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Politics › Re: Poverty Level In Northern Nigeria Grew From 50% To 70% Before Tinubu - Uba Sani by Ofunaofu: 3:02pm On Jun 21, 2025

“All the people talking today were at the helm of affairs, and things were growing. The poverty level in northern Nigeria grew from almost 50%, 15 years ago, to 70% on average as of 2023, and someone can look at me and tell me the problem was caused by Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Come on,” Governor Sani said.

Governor Sani refused to tell us that the poverty level has grown by over 100% in just two years of the Tinubu administration.

Politics › Yelewata Massacre: What Benue People Expected From President Tinubu by Ofunaofu(op): 2:28pm On Jun 21, 2025

Saturday Vanguard visits their IDP camps, the living graveyards, and captures their horror stories

By Stephanie Shaakaa

I did not carry bread, tea, pap, water and toiletries into the Makurdi International Market Camp as only a journalist chasing a story, or as a lecturer with a title.

I did not only go as an observer, but also as a witness.

I also went because I could no longer look away. I also went as a daughter of the soil and a neighbour. My house is just a stone’s throw from the camp.

One of the IDP camps at North Bank has become an integral part of my daily routine. Every morning on my way to school, I stop there. They know me now not as a passerby, but as one of their own. Some of the mothers visit me every Saturday at home.

We sit, we talk, we share and sometimes we cry. What started as a small gesture has grown into a bond that will outlive displacement.

A quiet sisterhood carved out of resilience and shared humanity.
What humbles me most is how they carry their pain with such profound grace, remaining unshaken by the weight of their challenges, that it makes you pause. It makes you question why you even complain about the trivialities in your own life. In their laughter, in their strength, in their dignity, there is a lesson, one that the world desperately needs to learn.

These are no longer nameless faces on the margins of a tragedy. They are my people. And in the ruins of what was, we have built something enduring, something the world must see, must feel, must never forget. We have formed a bond that no circumstance can undo, a sisterhood that would remain even when they return to the ancestral homes they were forced to flee.

Inside the camp, hope hung thinner than the smoke that rose from makeshift kitchens. Children trailed behind me barefoot, not begging for food, but simply curious, curious that someone came who wasn’t handing them ration cards or preaching peace.

The first woman I met had no name to give. She simply said, “I’ve lost too many people to remember what to call myself.” Her eyes were rimmed red, not from tears, but from staring too long at the ground, hoping maybe it would open up and return her sons. “I lost four that night,” she told me. “They came after we had just returned from the farm. We hadn’t even made luam (Tiv name for Fufu)

There was a girl, Dooshima, barely 15, holding a screaming baby. The baby was her little sister, their mom had died in the attack. “She doesn’t stop crying,” she told me. “My mum asked us to run, leaving her behind. The baby was on my back when we ran. I turned to call my mother. I didn’t see her again.” Days later, they found her by the burnt barn. Her words were still. Her pain had fossilized. I said nothing, because what does one say when death is the most constant presence in a child’s life?

I met a boy named Terver. Eight years old. He looked like any other child, except he had no smile, no song, no mischief in his eyes. When I asked him where he came from, he said, “I don’t come from anywhere. I come from running.” He had lost both parents in the Yelewata massacre.

He said, “my Dad and Mom were burnt like charcoal I couldn’t differentiate which corpse was Mom’s or Dad’s.” He said it the way you describe the weather. Like it didn’t matter anymore.

Further inside the camp, I found a woman with twins who gave birth in a makeshift pit latrine shack because the clinic was overcrowded and far. “I didn’t scream,” she told me. “I bit my hand to stop myself from making noise. I was scared they would hear me.” The twins lived. But for how long?

This was no ordinary attack. This was terror scripted and directed for maximum horror. They came at night, at about 10 pm, herded families into their homes, locked the doors from outside and set fire to everything. In one house, forty-five people burned to death, entire generations turned to ash.

In another house, twenty-eight people were charred beyond recognition. A mother lost her five children, burnt alive alongside her aging mother. Nothing was spared. No one.

