nairalanda1: Country was not working then, high oil prices were being used to hide the cracks. Most people were poor. Only segments of the middle class, the upper class and the very rich benefited. People complained of high prices back then even.
Plus, most of you opposed the price rise from 65 to 140...because ;we were poor'. Don't pretend you did not.
And no, I don't support those OJota people. 2011, back then, once I had the reasons why explained, I supported subsidy removal. Despite not liking PDP.
For Nigeria to work, we need to do what China and Japan did. SImple and short.
The bolded right above is very TRUE.
Some of the posters here like the one you responded to were obviously little kids back in 2012 (13 years ago) during the "Occupy Nigeria" protests in Lagos, Kano and other cities over the fuel subsidy removal without the adequate plan for alternative fuel sources such as CNG or plans to build new greenfield refinerues or tangible wage increases. That protest forced the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency to further pay attention to the little details and negotiate while planning to later build 2 greenfield refineries which they never built anyway before he left office. Even Chimamada Adichie was in support of the Occupy Nigeria fuel subsidy protests from her U.S. base and more despite the FACT that many of those Ibo traders opened their shops in the South East and refused to take part in the protests as reported in the mass media.
I agree with this perspective right ABOVE. Olufemi Abdulhakeem Gbajabiamila OR simply Gbaja as Governor of Lagos State from the Surulere area and Abike Dabiri-Erewa from Ikorodu LGA as his Deputy Governor would make a great tag team due to their vast experience as a U.S.-educated Attorney, Speaker of the House of Representatives on one hand, and a veteran broadcaster on the NTA who was well-traveled internationally while with the NTA on the other hand. You can't easily forget Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Tokunbo Ajayi, Ruth Benemesia, Ronke Ayuba, Sola Omole (who later moved to Chevron Oil), John Momoh, Yinka Craig, Frank Olize and many more for their professionalism and commanding presence on NTA Network back from the very early 1980s.
Though both are from Muslim backgrounds, I would be very OK with both of them because of their non-primordial exposure to the some of the best global practices as Yoruba folks and going right into the past in 1979, Alhaji Abdulateef Jakande who was born on Lagos Island (just like President Bola Tinubu was born on Lagos Island) BUT whose parents were both originally from Omu-Aran in Kwara State and the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Jafojo who was a pure indigene of Lagos State both won the election and re-election as Governor and Deputy Governor of Lagos State from the memorable years of 1979 to 1984 under the UPN political party led by the iconic Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN. NO major eyebrows were raised as to why 2 Yoruba folks who were of the Muslim faith would compete unlike the irritating shinanigans being thrown up by small minds over religion to muddled up the waters.
He no fit speak fluent Lagosian Yoruba! He can't even pronouce "Eko" appropriately!
You have to be "glocal" (meaning: global and local in thinking) to be a Governor of Lagos State NOT an emergency gate crasher like that cocky person tried to do.
Indeed Gbadebo's inability to speak fluent Yoruba in a democratic dispensation claiming publicly in a social blunder that "he doesn't think in Yoruba" was a total minus for that young guy aside from his overt immaturity as gleaned from his irresponsible past posts on X against the Yoruba folks (who are his father's people) and another post where he displayed a very obvious ignorance as to the FACT that Ijebus are Yorubas who are indigenous to Lagos State and Ijebuland makes up a significant part of the total landmass of Lagos State which was created [through the carving out of parts of Ijebuland and Aworiland in the the Old Western Region that had previously been administered as a Premier by the prestigious "London School of Economics and Political Science" graduate of law, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN], by the iconic General Yakubu Gowon alongside 11 other new States on May 27, 1967.
It was embarrassing reading that post by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour referring to Ijebus as one of the outsiders who came from other States to govern Lagos State which was a disastrous conclusion from him further emphasizing that he wasn't knowledgeable and qualified to be the Governor of Lagos State an indigenous Yoruba-speaking State. Unknown to him, Epe LGA, Ikorodu LGA, Ibeju-Lekki LGA right up to Ajah are parts of the larger Ijebuland extending right across the border from Lagos State into Ogun State.
