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helinues:
I want to be deceived by this government. As a productive person, I have been feeling the policies and reforms of this government for over a year now.

I know how much I used exchanged Naira to other currency in like 2 years ago, I know how much the rate is today

So sorry, keep your warp opinion to yourself

Was it not the same clueless and incompetent Tinubu administration that crashed the value of the Naira from N460 to a dollar, to N1,600 to a dollar? Before you can celebrate the charlatans for improving the value of the Naira, let them take the Naira back to the value it was before APC got to power in 2015.

Nigeria's 4.07% GDP Growth: The Mirage of Recovery Dressed Up as Progress

By: Kunle Oshobi

There is a peculiar audacity in a government that presides over one of the most dramatic economic contractions in a country's peacetime history, then turns around to celebrate a modest rebound as evidence of visionary leadership. The Tinubu administration's triumphant announcement of a 4.07% GDP growth rate is precisely that kind of audacity, the political equivalent of a doctor celebrating a patient's slightly improved temperature after years of medical negligence nearly killed them.

Let us be clear about what this growth rate actually represents. It is not the fruit of coherent economic policy. It is not a vindication of the painful reforms imposed on ordinary Nigerians. It is, at its core, the natural gravitational pull of an economy that was artificially suppressed for years, attempting to return to its pre-collapse size. That is not progress. That is physics.

A Decade of Destruction: The Numbers Tell the Story

To understand why the 4.07% figure deserves scepticism rather than celebration, one must begin with context that the administration conveniently omits from its press releases. In 2015, when the APC under President Buhari inherited power from the PDP, Nigeria's GDP stood at approximately $540 billion, a testament to years of sustained economic management and investment that had made Nigeria the largest economy in Africa. What followed was not reform. It was ruin.

Through a combination of destructive exchange rate policies, chronic underinvestment in the productive sectors, suffocating fuel subsidy dependency, and a fundamental hostility to the mechanisms of a market economy, successive APC administrations drove the economy into a prolonged tailspin. By 2024, Nigeria's GDP had collapsed to approximately $188 billion, a staggering contraction of more than 65% in dollar terms, representing one of the most catastrophic economic declines ever recorded in a country not at war.

That is the true baseline against which this 4.07% growth must be measured. Not against the economy's recent lows, but against where the economy should have been had it not been systematically mismanaged for over a decade.

The Rebasing Illusion

Faced with the embarrassment of presiding over an economy that had shrunk to a fraction of its former size, the Tinubu administration chose to rebase Nigeria's GDP. On the surface, rebasing is a legitimate statistical exercise carried out periodically by countries to update the base year of their GDP calculations. In practice, the timing and manner of this rebasing had all the hallmarks of a cosmetic exercise designed to pad the numbers and obscure the depth of the economic damage.

The result was predictable: headline figures that looked somewhat less catastrophic on paper, giving the administration fresh ammunition for its narrative of reform and recovery. But rebasing does not create wealth. It does not employ the millions of Nigerians driven into poverty by collapsing real incomes. It does not rebuild the productive capacity that was lost during years of mismanagement. It merely rearranges the furniture while the house remains in disrepair.

A government confident in its economic record does not need to rebase its GDP figures at a moment of maximum political pressure. That it did so speaks volumes.

Gravity, Not Genius

The concept of mean reversion is well understood in economics. Economies that have been suppressed below their natural growth trajectory by policy failures, capital flight, and investor uncertainty tend to bounce back once the most acute sources of distress are partially addressed. This rebound is not the consequence of bold policy innovation. It is what economies do when the weight crushing them is partially lifted.

Nigeria's modest recovery is consistent with exactly this phenomenon. Some of the most egregious distortions of the Buhari era, particularly around the official and parallel exchange rates, have been partially addressed under Tinubu, not through inspired policy design, but under the pressure of fiscal collapse and IMF conditionality. The resulting stabilisation, however chaotic and painful, has allowed some suppressed economic activity to resurface. That is the growth the administration is celebrating.

To put this in perspective, an economy recovering from a catastrophic multi-year contraction, recording a 4% growth rate, is not performing well. It is performing the bare minimum. A patient waking from a coma and managing to sit upright is not yet running a marathon.

The Obasanjo Benchmark: What Real Growth Looks Like

For Nigerians old enough to remember, or economists willing to look at the data honestly, there is a ready benchmark for what genuine, policy-driven economic growth looks like. Under the Obasanjo/Atiku administration from 1999 to 2007, Nigeria achieved an average annual GDP growth rate of approximately 7%, a sustained, consistent performance driven by debt relief, institutional reform, investment in infrastructure, and the liberalisation of key sectors including telecommunications.

At its peak in 2002, that administration recorded a growth rate of 15.3%, a figure that reflected not a recovering economy limping back from collapse, but an economy genuinely firing on multiple cylinders and attracting the confidence of domestic and international investors. Those were years in which poverty rates declined, foreign reserves accumulated, and the structural foundations of a modern economy were being carefully laid.

The contrast with today's 4.07% could not be starker. The Tinubu administration's best number is barely more than half the average achieved under Obasanjo/Atiku, and less than a third of the peak growth rate of that era. By any serious benchmark, this is not a success story. It is a cautionary tale about how far Nigeria has fallen.

Haphazard Reform Is No Reform at All

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the current economic moment is not the mediocrity of the results but the incoherence of the means. The Tinubu administration has pursued what can charitably be described as reform-by-improvisation, policy announcements made without adequate preparation, reversals following public outcry, and an overall approach to economic management that resembles reactive firefighting more than strategic planning.

The removal of the fuel subsidy, whatever its long-term merits, was executed without any meaningful social safety net for the tens of millions of Nigerians immediately plunged into deeper poverty by the resulting price surge. The naira float, again arguably necessary, was unleashed into a foreign exchange market wholly unprepared for the shock, triggering inflation that has eroded real wages to levels not seen in a generation. Manufacturing has contracted. Food inflation has hit the poorest households with devastating force. Youth unemployment continues to push talented Nigerians out of the country in what has become a sustained haemorrhage of human capital.

There is no credible pathway to the kind of sustained, inclusive growth that Nigeria needs embedded in this administration's current policy approach. Growth requires consistency. It requires investor confidence built on predictable rules and enforceable contracts. It requires public investment in power, transport, and education that creates the conditions for private enterprise to flourish. None of these ingredients are currently present in sufficient measure.

Conclusion: Do Not Be Deceived

A 4.07% growth rate in an economy that has lost more than 70% of its dollar value over the past decade is not an achievement to trumpet. It is, at best, a sign that the freefall may have temporarily paused. The economy is not growing; it is attempting to remember where it left off before APC governance drove it into the ditch.

Nigerians deserve honesty about where they are and how they got here. They deserve a government that acknowledges the scale of the damage done, presents a credible plan to reverse it, and is held to the standards set not by its own worst recent performance, but by the best that Nigeria has already demonstrated it can achieve.

Until the Tinubu administration can show growth rates that meaningfully approach, let alone exceed, the 7% average of the Obasanjo/Atiku years, the celebrations should remain firmly on hold. A country of Nigeria's potential, resources, and human capital has no business applauding mediocrity, especially when that mediocrity comes dressed in the same political clothing that engineered the collapse in the first place.

Kunle Oshobi is the head of Strategy and Planning of The Narrative Force

Iran wants to play with fire. This will only give Israel the excuse they need to pulverize Iran more and send the Ayatollah to hell that he deserves to be in.

Bobloco:
Should Tinubu be reelected after failing woefully and spectacularly over the past nearly three years, handing over the country’s security situation to Trump to solve, and running away to France?

He is by far the worst president in the history of the country, he certainly doesn't deserve a second term.

Segunbabba:
Since Peter Obi joined the ADC, we’ve seen a flood of sudden “political analysts” trying to force meanings where they have none. At the same time, APC stalwarts are busy making caricatures of the move, desperately branding Obi as a VP material.

Save this post.

We don’t just talk - we work with information far beyond your pay grade.