At the teaching hospital, I met a man cradling a miracle. His six-month-old baby had just been pulled from rubble three days after the attack, alive. Dehydrated, bruised, but alive. “My wife and four other children were found in pieces,” he said, voice shaking. “Only this one survived. Maybe God still sees me. I don’t know.”

Every single family in Yelewata recorded multiple deaths. Some compounds had no survivors. They are still pulling bodies from the ruins. Some have no heads. Some, no legs.

Some, just piles of charcoal and bone. These are the people the federal government calls displaced. No, they are not displaced. They are erased.

Names of some dead ones released
The names tell the story of a people being wiped out while the world watches in silence. Fanen Chii. Doom Chii. Terzungwe Chii. Edeember Uke. Aondodoo Uke. Adohi Dooga. Mbanyiar Dooga. Ikyoche Dooga. Awanboi Dooga. Regina Dooga. Adoo Dooga. Aondofa Dooga. Mathew Iormba. Apam Iormba. Philomena Iormba. Akama Iormba. Ngodoo Iormba. Kumawues Iormba. Nensha Iormba. Victoria Tsegba. Ngodoo Tsegba. Mimidoo Tsegba.

Dorathy Tsegba. Msendoo Tsegba. Iorgyer Kyule. Ute Dooga. Shaadye Koornam. Sewuese Iorember. Dooshima Aondoana. Agbogo Aondoana. Erdoo Aondoana. Orsoja Ikpakyaa. Injinia Ikpakyaa. Chia Orshio. Uyina Orshio. Katie Orshio. Myuega Orshio. Usha Orshio. Philomena Orshio. Alia Orshio. Lydia Ajah. Terdoo Ajah. Iwuese Ajah. Orbuter Anya. Terzungwe Akpen. Aondohemba Akpen. Ushana Akpen. Shater Akpen. Mercy Akpen. Isaac Akpen. Doowuese Ugbah. Ngodoo Ugba. Manta Simon. Manta Laadi. Manta Iwuese. Doose Asoo. Aondosoo Asoo. Terlumun Fidelis. Yakov Shagwa. Margaret Shagwa. Erdoo Shagwa. Dooauur Shagwa. Sewuese Shagwa. Logo Ukô. Eunice Tyokuwa. Jude Aza. Kwaghhar Ordue. Doosuur Ordue. Terngu Nongotse. Msugh Nongotse. Dooshima Nongotse. Orlogbo Lamaaondo. Laadi Lamaaondo. Awan Shiôr. Aondohemba Ucha. Bonashe Uzer. Amaki Dende.

Angbiandoo Dende. Festus Amaki. Mbaufe Ubi. Matthew Uto. Doopinen Uto. Kumater Uto. Terhile Uto. Versuwe Zerkohol. Mbakeren Aondovihi. Monday Aondovihi. Erdoo Aondovihi. Joe Aondovihi. Mwarga Aondovihi. Felicia Gwabo. Mary Gwabo. Terhemba Gwabo. Jirgema Gwabo. Mercy Dende. Lubem Dende. Uwundu Iorhemen. Gabriel Fide. Aondoana Fide. Ukese Fide. Averter Fide. Mwaraorga Fide. Terkimbir Solomon. Amina Kongo. Terkula Kongo.

Aboi Asoo. Shater Amaki. Lumunga Gbem. Doose Ayom. Mama Mfanyi. Samson Uke. Aboi Korna. Aondoawase Lamaaondo. Ormbagba Utim. Mermber Lamaaondo. Doose Ordue. Torsaar Adam. Doose Adam. Nguyilan Adam. Terver Ucha. Agon Ucha. Aondohemba Ucha. Atuur Asom. Uvershigh Asom. Nongo Ulam. Aondoaver Ulam. Ayangealumun Azahan. Nguzugwen Torgeri. Washima Nyiyongu. Tarnum Zerhemba.

We are yet to gather the names from Tse-Ikyoon, Tse-Viambe, Tse-Hwar, Tse-Iortyer, Tse-Aguun, Mbagbanger, Tse-Ikyegh, Tse-Chule, and more villages where nothing remains but silence.