I'm NOT surprised that the incumbent Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu won the re-election by a good margin instead of that cocky, divisive greenhorn. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win in Lagos State this time around if he delivers on more of the dividends of democracy (as against the loss to the other serial decampee guy by just 3,000 votes) and further decentralizes Nigeria for maximum efficiency and assists in removing the notorious and very annoying minority Fulani political hegemony in Nigeria that has enabled foreign Fulani herders and bandits from the Sahelian countries of West Africa to flood illegally into Nigeria and push Hausa farmers and others in Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Southern Kaduna and more out of their ancestral homelands and farms (which I'm glad the majority indigenous Hausas of Hausaland are speaking about in videos I've seen of real Hausa men and Hausa women online).
In 2007 Sanwo Olu was appointed as the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry by Governor Bola Tinubu. After the General Elections of 2007, Sanwo-Olu was appointed Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions by Governor Babatunde Fashola. Sanwo-Olu was made Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in 2016.
Some of his notable public sector achievements include the supervision of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) privatisation projects. He set up and was the pioneer board chairman of Lagos Security Trust Fund. The LAGBUS System and the Control & Command Centre in Alausa Ikeja were subsequently established under his directives.
Babatunde Fashola also served in Lagos state in various capacities, including: Secretary of the Lands Sub-Committee of the Transitional Work Groups- 1999.
Member of the panel of Enquiry into allocation of houses on the Mobolaji Johnson Housing Scheme at Lekki.- 2000.
Member of the State Tenders Board- 2002– 2006.
Member of the Lagos State Executive Council-2002-2006.
Member of the State Security Council-2002-2006
Member of the State Treasury Board-2002-2006
Fashola was the chief of staff to his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
kushme: Sir, you have made a lot of great points and given real time solutions, like the reconnaissance drones,both Ukraine and Russia are using it. if only our military would listen to people like you, get the necessary help,collaborate with the United States, knowing they can't do it alone.
Just to state a concern about this attack drone tech this evil jihadis groups have acquired. It's a real and imminient danger to us like this.
Last week, Ukraine Airforce stated that they successfully intercepted 60 drones in a night. The report also stated that, 108 shahed type drones were launched by Russia that night. The air defense units operate under the command of the Ukraine Airforce. Correct me if i am wrong Sir, i don't think we have an air defense system in place to intercept these terrorists attack drones.
The shahed type drones are from Iran, So, now i see your point clearly on the Iran-Yemen's houthi rebels who got some attack drones from Iran. So, who knows, attack drones controlled by evil jihadis may start flying into the capitals attacking civillians. I am really scared for this. No bunkers
The coded biological weapons and mind programming tactics, in order to minimize heavy spending on weapons are extremely important. Cos, these brain-washed jihdis are fighting with determination, as for the coded biological weapons, i hope they don't use it on the population someday, like how the airforce would drop a bomb killling the wrong set of people. Truth don't lie. If you kill the wrong set of people and you lie to the public about it, it's just a matter of time the citizens become the victims of the threats you never eliminated. This is what we are experiencing here.
[b]The aspect of minimizing of heavy spending on weapons. The Chibok Rep said, from 2016 - 2019, the Federal government has given the military close to NGN19trillion for weapons and ammunitions, that he has the documents. You see, they would want new money for new weapons and maybe air defense to intercept attact drones and the rest.
We hope the meeting yield a result that can help us stay safe from these senseless and deadly assaults.
We need our defenders to show ingenuity. Well, as for my safety, like i said earlier, i feel trapped. Work brought me here, the contract has since expired, i now teach and looking for a way out. With no shame, i don't have the financial resource or means to leave and resettle, i don't even earn up to 40k per month, its hard to tell. Yobe to Adamawa is 15k -17k, it's suicide to follow the short cut route, that's Gujba(buni gari, buni yadi) to Biu, then enter Adamawa. So, going through Gombe is safe. A lot of lives lost on this axis, Nuhu and two other guys i know were executed by the evil Jihadis last year on this same road, they were on their way from Damaturu to Adamawa for the farming season.
I am guilty as well, i have followed the road two times, cos it is shorter and cheaper to Adamawa. A Family member warned me to stop, stating if i don't have the means to go through Gombe, i should stay back.
Again, i have asked couple of friends for any job opportunity away from here, some have their own challenges, the generous ones would send something they could spare while some have their reasons for not supporting at all. I don't know, maybe some of them don't want me to leave, so that they could have a gist on my demise,use me as a stat when talking about the Jihdis terror. . As a minority from NE(Adamawa), i had both my primary and secondary learning in SW then moved to Borno for Uni education. Yes, been to other places, i am now here and wish to leave.
The sad thing is, after each attack people count their losses, talk about it for few minutes to hours and move on, until another attack. I don't want to die here.
