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They were carrying on like proper buddies.
This Tinubu era is APDPLPC. Everybody is welcome.

More photos, including one with the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Osun state delegation.

Adeleke meets with Tinubu, presents certificate of return to president
by Abubakar Abdulrasheed August 20, 2026.

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, presented his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu and held a closed-door meeting with him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The visit comes four days after Mr Adeleke was declared winner of the August 15 governorship election, securing a re-election to govern the state for the next four years. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented certificates of return to Mr Adeleke and his deputy on Wednesday following their victory in the election.
Mr Adeleke reportedly arrived at the Villa at about 5:25 p.m., dressed in a navy blue traditional attire and accompanied by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, among others.

Other officials in attendance were the Director-General of the Adeleke Campaign Council, Lere Oyewumi; a member of the council, Sunday Bisi; the governor’s Chief of Staff, Kazeem Akinleye; and Bamidele Salam, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency.


The meeting was Mr Adeleke’s first with President Tinubu after his re-election in Saturday’s governorship election, in which he defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.

Mr Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after polling 511,067 votes, while Mr Oyebamiji of the APC scored 444,815 votes.

The governor had on Wednesday received his certificate of return from INEC in Osogbo, where he also announced plans to establish a N500 million endowment fund for victims of election-related violence.

The certificate was presented by INEC National Commissioner representing the South-West, Kunle Ajayi.

Speaking after the meeting, Mr Adeleke said he visited the President to express his appreciation for what he described as President’s role in allowing a free and fair election.

“I’m here to thank Mr President, the father of the nation, because he fought for this democracy. That is why he allowed free and fair election, and that is the result,” Mr Adeleke said.

The governor said the outcome of the election demonstrated that the will of the people could prevail when the democratic process was allowed to function.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Tinubu had personally called Mr Adeleke via phone call shortly after the election to congratulate him on his victory, describing the result as “a fitting assurance that democracy will continue to flourish in our country.”

The president subsequently urged the governor to unite Osun residents irrespective of how they voted.

During Thursday’s meeting, Mr Tinubu again emphasised reconciliation and inclusive governance, urging the governor to use his renewed mandate to promote unity, peace and stability.

“It’s very, very important for you to make history, promote unity, peace, and stability. Use it,” Mr Tinubu told the governor.

He also urged Mr Adeleke not to stigmatise or victimise his political opponents following the election.

“Don’t stigmatise any of your opponent,” Mr Tinubu said, adding that Mr Adeleke should recognise that winning an election was different from conquering political opponents.

“You did not conquer anybody. You won the election. That is the essence of democracy,” he said.

The president also praised Mr Adeleke and his campaign team for their mobilisation during the election, while urging the governor to focus on governance and the welfare of Osun residents rather than the political contest that had just ended.

He encouraged Mr Adeleke to use the next four years to strengthen infrastructure, education, healthcare and other areas affecting residents, stressing that governance should serve ordinary families.

The President also warned against returning to policies he described as economically unsustainable, saying state governments had struggled in the past to meet salary and pension obligations.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/904368-adeleke-meets-with-tinubu-presents-certificate-of-return-to-president.html

It seems this ambition is all about staring at the cameras while visiting people and places.
Very superficial.

No manifesto, no plan.

What will he do different from that renewed hope manifesto? How does he plan to continue the current trajectory of economic growth, so that even the poorest states are viable? Obi needs to say his concrete plans.

I read the manifesto when it came out.

I felt it was too ambitious. Ecspecially getting anything done in the first 4 years.
Then i saw the speed the different highways were being constructed.

I don't think it's too ambitious anymore.

I just hope the next president after Tinubu is from the private sector and has worked for multinational companies. They're the only ones that understand targets and deliverables. Not 'naija mentality' civil servants.


This should be on the front page.

The funny thing about the Nelfund is, apart from TETFUND, their main funds comes from EFCC.
So all those yahooboys and fraud money recovered is transferred to NELFUND.

What a redistribution of wealth. From the olodo youths to the correct youths that will move the country forward.

Brilliant!

chicfarmer:
So na only you be the blind person wey no know sey okowa dey run from efcc after im don plunder delta state?

But you didn't bring all this up when he was a deputy to Atiku. In fact you guys were happy that Obi went to join him and Atiku in ADC.

Most Nigerians are all the same. You have no principle. I'm sure you condemned Kwakwanso in the past, now you're supporting him. This is why I can't take you obidients seriously. You truly stand for nothing you preach, you just want your kinsman in.

If it was Datti saying this, obidients would have bullied and assaulted him with their mouth all over social media.