Tinubu visits as Benue displaced indigens rise to 900,000
Over 900,000 people are now displaced across Benue State. Children are growing up in camps with no access to proper food, education, or medical care. And in the face of this unspeakable tragedy, the federal response has been delayed, muted, perfunctory. It took yet another massacre over 200 people wiped in Yelewata for the President to visit.

And even when he came, he brought platitudes and prescriptions, not policies or presence. A committee here, a blood donation call there, a mention of ranching, and vague promises. But the blood had already dried by then. The soil had already soaked it in.

He called for peace. He asked why arrests had not been made. He suggested a committee of elders and said, “We will convert this tragedy into prosperity.” But Mr. President, have you ever stood beside a mother who just buried her five children in one grave? Have you seen a man cradle the only surviving piece of his family, a six-month-old baby with burns? You came to Benue, but you didn’t come to us. You came to speak, but you didn’t come to feel.

Sir, we didn’t need poetry. We needed presence. Precision. Protection

What Benue people expected to hear from President Tinubu
What we hoped the President would say was to name what is happening, terrorism. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. We wanted him to say, “This is a war on the Nigerian farmers, and I will deploy all federal might to stop it.” We wanted him to say, “We are launching Operation Save Benue Now.” Instead, he told us to lead the way. As if a people hunted from their ancestral homes are the ones meant to blaze the trail for national security.

We wanted him to say, “Here is N100 billion for rebuilding, for restoring, for returning displaced people to their lands.” Instead, we heard talk of peace committees.

We wanted him to say, “I hear your cries, I see your graves, I feel your loss.” But the only thing we heard clearly was that peace is good for development.

But where is development without survival?

How does one talk of ranching while children burn?

How do we ask displaced farmers to return to ashes?

How do we ask them to form peace committees with hands still covered in the dirt of fresh graves?

Where is the plan for resettling displaced persons?

When will military bases be established in the vulnerable areas of Guma, Gwer-West, Logo, and Agatu?

Where is the justice for the thousands of lives lost?

Will the Federal Government declare the attackers as terrorists, or will we continue to downplay the horror?

These are questions we want answers to.

It was Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse, who told the hardest truth. Said he: “This is not herder-farmer clashes… It is a full-scale genocidal land-grabbing campaign. It is a total invasion.”

Yet the federal government continues to describe these horrors with vague terms like clashes, reprisals, skirmishes. No. This is calculated violence, ethnic cleansing by fire and fear.

The people didn’t want condolences. They wanted security. They didn’t want to hear about peace committees. They wanted military boots in their villages, now. They didn’t want to hear political poetry. They wanted justice loud, visible, swift.

As I left the camp that morning, a little girl stood before me with a stick she used like a microphone. She said, “Welcome to my news. I live here. My house is fire now. My mummy is black in the ground.” Then she smiled, and sent me on an errand; “Please, tell Abuja we want to go home”.

I turned away because I could not take it anymore. As I was about to walk out of the premises, a man grabbed my hand firmly, but not in hostility. His name was Agber. He had lost his wife and three daughters in the attack. “Please tell them,” he said. “Tell Abuja we are still human beings here. Tell them to stop sending words. We need action. We need to go home”. I promised I would. And that’s why I am writing this.

Let us never again say “herder-farmer clash.” This is not a clash. It is a calculated extermination, a total invasion, genocide and land grabbing and if Nigeria remains silent, it becomes complicit. These names are not just a list. They are an indictment. They are our history’s shame. But maybe, just maybe, if we write them loudly enough, if we say them with enough truth, if we remember them fiercely enough they won’t die a second death in silence.

Mr. President, this is your country. These are your people. Their bones are your burden. Their names are your legacy. Do not let them vanish again.