The ADC is expected to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. When that happens, the contest will realistically be between Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi, with Peter Obi already enjoying the solid backing of Atiku Abubakar.

The projected 2027 ticket?
Obi / Tambuwal.

This is not speculation. This is political intelligence.

Happy new year

Arrant nonsense, as a leader in ADC, I can confidently tell you that the issue of zoning the presidential ticket as been ruled out and all eligible aspirants will be allowed to contest. You Obidients should not bring your culture of spreading fake news to our party.

DrMB:
Nigeria’s Customs and Excise revenue is seeing a staggering upward trajectory, with Q2 2025 hitting a record high of ₦961.14bn. While the numbers are booming, what does this actually mean for the Nigerian economy and the cost of doing business?
Drop your thoughts in the comments, is this a win for the country? 👇



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They should convert the figures to dollars at the prevailing exchange rate for each year to get a real picture of if there is actual growth or the increased Naira figures are just as a result of the devaluation of the Naira.

kencas4:
Please how much do I use topaint my Toyota Camry 2005 Model?

Thanks so much for the inquiry, it will cost 170k to get it done.

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Dis wan really entered.

Let him go and rot in hell.

I AM A SOUTHERNER, AND I ENDORSE ATIKU ABUBAKAR FOR PRESIDENT — WITH A CAPABLE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT IN 2027

Aare Amerijoye Dotb

There comes a moment in the turbulent life of a nation when sentiment must bow to wisdom, when the compass of reason must override the drums of emotional blackmail, and when patriotic clarity must silence the tribal noise that has drowned Nigeria for decades. Nigeria has reached that moment ,a moment so critical, so defining, that silence itself becomes a form of national betrayal.

As a Southerner, raised in the cradle of a region that prides itself on enlightenment, courage, and political sophistication, I stand today to make the most important declaration of this era: a declaration that refuses to be imprisoned by tribe, intimidated by propaganda, or seduced by the shallow theatrics of regional politics.

I, a Southerner, endorse Atiku Abubakar as the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and with equal patriotic conviction, I insist that a capable Southern Christian must be his Vice Presidential candidate.

This is not a declaration of blind loyalty.This is not the rhetoric of ethnic puppetry. This is not the melody of self-imposed delusion.

This is truth fortified by facts, fired by statistics, and sharpened by the painful realities Nigeria now faces under a crumbling regime.

THE CATASTROPHIC SCORECARD THAT DEMANDS ATIKU

When Bola Ahmed Tinubu mounted the throne of power in 2023, Nigerians hoped for relief; instead, they received an unending national exorcism. Let the figures speak.

Inflation has ballooned from 21.82 percent in May 2023 to above 33 percent, the highest in two decades.Food inflation crossed 40 percent, mocking the dignity of the poor as pepper, garri, rice, yam and beans became luxury items.

The naira crashed from four hundred and sixty naira per dollar to over one thousand four hundred, erasing salaries, wiping out savings and strangulating businesses.Fuel skyrocketed from one hundred and eighty-five naira to over seven hundred, triggering nationwide paralysis.

Unemployment remains above 33 percent, one of the worst in the world.Over one hundred and thirty-five million Nigerians now live in multidimensional poverty, an increase of twenty-two million since Tinubu assumed office.

Debt has climbed beyond eighty-seven trillion naira.
Kidnapping, banditry and terrorism now escalate with mathematical precision, claiming lives at a rate unprecedented since the Civil War.

These are not opposition numbers.These are not partisan inventions.These are documented realities inflicted by a government that excels only in propaganda and selective amnesia.

THE QUESTION: WHO CAN FIX THIS?

Nigeria today does not need a tribal champion. Nigeria needs a nation-builder with:

capacity
experience
economic intellect
national acceptability
global networks
governance maturity

And when you place every Nigerian political figure on the scale of competence, one name towers above the rest: Atiku Abubakar, the only Nigerian statesman who has repeatedly demonstrated clarity of vision, consistency of thought and competence of leadership.

THE STATISTICS OF ELECTABILITY — COLD, HARD AND UNFORGIVING

Nigeria’s presidential victory requires two things: Twenty-five percent in at least twenty-four states and a minimum of twelve to fifteen million solid base votes.

Only three Nigerians have ever crossed the fifteen million vote mark:Buhari. Jonathan. Atiku.

But only Atiku achieved such numbers without incumbency, without state power, without coercion, without the federal purse.

And the spread speaks for itself.

THE 2023 NUMBERS

Atiku Won 12 States in 2023

Adamawa
Taraba
Gombe
Kebbi
Sokoto
Katsina
Kaduna
Bauchi
Yobe
Akwa Ibom
Bayelsa
Osun

Atiku Scored 25 Percent in 21 States in 2023

Adamawa
Taraba
Gombe
Bauchi
Kebbi
Sokoto
Katsina
Kaduna
Yobe
Jigawa
Kano
Niger
Osun
Oyo
Ekiti
Ondo
Akwa Ibom
Bayelsa
Cross River
Delta
Anambra

Political arithmetic is merciless.Without Atiku, the opposition cannot defeat the APC.With Atiku, the APC is mathematically doomed.

THE 2019 NUMBERS

Atiku Won 17 States in 2019

Adamawa
Taraba
Gombe
Benue
Plateau
Nasarawa
FCT
Delta
Edo
Rivers
Bayelsa
Akwa Ibom
Cross River
Abia
Imo
Ebonyi
Enugu

Atiku Scored 25 Percent in 31 States and the FCT in 2019

Adamawa
Taraba
Gombe
Bauchi
Benue
Plateau
Nasarawa
Kogi
Kwara
FCT
Niger
Kaduna
Katsina
Sokoto
Zamfara
Kebbi
Osun
Oyo
Ekiti
Ogun
Ondo
Delta
Rivers
Bayelsa
Akwa Ibom
Cross River
Abia
Imo
Ebonyi
Enugu
Anambra

These numbers do not lie. They testify to national reach and unparalleled acceptability.

WHY A SOUTHERN RUNNING MATE IS THE MASTERSTROKE NIGERIA NEEDS

Power is not noise.
Governance is not emotion.
Leadership is architecture.

A Southern capable Christian as Vice President is not sentimentalism; it is strategic equilibrium.

One: It heals the North-South suspicion APC weaponised.

Two: It secures the seventeen Southern states, unlocking seven to nine million votes.

Three: It neutralises APC’s tribal blackmail.

Four: It stabilises governance with balanced representation.

Five: It activates Southern political machinery from Lagos to Port Harcourt to Akure to Calabar.

Nigeria is a tripod. Tinubu broke the balance.Atiku can restore it.

ATIKU’S VALUES — THE COMPASS OF A RESCUER

Economic expertise born of experience.GDP growth averaged six to seven percent under his policy environment.Foreign reserves grew from four billion dollars to forty-three billion dollars.The telecoms revolution created over twenty million jobs.Banking consolidation stabilised the system.

These were not miracles. These were reforms.

Security logic far ahead of its time.Atiku warned repeatedly about insecurity, state policing, border restructuring and coordinated intelligence.

Tinubu mocked him.A year later, Tinubu quietly adopted Atiku’s proposals.

Atiku has never weaponised tribe.Never preached division.Never reduced leadership to ethnicity.

He travelled personally when Boko Haram emerged,engaging security agencies long before it became fashionable.

He is the only Nigerian politician who has challenged a sitting president purely on principle, not ambition.

THE SOUTHERN REALITY: TRIBALISM HAS NOT FED US

Has tribal presidency reduced hunger in the South

Did Tinubu’s presidency strengthen the naira

Did his tribe shield us from hardship

Has ethnicity rescued our economy

The answer is no.

You cannot eat tribalism.
You cannot spend ethnicity.
You cannot fuel your car with sentiments.

NIGERIA NEEDS A RESCUER, NOT A TRIBAL FLAG-BEARER

Tinubu has turned governance into a private company.What Nigeria needs now is a competent North-South partnership, a unifying President, a capable Southern Vice President, a technocratic cabinet and a national rebirth.