@kushme
I appreciate your deep insights here which I carefully read over again.
You are clearly well-informed on the goings on in Nigeria and globally as well.
The "Shahed-type" drone attack defense systems in Nigeria? Nigeria has none BUT can quickly upgrade because some oil and gas money is available (which is the advantage Nigeria still has over these jihadi gangs). Iran actually sent some military logistics to Russia in the ongoing Russian-Ukraine War and this Shahed-type drones are part of them. The Iranians have really surprised me over the years with their advanced leap in technology since the 1979 Revolution that removed the Shah of Iranian (Shah means King) and brought in the Shiites led by Ayatollah Khomeini. There are still Iranian Jews in especially Shiraz and Tehran in Iran and other Iranians who schooled in the Western countries and are very brilliant in academics and research. Iran currently manufactures planes, surveillance and attack drones, intercontinental missiles, military planes (that CANNOT be detected by radar just like the American Stealth fighter jets and bombers), agribusiness machinery and more. You do know that the current Iran used to be known as Persia until as recent as the 1970s and everyone dressed like Western Europeans (Even in the 1970s Afghanistan)... NO long hijab-wearing women until the Shiites Muslims came in the 1979 takeover, (the land of Cyrus the Great and Emperor of Persian Empire which colonized the Babylonians and even the ancient Israeli tribes and imposed their Zoroastrian religion on them and that is how the Pharisee branch of Judaism (the name "Pharisee" is derived from Parsi or Persia) evolved from the Persian colonization. Judaism is an "imperfect copy" of the Zoroastrian religion based on the worship of a Universal God of heaven with a holy representative on Earth called "Shah han Shah" (King of Kings) the Persian Emperor. It's important to remove the Iranian Shiites rulers one way so that they do NOT share advanced technologies with terror elements which will be bad for mankind's safety.
You are right about that route going to Adamawa being quite unsafe especially at night from past information. The Gombe route should be OK. It's good to know that you are indeed from the Middle Belt region section of the NE of Nigeria (or Adamawa State). The Nigerian Civil War veteran and hero Brigadier-General Benjamin Adekunle's mother hailed from the Bachama people of Adamawa State who were many in the Nigerian Army back then and bravely fought on the Nigerian side in the Civil War of June 1967 to January 1970. Brigadier-General Benjamin Adekunle's father was from Ogbomoso in Osun State. Raymond Dokpesi's mother too hailed from Adamawa State. Raymond Dokpesi's father was from Agenebode in Edo State.
Several decades back, I attended an elite boarding high school in Nigeria with very well-spoken and brilliant folks from the Old Gongola State (now Adamawa and Taraba States) which improved my understanding of Nigerians and cultures despite living in Lagos and having to travel up to one of the major commercial Northern State capitals to attend boarding school by road or fly by Nigeria Airways (which was cheap back then for students). I assumed originally that you are either from Southern Yobe (or even Southern Borno being sister-states based on your clarity of writing and thinking). I admire your courage and the fact that you had your early education in the South West before moving closer to your ancestral home region of NE (to attend l guess Unimaid). I would like to suggest that you move out of Yobe as your intuition leads you (write out with clarity the pros and cons on paper of staying in Yobe and leaving Yobe) if the opportunity comes up then get closer to Adamawa State where you can easily get cheaper ancestral farm lands (and include agribusiness as part of your career path) to complement what you studied in the higher institution (because farmers have become big time multimillionaires where there is relative security) and Adamawa is closer to Cameroon where you have a vibrant agricultural belt with honey, Cameroonian giant plantains (or popularly called "Ogede Agbagba" in Yoruba language), then international trade can take place from there. Supplies can later be made to especially Lagos and other states with large populations after due diligence. There are several NL threads over the last 20 years and then YouTube videos you can download on your laptop that deal with organic agriculture, sack farming for yams and vegetables, soilless farming, green house farming, hydroponics, value addition and food preservation to avoid spoilage of excess farm produce, giant plantain farming using improved disease-resistant varieties from IITA in Ibadan and the nearby Cameroon, etc, I will explain more below to show how agribusiness and urban farming, small, medium and commercial farming are the way forward for feeding individual families and others while making huge ROI. There's a young guy still in his 20s based in Jos, Plateau State (who returned from the UK after opted out of Uni studies) and now manufactures actual farm tractors and farm machinery including making a sports car and his story has been featured on YouTube and posted on NL.