The death toll from the latest massacre in Yelewata is over 200. Benue currently hosts more IDPs than any state outside Borno and Zamfara. Yet the camps receive little to no sustained federal funding. No resettlement policy exists. The killings continue with no solid plan in place.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/yelewata-massacre-what-benue-people-expected-from-president-tinubu/

Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 2:06pm On Jun 21, 2025

Olabest911:
Tinubu defeated PDP and LP in 2023 because they choose not to work together.

Now, Instead of merging together, they are splitting More. PDP is still there... they will have a candidate, Obi said he is not leaving LP, ADA will have a candidate too.. APC is still intact in shot expanding. People that moved out of APC are not up to 10 percent of people that joined.

Indirectly..PDP is now dividend into 3... and you want to defeat him now that he's in power!

Opposition party no try at all

You just have to know that Wike is there to ensure that the PDP doesn't have a candidate.

Politics › Re: Orlu Does Not Matter by Ofunaofu: 12:57pm On Jun 21, 2025

DomPerignon:
Why is Benue more important to you than your very own Orlu that has been ravaged by IPOB terrorist cannibals ?

Have you ever been to Orlu, not what you read on the internet but actually taken a trip to the town to confirm for yourself if it’s truly ravaged by IPOB terrorist cannibals?

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Politics › Re: Suicide Bomber Attacks Borno Market, Kills 10 Persons, Injures Others by Ofunaofu: 10:52am On Jun 21, 2025

Can we now conclude that this country has no government just as Tinubu said during the Goodluck Jonathan regime?

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Politics › Re: Not Every Tragedy Must Be Exploited For Political Gain - O'tega Ogra by Ofunaofu: 7:40am On Jun 21, 2025

Mccullum:
Obi is paying you very well for this propaganda assignment. Good job

It’s unfortunate that genuine concern for accountability and human lives is so quickly dismissed as propaganda.

Let me be clear, I’m not being paid. This is about the right of every Nigerian to demand better from those in power. When lives are lost, the responsible response is reflection and action not deflection or personal attacks.

I speak out because it matters not because I’m paid to.

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Politics › Re: Osun Accuses AGF, CBN Of Plotting To Divert LG Funds by Ofunaofu(op): 6:32am On Jun 21, 2025

Omoboricash:
Can u present a court judgement that say Obasajo should withhold Lagos state allocation.?
Let Adeleke do the needful. At least state allocatiion disburse to each state at every end of the month, it is only local government allocation that is with hold base on court judgmemt. Let Adeleke obeys the xourt order.

Can you provide us with the Court judgement?

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Politics › Re: Not Every Tragedy Must Be Exploited For Political Gain - O'tega Ogra by Ofunaofu: 6:26am On Jun 21, 2025

Mr. O’tega Ogra, We understand it has become an obligation to attack when Peter Obi is involved especially when you're a Media lackey, MÁGÁ dóg, senior domestic servant, mandate stander etc of President Tinubu. That said, the recent tragedy in Benue is deeply painful, and no responsible leader should remain silent in the face of such violence. Mr. Obi’s comments were not political theatre; they were a sincere call for urgent and effective action from a government duty bound to protect its citizens.

It is, however, disingenuous to attack his credibility while deflecting from the real issue: the continued failure to prevent the loss of innocent lives. Attempts to link Mr. Obi to anti-democratic actions are both false and ironic. Mr. Obi never aligned with military regimes nor compromised democratic principles. In stark contrast, Bola Tinubu’s well-documented approach to General Abacha lobbying for a commissioner post in Lagos right in the middle of the struggle betrayed the spirit of the June 12 struggle and MKO Abiola’s legacy.

On the Akwuzu SARS issue, Mr. Obi did not create SARS, nor did he control its operations. There is no credible evidence linking him to extrajudicial killings. As governor, he operated within the legal limits of his office and did not run a parallel security command.

This moment demands leadership anchored in truth, not propaganda. Nigerians deserve security, accountability, and a government that protects, not excuses and certainly not one that rewrites history to shield itself from criticism.

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 5:42am On Jun 21, 2025

Vision101:
Who is the arrowhead? What is his clout?

