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Nigerian content creator, Brain Jotter, has cried out on social media after being harassed by Lagos touts, popularly known as ‘agberos’.


Brain Jotter lamented the incident in a post shared on his Instagram page.

Expressing frustration, the content creator shared a video showing the moment he was harassed in his car by a group of thugs on a Lagos road.


He was refused free passage by the touts who were demanding settlement from him.

In the video shared by Brain Jotter, one of the touts was heard boasting, “I be lion”.


Lamenting the incident, the content creator wrote, “Lion no dey use eyes see goat. Nigerian zoo keepers are the worst. We lack good wild-life and they let a lion escape from their zoo. This is sad

https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/12/brain-jotter-cries-out-after-being-harassed-by-lagos-touts/#msqj3gosdpepesa8ycr

Not just the north but the entire country will finish

favor914:
He should go & contest the mid term election in America, is it my fault that u are both Nigerians .

Sorry bro, I didn’t know you were one of these 😂

press9jatv:
100%

Are you Ambo, the APC governorship candidate

Chiefupper:
You guys are happy just because it's a bad news. The news didn't even have source and it remains unverified yet Nigerians are happy. Tell me, is there anything you are getting from hearing bad news against your country's government?
Instead of you to focus on your lives, you are here waiting to devour on any bad news as if you will be paid for it.
I always wonder which kind of unpatriotic citizens we really are. Nigeria is getting worse yet its citizens are happy just because the government is getting it wrong, at the end of the day who will suffer for it?

Modify your comment, the news has a verified source

Oriire abduction: Oyo govt seeks public evidence as DSS frees suspect after investigation


Oyo State Government has called for memoranda from members of the public to assist the Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Esinele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

The development came as the Department of State Services (DSS) released a carpenter, Mustapha Marwana, who had been arrested during investigations into the abduction and killing of pupils and teachers in the area.

The state government, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the commission was seeking relevant information on the circumstances surrounding the incident, including the security response before, during and after the attack.


It urged community leaders, residents, civil society organisations, security agencies and other stakeholders with useful information to submit memoranda to the commission.

According to the government, the submissions would assist the panel in establishing the facts surrounding the incident and making recommendations capable of preventing a recurrence.

The government said the inquiry was part of broader efforts to address growing concerns over the safety of pupils, teachers and residents in rural communities, particularly in areas bordering other states.

It said the commission would undertake a thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding the abduction and assess the response of relevant authorities before, during and after the incident.

The government added that the outcome of the inquiry would guide policy decisions aimed at strengthening security around schools and communities across the state.

The commission is expected to sit in Ibadan, with the possibility of holding sessions in Oriire Local Government Area to enable residents and other stakeholders to interact directly with the panel.

Meanwhile, the DSS has released Marwana after investigators reportedly found no evidence linking him to the attack.

The Director-General of the service, Tosin Ajayi, was said to have ordered the carpenter’s unconditional release after investigators cleared him of involvement in the planning or execution of the attack.

According to findings from the investigation, Marwana, who hails from Katsina State, was not a member of any terrorist organisation and had no operational relationship with Ansaru, the terrorist group authorities have associated with the Oriire attack.

Marwana was reportedly arrested by DSS operatives during investigations aimed at identifying individuals who might have links to the perpetrators of the attack.

His arrest formed part of a wider intelligence operation following the abduction of the pupils and teachers in the northern part of Oyo State, particularly around the Oyo-Kwara border axis.

He was subsequently subjected to questioning while investigators examined his communications, movements and associations as part of efforts to establish possible links to the incident.

However, after weeks of investigation, the security agency reportedly found no evidence connecting him to the abduction or killings.

A senior DSS official, who confirmed the development, said the service would continue to ensure that innocent persons were not punished for crimes they did not commit.

The official said: “Our priority remains to ensure that innocent citizens are not unduly punished while efforts to apprehend the actual perpetrators continue.”

The official added that arrests would be based on credible intelligence and evidence, while persons cleared of wrongdoing would be released.

The DSS also appealed to members of the public to provide useful information that could assist security agencies in identifying and apprehending those responsible for the attack.

The abduction and killing of pupils and teachers in Esinele and Yawota had generated widespread concern over the safety of schools in rural communities and renewed calls for stronger intelligence gathering, surveillance and rapid response mechanisms.

The incident has also intensified demands from residents and community leaders in Oriire for increased security patrols and improved intelligence-sharing between communities and security agencies.

Against this backdrop, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry is expected to examine not only the circumstances of the abduction but also the adequacy of the security response and possible institutional or operational gaps that may have contributed to the incident.

The commission’s findings are expected to provide recommendations on how to strengthen the protection of schools, teachers and pupils and prevent similar attacks in Oyo State and other vulnerable communities.

With Marwana’s release, attention has now shifted to the commission’s investigation and ongoing security operations to identify and apprehend those responsible for the Oriire attack.