It's shameful that Borno and Yobe States that used to be MAJOR hubs for bulk beans buyers and a profitable aquatic centre because of the vast Lake Chad (before climate change kicked in from the early 2000s and reduced the size of that important lake, hence triggering economic hardship and escalating the Jihadi violence).
A few years ago, I remember reading how 7 Yoruba men who are big time bulk beans dealers travelled from Ibadan to Maiduguri to buy beans in BULK as major dealers and were eliminated by this BH jihadi gang on the major road to Maiduguri and that was during the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency years. Borno/Yobe people are largely NOT lazy. Based off of my past readings and watching interviews, many of those men and women interviewed in Borno IDP camps were millionaire or multimillionaire farmers. I was shocked seeing a thin looking man in the IDP camp who looked well fed in photographs taken in the past when he was rich as a farmer BUT these worthless jihadi just came and chased them out of their ancestral and farmlands in Borno State rendering these rich farmers poor. So, it's clear that indigenes of those places are NOT lazy except for some who allowed extremist religious ideology to mislead them.
Even in Kaduna State right now, security has been restored to some major farming communities such as Birnin Gwari by the joint efforts of the current Kaduna Governor and the Tinubu-led Federal Government and I saw the video of the billionaire (in Naira) Kaduna farmers of Birnin Gwari (which is said to be the most fertile agriculture belt in Kaduna State) thanking the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Kaduna State Governor for bringing peace between the Hausa farmers and Fulani bandits, which has enabled them to go back to their farms and individually make billions of Naira worth of bumper harvests (since they last did active farming over 10 years ago in Birnin Gwari) from beans, maize, rice, and other bags of commodities. Each big time farmer was interviewed in the TVC YouTube video by the brilliant Kogi State-born political analyst Babajide Kolade-Otitoju of the internationally popular "Journalists Hangout" and each of the farmers CLEARLY stated the numbers of bags harvested and the value made in billions of Naira. I thought I was dreaming when I heard the enthusiasm in the farmers. Farmers all over the world are rich people if done right and this is where relative security comes in to do business. Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Kebbi, Niger, Kebbi, Kwara, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Delta States, etc, have absolutely NO business with food insecurity caused majorly by foreign Fulani herdsmen and bandits in their agricultural hinterlands with added security and each of these States must be given the permission by the FG to buy advanced surveillance and attack drones to monitor their forests to pick up unwanted foreign bandits and eliminate them promptly.
About the use of biological weapons, yes, that negative side is there (especially for the traditional biological weapons made from germs and viruses) and I don't want to give too much away for security reasons, but since you are learned, there are ways Nigeria's brilliant University researchers like in the University of Lagos for instance can come up in top secret military-University collaboration programs with "nano technologies" that can be used on these gangs of jihadist and bandits to make them mentally docile and innefective to fight. The advanced countries already have these biological weapons that if you are injected or something, you will become innefective. That saves money on buying many expensive weapons as well. We have to move globally and quickly against these Jihadis because they do NOT mean well for making.
I've never meet you before but I felt your vibrational energy and thought to inspire you more and trigger some deeper insights in you because I perceive you to be a brave young man living and working right in Yobe in the midst of tensions. Despite all these, those in Maiduguri for instance are still magaging to move on with their lives. You will succeed in life with ONLY raw determination... Just look out for problems in the ecosystems around us and creatively solve those problems for a large number of people by "monetizing" your creative solutions.
Valkingtheboss: Canalys is worldwide smartphone analysis company has released the list of the top 5 smartphone brands Nigerians purchase in the first quarter of 2025.
The smartphone brand with at the first place is Transsion with a market share of 56%, followed by Xiaomi at 26% , Samsung at 7%, realme who recently entered the with the realme Note 50 and C61at 2% followed by HMS Global at 1%.
In 2025, the competition among smartphone brands has intensified, with global and local manufacturers striving to offer devices that balance innovation, affordability, and functionality. Nigerian smartphone users are becoming wisers now ditching Transsion inferior products in the mid range category for worthy options like the realme and Xiaomi.
Honbright: As at Saturday May 17th, 2025, we cannot believe that in this present Nigeria there is a road as this bad, we made to understand that it is a Federal road, but Osun state Government, under the leadership of Senator Ademola Adeleke why can’t you do something as other States do?
Either repair it and task Federal Government Or call on FG for immediate action.
