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yinchar:
Then that’s a very interesting development

It is. Anything is possible at this point

Kwakwanso dragged NDC party registration card from obi.

In an interesting development, barely hours into the defection of the duo of aliyu kwakwanso and Peter obi to NDC video footage of the official registration with NDC has shown kwakwanso already dragging the NDC party registration card from Peter obi at the declaration point. The incident occured as the NDC party chairman and the delta state senator seriake Dickson were about to present the party card to Peter obi which was swiftly intercepted and snatched by kwakwanso while Peter obi looked on sheepishly.
The development showed kwakwanso has positioned himself first before Peter obi. With this it appears kwakwanso is not keen on occupying the vice presidential slot. That kwakwanso pushed himself forward first before obi is a move observers described as indication that kwakwanso might contest the NDC presidential ticket against obi in NDC.

The question now is; should obi lose the ticket to kwakwanso, what next? Will obi support kwakwanso for the presidency or will he port to another party once again? Is kwakwanso indirectly saying he should have the first shot at the presidency instead of obi? Whatever the answer is, time will tell.

Analysts say the situation is fluid for now indicating that Peter obi's problems might not be over because his presidential ambition through NDC ticket might yet again be under threat.

Peter Obi and Kwankwaso being presented with their party cards pic.twitter.com/tFy3cBnCA1

— Esther Umoh (@EstherUmoh10) May 3, 2026

Kanwulia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXSo_rHFfC4?si=bB2KqwBR-WytoGBR

You didn't add terminator o😜

Legitiscool:
yes it's always the fantasy world of obidients which they have forced themselves to believe in

Unfortunately that's why the clarification is coming out cos soon una go blame kwankwaso for the failure of obi pipedream after blaming atiku

Let him just take his vice president post in peace o.

Tochi360:
Hahahaha . Are We talking about the same person who could not deliver an ordinary 30℅ votes to his candidate Ribadu, in his own Lagos oo,infact his performance was amongst the worse.
Na Pdapc criminality be their only hope,outside pdp,them nor get grassroots value.
Obi exposed all of them in the last election.
Got same States with them without this pdapc criminality.
Without Pdapc criminality He once again proved he is not just a politician,but one with a very enticing resumee. In a reasonable clime where electoria criminality is very minimal and if caught you are striked out,people like tpain will by themselves bow out of contest.

How can You tell Me that You are contesting for the Presidency in a Country like Switzerland and You wrapped with very weighty controversies like Drug baron,Academic Fruad,Age fraud,Economical fruad,etc,etc??

Those one get more sensible people,na to shut down the Country in protest,make I hear se you nor go resign.

Are you saying you are not sensible or are you not a Nigeria. This is own goal sha

Radicalwarrior:
The current state of Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu's leadership has raised concerns among citizens, prompting calls for his impeachment. With the country grappling with hunger, bad governance, and economic instability, it's imperative for lawmakers to reassess the president's performance and consider taking drastic measures.

The 1999 Nigerian Constitution provides clear guidelines for impeachment proceedings. Section 143(1) states that the president can be removed from office for "gross misconduct". Given the widespread discontent with Tinubu's administration, lawmakers must evaluate whether his actions constitute gross misconduct.

President Tinubu's inability to effectively address hunger and economic instability has exacerbated the suffering of Nigerians. The recent nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance underscore the need for urgent action. Lawmakers must consider whether Tinubu's leadership has violated the constitution and compromised the well-being of citizens.

To initiate impeachment proceedings, a simple majority vote is required in the House of Representatives, followed by a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate. Lawmakers must prioritize the nation's interests over party affiliations and take decisive action.


Nigerian lawmakers have a constitutional duty to ho6ld the president accountable. We urge them to:

1. Assess President Tinubu's performance: Evaluate his leadership and determine whether it constitutes gross misconduct.
2. Initiate impeachment proceedings: Follow constitutional guidelines to remove the president from office.
3. Prioritize national interests: Put the needs of Nigerians above party loyalty.

The time for action is now. Lawmakers must demonstrate their commitment to the nation's well-being and take bold steps to address the current leadership crisis.