Atikus followers are not doing this. They should learn how adults in the rest of Nigeria plays politics, not all that emotive, garrulous bullying and insults everywhere. Its very off-putting.

SeeWahala:
Falz is playing safe like a chameleon 🙄

After Peter Obi cried out that the government are after him and everything related to him even musicians are now afraid of tilumbu sending his APC dss lapdogs aftee them for frivolous reasons 😞

Or maybe they've discovered through Obis actions since 2023, that he is kind of empty with no leadership skills and no principles (abandoning parties & joining people he once dissed).

They've now realized that he indeed did not govern Anambra well and is part and parcel of the structure of criminality.

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The Chief Justice is all of thems mothers mother.

Thats the highest position you can attain as a lawyer - Get on the supreme court and then become the country's chief justice.

Theres nothing else after that.

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HisaacPlus:
One eediot was asking tauntingly what Awolowo achieved.

That question should be directed at azikwe cause there is not 1 single thing he achieved. We can see Awolowos industrial estates and companies he brought in, still active. The farm settlements that caused an explosion in cocoa exports, his free education, tv station which was turned to NTA, the oduduwa investments which still invests in developing several sectors of the economy across the southwest and still headquartered in the cocoa house in Ibadan that he built (PS - till today the SE still does not have any building of that height).
The western regional office in London which currently still houses Nigerian diplomats in the UK.

Azikwe used propaganda to convince the public with his newspaper that he was the better candidate though.

Just destroyed the foundations of the country for nothing. Still murdered all the leaders in a coup.

Misterone:
I believe this too. The guy man thought the questions were straight forward. He never knew those questions were mind readers! To determine the kind of person he is.

The questions were very straightforward. They asked a question, He lied that he won. They corrected him and insisted he answer the question. He didn’t like that and didn’t know how to get out of it.

It was in fact a very simple question that didn’t need any dilly dally from the onset. He made himself look really bad unnecessarily.

Why does he always touch interviewers when he doesn't want them to ask the questions they're asking?

He did the same in his infamous Rufai interview.

The moment Peter obi was fact checked by the European counterpart for lying he won the general elections but the man beside him corrected him that Labour Party never did well in the north east and north west.

Peter obi change the topic that he doesn’t like talking about the last…

— Foundational Okun man 😂 🇳🇬 (@akomscopy) July 18, 2026

The moment Peter obi was fact checked by the European counterpart for stating that he won the 2023 general elections. The man beside him corrected him that Labour Party never did well in the north east and north west, and that he doesn't believe Sokoto, for example, was rigged.


nlfpmod mynd44 dominique

Ikengawo:
VAT is not an achievement.

If i tax Dangote 5 naira for a cup of garri, = VAT N5
If i tax Dangote 1 naira for a cup of garri, = VAT N1

The figures could be very real, because Southeast states tax low. Obi is famous for reducing all taxes in Anambra and still having surplus.

VAT is the same everywhere. Its federal. States cant tax low.
It just means you don't have many production/service companies in the SE.

Its good to see Awolowos industrial estates in ibadan and ikeja, which attracted big industries & companies to those states, set a good industrial foundation for Lagos and Oyo states.

That is legacy.

VAT is increasingly making up a significant portion of the nations FAAC.

Value Added Tax (VAT) typically makes up roughly 25% to 35% of the total distributable Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue in Nigeria.

For example, in the June 2026 FAAC distribution, VAT accounted for about 29% of the total shared pool, generating ₦740.72 billion out of a total distributable revenue of ₦2.550 trillion.

In Nigeria, VAT is a centralized consumption tax. Companies collect and remit it to the tax authorities, but revenues are pooled at the national level and distributed to the three tiers of government.
Following recent tax reforms by the Tinubu government, the Federal Government portion of total distributable VAT was reduced to 10%.

How Remittances Work

1. Collection by FIRS/NRS: Registered businesses collect 7.5% VAT on taxable goods and services and remit it to the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS).

2. Once the gross VAT is collected and statutory deductions (like the cost of collection) are made, the net distributable VAT is shared among the 3 tiers of government at the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).