Atiku offers all of these.
Tinubu offers none.

MY DECLARATION AS A SOUTHERNER

I refuse to support failure because it shares my language.

I refuse to endorse incompetence because it carries my surname.

I refuse to worship ethnicity at the expense of my future.

I am a Southerner, proudly so.And it is because I love my region, because I love my country and because I honour truth that I endorse Atiku Abubakar as President and a Southern capable Christian as Vice President.

Nigeria is bleeding.
Tinubu is drowning.
The economy is suffocating.
The people are weeping.

Only Atiku has the map, the experience, the competence and the vision to rescue this nation.

History is calling.

Patriots must answer.

The South must rise above sentiment and embrace strategy.

Twenty twenty-seven is not just another election. It is Nigeria’s last exit before the road ends.

And I, a Southerner, choose Atiku.

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B
Director General
The Narrative Force

She should also do another video to condemn the Islamic terrorists and killer herdsmen amongst them that are giving northerners a bad image.

WOULD TINUBU LISTEN?

Tinubu is impervious; cronyism and how to make money for himself and his boys is the fulcrum of his government, not even the pretense of intention.

Aare Amerijoye Dotb

Nigeria is bleeding from every pore, yet the man holding the bandage is also the one wielding the knife. Everywhere you turn, the markets, the highways, the villages, the jobless youth clusters, you hear the same whispered lament: “How did we get here?” But the truth is not elusive; it stands boldly like a masquerade in daylight. We got here because Bola Ahmed Tinubu governs Nigeria like a private enterprise and treats public treasury like ancestral inheritance.

And while the nation suffocates, one man, Atiku Abubakar, keeps sounding policy warnings like a statesman grounded in experience, foresight, and deep familiarity with Nigeria’s economic architecture. But how do you advise a man who sees governance as a goldmine and power as an ATM card for cronies? How do you call to order a President who hears facts only as insults, and sees every dissenting citizen as an irritant obstructing his private banquet?

THE NIGERIA’S PAIN

Picture this:

A woman in Minna, sweating under the cruel sun, runs from one filling station to another carrying a jerrycan like a pilgrim seeking salvation. Her son, a tricycle rider, parked his machine two days ago because fuel jumped to over ₦1,000 per litre, a price the Tinubu administration told us was “necessary”, “inevitable”, “patriotic”.

But what this mother does not know is that while she chases fuel with her tears, Tinubu’s government has quietly spent ₦17.5 trillion, according to reports and emerging public documents, almost the entire 12-year cost of fuel subsidy, on an opaque pipeline-security racket managed by friends of the throne.

Her suffering did not “save” Nigeria. It simply enriched the right people.

This is the tragedy of leadership under Tinubu: Nigerians sacrifice; cronies harvest.

THE ₦17.5 TRILLION HEIST: WHEN CRIME WEARS AGABADA

The press release from Atiku Abubakar’s media office revealed it all , loudly, boldly, shamefully:

TINUBU spent ₦17.5 trillion on “pipeline security” in 12 months ,almost the same amount Nigeria spent on fuel subsidy in 12 years.

Read that again. Let it sting your conscience. Let it slap your imagination.

Subsidy that fed millions… removed.

Subsidy that kept transport and food prices stable… scrapped.

Subsidy that helped the poor survive… abolished.

But subsidy that feeds the President’s inner circle? Ah! That one resurrected with a new name:

“Energy-security cost.”
“Under-recovery.”

Balablu economics.
Agbado mathematics.

Tinubu’s government did not end subsidy; it only redirected the pipe.

And Nigerians?
They became the pipe.

WHAT ATIKU WARNED — AND HOW TINUBU MOCKED HIM

When Tinubu removed fuel subsidy on day one like a drunk surgeon performing emergency surgery, Atiku Abubakar stood as the most experienced economic voice in the room, urging structured reform, staged implementation, and protective cushioning for citizens. He told him:

“Don’t remove subsidy without building a shock absorber. Don’t float the naira without protecting the people. Don’t run the economy like a juvenile experiment.”

Tinubu ignored him.

Atiku said:

“Cut waste, not lives.”

Tinubu plugged his ears.

Atiku said:

“Subsidy thieves have become government partners.”

Tinubu laughed.

Today, every one of Atiku’s warnings stands fulfilled like prophecies carved on stone.And the very man who mocked him is now quietly spending trillions on the same subsidy he theatrically claimed he abolished.

This is not leadership. This is drunken governance. This is the emperor stumbling naked through the market square, expecting applause.

THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL HAUNT TINUBU FOREVER

1. Who are the companies collecting this ₦17.5 trillion?

2. Why is pipeline security now more expensive than the entire fuel subsidy era?

3. Where did the audit reports vanish to — into whose pockets?

4. Why does a “renewed hope” government feed only the privileged?

5. How does a President spend ₦17.5 trillion in silence — yet ask 200 million people to tighten their belts?

This government has become a cathedral of deceit, and Tinubu its chief priest.

TINUBU’S GOVERNMENT IS NOT AN ADMINISTRATION — IT IS A CARTEL WITH A FLAG.

Inflation is chewing bones. The naira is collapsing like a polio-stricken limb.Food prices are galloping like wild horses.Kidnappers have created parallel governments.Fuel prices mock the minimum wage.
Businesses fold daily like newspapers at night.

Yet what obsesses the Presidency?

Contracts.
Kickbacks.
Cronies.
Boys.
Power.
Control.

Tinubu governs Nigeria like a man digging a well inside his sitting room, indifferent to the fact that the roof is collapsing.

ATIKU: THE ONLY VOICE SPEAKING REASON IN A SEASON OF NATIONAL MADNESS

While Tinubu buries Nigeria in debt, Atiku speaks of restructuring, productivity, credible reforms,transparent governance, and national unity.

While Tinubu hides figures, Atiku demands audits.

While Tinubu funds cronies, Atiku calls for investment in education, health, industry, and power.

While Tinubu’s policies crush the poor, Atiku insists that leadership must protect the vulnerable.

While Tinubu fabricates economic grammar to deceive the public, Atiku presents clear solutions like a statesman who knows the road because he has walked it ,consistently, competently, and with national interest as compass.

This is why Tinubu fears him.

This is why cronies attack him.

This is why they panic anytime Atiku sneezes.

Nigeria sees the difference.
Nigeria understands the prophecy:

If Tinubu listens to Atiku, the nation survives. If he refuses, the nation collapses.

A QUESTION FOR HISTORY

How does a President ask a hungry nation to sacrifice,
while he signs ₦17.5 trillion to pipeline contractors?

How does he tell Nigerians “there is no money” —but money flows like the River Niger into private pockets?

How does Tinubu sleep?

How does he open his mouth to lecture anyone on patriotism?

How does he not drown in shame?

But then again, a man who governs like a cartel boss does not hear the cries of the masses. He only hears the footsteps of auditors.

A CALL TO THE PEOPLE

Nigeria deserves transparency, not deceit.Nigeria deserves accountability, not bandit governance.Nigeria deserves leadership, not cronyism.

Nigeria deserves Atiku Abubakar, not this chaos wrapped in agbada and sold as governance.

The ₦17.5 trillion scandal is not just a financial crime.
It is a moral indictment.
A national disgrace.
A call to action.

Tinubu must answer.
His cronies must answer.
History will demand an answer.

And Nigerians,
must never stop asking: WOULD TINUBU LISTEN?

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B
Director General,
The Narrative Force.

THEOLOGY OF DELUSION: A BRUTAL REBUTTAL TO LAGOS APC’S POLITICAL FICTION AND MOGAJI SEYE OLADEJO’S TRANCE-INSPIRED DIATRIBE.

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B

Let us start with a public safety announcement:before attempting to read the Lagos APC’s latest amusement piece, kindly put on mental insurance. Their Sunday 30th November 2025 ‘statement’ was not a press release; it was a spiritual misfire , the type of verbal accident that happens when a sinking government tries to act relevant. What they produced is best described as a comedy skit performed by a party crumbling like a cardboard roof abandoned in a rainy season

But let us take their delusions and roast them in public.