The question we never stopped asking “why is it that the worst road situation is the ones traced down to roads leading to the state capital, Osogbo Osun state from Oyo state?” what is happening?
Right from the former Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, Ex- Governor Gboyega Oyetola and to the incumbent Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Highway needs urgent attention….
When will Governor Adeleke come to the rescue of the users of this highway? Passengers and motorists are waiting.
State Government’s reaction
The Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed while responding to questions on the situation of the road, said the Governor will still use the existing contractor awarded the contract by former Governor Oyetola.
The contractor was said to have been paid mobilization fee by the ex- governor.
He added that the contractor have been remobilized to the site for the completion of Osogbo-Iwo Road. This includes Iwo Township roads in which mapping and costing of properties in the right of way will give way, have almost been completed for the takeoff of the project.
During the meeting of President Tinubu with the Alaafin of Oyo and some Yoruba traditional rulers, this leadership concept was interestingly displayed.
While the President was thanking the Alaafin for fostering peace and harmony among Yoruba traditional rulers, his Aide-de-camp, who doubles as the Elemona-elect, interjected.
President Tinubu beckoned him to come and speak to the mic. He said "come, come and tell them".
The Elemona-elect, so, his ADC is ALSO a Prince from a royal family. Interesting insights.
Sextortion refers to a practice in which scammers convince youngsters (usually teenagers) to send them nude or compromising photos. The scammers then blackmail the teens to send them money otherwise they will make the photos go public or send them to the teen's parents.
In recent years the Nigerian Police and the EFCC have collaborated with law enforcement officials from all over the world to take down these scammers. Many of the scammers are based in Nigeria and they often target children in the West.
In this particular operation, the team set up a command center at the EFCC's office in Lagos and from there they arrested 21 of the scammers. Some of them have been extradited, while others are undergoing extradition proceedings.
TimeManager: Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has reacted to the exchange of handshake between President Bola Tinubu and Pope Leo XiV.
Daily Trust had reported how President Tinubu went to Rome to honour an invitation to the inauguration of the Pope.
The invitation was conveyed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State.
The Papal invitation underscored the need for President Tinubu’s physical presence,
“at this moment of particular importance for the Catholic Church and the world afflicted by many tensions and conflicts.”
“Your great nation is particularly dear to me as I worked in the Apostolic Nunciature in Lagos during the 1980s,” Pope Leo XIV said in the invitation.
On Sunday, the presidency released pictures and videos of Tinubu with the spiritual head of the Catholic Church.
In a post on X, Fani-Kayode wrote,
“@officialABAT), who is a Muslim, in a warm handshake with the spiritual leader and father of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Leo X1V at his inaugural mass in Rome.
“”This is the first time in our country’s history that a sitting President or Head of State has attended the inaugural mass of a new Pope.
“Surely there can be no greater expression of religious tolerance, mutual respect and bridge-building than this. It is a warm gesture that we can all be proud of.” https://dailytrust.com/fani-kayode-reacts-to-tinubus-handshake-with-pope/
RandDigital: South Africans on social media rejected a pledge of collaboration Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelethini signed with King Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Itsekiri Olu of Warri in Nigeria in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal on 16 May 2025.
According to Sunday World, Misuzulu and Atuwatse III signed the symbolic pledge of collaboration, and Misuzulu said the pledge was not a symbolic gesture but an awakening of ancestral bonds between the two nations. Misuzulu said the two nations, separated by boundaries, are united by kinship, legacy and both nations' roles as custodians of African heritage, culture and dignity.
Misuzulu said the purposeful meeting was born not out of convenience but a vision both nations shared to lead the Zulus and the Warri people into a future rooted in identity. He said both nations are ready to build trade and cultural relationships, and considered the engagement as a testimony of Pan African unity.
The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, announced that the royal house received R86 million annually, a 4.3% increase. The money is meant to assist Misuzulu's cultural roles. Misuzulu also reappointed Prince Thulani Zulu as his current spokesperson. Zulu left the position three years ago when he fell out of favour with Misuzulu after he ascended the throne.
WHAT DID SOUTH AFRICANS SAY?
Netizens commenting on Sunday World's Facebook post rejected the partnership.
Jacinta Zinhle MaNgobeswe Zuma asked: "Collaborate to do what?"
Anele Jones asked: "Why did God curse us with such spineless and stupid leaders? What did we do to deserve this? This so-called king doesn't even love people under his leadership."
Lutendo Mphidi Chi-anzi said: "He doesn't understand the tribe he leads. Unless he's doing it intentionally."