Ordinary Nigerians, who have been made to bear the brunt of these wicked and draconian policies masquerading as economic reforms unleashed to inflict untold hardship, suffering, hunger, and starvation are the arrow heads

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 10:33pm On Jun 20, 2025

AMINDA:
Forget about the North, did he win the South? He won only 4 out of 6 southwestern states and then Rivers state under questionable circumstances. Just 5 dates in the entire South. He was beaten blue black by Obi even at his polling unit on bourdillon. The North made Tinubu President.

And the North will remove him so that he can return to Iragbiji, from where he emerged.

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 10:07pm On Jun 20, 2025

Tflex01:
Coalition will work better for 2031 election when power will be going back to the North. But that time, the two clowns disturbing the peace of well meaning Nigerians will stand no chance of the coalition candidate.

Nigerians are less concerned with where power will return or going to in 2027; rather, they are united in their determination to bring an end to what is widely regarded as the most oppressive, authoritarian, and undemocratic administration in the nation's history.

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 9:59pm On Jun 20, 2025

WickedAfonja:
ADA will show up before APC on the ballot

Very strategic

Agbabooooo as the Logo

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 9:58pm On Jun 20, 2025

The task of providing Nigerians with the alternative they have long desired, one that will surely lead to the end of what many see as the most oppressive, wicked, and draconian regime in the country's history has begun.

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Politics › Re: Talkers Stir Emotions, Leaders Solve Problems — The Benue Lesson The Mob Missed. by Ofunaofu: 8:54pm On Jun 20, 2025

SmartEnergyng:
Talkers Stir Emotions, Leaders Solve Problems — The Benue Lesson Peter Obi and the angry mob Missed

In moments of national tragedy, especially one as painful as the recent Benue massacre, the country needs cool heads and steady hands—not microphones seeking applause.
Peter Obi and the angry mob did not miss the chance to speak loudly about the killings in Benue, but they missed the opportunity to show leadership. And that’s the difference between problem talkers and problem solvers—between emotional opportunism and strategic governance.
There is a deep, complex, and painful history in Benue. It’s not just about bandits or terrorism. It’s about tribal identity, religious tensions, land disputes, and years of unresolved grievances between herders and farmers. Anyone who understands the dynamics of the region knows that solutions don’t come in tweets or rushed condolence visits—they come from intelligent, coordinated intervention, quiet diplomacy, local trust-building, and federal alignment.
President Tinubu may not be loud about Benue, but he knows better than to play politics with blood.
His style—whether you agree with it or not—is to let intelligence guide response, not media headlines. That’s what problem solvers do: they diagnose before they prescribe.
Peter Obi, and the angry mob on the other hand, rushes to every microphone after every tragedy, not to propose structural solutions, but to restate the obvious and posture for empathy.
Leadership is not emotional theater; it is actionable strategy.
Benue doesn’t need political tourists. It needs sustained federal-local synergy, security reforms, land-use mediation, and community-based peace building.
If Peter Obi and the angry mob wants to be taken seriously, they must learn to move from commentary to capacity.

Leadership is not measured by silence in the face of tragedy. A president who avoids speaking on mass killings is not being strategic, he’s being indifferent. And that’s exactly what President Tinubu has shown: indifference, until public outrage forced him to respond.

Peter Obi’s statements on the Benue killings were not “emotional opportunism,” but an expression of empathy and a call for accountability. True leadership acknowledges pain, stands with the people, and demands action.

If Tinubu’s so-called “quiet diplomacy” is effective, the growing death toll clearly says otherwise. In moments of national crisis, silence is not wisdom, it’s failure. A massive one.