The state government said the inquiry and the memoranda submitted by members of the public would help establish the facts and support measures to ensure that such an incident does not recur.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/oriire-abduction-oyo-govt-seeks-public-evidence-as-dss-frees-suspect-after-investigation/

press9jatv:
yes, they will be recalled back. Not only that all the Oyes officers that was sacked including the health workers that was sacked will be recalled back by Ambo's government. The funds Osun State received every month is much available to cater for them.

How sure are you about that?

Op, Will Ambo employ them?

seunmsg:
At least, he's by far the most competent person to ever become president since 1999. And yes, he's way way above Atiku and Peter Obi in any talk of competency.

Honestly, you must have been laughing out loud while typing this.

Because if you genuinely believe what you wrote, then you’re doing some serious convincing of yourself.

But let’s ask the simple question: how exactly are you measuring competence?

Is it the economy? Inflation? The value of the naira? Security? Jobs? Infrastructure? Public debt? Or the overall quality of governance?

Because saying Tinubu is by far the most competent person to ever become president since 1999. and then casually placing him way above Atiku and Peter Obi is a very bold claim. You can support Tinubu, that’s your right, but support isn’t the same thing as evidence.

If Tinubu is truly the most competent, then show us the measurable results that prove it. What specific areas has he performed exceptionally well in, and compared against what standard?

favor914:
Abubakar Atiku, The Turaki Wailer Himself.

Everything no be Wailing Wailers.

How can INEC still be using an outdated Android 10 version on its BVAS devices, an OS that reached end-of-life in 2023,
while preparing to use it for the 2027 election?

With all the budgets, and almost N1 trillion at that, na Android 10 INEC won still dey use?

Try use your brain na.

Wait o! Did all the security agencies really allow this despicable senator the opportunity to make this watery rebuttal to his earlier endorsement and call for genocide?

Shouldn’t he be behind bars, locked up for good? Oh, wait… never mind. He’s APC

Wait o! Did all the security agencies really allow this despicable senator the opportunity to make this watery rebuttal to his earlier endorsement and call for genocide?

Shouldn’t he be behind bars, locked up for good? Oh, wait… never mind. He’s APC

Tinubu only came to kill, steal and destroy

Kobojunkie:
I was not born into any religion, and I still hate religion with every fiber of me. So, the simple answer to your question is yes! I am an infidel as far as every religion is concerned. And I will never change that status for any religion, no matter how abominable. 🥱🥱

Apparently, you’re a born infidel. Noted

Kobojunkie:
.... You folks are outraged at the wrong things. Being called an infidel/sinner/unbeliever is not a bad thing. The bad here is the call for your enslavement. Stop letting your emotions carry your common sense away! 🥱🥱

Are you a born infidel?

garykoeman:
3rd class graduate is falsely accusing a phd holder.

Last kick of a dying 🐴.

It’s only those who support a certificate forger, especially those who claim to have attended a school four years before it was established, who can have the audacity to call Peter Obi a third-class graduate

Lere is a born infidel

lexylaw09:
it's going into FAC , Monthly state allocations which all governors are happy about now the subsidy money now goes directly into states and local governments account.

States now received 5 times what the use to get . Now no state borrows anymore. Each state now have enough to go round

Before this subsidy money 🤑 goes directly into some private pocket leaving the country to suffer. But now the people ( states ) now have their money to do whatever they want with

Have you seen any governor saying they have not been paid .

Salaries have been improved from 30000 minimum to 80,000 naira minimum

Guy you just need to stop being lazy and find something to do

When did our minimum wage become 80,000?

Lies from the pit of hell

stuffs2002:
Yet it was Abacha that was using soldiers to attack Tinubu and even destroyed Tinubu's house that Tinubu had to run away on exile.

Una too like to dey lie and that is why Nigerians will never take you seriously.

Where did Tinubu betrayed Abiola?
When did Tinubu ask for appointment from Abacha

It’s obvious you’re blind, that’s why you didn’t read the accounts of Kola Abiola and Bode George, who were principal actors during the Abacha regime. Instead, you chose to believe the propaganda peddled by Tinubu and his Lagos-Ibadan propaganda machinery.

But let me ask you: how old were you during the Abacha regime?

Babajide Otitoju is a madman.

But when Tinubu, Buhari, and the entire APC hierarchy ran to U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry during the run-up to the 2015 general election, they weren’t childish.

Apparently, it’s only “childish” when today's opposition does it.

just2endowed:
H

Agbadorians are now relying on statistic.

The same people that said, "na statistics we go chop?"

Na statistics we go chop?

Tareq1105:
But you can't deny that they have started something there.

He told you that the contractors are not on site. Are you going to say you didn’t see that too?

yarimo:
And peter obi made a lot of money in democracy

And Tinubu betrayed the democratic struggle, betrayed Abiola, went behind to beg Abacha for a commissioner’s post.

Suddenly, today, his TATA boys claim he fought for democracy, when he was nothing more than a NADECO wannabe.

By Lauretta Onochie

YOU CAN’T BUILD SOMETHING ON NOTHING


There are controversies that disappear with time. There are others that refuse to die because the questions at their centre have never been satisfactorily put to rest.