The MOD need to van this guy spreading fake news and misleading people here please.☹️

Radicalwarrior:
Lagos, Nigeria — In a powerful and unprecedented political declaration, influential Yoruba and Northern leaders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) have jointly called for the 2027 Nigerian presidency to be handed over to an Igbo man from the South-East geopolitical zone — but with a critical stipulation: the candidate must be a bona fide member of the APC.

This stirring demand signals a pivotal moment in Nigeria’s political evolution, reflecting a growing consensus among major ethnic blocs in the ruling party to foster true inclusivity, national cohesion, and respect for the country’s unwritten power rotation norms.



The Yorubas and Northerners’ endorsement of an Igbo presidency within the APC is grounded not only in historical justice but also political pragmatism. For decades, the Igbo people — despite their significant economic contributions and population — have been largely excluded from the highest office, deepening feelings of marginalization and disenfranchisement.

By emphasizing that the Igbo presidency candidate must be a member of the APC, these leaders are underscoring the need for internal party democracy and loyalty. This insistence also serves as a subtle but firm message to the broader political class that the Igbo ambition for the presidency should be pursued within the mainstream ruling party, which currently controls the machinery of government and has the strongest chances of winning the election.


Political analysts view this united call as a potential game-changer for the 2027 general elections. It bridges long-standing regional divides, signaling that the APC’s core ethnic constituencies are ready to set aside historical suspicions and work toward a shared future.

Dr. Ibrahim Musa, a leading political commentator, noted, “This is an extraordinary alignment. For Yorubas and Northerners to publicly support an Igbo APC candidate suggests a shift from ethno-centric politics to a more pragmatic and inclusive approach. It could redefine how power is negotiated in Nigeria.”


While the call is historic, it comes with formidable challenges. The South-East political landscape is currently fragmented, with multiple aspirants eyeing the presidency, many not formally aligned with the APC. Convincing these actors to rally behind the party’s candidate will require strategic diplomacy and robust consensus-building.

Moreover, this demand adds pressure on the APC leadership to fast-track credible zoning arrangements and internal reforms that guarantee the Igbo candidate not only emerges but also garners widespread support.


This united front by Yorubas and Northerners is more than a political gesture; it is a clarion call for national integration, equitable power distribution, and party loyalty. If handled with wisdom and sincerity, it could mark the dawn of a new chapter in Nigeria’s democracy — one where ethnic identities enrich the political landscape without breeding division.

As Nigeria approaches the crucial 2027 elections, all eyes will be on how the APC navigates this complex terrain and whether it can transform this bold vision into reality.

This is a very smelly fake news.

nnatobryno:
Fear fear. If your principal is actually doing what is required, his work should be speaking for you

Just as Peter obi's work is speaking for him in anambra.

ILoveNG:
My Top 3

1. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Interior)
2. Nyesom Wike (FCT) & Wale Edun
3. David Umahi (Works)

Wike would have been my number 1 but his performance is limited to FCT

Last 3

Adebayo Adelabu (Power)
Adebayo Adelabu (Power)
Adebayo Adelabu (Power)

Same here

WhizdomXX:
The twisting of history has begun!

Shamefully sponsored by 2027 elections.

Oh my! What does this have to do with 2027. You guys are clearly clueless. This is just setting the record straight!

HacheNoire:
Why Lagos Needs to Break Free from the APC

There is a particular scene that has played out with metronomic regularity in Lagos politics, and it played out again just last week. Abdul-Azeez Adediran — “Jandor” — purchased his expression of interest forms, rallied his movement, and mounted a governorship campaign. Then came a phone call, a meeting, a presidential endorsement of someone else, and Jandor stepped aside, pledging loyalty to the party and its chosen candidate. One day’s aspiration, extinguished in an afternoon. No primary. No debate. No contest. Just a decision handed down from above and accepted below.

This is how Lagos is governed. Not from Government House in Alausa, but from a network of backrooms, phone calls, and Governance Advisory Councils that answer ultimately to one man — President Bola Tinubu. And the city of twenty million souls, the engine of the Nigerian economy, the continent’s most energetic megalopolis, has for a quarter century allowed this arrangement to stand.