1.APC Calling Atiku the “Architect of Ruin” Is Like a Drug Convict Calling a Judge a Criminal

Before Lagos APC opens its mouth to talk about morality, progress, or national ruin, it should first explain the $460,000 cocaine-linked forfeiture that permanently marked their godfather’s biography like a birthmark of shame.

A man who forfeited money tied to narcotics activities in the United States…

A man whose record sits in American court archives like an eternal reminder of moral contamination…

A man whose financial skeletons are internationally documented…

…cannot preside over Nigeria’s moral discourse.

The APC should understand this:That forfeiture is not a rumour; it is a judicial fact.A permanent dent.A stain that global detergent cannot wash.A scar that even propaganda cannot iron out.

So the Lagos APC, which worships at the altar of a man with such a historic narcotics shadow, should be the LAST entity qualified to discuss “national ruin.” Because nothing ruins a nation faster than corruption cross-pollinated with narcotics history.

2.APC Blaming Atiku for Nigeria’s Problems Is Like a Kidnapper Blaming the Police for Running Too Slowly.

Nigeria knew peace before APC.

Nigeria knew food before APC.

Nigeria knew direction before APC.

But today:

The naira has been kidnapped.

Salaries have been strangled.

Inflation has gone spiritual.

Fuel price now calculates destiny.

Citizens have relocated mentally even without passports.


Yet these same architects of Nigeria’s economic funeral have the audacity to accuse Atiku?

APC shouting “Atiku ruined Nigeria” is like a thief shouting ‘ole!’ louder than the victim.

3.Their Privatization Lies Are Expired — Unlike Tinubu’s Cocaine Forfeiture, Which Is Permanent.

They scream “privatization scandal” like parrots trained in a mechanic workshop.

But what exactly did the privatization do?

GSM revolution

ICT explosion

Telecom boom

Youth employment

Economic diversification


Those are facts — not APC nightmares.

Meanwhile, under the man they kneel for:

Lagos land was privatized into personal pockets

Markets privatized to godfather allies

Motor parks privatized to thugs

Revenue privatized to family franchises

Even political power privatized into hereditary succession


So who really sold Nigeria?

The reformer or the racketeer?


4.Boko Haram Started in 2002 — APC Should Stop Weaponising History Without Reading It

This is why APC should keep quiet when people are talking.

Boko Haram did not start under Atiku.It did not start under PDP.

It started when many in APC’s ideological ancestors were busy gathering political capital by romancing radical preachers and sabotaging national unity.

APC shouted “Jonathan must go!”

APC used insecurity as political weapon.

APC amplified insurgency with propaganda.

Now Boko Haram has twins, cousins, and in-laws , ISWAP, bandits, unknown gunmen ,all thriving under APC leadership like weeds in a neglected garden.

So who watered the chaos?
History knows the answer.

5.Lagos Mocking Adamawa Is Like a Dustbin Mocking a Refrigerator — And Lagos Should Be Reminded It Was Once Capital of Nigeria, Built With Nigeria’s Money

Lagos under Tinubu’s dynasty:

Floods like Venice

Traffic like purgatory

Taxes like punishment

Area boys like parallel government

Land grabbing like seasonal sport

Infrastructure like expired chewing gum


A state where roads have more potholes than residents have hope.

Yet these people have the boldness to mock Adamawa?

Before Lagos APC opens its mouth, it must remember: Lagos was once the capital of Nigeria.

Lagos was developed with Nigeria’s money.

Lagos enjoyed federal presence, federal infrastructure, federal investment and national prestige for decades.

Comparing Lagos with Adamawa is like comparing an only child fed with national inheritance to a child raised without privilege.

Even hypocrisy is ashamed on their behalf.

6.“Atiku Contested Many Times” — But Lagos APC Celebrates a Man Who Contested With Multiple Birthdays.

If contesting more than once were a crime, then history itself would be in the dock.
Abraham Lincoln should never have become president.

Nelson Mandela should have abandoned the struggle in prison.

Winston Churchill would have faded into obscurity.

Even Bola Ahmed Tinubu — with all his multiple political reincarnations ,would never have been governor, senator, or president.

What, then, shall we say of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, whose unyielding political battles shaped modern Yoruba identity?

Or Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, whose relentless contest for a better Nigeria carved his name into the granite of national memory?

Atiku Abubakar’s aspiration springs from the same moral fountain ,the conviction that Nigeria can and must be better. It is this belief that propels him, just as it propelled Awolowo, as it sustained Azikiwe, as it fortified Mandela, and as it encouraged Lincoln. There is no sin , moral or political , in pursuing a noble vision repeatedly.

But APC’s intellectual gymnastics is special:

Perseverance is desperation,
but affidavit gymnastics is leadership.


7.APC Claiming They Are “Repairing Damage” Is Like Saying a House Collapse Victim Is Repairing Architecture.

Nigeria today under APC:

Hunger is a public holiday

Insecurity is a national curriculum

Fuel price is a satanic prophecy

Naira is in month-to-month survival mode

Terrorists have taken geography lessons

Families are fasting involuntarily


APC is not repairing anything.APC is the damage.


8.HOW TINUBU ABANDONED AD, RAN TO ATIKU IN AC, AND PANICKED INTO CREATING ACN.

Let us address APC’s biggest lie — that Atiku is the “party hopper.”

FACT 1: Tinubu abandoned Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 2006. FACT 2: Tinubu worked against AD’s presidential candidate in 2007.FACT 3: Tinubu ran to Atiku and joined him in the Action Congress (AC).
AC was Atiku’s structure.
Atiku secured the certificate of registration.FACT 4: When Atiku left AC and walked away with the certificate, Tinubu panicked like a trader whose licence disappeared. FACT 5: In desperation, Tinubu added ‘N’ to AC overnight and baptised it into ACN.

No ideology.
No principle.
Just panic and personal ambition.

So who is the serial hopper now?

9.THE BLIND MAN WHO ADVISED OTHERS ABOUT EYESIGHT.

There was a blind man who advised the whole village about eyesight.When asked why he kept talking, he said:
“I may be blind, but others are blinder.”

That is Lagos APC today ,
A party that turned Nigeria into an economic cemetery now shouting that Atiku is the undertaker.

Madness has truly gone digital.


10.Atiku’s Calmness Was a Whisper — This Is the Thunder.

Phrank Shuaibu responded responsibly.But let APC understand:

Atiku’s silence is wisdom,
this reply is judgement.

A party that fears one man for 30 years should buy lifetime membership in the Atiku Loyalists Association.

11.FINAL WORD — THE ONE THAT WILL HAUNT APC FOREVER.

Before Lagos APC talks again, let them remember:

There is cocaine forfeiture in their cupboard.

Identity confusion in their attic.

Economic collapse in their living room.

Hunger at their doorstep.

Inflation in their kitchen.

Insecurity in their backyard.


And if Seye Oladejo is sensible enough, he should know:

It is in Tinubu’s best interest that his aides do not throw reckless shades while their mentor is walking around with political fractures, ethical wounds, and damning bandages the world has not forgotten.

APC should not speak of morality.APC should not speak of leadership.APC should not speak of nation-building.

APC should speak of repentance.

Because history will not forgive a government that baptised 200 million people with poverty and then blamed the victims.


Aare Amerijoye Donald Olalekan (DOT.B),
Director General,
The Narrative Force

ATIKU MIDAS TOUCH – ADC RISING, PDP ENTANGLED.

Aare Amerijoye DOT.B

As I observed the unfolding tragedy of what the PDP has now become, a quiet sadness mingled with a deep sense of prophetic vindication. Looking at what PDP has become today did not amuse me and I am not surprised, I have often said that when Wike, Makinde, Ortom, Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi were working against Atiku, I consistently warned that their cantankerous, rebellious and self-deifying attitude would eventually destroy the Party.