Politics › Re: Atiku, El-rufai Opposition Coalition Seeks INEC Registration For New Party, ADA by Ofunaofu: 8:28pm On Jun 20, 2025

yyba:
no na EFCC
kakakakaka laughing in IPOB language

You are already in panic mode

shocked

Politics › Re: Atiku, El-rufai Opposition Coalition Seeks INEC Registration For New Party, ADA by Ofunaofu: 8:21pm On Jun 20, 2025

yyba:
ADA not SDP again? Coalition of confused failures

No na ADC

Education › Re: Anambra School Defeats UK Schools To Emerge Champions Of UK-Nigeria Competition by Ofunaofu: 7:58pm On Jun 20, 2025

Peter Obi legacies

sad

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Politics › Re: Anti-Tinubu Coalition Writes INEC To Register Party (Photo) by Ofunaofu: 7:50pm On Jun 20, 2025

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Politics › Re: Amaechi, Mark, Others Float New Political Force – All Democratic Alliance by Ofunaofu: 7:43pm On Jun 20, 2025

ibibiofirstlady:
These old dudes are yet to realised that their time has come and gone.

Tinubu is much older than all of them.

grin

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Politics › Re: All Democratic Alliance, ADA: Anti-tinubu Coalition Writes INEC For Registration by Ofunaofu: 6:44pm On Jun 20, 2025

Politics › Re: Tinubu Is Prioritising Economic Growth — Sunday Dare by Ofunaofu: 5:40pm On Jun 20, 2025

helinues:
Please stop wailing, nagging on my mentions daily. Allow me to express my opinion without killing it

I’m not wailing, just holding the conversation accountable. Opinions matter, but facts matter more. Let’s keep it real while we all express ourselves

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Is Prioritising Economic Growth — Sunday Dare by Ofunaofu: 5:19pm On Jun 20, 2025

helinues:
Too obvious. Too glaring

Nigeria is in the right direction with president Tinubu

If this is considered the 'right direction,' then it’s worth reflecting on what the wrong one might look like. With inflation rising, the naira down, hunger and economic pressure mounting on everyday Nigerians, it's hard to see how this path leads to true progress

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Politics › Re: Man Who Breached Protocol During Tinubu Speech Has Psychiatric Disorder — Police by Ofunaofu: 5:05pm On Jun 20, 2025

But he should have been allowed to get close to Tinubu, let’s see what he intends to do. After all, Tinubu said, 'Leave him alone.'

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Politics › Re: Uba Sani Changed Kaduna From Toxic Environment Under El-Rufai - Tinubu (Video) by Ofunaofu: 4:37pm On Jun 20, 2025

stuffs2002:
In 2023 you lots painted Tinubu as a religious fanatic who will start killing Christians as soon as the Muslim-Muslim ticket wins the presidential elections. But that failed ans you lots fell flat on your faces with your lies and propaganda.

Now, you people have changed gear and now you are trying to paint same Tinubu as an ethnic bigot but you are still failing because everyone is rallying around him irrespective of tribe or religion.

You are even trying to gaslight the north by claiming Tinubu is about to dump Shetima as if you can read Tinubu's mind.

Tinubu will rule till 2031 and therafter hand over power to a northerner with a South South person as VP.
Una no go get even senate president even after 2031

You people love rewriting history to fit your narrative. No one said Tinubu would start killing Christians. what was said is that a Muslim-Muslim ticket in a religiously diverse country like Nigeria was a reckless and divisive move. And it still is.

Let’s be clear: no one is suddenly calling Tinubu an ethnic bigot. Tinubu is a known ethnic bigot. This is the same man who ran on an ethnic and tribal Emi-lokan bitter brand of politics. The same man whose allies openly threatened non-Yoruba voters in Lagos during the elections and proudly defended it.

You talk about “rallying around him”. let’s not confuse forced silence or political calculation with genuine unity. Many are enduring him, not embracing him.

Now, suddenly you're accusing imaginary enemies of “gaslighting the North” by saying Tinubu wants to dump Shettima as if Tinubu doesn't have a long record of switching deputies, even as governor. These so-called imaginary foes supposedly told Governor Zulum and the entire Northeast APC to go after Ganduje recently at the north east APC stakeholders meeting for plotting Shettima’s removal?

You're not just reaching, you’re being ridiculous.

Politics › Re: Uba Sani Changed Kaduna From Toxic Environment Under El-Rufai - Tinubu (Video) by Ofunaofu: 4:00pm On Jun 20, 2025

Suddenly, Kaduna has become 'toxic under El-Rufai.' But El-Rufai wasn't toxic when he was working hard, rallying northern APC governors to support Tinubu during the 2023 general elections.

