blaming GEJ, later it was Saraki, covid 19, now Emefiele, tomorrow Peter Obi, thereafter they will blame parents for giving birth to successive children. Even if Adams Oshiomhole or APC talk and make mistakes, he will blame the microphone for transmitting what he never said. |
32 cows and how many other animals? Is the Lightning selective in its killing? How come it is only Cows that fall victim? Maybe we should tag it Cow-killing Lightning. |
Nigeria for years has been bedevilled with the way and manner we elect our leaders through the ballot. Campaign or electioneering is not majorly our problem. Over the years, it has dawned on us that manipulation of votes during collation and counting has been our nightmare. Even the institution, INEC on whose responsibility our electoral process was bestowed has not lived up to expectations. Let us not talk about the Judiciary in the sense that should it have been that INEC lived up to its bidding, there wouldn't have been a need for Tribunals or Courts. Though our politicians, the National Assembly (Law Makers) always deliberately create loopholes to navigate and short-change the hope and mandate of the electorates. Now, on the way forward, I advocate for: 1. Irev should be signed into law as the primary collation media. 2. Mandatory transmission of results electronically from polling units to the Irev by the polling unit officials. 3. Mandatory short and visible video coverage of the Polling unit officials and polling agents all holding written signed copies of form EC8A while the polling unit officials hold the written copy of EC60EC. This clip will not exceed a 1-minute video and will be visible to read the contents of the copies of form EC8A to be shared by all the party agents present at the polling unit and sent to the INEC backend or server. With this high level of transparency and evidence, I wonder who will be interested in mutilating results or going to court. Confidence in our electoral process will be restored and people will be turning out en masse to vote. Meanwhile, INEC should be very sincere about their 'Technical Glitches' because I wonder how Nigerian Banks and CBN will survive if they can't update Depositors' funds in the name of experiencing 'Technical Glitches' to the extent that our account balances and all statements details can no longer be obtained. [My humble suggestion] |
Wonderful |
Dogalmighty17:The footwear is still much in existence. Some Secondary schools are still currently using it as a uniform in Anambra state. |
Before the 2023 election, nobody believed that Mr Peter Obi would pull such massive followers. The man without structure has become the Nightmare of APC and Batists. It gives me joy whenever Tinubu's followers are convulsing about PO it means that PO is more than what the eyes could see. When they sleep, they see PO. When they sneeze, they see PO. Mr Peter Obi has suddenly become their Gathering Anthem. THE FEAR OF MR PETER OBI IS THE BEGINNING OF APC AND TINUBU'S FOLLOWER'S WISDOM! |
descarado:Direction: Cardinals above 80yrs are no longer eligible to be elected Pope. As of 2013, Cardinal Arinze was more than 80yrs. |
According to the Blogger, "Peter Obi won the 2023 presidential election." "Peter Obi is a force to reckon with." I agree with him. Even the updated results on Irev said it all. Series of rewritten results only bear stolen original figures of LP being allocated to APC. The question is - Why only LP is always the victim to the benefit of APC? Aside from that, every APC's and Tinubu's supporters only threw jabs at Peter Obi after the election. No one talks about Atiku or Kwankwaso. It appears as if it was only Peter Obi who contested the election against Tinubu. Logically, this attitude of APC members means a lot. Peter Obi is a phenomenon. Sometimes in life, it is good to stand alone and test your popularity. [This is a great lesson of 2023]. In the 2019 presidential election, many (Including me) thought that the PDP's massive votes were exclusively owing to the political influence of Atiku. No one thought of Peter Obi as a factor then. But after the 2023 presidential election and all the intrigues, it dawned on Nigerians that Peter Obi is the most popular politician in Nigeria. You can argue with your keypad but I challenge any politician to ride on the platform of a relatively unknown party with no single structure (No political officeholder) to contest a presidential election and achieve a near feat of Peter Obi. It is never a coincidence that Peter Obi has become a Political bride to every politician in today's Nigeria. |
dominique:Not Egyptian. He is from Gaza. {Joking} |
Story to the gods! Are you saying that Nigerians can comfortably, and massively defend corrupt leaders and weaken the anti-graft institution but cannot defend their electoral mandate, rule of law, insurgency, banditry, and political bullying by INEC, Judiciary and Politicians? I never knew that Nigerian masses are such strong, yet very few people (not up to 0.1% of the population) are tossing them around and mesmerising their future. [ARE WE CURSED? OR ARE WE THE CAUSE?] |
What a Patriot. Non-tribalistic leader. |
chairmanawe:Has any Politician received the same penalty for looting? Nigeria's Justice system is a Mirage! |
Mummyfour:I have been following your comments on this thread and thought you should have ignored "AmalaAtiEwedu" but your response to him/her is awesome and deeply rooted in maturity. Thank you. |
National shame! Very soon, a newborn baby will be arrested and charged with treason. This tide will complete its circular movement. |
sonmvayina:I'm interested. Please give me a summary of the history. |
sonmvayina:Can we have a civil but educative engagement with Biblical facts to your assertion on the Virgin Mary? |