It is time Lagos asked a harder question: what exactly has this arrangement delivered for Lagos — and what has it cost?

The Anatomy of a Fiefdom

Since 1999, Lagos has been governed by one political structure under successive brand names — the AD, the ACN, and now the APC. Since 1999, Lagos has largely remained under the control of the same political structure, and the state has not fully maximised its enormous potential to become a truly world-class city. The party is not merely dominant; it is the only game in town. Governors are selected, not elected. Speakers are installed, then repositioned. Governorship aspirants purchase their forms, feel the wind, and stand down.

The most recent illustration came in April 2026, when Tinubu endorsed his deputy governor, Obafemi Hamzat, as the consensus APC candidate for 2027. The unfolding developments underscore the highly centralised nature of decision-making within Lagos APC, where strategic candidacy alignments are often brokered at the highest levels of party leadership. Jandor withdrew within days. Even Mudashiru Obasa — the powerful Speaker of the House of Assembly, long one of Lagos’s most formidable power brokers — was reportedly redirected from the governorship to a House of Representatives seat after Tinubu weighed in. Political observers note that Obasa has already begun low-profile consultations in Agege, signalling early groundwork for what could become a tightly managed intra-party transition.

This is not internal party democracy. This is a succession system.

A Warning Written in Ballots

Lagos residents have already expressed their frustration — they did so loudly in 2023 and the political class has largely ignored it. Peter Obi of the Labour Party won Lagos State by nearly 10,000 votes, a massive upset over former state Governor Bola Tinubu in his own home state. It was the first time in over two decades that a presidential candidate from outside the ruling political structure had carried Lagos.

What did that result mean? It meant that the majority was hungry for better governance and wanted to change the poor political system that had been imposed on them for years. It meant that Lagos’s young, educated, multi-ethnic population — long taken for granted — had begun to vote against the machine.

The loss of the presidential vote in Lagos to the Labour Party has remained a reference point in discussions among APC party leaders. And yet, despite this warning, the response has not been reform — it has been consolidation. The same faces, the same structures, the same consensus arrangements.

What Twenty-Seven Years of Monopoly Has Produced

Defenders of the APC will cite infrastructure: the Blue Line rail, Eko Atlantic, the Lekki-Epe Expressway expansion, the Lagos-Ibadan highway negotiations. These are real. But they are not the full picture.

Critics accuse the APC of presiding over a Lagos plagued by systemic rot — perennial gridlock that turns a 30-minute journey into a four-hour nightmare, flooding that turns neighbourhoods into rivers every rainy season, a mounting debt burden that has mortgaged the future of unborn Lagosians, and a growing sense of insecurity. These are not the complaints of political opponents alone. They are the lived reality of Lagos residents, stated daily in traffic jams on the Third Mainland Bridge and flood waters rising through Surulere living rooms.

A functional multi-party system is vital for ensuring accountability, inclusiveness, and effective leadership. When one party is guaranteed power regardless of performance, there is no competitive incentive to perform. Why fix the drains when your re-election does not depend on fixing the drains? Why open the books when no one can open an alternative?

The APC’s own internal dynamics have revealed the rot. Party members in Agege have accused the leadership of manipulation, exclusion, and abuse of party machinery by entrenched interests who have hijacked the local political space. If the APC cannot maintain internal democracy within its own structures, what chance does it have of delivering democratic governance to Lagos as a whole?

The Consensus Trap

The word “consensus” has been weaponised in Lagos politics. It sounds orderly, even statesmanlike. In practice, it means that the preferences of millions of voters are pre-empted by the preferences of a handful of powerful men. Jandor stated that he had pledged to support whoever the party presents as its candidate, framing submission to the party hierarchy as democratic virtue. But this is not democracy — it is deference dressed as principle.

True internal democracy would allow multiple candidates to contest, voters to choose, and results to stand. Instead, a gubernatorial aspirant can purchase forms one day and be advised — through back channels — to redirect his ambitions the next. A party chieftain stated that open declaration of interest is often avoided in Lagos politics, noting that excessive publicity around ambition could affect a candidate’s chances within the party structure. In other words, political ambition must be managed quietly, with permission. This is the logic of a court, not a democracy.