Those warnings were not guesses; they were born from the long memory of Nigeria’s political history , a history where every major political collapse began not from external opposition but from internal sabotage, the treachery of insiders, the arrogance of men who believed themselves greater than the institutions that made them.

It is like a sword destroying its own scabbard; such a sword inevitably exposes itself in naked shame. And today, the naked shame stands public and unhidden for all Nigerians to witness.

That is precisely what the defunct G5 has done to the PDP. They wrecked the Party by working against its presidential candidate in 2023, they danced on the grave of their treachery, they celebrated the loss, they rejoiced in the ashes of defeat, and today their triumph has turned into internal civil war.

The betrayal they once toasted as “strategy” has returned as a political hurricane, sweeping through the corridors of Wadata Plaza with unrelenting vengeance.

They are now broken into factions, splintered like a clay pot thrown against a rock. A party that once ruled Nigeria for sixteen uninterrupted years, a party that once had structures in all 774 LGAs, a party that produced presidents, governors, senators, ministers and technocrats , now gasps for breath under the weight of its own self-inflicted wounds.

It is now Wike, Ortom, Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Fayose on one side, attempting to hold a collapsing roof, versus Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Chief Bode George and Turaki on the other, struggling for the fragments of what once held Nigeria’s democratic dream together. This implosion is not accidental. It is the inevitable harvest of political perfidy. In political science, there is a maxim: "No organisation survives betrayal from its leadership core." The PDP, once the largest political party in Africa with over 16 million registered members in 2015, is today gasping for relevance because those entrusted with stewardship chose ego over institution.

All the while before now, they blamed Atiku for every challenge in the Party, even when he was the one holding the remains of the umbrella from being blown into political extinction. They worked against him in 2019. They worked against him again in 2023. The irony is cutting: the one man they tried to destroy is the only man who kept the PDP alive long enough for them to betray it.

The G5 waged a war not against Atiku alone but against the soul of the PDP itself, dancing triumphantly as they stabbed their own Party in the heart. And today the reward of betrayal has returned full circle: division, bitterness, loss of moral authority, and a slow diminishing into political irrelevance.

History will be unkind to them, but history will never forget Atiku Abubakar. Because Atiku is not a man who emerged yesterday. He is a political institution, an ecclesiastical pilgrim in Nigeria’s democratic sojourn, a statesman forged through decades of sacrifice, consistency, vision, and immeasurable investment in the survival of democracy.

Atiku did not join the PDP as a mere member; he was one of the builders. His financial sacrifices, his strategic wisdom, his energy, and his commitment were foundational pillars of the Party’s creation. Without Atiku, the PDP would never have grown into the formidable political force that governed Nigeria for sixteen years. Atiku financed its earliest struggles, strengthened its organisational roots, and stood firmly when others were still dancing around military corridors in fear. His documented financial input into pro-democracy networks and party structures remains one of the highest by any single political figure in the Fourth Republic.

His political journey is one of ecclesiastical dedication. He has been blackmailed, demonised, misrepresented and attacked, yet every slander thrown at him has fallen like dull arrows against a granite mountain. He has been called names because weak men fear strong shadows, but no blackmailer has ever produced evidence against him.

Not a single EFCC case.
Not a single ICPC file.
Not one overseas criminal indictment.
No forfeiture.
No drug link.
No stain.
No blemish.
Nothing.

What Atiku carries is not scandal, but the residue of envy from those who cannot match his pedigree.

Before Nigeria even knew democracy would return in 1999, Atiku was already fighting for it. He supported NADECO. He funded pro-democracy organisations. He backed MKO Abiola during the June 12 crisis. He resisted Abacha’s dictatorship. He was a backbone of the 1998 G-34 and People Democratic Movement (PDM)that birthed the PDP. He sacrificed personal wealth, political comfort, and safety for Nigeria’s democratic rebirth.

Historically, many Nigerians, including prominent figures such as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, openly recognised Atiku’s place in the pro-democracy resistance that defined the June 12 era. Before politics separated them into rival camps, both men stood firmly on the same side of history , resisting military dictatorship, defending the mandate of the Nigerian people, and risking everything at a time when oppression carried fatal consequences.

Atiku was not a spectator in that struggle; he was a frontline financier, strategist, and pillar of support to democratic forces when even the bravest trembled. His home was watched. His movements were monitored. His loyalty to the cause put him at genuine risk of elimination, as several key NADECO and June 12 actors were trailed, jailed, exiled, or assassinated. Atiku faced the same danger with calm courage and unyielding resolve, knowing fully well that standing on the side of the people could cost him his life.

In those years, many of today’s political gladiators openly acknowledged his bravery, his commitment, and his willingness to sacrifice personal comfort for national freedom. Atiku’s contributions to the pro-democracy movement were widely recognised in political circles, civil society networks, and the international community. Those who lived through the June 12 resistance understood that without men like Atiku, the democratic dawn of 1999 might never have arrived.

These are verifiable historical records.

As Nigeria stepped into the fragile dawn of the Fourth Republic in 1999, the country resembled a wounded giant. Institutions were weak, industries were collapsing, infrastructure was dying, and Nigeria ranked among the least connected nations on earth. Into this post-military wasteland stepped Atiku Abubakar, who did not merely occupy the office of Vice President , he redefined it.

Under his supervisory coordination, the Economic Management Team birthed Nigeria’s modern economy. The global telecommunications revolution that democratised communication , from fewer than 500,000 working lines to over 219 million active connections ,was possible because Atiku broke the monopoly and opened the sector.

He also championed banking sector reforms, pension reforms, civil service reforms, aviation reforms, and privatisation models that remain benchmarks in African economic transformation. Technocrats like El Rufai, Soludo, Duke, Ezekwesili, and Okonjo-Iweala publicly acknowledged his leadership and intellectual depth.

Foreign investment surged. Debt management improved. Nigeria regained international credibility. States grew stronger. The private sector expanded. Millions of Nigerians entered the middle class.

Atiku’s impact was everywhere.

Yet, despite these achievements, he faced the fiercest political attacks of his generation , but through all storms, he never broke, never bowed, never compromised his democratic convictions.

His resilience is not human; it is historic. His relevance is not incidental; it is inevitable. His re-emergence is not by chance; it is by the sheer force of his intellectual depth, economic understanding, administrative mastery, and democratic sacrifice.

Today the PDP is diminishing, not because it lacks structures, but because it lacked loyalty, discipline, and gratitude. A Party cannot fight its own spine and expect to stand upright. The defunct G5 thought they were undermining Atiku; they were in truth eroding the foundation of their own political future. Now their structure is crumbling, their influence is evaporating, their coalition is disintegrating, and their internal rancour is louder than their political relevance.

While PDP bleeds from internal cannibalism and chronic betrayal, the ADC is rising with a new moral clarity, a principled discipline, and a reinvigorated national consciousness. Nigerians are tired of hypocrisy. They are tired of betrayal being celebrated as strategy. They are tired of parties that worship personal egos above national good. They are turning toward a platform where integrity, structure, and visionary leadership are converging.

And in the centre of this rising political horizon stands Atiku Abubakar, the man whose ideas have never aged, whose vision has never dimmed, and whose commitment to Nigeria has never wavered.

If the PDP had listened to him in 2019, Nigeria would not be in this valley of insecurity, economic collapse and social despair. If the PDP had followed him in 2023, the nation would not be choking under inflation, hunger, mass unemployment, kidnapping, and catastrophic leadership confusion. They fought him, they mocked him, they sabotaged him, and today they are reaping the fruits of their own treachery.

The political history of Atiku Abubakar is one written in bold ink across the canvas of Nigeria’s democratic struggle. His sacrifices built bridges. His resources built the Party. His ideas built institutions. His courage built confidence. His consistency built hope. And now, at a time when Nigeria desperately needs a statesman with a panoramic vision of governance, Atiku stands uncontested in his ideological clarity.

No case. No stain. No scandal. No indictment. No skeleton. Just a man whose destiny continues to unfold like a torch leading a blind nation toward the light.