Matthews Maphalala asked: "Out of all the tribes, he chose Nigerians?"
Balebetse Seleka said: "I think the wrong man was chosen for the Zulu monarch.
Trevor Ndlela said: "The problem with our king is that he does not understand the tribe he leads."
Mavuso Lungelo Mawande said: "This country is out of control now. We have our domestic issues to sort out."
fergi.e001: Nigeria's sprint sensation, Favour Chukwuka Ofili has smashed the world record in the women's 150m. The 22-year-old "Star Girl" as she is fondly called competes in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.
Ofili ran a fastest time in history (15.85 secs) on the long track of the Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, eclipsing the previous world record held by Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo who ran 16.23secs in 2018. Miller went on to win Gold in the 400m at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics events. Tamari Davis placed second still below the previous world record, returning at 16.14 secs.
Before now, no female athlete has run below 16 secs.
The 150m is not contested at major meets like the Olympics and World Championships.
She's from Delta State. That's where the "Ofili" name is commonly used.
The 150m is not contested at major meets like the Olympics and World Championships.
Exceed15: My dog one day looked at me strangely with a deep growl. I sold it off the following day. I have 2 lovely kids.
I don't even keep dogs as pets anymore after reading about the horrendous ways these various species of dogs have mauled, killed and partly eaten babies, toddlers, elderly folks who travelled then came back home ONLY to be mauled to death by the dogs they once considered as lovable.
The killer instincts that drive these dogs are inbuilt from their days in the wild before some form of domestication started taking place centuries back.
I like the way they look cute as puppies but as they grow older, you have to be careful and put in some work into maintaining them.
Who brings an adult lion in as a pet for goodness sake? Lions and other wild cats are usually trained from when they are cubs in order to tame or domesticate them.
In any event the killer instincts of these animals is that which is encoded. Once they taste blood the desire to kill more gets triggered. I don't ever plan to keep a pitbull not to talk of a lion. Period.
Editorialtimes: Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reiterated his unwavering commitment to restoring security across Nigeria and ensuring that all citizens can live without fear. The President made this known during a meeting with the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, led by its General Secretary, Archbishop Chivir Chianson, at the State House in Abuja.
Represented by his Special Adviser on Policy Communications, Mr. Daniel Bwala, the President emphasized that his administration would continue to take decisive action against all forms of criminality, stressing that insecurity knows no tribe or religion.
He noted that the government’s approach to security would be all-encompassing, calling for a united front where evil is condemned collectively—regardless of religious or ethnic affiliations.
In addition to security efforts, Bwala highlighted that recent economic reforms implemented by the Tinubu-led administration are already yielding positive outcomes, such as increased revenue for states and a significant reduction in strike actions.
Responding on behalf of the delegation, Archbishop Chianson praised the Tinubu administration for its landmark reforms and inclusive leadership style. He lauded the recent approval for the recruitment and deployment of forest guards, describing it as a timely intervention to curb rising insecurity in forested areas.
The Archbishop also informed the President about the group’s upcoming 2025 Synod, which will focus on intercessory prayers for national peace and the empowerment of members in rural communities.
Other senior clergymen present included Archbishop James Maljit, Deputy National President (North), Archbishop Joseph Jatau Yari, National Vice President (Northwest), Archbishop Alexander Nyoonkyeh of the Benue Province, and Bishop David Gyang of the Plateau Province.
A Nigerian youth corps member who studied Mass Communication has taken to social media to express her frustration after being posted to a bakery for her NYSC.
The young lady, identified as @Aridunu_jones on X (formerly Twitter), shared her experience online, questioning the relevance of her posting to her field of study.
In her words: “God will help me and judge NYSC. When I studied Mass Communication, you guys now posted me to a BAKERY. BAKERY OOOO!!!”
She called on God for help and expressed confusion over the decision, sparking reactions online.
As her post gained traction, concerned users flooded the comment section to share their thoughts and offer support.
See some reactions below:
@DrMel_: “You can be their PR person? Opportunities don’t always look like opportunities sometimes.”
@lekan_olayinka1: “Will the masses not buy bread? Will you not communicate with them?”
@orukusuku: “What happened to you managing the Public Relations Department of the Bakery?”
@Tim_krux: “Your skills in mass communication would come in handy in advertising bread.”
She called on God for help and expressed confusion over the decision, sparking reactions online.