The Structural Problem

The problem is not simply that the APC has poor leaders or weak policies in Lagos. The problem is structural: a city cannot hold its government to account when there is no credible threat of removal. Competition is not merely a democratic nicety — it is the mechanism by which governments are made to listen.

While Nigeria remains constitutionally a multiparty democracy, recent patterns — mass political defections, executive-legislative convergence, and weakened opposition — suggest a drift toward de facto one-party dominance, raising critical questions about accountability and democratic resilience.

Lagos is the sharpest example of this drift. The House of Assembly functions as an extension of the executive, not a check on it. The opposition is fragmented and, increasingly, absorbed — as Jandor’s own trajectory from PDP flagbearer to APC loyalist illustrates. When opposition politicians dissolve into the ruling structure rather than contest it, the city is left with one voice where many are needed.

What Decoupling Would Look Like

To be clear: this is not an argument that Lagos should simply swap one party’s dominance for another’s. It is an argument for competitive politics — for a Lagos in which elections are genuinely uncertain, in which the ruling party governs with the knowledge that failure carries electoral consequences, and in which the opposition is strong enough to demand answers.

It means Lagosians — young voters especially, the same cohort that delivered the 2023 presidential result — turning up in gubernatorial and legislative elections with the same energy they bring to presidential contests. The machine is most powerful when turnout is low and predictable; it is most vulnerable when Lagosians decide that local elections matter as much as national ones.

It means the opposition parties — PDP, Labour Party, ADC — presenting credible candidates with specific, costed platforms rather than simply running against the APC’s record. A governance approach centred on service delivery, accountability, and tackling core challenges including traffic congestion, flooding, inadequate housing, healthcare, and the escalating cost of living is what Lagosians deserve to hear from multiple competing visions, not just one.

And it means acknowledging that political godfather systems — however effective at delivering short-term stability — are fundamentally incompatible with long-term democratic development. Lagos is too large, too complex, too diverse, and too important to be run as a personal project.


The City Lagos Deserves

Lagos generates an estimated $136 billion in GDP annually. It is home to the continent’s most dynamic creative economy, its busiest port, its most entrepreneurial population. It is, by most measures, the most consequential city in sub-Saharan Africa.

A city of this scale and ambition deserves governance that is accountable not to one man’s political interests but to the twenty million people who wake up in it every morning. It deserves leaders who earn power through competition, not inherit it through arrangement. It deserves a House of Assembly that interrogates the executive rather than ratifying it. It deserves flooding that gets fixed because someone’s job depends on fixing it.

Lagos has lived under the same political roof for twenty-seven years. The roof leaks. The traffic is still there. The floods return every rainy season. The consensus candidates are chosen in rooms most Lagosians will never enter.

The city is still waiting to be governed as if it belongs to everyone who lives in it — not just to the men who run it.

All of these out of pain and hatred will still not get you anywhere.

Bobloco:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/05/defend-your-votes-with-kerosene-galadima-says-obi-kwankwaso-leave-adc-monday/Please

No politician is worth dying for. It's as simple as that

Gotocourt:
“And during the elections, whether I am alive or dead, go to the polling centres with your bottles and jerry cans of kerosene. Either they do what is right, or we all die there. So there will be no beneficiary.”

Yarimo, take note

This man is living in fools paradise. Will his children be part of those carrying the bottle and kerosene?

Karlovich:
It will never be well with Tinubu

Back to sender. We know who you are though.

naptu2:
Clarification Of My Political Position By Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso



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He is indirectly taking the VP slot. That's the summary.

donny22:
If you have not mentioned South East ,you won't have peace . Go ahead , South East dey gv una joy to mention .

Indeed🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

iwaeda:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/05/02/breaking-suspected-terrorists-attack-police-mobile-force-camp-kwara-kill-three-officers

That is the problem! People run away from these attackers instead of engaging them. The government need to put in place measures where people themselves have capabilities to engage these terrorists otherwise we will be running in circle with no solution ever coming.