History is turning. PDP is diminishing. ADC is rising. And Atiku, the most misunderstood statesman of his time, is ascending once again , not by noise, not by propaganda, not by treachery, but by the undeniable weight of competence, character, sacrifice and a vision for a better Nigeria.

Aare Amerijoye Donald Olalekan Temitope Bowofade
Director General
The Narrative Force

https://www.thecable.ng/how-adcs-rise-and-pdps-entanglement-vindicate-atiku/

Preator:
How much to do an acura MDX 2013? In lagos?

So sorry for the late response, it will cost 180k to get it done.

Arstech01:
Good day everyone, please what is a fair price for a good quality ovenbake respray of Toyota Corolla 2010 in Ibadan.

I am based in Lagos but that notwithstanding, you can't get a good quality oven baked car spraying anywhere in Nigeria for less than 170k due to the high cost of good quality materials needed to get the job done.

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The foundation of growth: Why Economic Policies Trump Infrastructure in Importance

By Kunle Oshobi

When it comes to driving economic growth, two factors often take center stage: infrastructure development and economic policies. While infrastructure is crucial for facilitating trade, commerce, and economic activity, economic policies play a far more significant role in ensuring sustainable growth and development.

Sadly, because economic policies are not tangible like physical infrastructure, which can be seen and interacted with, the average Nigerian tends to evaluate the performance of governments based on how many infrastructure projects an administration can execute, irrespective of whether they were done at the detriment of the economy or even if the infrastructure projects were viable or not. This is the reason why most politicians emphasize infrastructure projects while little or no emphasis is given to policies that stimulate growth, which has been the bane of the country in recent times.

Economic policies refer to the set of rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern economic activity within a country. These policies can have a profound impact on the economy, influencing everything from investment and job creation to inflation and economic stability. Well-crafted economic policies can stimulate investments by creating a favorable business environment that will attract domestic and foreign investment while driving economic growth and job creation in the process. Sound economic policies can also help control inflation, reduce poverty and inequality, and promote a more inclusive economic growth.

The beauty of economic policies is that, unlike in infrastructure development, they don’t usually cost money to implement, and on many occasions, they even save the government money or generate more revenue for the government. Economic policies can also stimulate billions of dollars worth of economic activities within the economy without costing the government a cent, while they can also be used to provide funding for infrastructure projects through Public Private Partnerships (PPP).

While in recent times, we haven’t had any economic policies that stimulated growth, in the past Nigeria benefitted tremendously from economic policies and it was perhaps these sound economic policies that were responsible for the rapid economic growth that the country enjoyed in the early years of the millennium which culminated in Nigeria being recognized as the biggest economy in Africa when the GDP was rebased in 2013.

Some of the economic policies implemented in Nigeria in recent times that contributed significantly to economic growth include the Banking consolidation policy, which resulted in the Nigerian banking industry growing by over 200% within two years and positioned Nigerian banks to finance big-ticket transactions that were necessary for economic growth. The liberalization of the telecoms sector ushered in the GSM operators, which resulted in the most phenomenal sectoral growth in Nigeria’s history.

There was also the Local Content Policy of the oil industry that ensured that an estimated $8 billion annually worth of oil service contracts were retained in the country, thus ensuring technology transfer and the growth of the local oil service industry. The pension reforms policy was another quiet but phenomenal policy that created not just the pension industry but the largest pool of funds in the Nigerian financial services industry, with over N23 trillion in Retirement Savings Account (RSA) as at March this year.

The manufacturing sector was not left out as the cement industry policy was implemented, which turned Nigeria into a net exporter of cement from being a major importer of cement. With the implementation of this policy, Nigeria began to save $3 billion annually in foreign exchange that would have been used to purchase imported cement while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs locally in the process.

An unintended fallout of the cement industry policy was that Aliko Dangote being one of the entrepreneurs who took advantage of the policy emerged as the richest man in Africa which put him in a position to take advantage of another policy that liberalized the ownership and operations of petroleum refineries in the country to build the world’s largest single train petroleum refinery in the country while solving the country’s perennial fuel shortage problems in the process.

The Free Trade Zone policy was also implemented, which gave a lot of incentives to manufacturers operating within the zones and attracted billions of dollars worth of investments, which created hundreds of thousands of jobs while contributing to economic growth.

The privatization policy also saved the government hundreds of billions of Naira that were being wasted to sustain moribund government-owned enterprises annually. This paved the way for new life to be injected into these enterprises by the private sector. The liberalization policy of the power sector also paved the way for billions of dollars worth of private sector investments that are desperately needed to adequately fund out power sector.

Even the infrastructure deficit that so many people focus on as a metric of evaluating the performance of the government can be addressed through the right economic policies. For instance, infrastructure projects can be concessioned to the private sector on a “Build Operate and Transfer” (BOT) basis to ease the government of the pressure of funding, while tax credits can also be given to companies that embark on infrastructure projects on behalf of the government.

To unlock Nigeria’s full economic potential, there are two critical policies that the government needs to embark on, which will not only attract billions of dollars worth of value into the economy but also ensure rapid economic growth.

The first thing that the government needs to do is to implement policies that would drastically reduce interest rates in the country, and if possible, to single-digit rates. To do this, government will have to demonstrate a very high level of fiscal discipline, make drastic cuts in expenditure and eliminate the need for government to fund it’s deficit through the issuance of Treasury Bills and Bonds as it is the government’s insatiable appetite for funds through the use of these instruments that keeps pushing up interest rates in the country.

With less pressure for funds from the government, trillions of naira that were locked down by the government to finance government bureaucracy and indulgence will now be available to the private sector as the banks will have no choice but to lend to private enterprises and even consumers to generate interest from the funds available to them. They will also be forced to reduce interest rates as they compete amongst themselves to give out loans to the private sector. With the additional trillions of Naira that will be made available to the private sector as a result of this policy, millions of Nigerian businesses will now have easier access to loans to fund their growth and this will not only ensure higher economic growth, more jobs will be created while more tax revenues will accrue to the government in the process.

The second critical sector that needs policy intervention is the power sector. The government needs to incentivize the power sector to make investments in the sector more profitable for the operators without necessarily increasing the tariffs being paid by an already overburdened populace. This can be done through tax incentives, duty waivers, subsidies on gas, and any other incentives that the operators may require to invest. With the right incentives in place, the Nigerian power sector is capable of attracting over $100 billion worth of investments over a period of ten years and permanently solve the problem of power shortage in the country.

With access to funding and a reliable power supply, a strong foundation would have been laid to accelerate Nigeria’s economic growth, create jobs for millions of Nigerians, reduce poverty, and even increase the government’s revenue on a sustainable basis through more companies that would be paying taxes.

In conclusion, while infrastructure development is essential for economic growth, economic policies play a more critical role in ensuring sustainable growth and development. By creating a favorable business environment, promoting competition, managing inflation, and reducing poverty, economic policies can drive economic growth and improve living standards. As policymakers and economists, it's essential to prioritize economic policies that promote sustainable growth, rather than relying solely on infrastructure development. By doing so, we can unlock the full potential of our economies and create a more prosperous future for all.

Oshobi, a development economist, writes from Lagos.

Great100000:
Source: https://www.pulse.ng/articles/lifestyle/first-gsm-call-in-nigeria-2025050512243100721

I was in the industry then and I can confirm that it's a pure lie that Strive Masiyiwa made the first GSM call in Nigeria on the platform of Econet wireless. The truth is that the first GSM call in Nigeria was made by MTN on the 16th of May 2001 and at this time Econet was still desperately looking for money to build it's network.

The claim that Econet was the first to launch their services is more of a propaganda stunt because as of the day they did a ceremonial launch of their services on the 6th of August 2001, their lines were not working and didn't work until after two weeks. On the contrary, MTN did an official launch on the 8th of August but their lines had been working since the 16th of May.

ChirstFireAltar:
Is it not corrupt?
Where did he get the Money to buy all the properties he owns in Abuja, Dubai, US and UK?
Even his former principal OBJ said he is corrupt.