As her post gained traction, concerned users flooded the comment section to share their thoughts and offer support.
See some reactions below:
@DrMel_: “You can be their PR person? Opportunities don’t always look like opportunities sometimes.”
@lekan_olayinka1: “Will the masses not buy bread? Will you not communicate with them?”
@orukusuku: “What happened to you managing the Public Relations Department of the Bakery?”
@Tim_krux: “Your skills in mass communication would come in handy in advertising bread.”
Dvea: This will be the first time commenting on your post. Please keep Nairaland the way it is. A lot of people turn to NL for the simplicity of it. It's a forum not a social media platform. If I want the feel and experience of social media, there are platforms for that. This is a forum and should be enjoyed as such.
No monetization because it'll quickly degenerate into a money only platform with contents that are absurd and unnecessary just to get viewership. We already have our fair share of that on NL.
No excess images, even X and Tread are not image focused.
No private message, I don't want random people reaching out to me and emailing is quiet fine. Besides we can simply just drop our line if it's necessary.
The simplicity and partial anonymity of NL is the charm. And for the visuals, nothing is wrong with it. Don't try to fix what isn't broken.
I'm not anti social media but by God I'd love to be online without the drama of social media. A forum should be a forum. That's the charm of it.
An online discussion forum is LARGELY a first generation social networking or social media platform and they are meant to be monetized OR they would die out quickly from lack of sustainability. I started using online discussion forums since the mid-1990s and they are based off of "social engagements" and "user-generated" contents from the Web 2.0 era. The simplicity of an international online discussion forum is very important with non-intrusive, minimal ads which are sustainable for the owners in the medium to long-term as well.
CodeTemplarr: N120 was around $0.65 back then. Today, thats over N1000. Obidients keep playing lazy politics with Naira floating by trying to make direct comparison before and after floating of Naira
PDPdestroyer: Aisha Yesufu, an activist and one of the supporters of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has openly disagreed with Obi’s recent comments on the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protest against fuel subsidy removal.
In a YouTube video uploaded on Thursday, Yesufu criticised Obi’s remarks that there was no need for protests during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration when fuel prices increased from N87 to N120.
She said, “First of all, I’m going to start with where Mr Peter Obi said there was no need to protest during Jonathan’s time. I think that’s a very wrong allusion to have like there’s no need to protest.”
Yesufu emphasised that protest is a fundamental right in a democracy, regardless of who is in power.
She said, “Let’s look at Nigeria for example and let’s look at countries in the other parts of the world where they are doing very well. People are protesting every day, there’s never a time where there’s no need to protest.
"And if Mr Obi thinks he’s gonna get into office and think people will not protest no matter how good he is, then he should drop that.”
According to her, should Obi eventually become Nigeria’s President, she would not hesitate to demonstrate if necessary.
Responding further, Yesufu countered Obi’s point, adding the Jonathan’s time of N120 per litre was also a better time to protest because the current situation was then, in the future and nobody protest what is in the future.
“What Peter Obi needs to understand, and what everybody needs to understand is that, at that time, people were protesting against N120. The N900 of today was in the future. Nobody protests for the future,” she argued.
Some people here were either very young OR are largely gullible with very short memories. That Occupy Nigeria fuel subsidy protest of 2012 (13 years ago) was VERY necessary as of the time it took place as it jolted and made the GEJ government to pay more attention to the finer details they had ORIGINALLY ignored in their urgent plan to remove the fuel subsidy and increase the pump price WITHOUT a commensurate increase in salaries via negotiations, NO alternative refineries or CNG-FUEL sources and more.
The reason why there was a major resistance in Lagos, Kano, and elsewhere towards the fuel subsidy removal under Goodluck Jonathan is simply because NO alternatives or cushions were provided. It wasn't about politics as mischievous infered by a poster who twisted Kayode Fayemi's interview right on page 1 Period.
There was NO new refinery like what exists now with Dangote Petrochemical Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos and it was because of the Occupy Nigeria protests that GEJ then conceded that a Greenfield Refinery would be built, but that was NEVER done until GEJ left office. Even Chimamanda Adichie (and more folks in the Diaspora who are Ibos) was in support of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria fuel subsidy removal protests which Ibo traders were widely reported in the mass media to have ignored or boycotted in their South Eastern Nigeria markets. These are CLEAR facts of history. Period.
A funny pose of submission from one of those who ridiculously brag that their tribe "bow down to anybody."