For decades now, some people still have the misconception and therefore mischaracterization that Chief Obafemi Awolowo planed a coup and was jailed for that reason. This is absolutely false and a misrepresentation of facts. To be clear, Chief Obafemi Awolowo did not plan or execute a coup contrary to certain assertion by detractors! The historical record for the 1962 trial confirms the following:
1. The circumstance was a political conflict, not a coup.
2. The events were a major internal political conflict primarily centered in the Western Region only, arising from a power struggle between Chief Awolowo and Chief S.L. Akintola.
3. No military officers were involved nor charged. All the 31 original defendants were all civilians, including prominent politicians like Anthony Enahoro, Joseph Tarka and journalists like Lateef Jakande.
4. Chief Awolowo was charged with and convicted of treasonable felony-the highest civilian crime. This is designed by Azikiwe and co just to cripple the Action Group of the western region under Awolowo.
5. The crisis was sparked by a breakdown of law and order in the Western House of Assembly, which led the federal government to declare a state of emergency in that region. To many historians the trial was a political crackdown designed by NCNC/NPC led federal govt to neutralize the official opposition led by Awo.
The confusion in some records often stems from the fact that the 1966 military coup (which happened while Awolowo was in prison) was carried out by officers who allegedly admired him and wanted to release him. (this is not a fact but mere speculation as subsequent events showed)

Summary: The 1962 incarceration of Chief Obafemi Awolowo by Azikiwe government was a civilian manipulation instigated against a target opponent (Chief Awolowo) twisting the crisis in the opposition to satisfy azikiwe obsessive and morbid intentions in the western region. It's not a coup!

SecuritybriefNg:
Watch The Video Here Below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uc0sr4jisQ

Another endsars will happen soon☹️

FuckFuckPastor:
Atiku Invited To The U.S. To Speak At Congress



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They want to trick this man to US so he won't be around for the next election. I can see obi's followers hand writing all over this plot. Once he is arrested it'clear the ground for obi to become AFC candidate. Atiku is playing with jail

nlfpmod:
Blind UNN Student Evicted from Hostel Hours After Criticizing Poor Living Conditions



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Yesterday, we interviewed a blind student in UNN Nnamdi Daniel to get his view about the school hostel. Listen to what he has to say. Even the blind know how horrible the school hostel is - Alex Onyia pic.twitter.com/WH8V0HbwHw

— unnstudentz (@unnstudentz) April 29, 2026

Imagine! Someone will now come later to come and package this agbo thing as Messiah all because of tribe. Abeg☹️

timidapsin:
There’s a question trending online right now, and at first glance it looks simple… but the more you think about it, the more uncomfortable it gets.

Imagine this:


Blue Button:
If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives..

Red Button:
If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive.

Which will you pick?

This question should be given to obi followers to test their IQ😜

timidapsin:
There’s a question trending online right now, and at first glance it looks simple… but the more you think about it, the more uncomfortable it gets.

Imagine this:


Blue Button:
If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives..

Red Button:
If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive.

Which will you pick?

Red

zenburster:
Let him make her vice president,

Piti piti aiye must de ba Tinubu.

Insha Allah 🤲📿

Back to sender. Amin🔥

AMINDA:
Smh. They wear their subservience and fealty to one man like a badge of honour.

This is why it has been difficult for you to manage your home successfully. Check well you will see you are failing. The same as obi. Why? Cos you lack the principles needed for a successful management situation.

RealityKings1:
But they couldn't go to Iran to fight 😀

To go and fight who exactly?☹️

erad:
This is a fact!

Commisioner of half salary wants to get elected in a state that himself and his principals conveniently impoverished her civil servants. How nah?

If we check well now, you no be Osun or even Yoruba. Just some busybody from south east.☹️

LagosOrigin:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXtfPUqDDEo/?img_index=3&igsh=dDQ3aDA1cTRwZmV3

This one na simp normally. Person wey dem dey fvck fvck his wife all around Nigeria. Na real plastic toto

Beautifulday:
It's not easy to have such loyalty

It's not loyalty anything, he is nothing without obi.

Jaylord12:
Wike can never revive pdp not in the North.....Pdp is a dead party in sokoto

Don't bet your money on it. Wike is another party builder