Anyway, you're PR propagandist. Do your job and earn your money.

Atiku was already very wealthy before venturing into politics and he made his money from his businesses which he started over forty years ago.

STOP THE BROKEN RECORD PROPAGANDA — ATIKU’S WEALTH IS NO MYSTERY.

Aare Amerijoye Dotb

Every election season, APC propagandists press replay on their tired old track — alleging corruption against Atiku Abubakar without a single shred of credible evidence.

Let’s educate you — again:

Atiku’s wealth didn’t drop from the sky. It came from Intel (Integrated Logistics Services), founded in 1982, long before he became Vice President.

Intel, a powerhouse in oil & gas logistics, transformed port operations in Nigeria and provided strategic services to multinational oil companies , all legitimate business, not imaginary contracts.

Atiku retired as Deputy Director of Customs, invested his gratuity into real estate, agriculture, manufacturing, and expanded into oil & gas through smart partnerships. That’s the source of wealth, not through politically-engineered revenue racketeering
or drug proceeds.

Here’s the inconvenient truth:

Dangote builds wealth — no noise.

Otedola invests — no noise.

Elumelu thrives — no noise.

Adenuga expands — no noise.

Bua’s Rabiu flourishes — no noise.

Jim Ovia prospers — no noise.

But when it is Atiku, an industrialist, a visionary entrepreneur, a man who built wealth long before politics , suddenly it’s corruption?

This lazy mindset is a product of APC brainwashing, not critical thinking. If you have proof, bring it. If not, zip it.

Facts will always drown propaganda.

#AtikuTheBuilder
#AtikuTheIndustrialist
#StopThePropaganda
#2027Awaits

FALLACIOUS ALLEGATION THAT DECENT APC WOULD NOT VOYAGE: PROPAGANDA'S LAST BREATH — THE ATIKU CORRUPTION MYTH MUST DIE.

Aare Amerijoye Dotb

I stumbled into a circus yesternight, not the kind with lions and acrobats, but the special Nigerian variety where certain APC loyalists gather to rehearse their favourite bedtime story: “Atiku is corrupt.” To be clear, this is not the collective gospel of all APC members. Many decent and rational minds within the party those who value evidence over echo chambers would never embark on such a shallow voyage.

But for the propaganda enthusiasts, they chant this tale like a nursery rhyme for toddlers grappling with their alphabets. It has become an annual ritual, like Sallah rams appearing every Eid. Same tired script. Same limp performance. Only this time, the audience is more enlightened, and these old tricks no longer cast any spell.

For years, the word “corruption” has been weaponised against Atiku Abubakar, draped around his neck like an ornamental noose. The logic seems to be that if a falsehood is repeated often enough, perhaps the truth itself will bow out. Yet, as George Orwell reminded us, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” And so, let the revolution commence.

I asked a simple question, a question even a half-drunk okada rider in Mushin could answer if any credible evidence existed: Where is the proof? What followed was a tragic parade,WhatsApp forwards seasoned with beer-parlour gossip, recycled videos from 2007, and conspiracy theories presented with the flair of scholars in hearsay science. Of course, this doesn’t represent the intellectual wing of the APC,some of whom privately cringe at these theatrics. But for the more excitable propagandists, misinformation has become a sport.

Before public office ever whispered Atiku’s name, the man had already built wealth through sweat, strategy, and bold investments. This is the inconvenient truth some prefer to sidestep, the reality that prosperity can be earned legally, not just through patronage pipelines or shadowy consultancy gigs. As far back as 1982, Atiku co-founded Intels, revolutionising Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics sector. This was not some spontaneous wealth conjured from thin air; it was the product of foresight and industry.

While Atiku built industries, invested in agriculture, created jobs, and founded a world-class institution in the American University of Nigeria, what were some of these overzealous propaganda actors perfecting? They were mastering street-corner economics,cornering motor park dues, distributing imaginative tax receipts, and graduating from political apprentices to authors of ever-evolving legends. Not all APC members indulge in such crafts,many in the party’s progressive core detest these methods. But for the noisy propagandist faction, irony is thick enough to cut with a spoon,they cry “Atiku is corrupt!” while standing on a platform constructed with the bricks of political exaggeration.

And what exactly is Atiku’s crime? That he was born in Adamawa, not Iragbiji? That his wealth is traceable, rather than camouflaged in offshore mazes? That his companies have legitimate addresses, rather than floating anonymously in the Bermuda Triangle of political finances? Every brick in Atiku’s empire has a paper trail, every kobo accounted for. Can every successful political player claim the same? Even within APC, thoughtful minds know the answer to that is complicated.

The latest tactic, as curious as a masquerade dancing without drums, is to weaponise Atiku’s age,as though leadership automatically expires at 60. They conveniently forget that Nelson Mandela was 75 when he led South Africa out of apartheid’s wilderness, and many world leaders have governed effectively well into their seventies and eighties. In Nigeria, some figures appear exempt from the rigours of public transparency, with age and educational records becoming subjects of perennial speculation, often stirring more questions than answers.

Atiku Abubakar is a man whose life reads like a textbook of resilience, industry, and democratic struggle. From the sandy plains of Jada to the economic nerve centres of Lagos and Abuja, Atiku’s journey is a case study in lawful enterprise, administrative acumen, and political sophistication. His wealth was nurtured in the nursery of diligence and watered by the sweat of entrepreneurial audacity. His story is not a fairy tale concocted by media consultants,it is a verifiable account of a man who built conglomerates, created jobs, and paid taxes long before the acronym APC was baptised into Nigeria’s political lexicon.

Atiku Abubakar’s wealth, unlike the foggy finances that have often clouded the profiles of some political players, has stood the test of public scrutiny without the dark whispers of illicit entanglements. There exists no credible record in local or global archives linking Atiku’s economic ascendance to any drug trade, money laundering, or underworld economy.

History has no record of bullion vans making ceremonial arrivals at Atiku Abubakar’s residence on the eve of elections, a contrast to certain curious spectacles that have triggered public wonder in our political landscape. No court proceedings, whether in Abuja, Washington DC, or the corridors of The Hague, have ever tendered exhibits tying Atiku to illicit financial escapades. His wealth, regardless of its magnitude, carries the fingerprints of transparency, the footprints of entrepreneurial audacity, and the breath of legitimate business acumen.

Atiku’s wealth is not shrouded in ambiguity. His ventures,Intels, Adama Beverages, Priam Group, ABTI Schools, Atiku Farms,are living institutions employing thousands. Even pragmatic APC members privately acknowledge this. By contrast, certain governance templates in recent history appear to have prioritised creative storytelling over actual economic innovation.

Let’s talk competence, a subject that unsettles certain propagandists because it pierces through carefully crafted illusions. Atiku’s understanding of the economy is neither speculative nor theoretical, it is grounded in experience. His economic blueprint is not some hurriedly assembled manifesto, but a product of lived entrepreneurship. Even within APC’s inner technocratic circles, some honest voices would admit this when the cameras are off.

And what do the more theatrical propaganda champions offer in return? Empty noise, masquerades dancing to the silence of absent evidence. Their preferred survival tactic is demonisation, not because they possess facts, but because they fear Atiku’s capacity to unite, innovate, and deliver.

To the reasonable APC members, those who believe in facts over fiction, this piece is not for you. But to the propaganda merchants, here’s an open invitation: Produce a single shred of verifiable, court-admissible evidence that Atiku looted Nigeria’s treasury. Not barroom tales, not WhatsApp hallucinations, not expired conspiracy recipes. Just one credible piece of evidence. Until then, silence might be your most dignified option.

As Voltaire once warned, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” For years, some were made to believe the absurdity that certain individuals were financial messiahs. Today, the consequence is clear: the Naira stumbles, fuel gulps salaries, youth wander in unemployment, and the nation drifts like a canoe without a paddle.

Atiku Abubakar’s relevance does not depend on propaganda; it rests on the solid foundation of his tangible impact. His legacy stands built not on borrowed slogans, but on real contributions to Nigeria’s development.