Under the revised tax sharing formula:

Federal Government: Receives 10%
State Governments (including the FCT): Receive 55%
Local Government Councils: Receive 35%

VAT Generated By Nigeria’s States And The FCT In H1 2026 - The Cable

1. Lagos: N1.81trn
2. ⁠Rivers: N560.04bn
3. ⁠Oyo: N253.67bn
4. ⁠FCT: N182.93bn
5. ⁠Bayelsa: N103.14bn
6. ⁠Delta: N102.06bn
7. ⁠Kano: N65.21bn
8. ⁠Akwa Ibom: N52.89bn
9. ⁠Edo: N51.91bn
10. ⁠Borno: N38.38bn
11. ⁠Adamawa: N36.69bn
12. ⁠Ondo: N34.22bn
13. ⁠Kwara: N33.58bn
14. ⁠Jigawa: N33.23bn
15. ⁠Ogun: N26.43bn
16. ⁠Katsina: N25.82bn
17. ⁠Gombe: N25.78bn
18. ⁠Anambra: N24.55bn
19. ⁠Sokoto: N23.96bn
20. ⁠Plateau: N23.37bn
21. ⁠Taraba: N22.14bn
22. ⁠Kaduna: N21bn
23. ⁠Zamfara: N20.74bn
24. ⁠Ekiti: N20.44bn
25. ⁠Ebonyi: N18.96bn
26. ⁠Kogi: N18.15bn
27. ⁠Yobe: N16.43bn
28. ⁠Nasarawa: N16.35bn
29. ⁠Kebbi: N15.55bn
30. ⁠Imo: N14.64bn
31. ⁠Niger: N14.32bn
32. ⁠Benue: N14.10bn
33. ⁠Bauchi: N13.39bn
34. ⁠Osun: N13.25bn
35. ⁠Enugu: N12.35bn
36. ⁠Cross River: N10.55bn
37. ⁠Abia: N8.77bn

Total: N3.78trn

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kafeii123:
E fit dey do powder small small

After how many children? Besides she looks very healthy.
May God forgive you.

Apart from being beautiful, I think she's very sexy.

I don't know what it is. Mystery is alluring ladies.

Mexyz:
Oga Senate President can't walk again without a crowd surrounding him in case of 'emergency situation'

Akpabio no be small name.

Sheuns:
As the city boy movement failed, so shall this.

Who told you it failed?
There are like 5 National movements for the campaign with their own events planned out over the next 5 months.
‘City boy’ is not even an official APC movement, but spearheaded by seyi Tinubu.
They are still doing campaign events all over the country targeted at the youth.
U guys better wake up.

More photos from the event, which was also attended by several governors and the Senate President Akpabio.

Photos from the event which was held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja.

A funny video reaction by an obidient to Tompolos launch of the door to door movement.

Walai President bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Re-election would be the smoothest in the history of Nigeria

Lol 🤣🤣make una stay social media dey do the chochocho 😂😂😂😂while men are doing the strategy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/zVjzjo6AaJ

— A. Ayofe (@abdullahayofel) July 14, 2026

Video from the launch of the Tompolo door to door campaign for Tinubu where he invited kings, chiefs and politicians from the Niger Delta and across Nigeria.

Watch moments from the official inauguration of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) Door-to-Door Movement, powered by High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo.

The event, held at the Transcorp Hilton Conference Centre, Abuja, brought together… pic.twitter.com/JzDMW79JVX

— G. S. Babatunde🌕 (@gsbabatunde) July 13, 2026

By Chancel Bomadi Sunday

BOMADI — The National Chairman of Phase 3 of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Ambassador Preye Ekpebide, has endorsed the PBAT Door-To-Door Movement initiated by former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to mobilise support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Lakes& Rivers

Ekpebide, who is also Senior Special Assistant to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Security, disclosed this during an interview with journalists on Monday.

He commended President Tinubu’s reforms in the administration of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, describing them as remarkable. ExecutiveBranch

The PAP Phase 3 chairman said more than 9,000 beneficiaries are currently undergoing training or education in various tertiary institutions within and outside Nigeria.

Ekpebide also praised Tompolo for initiating the movement, saying beneficiaries of the third phase of the programme are supporting the campaign for Tinubu’s re-election.


“I commend our leader, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, for his foresight and visionary leadership. This initiative is timely and a welcome development, particularly for beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, as the President is genuinely committed to improving the lives of Niger Delta youths.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/07/2027-niger-delta-ex-agitators-back-tompolos-door-to-door-campaign-for-tinubu/#google_vignette

Tinubu is not an Islamic fundamentalist and is most likely 80% traditionalist, so no one cares about the MU-MU ticket.

Well, he’s right.
And unfortunately elrufai talks too much and entered their trap.

There are too many of them trying to politicize a national tragedy and rescue mission, where a military officer and amotekun officers died to rescue this 46 children.
All because they hate the president, they have become bitter and making up all sorts.

Men died.

Calling their sacrifice ‘& all the soldiers hard work ‘fake’ is evil.

This meme should be posted for all unhappy sadists.