Politics › Osun Accuses AGF, CBN Of Plotting To Divert LG Funds by Ofunaofu(op): 3:53pm On Jun 20, 2025

Osun State Government has alleged plans by the offices of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and that of the Accountant General of the Federation, to pay statutory funds due to local government areas in the state into private accounts of some individuals.

In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dosu Babatunde, and obtained on Wednesday, the government said the rush to pay the money was a deliberate plan aimed at thwarting the cases already filed at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

“As a government, we are of the strong contention that this is quite sad, unfortunate, and unconstitutional for these two Federal Government Agencies to conclude plans to pay Government money into private accounts. This will amount to an open violation of public finance regulations.

“When Osun State Government first heard about this plan, it quickly took a step through the office of the Auditor General for Local Governments in the state by sending a letter to the CBN, introducing the accounting officers of each of the 30 local governments to them such as the Heads of Local Government Administrations(H.L.A) and Director of Finance.

“However, to our great consternation and dismay, the CBN Osogbo office rejected the list with strong suspicion that it planned to pay the allocation of Osun Local Governments to private accounts of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s men who submitted their names without the input of the accounting officers of all the LGs in Osun State,” the statement read in parts.

But when contacted for reaction, the chairman of the LG chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Mr. Abiodun Idowu, dismissed the allegations.

Idowu said, “We know the implications of public money going into private accounts.

“Any money that would be paid would go to the appropriate account.

“Maybe those who raised the allegation were not referring to us.

“Tell them to look somewhere else.”

But the state government while drawing the attention of President Bola Tinubu to the matter, insisted that the move was unlawful, noting that it was being done without the consent and knowledge of the President, as well as that of the Minister of Finance.

It warned that “Any money paid into the private account of any individual is not and will never be Osun State Local Government money, and the consequence for this will be very severe as Osun State Government will not spare any action in line with the dictates of the law in order to redress such anomaly.”

In a related development, the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Osun State chapter, said the CBN through a letter had directed authorised persons to open an account with the Osogbo Branch of the bank on behalf of local government areas in the state.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Wednesday, the State President of the Union, Dr. Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, who called on stakeholders to meet and amicably resolve issues causing disagreement regarding the management of local government areas in the state, said the authorised signatories to LGs accounts in the state remain, the Director of Finance and Supplies and the Director of Administration and General Services, with the Head of Local Government Administration and Council Chairmen confirming the schedules.

“Osun NULGE have in our possession a letter dated 10th June 2025 that emanated from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, titled: ‘RE PAYMENT OF STATUTORY ALLOCATION TO OSUN STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OPENING OF ACCOUNT’, and signed by one Okolie Rita O. (Director Federation Account Department) Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

“In the letter, the Office of the Account-General of the Federation requested for the opening of the Account for the Thirty (30) Local Governments in Osun State, with the following conditions:

“This is to inform you that CBN has requested that the Local Governments should apply for opening and maintenance of the Account as the CBN Osogbo Branch, through any two persons out of the following Officers: Chairman, Treasurer or Director, Finance and Administration or Director of Personnel Management.

“NULGE had informed the Honourable Minister of Finance, the Accountant-General of the Federation as well as the CBN Governor that the authorised signatories to Local Government Accounts in the Osun State are the Director of Finance and Supplies and the Director of Administration and General Services with the Head of Local Government Administration and Council Chairmen confirming the Schedules,” Ogungbangbe said.

He urged the CBN to adhere to the law to prevent further complications and avoid financial malpractice, saying “There is a grand plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay Osun State Local Government Allocation into personal accounts of some impostors who are not Local Government Staff.”

Also, the chairman, Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Hasim Abioye, while speaking at a press conference held in Osogbo on Wednesday, said the only legitimate political authority over the local council in the state is the products of the February 2025 local government election conducted by the commission.