Hate him or admire him, his legacy stands. Smear him or defend him, his businesses thrive. Fabricate against him or acknowledge him, facts remain immune to propaganda.

This is 2025, not 2007. Nigerians have grown sharper teeth,teeth that chew through propaganda with ease. In this age, we demand receipts, not rumours. Evidence, not envy. Facts, not fiction.

So to the propaganda merchants, the next time the urge strikes to chant “Atiku is corrupt,” pause. Consult your facts, or better still, consult your conscience.

This is the closure of lazy propaganda. Welcome to the era of undeniable truth,where reality washes tongues clean, and propaganda’s last breath evaporates into history. 2027 will not be a theatre of old fables. This time, Nigerians will cast their votes for competence over concoctions, for a man whose record speaks louder than any contrived narrative ever could.

aswani:
How this needs to be spelt out to Obidients like the op is surprising?

Obasanjo saying stuff about his own fellow PDP person being compared to what he says about an AC/APC opponent.

All because Peter Obi lost an election, great.

I am definitely not an Obidient. That said, are you trying to pretend that you are not aware that Tinubu is extremely corrupt?

Sannisege:
The difference is that Obasanjo worked with Atiku on a joint ticket but he has alsways been Tinubu’s adversary.

But we all know that Tinubu is extremely corrupt and what Obasanjo said he his book accurately depicts Tinubu.

yommen:
Ode, where is your evidence on my comments on obj's comments on Atiku? Obasanjo and Atiku combined are no match for Tinubu's level of smartness. If not for military advantage, what credential does Obasanjo have?

Yes I agree that Tinubu is a criminal master mind and he is very smart when it comes to criminality and dirty politics but truth be told, he is incapable of using his brain positively. His brain is only useful for looting public funds, rigging elections and compromising the system to perpetuate himself in power.

simpleseyi:
Emilokan JAGABAN. The Gid of Politics. He fought Obasanjo to a standstill on Lagos issue. He fought and defeated Obasanjo’s inglorious 3rd term bid.

If you were Obasanjo, will you ever like Tinubu?

How does this take away the fact that what he wrote about Tinubu in his book is 100% factual?

yommen:
From the same Obasanjo who was said 'election was do it die'?

The same Obasanjo who melted evil on the people of Odi town?

The same Baba Iyabo whose daughter Iyabo has nothing good to say about him, her father?

Dey play.

But hypocrites like you were celebrating what he wrote against Atiku in the same book even though you all know that it was politically motivated, you then suddenly find something wrong with what he sincerely and factually wrote about that criminal that is currently parading himself as Nigeria's president'.

icetyj37k:
Tinubu is the best president Nigeria has ever produced. God bless Nigeria

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You are obviously braindead and it will be a waste of time engaging with you.

BATists and other political adversaries are always quick to refer to the politically motivated uncomplimentary remarks that Obasanjo made about Atiku in his book while conveniently ignoring the even more damming statements he made about Tinubu in the same book.

When next any BATist makes reference to the remarks in Obasanjo's book, just share the adjoining fliers with the useless bunch of chronic hypocrites. 🙄

Tinubu’s Fiscal Policy Gaffes and What Atiku would have done better.

By Kunle Oshobi

Elementary economics tells us that inflation occurs when we have “too much money chasing too few goods.” This implies that to avoid inflation, we have to keep the money supply in check or ensure increased productivity within the economy.

This simple economic fact seems to be lost on the Tinubu administration even as they betrayed their unhealthy appetite for profligacy in their management of public funds.

Going to the crux of the matter, even though the Bola Tinubu administration inherited a dilapidated economy from his predecessor who also did a very poor job in managing the country’s economy, the poorly implemented policies of the current administration made a bad situation even worse. They resulted in probably the worst economic decline in the country’s history.

According to the spin doctors of the administration, the government had to take very tough measures to save the country from impending doom and even went on to claim that even the other leading opposition candidates had similar policies in their manifestos.

While they are right that those policies needed to be put in place to rejig the economy, the implementation of the policies was very poor and focused more on making more revenue available to the government while little or no consideration was given to the negative impact that the policies will have on millions of Nigerians.

The three main policies under reference that were implemented by this administration that sent shockwaves across the economy are namely:
• The removal of petrol subsidy
• Floating of the Naira
• Removal of electricity subsidy
While there was no actual subsidy on the Naira, with the floating of the Naira, the government was making three to four times more Naira for their dollar-denominated revenues which accounts for a huge percentage of government revenue.

According to the Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, an extra twenty trillion Naira became available to the federal government in one year as a result of these policies. One would have thought that the funds would have been used to reduce the country’s burgeoning debt while also channeling some of the money to help fund productive ventures within the economy to help assuage the impact of the ‘tough’ economic policies on the citizens.

Rather what we saw was the government borrowing even more money and the funds being used to finance the profligate lifestyle of the president and others in the corridors of power. As a result of this and other fiscal policy indiscretions of the present administration, Nigeria’s debt went from N77 trillion which was inherited from the Buhari administration to N136 trillion by the end of December 2024 without anything tangible to show for the quantum leap in the country’s debt exposure.

Taking a cue from the Obasanjo administration in which Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was in charge of the economy, we will recollect that the administration also inherited a huge external debt from the military administration that they took over from. Even though oil was selling for less than $20 a barrel at the start of their administration, they adopted a very prudent fiscal policy regime which saw the administration building up the country’s foreign reserves.

With the increase in foreign reserves, the value of the Naira stabilized and the administration was able to save up enough money to pay off the country’s external debt while negotiating a huge discount for the country in the process. As a result of this, Nigeria’s credit ratings increased significantly and it opened the way for increased foreign investments in the country which eventually led to an increase in the value of the Naira from N135 to the dollar in 2006 to N120 to the dollar by the end of their tenor in 2007.

So when apologists of this administration ask; what would others have done differently? The answer lies in prudent fiscal policy which was the hallmark of the Obasanjo administration in which Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was put in charge of the economy.

Going back to our earlier definition of fighting inflation by increasing the level of productivity within the economy, the Atiku manifesto addressed this adequately by proposing to make available $10 billion out of the money saved from subsidy removal to fund Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the country with an emphasis on funding those in the productive sector.

By using the money to fund the productive sector as proposed in the Atiku manifesto instead of using it to fund profligate consumption as has been done by the Tinubu administration, we would not only have solved the problem of “too much money chasing too few goods” which triggers inflation, we would also have drastically reduced the unemployment problem while helping to create more wealth for millions of Nigerians.

With the increased revenue Nigerians make as a result of the policy, more revenue will accrue to the government through taxes as a result of increased productivity within the economy instead of the current situation in which the Tinubu administration continuously seeks to increase the tax burden of an already impoverished populace.

While I will admit that the contentious economic policies of this administration were needed to reform the country’s economy, the reality is that they were very poorly implemented with the government taking all the benefits of the policies for itself while leaving the people to bear the full brunt of the policies.

So when people ask what Atiku could have done better, he would have demonstrated fiscal responsibility by adhering to the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act which was signed into law when he led the country’s economic team and this would have put inflation in check and even shore up the value of the Naira.

From the savings made from subsidy removal, he would also have implemented a $10 billion economic stimulus plan which was targeted at giving soft loans to SMEs across the country. This money instead of being wasted on government excesses as been done in the Tinubu administration would have gone towards stimulating productive activities within the country, creating millions of jobs for Nigerians and brought down inflation.

At the end of the day, the difference lies in the mindset of the two leaders, while Tinubu believes that for the government to generate more revenue, he has to raise taxes, Atiku on the other hand believes that the government first has to invest in people and support them to generate more income which will eventually lead to increased tax revenues for the government. This is what Atiku would have done better.

Oshobi, Head of Research and Strategy NYFA, writes from Lagos

Tinubu’s Fiscal Policy Gaffes and What Atiku would have done better
https://parrotnigeria.com/tinubus-fiscal-policy-gaffes-and-what-atiku-would-have-done-better/

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