The dude in the attached picture ABOVE genuflecting in front of the minority Fula Emirs in Kano must be one of those meaningless honorific Eze Ndibos (who go about with the title his royal highness despite not being from royal families) in Kano State. Mtchew.
Islie: Another mobile network operator, Airtel Nigeria, has officially launched services riding on the fifth generation (5G) technology in the country.
The launch brings to three the total number of operators offering services on the technology which promises to deliver super-fast data services and redefine services in other sectors of the economy including medicine, agric, and others.
MTN Nigeria pioneered the launch of the service which was followed by Mafab Communications.
Chief Commercial Officer at Airtel Nigeria, Femi Oshinlaja, said 5G services will be available in four major cities of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Ogun and Rivers States, adding that services would be extended to other parts of the country subsequently. https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-airtel-launches-5g/
iw.aeda: Unknown gunmen kidnap community Chief in Agbele, Kwara State.
A community leader, Chief Oladipo Raphael Kayode, was on Sunday kidnapped by unknown gunmen from his home in Agbele, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Manjala reports that Chief Oladipo Raphael Kayode was kidnapped in around 9:40pm on May 11, 2025.
A family member who spoke to Kwara updates stated that the incident had been reported at the anti kidnapping unit of the Police headquarters in ilorin.
As at the time of filling this report, his whereabouts remain unknown, as his family has not received any communication from the abductors.
PressMyButton: I thought the three desert countries had formed their separate union and wanted nothing to do with Nigeria and ECOWAS anymore, so why are they now crawling through the back door kneeling and groveling before the Jagaban?. Almost a year after forming their poor tiny union, no country has indicated interest. Why would any sensible country join them, what do they have to offer economically, financially, militarily, and otherwise?. Mr President has made it abundantly clear that ECOWAS under his leadership would never tolerate military regime. I guess it rang so loudly enough that Goita is considering transitioning into civilian Agbada as President. Some of the Juntas are already transitioning into civilian rule because of the fear of Jagaban.
See confession, Lol. Who is a dog before a Tiger. When you're big, you're big. Small cats will all come back running after you. Jagaban. Let them keep deceiving their gullible followers with media sensationalism while they crawling back to Jagaban.
After God, na Tinubu 💪 God bless Nigeria
Those 3 are NOT serious countries.
Over half of Mali and Burkina Faso and parts of Niger Republic are under the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadi group called JNIM headquartered in Mali. These military boys in those 3 countries really messed up the security situation in the West African Sahelian region by kicking out the French and Americans while welcoming the innefectual Russian military advisers and troops who themselves are still occupied with the Russian-Ukraine War effort
This is why Nigeria is being affected by infiltrations of terror groups from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic because those 3 countries have handled their own security badly as a result of naivety and ego.
PressMyButton: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a message to Malian leader General Assimi Goita, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to supporting Mali’s democratic transition and deepening economic ties between the two nations, declaring that West African countries are stronger when united.
The President spoke on Thursday in Abuja while receiving the Letter of Credence from the Ambassador of the Republic of Mali, Cheick Oumar Coulibaly.
“We should strengthen our bilateral relations, and it is hoped that Mali will achieve its democratic goals. We are open to any support we can render. I want you to see yourself as a member of the family here.
“For me, we are one in West Africa and Africa. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has made its position clear, but no nation can succeed alone. We see Mali as a brother and are ready to collaborate and exchange ideas.
“I can assure you that Nigeria is home for you. When you feel like seeing us, our doors will always be open,” the President said.
The Ambassador of Mali thanked the President for consistently providing leadership for the sub-region and the continent.
“I wish to convey the fraternal greetings of the Head of State, Gen. Assimi Goïta, and the highest appreciation of the Malian people for the Nigerian leadership and support,” he said.
Coulibaly said Nigeria had maintained its leadership role in Africa while acknowledging the Nigerian military’s supply of troops for various UN peace missions on the continent and the subregion.
“The Head of State particularly told me that I was on a mission to the biggest country in Africa. He said he knows it’s not easy, but I should look for solutions as a diplomat. We know that Africans must solve African problems.
He noted, “I appreciate you as a leader and father in Africa. ”
President Tinubu also received letters of credence from five other envoys, urging closer cooperation to promote global peace, understanding, and prosperity.
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. As a minority from NE(Adamawa), i had both my primary and secondary learning in SW then moved to Borno for Uni education. Yes, been to other places, i am now here and wish to leave.