Abioye also said that the election has never suffered any legal defect or judicial nullification, and explained that the commission has notified the appropriate authorities, including the State Ministry of Local Government, the State Local Government Service Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria, amongst others for them to be properly guided.

He challenged stakeholders in the state to rise to the occasion and condemn the alleged, “Partisan and biased stance of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police who have lent their powers and authority to back the illegal act of the hijackers without any justification.

“These sacked officials have summoned the shameless boldness, even after losing gallantly in court on 13th June 2025, to still go back to the local council offices forcefully, posing open threat and menace to the public, sharing bottles of alcoholic drinks in such a rude and crude manner, grandstanding in public properties. What for!

“Against this background, I want to assure the public that the confidence reposed in us by them, we shall not betray and as a constitutional body, we owe the public a duty of truthfulness, honesty, transparency, and accountability,” Abioye said.

https://punchng.com/osun-accuses-agf-cbn-of-plotting-to-divert-lg-funds/

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Is Prioritising Economic Growth — Sunday Dare by Ofunaofu: 3:46pm On Jun 20, 2025

Sunday Dare, you know Tinubu is not prioritizing the economy, so stop spreading that lie. In fact, if Tinubu has any real priority, it's the 2027 election

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Politics › Emergency Rule: Court Fixes Date For Hearing Of Case By Former Lawmaker, Dagogo by Ofunaofu(op): 3:23pm On Jun 20, 2025

A High Court in Abuja has fixed July 9, 2025, for the hearing of a suit filed by former Rivers State Federal lawmaker, Farah Dagogo, against President Bola Tinubu and others, over the declaration of emergency rule and the subsequent suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu and members of the State House of Assembly.

Presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, had adjourned the matter following a request by counsels to the first and fifth defendants, Professor Kanyinsola Ajayi, SAN, and Abduljabar Aliyu, who sought an extension of time to enable them respond adequately to the plaintiff’s processes.

A legal representative of the plaintiff, Babafemi Adegbite, did not oppose the request.

The suit, initially filed at the PortHarcourt Division of the Federal High Court, was transferred to the Abuja Division following a directive from the Attorney-General of the Federation to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

Dagogo is challenging the constitutionality of the President’s actions in Rivers State, particularly the imposition of an administrator in a state with a democratically elected government.

He maintains that the President lacks the constitutional authority to unilaterally suspend a democratically elected administration and replace it with an appointed administrator.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/06/20/emergency-rule-court-fixes-date-for-hearing-of-case-by-former-lawmaker-dagogo/

Politics › Re: Benue Massacre: Locals Sheltered Attackers, Gave Them Food, Women — CDS Musa by Ofunaofu: 8:33am On Jun 20, 2025

helinues:
How many of the criminals and their sympathizers have you arrested?

Stop telling us boring stories

Tough question?

You don’t seem to be in your usual Agbadoos mood

grin

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Politics › Re: Actor, Patrick Doyle Tackles Peter Obi Over His Borderline Criticisms Of Tinubu by Ofunaofu: 8:29am On Jun 20, 2025

Listen, Peter Doyle, calling Peter Obi’s criticism ‘neurotic’ or ‘petty’ says more about your discomfort with accountability than it does about him. In a healthy democracy, consistent scrutiny of government isn’t a character defect, it’s a civic responsibility. If facts and tough questions make you uneasy, maybe the real issue isn’t the critic, it’s the administration being rightfully questioned

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Politics › Re: Tinubu’s Visit To Benue, A Political Show – Atiku by Ofunaofu: 8:18am On Jun 20, 2025

Image123:
i refer to the Benue issue, not imaginary wishes and beating the air. What is/are your suggestion and solution about the matter?

Benue is part of Nigeria and the insecurity there isn’t imaginary. Entire communities have been displaced, and lives, properties lost. If your response to real human suffering is to demand 'solutions' from citizens while excusing those in power, then you’ve misunderstood democracy. Tinubu is the president, not a commentator. He wasn't elected to do PR tours, he was elected to fix problems. If that’s too much to ask, then maybe leadership isn’t for him.

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