As Nigeria marches towards the 2027 presidential election, the controversy surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s educational history belongs firmly in the second category.

This is not a matter that should be settled by insults, partisan loyalty or political intimidation. It should be settled by records. Because there is one rule of education that even a child understands:
You cannot build something on nothing.

THE LESSON FROM UNILAG

More than half a century ago, the University of Lagos was confronted with an admissions scandal associated with one of its senior administrative officers, Mr. Owosho, then a Deputy Registrar.
Accounts of the 1974 affair describe an investigation into students who had gained admission using fraudulent examination results and qualifications. The scandal involved verification with the West African Examinations Council, WAEC.

The consequences were severe. Owosho was dismissed. Affected students were expelled.
Why?

Because a university education cannot legitimately stand upon an invalid entry qualification. It would have been absurd for a student caught with fraudulent admission credentials to argue:
“Forget how I entered the university. I am already here.”
No.
The foundation mattered.
The University of Lagos understood something profoundly simple:
A degree cannot cure a defective foundation merely by coming afterwards.
You cannot build the first floor when there is no ground floor.
You cannot hang a roof in the air.
And you cannot build something on nothing.
Which brings us to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

BEFORE CHICAGO, WHERE WAS THE SCHOOLBOY?


Chicago State University has stated that Bola A. Tinubu attended the institution and exited in 1979. This should be acknowledged.
But acknowledging it does not answer every question about the educational journey that preceded Chicago State University.

In the particulars Tinubu submitted to INEC ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the portions concerning primary and secondary education were left blank.
Let us be precise: a blank space is not proof that a person never attended school.
But surely it permits a question.
And what a simple question it is!
Which primary school did Bola Ahmed Tinubu attend?
Then another:
Which secondary school did he attend?
And another:
What qualification enabled him to enter tertiary education in the United States?
These should be among the easiest questions in the biography of a public figure to answer.
For millions of Nigerians, the answers are mundane.
Ask an ordinary Nigerian where she went to primary school and she will probably tell you the name, the town and perhaps the colour of the uniform.
Ask about secondary school and memories tumble out—teachers, classmates, principals, punishments, football matches, examinations.

But when questions surrounding the early educational history of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria generate controversy, Nigerians are expected to stop asking questions.
Why?

THE ROAD TO CHICAGO

Then we arrive in America.
Records released in connection with the litigation initiated by Atiku Abubakar confirmed that a Bola A. Tinubu attended Chicago State University and exited.
But the documents also generated questions.
A Southwest College transcript associated with the student who subsequently transferred to Chicago State University contained an “F” in the gender field, meaning FEMALE.


That document exists.
But another fact exists alongside it.
Chicago State University’s Registrar, Caleb Westberg, testified that the Bola A. Tinubu who attended CSU was male, and the university has identified its former student as the Nigerian political figure who became President.
How did Tinubu enter an institution as a female but exited the next, as a male? Nigerians are perfectly entitled to ask:
Why did an underlying academic document contain a female gender notation?
Questions are not convictions.
Discrepancies are not automatically proof of fraud. But discrepancies demand explanations—especially when the person concerned occupies the highest office in Africa’s most populous nation.

THEN THERE IS THE DIPLOMA


The controversy became even more extraordinary when Chicago State University was compelled through proceedings in the United States to release records relating to Tinubu.
CSU’s registrar confirmed Tinubu’s attendance.
But when questioned about the particular diploma submitted to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, the registrar said the university COULD NOT authenticate that specific document from its own possession.
Again, precision matters. By itself, this proves that Tinubu forged a certificate.
Indeed, subsequent fact-checking concluded that the available evidence proved and establish that Tinubu forged his CSU diploma.

So, surely Nigerians are entitled to ask why the educational history of their President should require this much explanation in the first place.
For most people, education follows a comprehensible chain or trajectory:
Primary School → Secondary School → Qualifying Examination → Tertiary Institution → Degree.

So let us return to the beginning.
Where is the foundation?

THIS SHOULD NOT BE COMPLICATED

Forget politics for one minute.
Imagine a young Nigerian applying for employment tomorrow.
The employer asks:
“Which secondary school did you attend?”
The applicant leaves the space blank.
“What examination qualified you for university?”
No straightforward answer.
“Can we see the educational progression that led to your university admission?”
More controversy.
Would a serious employer simply wave the applicant through?

Yet we are not discussing employment as a messenger, driver, bank clerk, lecturer or civil servant. We are discussing the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The office with command of the Armed Forces.
The office that appoints ministers.
The office that nominates senior officials.
The office whose occupant signs legislation.
The office whose decisions affect more than 200 million human beings.
Surely the standard of scrutiny for that office cannot be lower than the standard applied to an ordinary Nigerian seeking employment.

WHAT DO WE TELL OUR CHILDREN?

This is where the issue becomes bigger than one man.
What moral lesson are we teaching Nigerian children?
We tell them:
Do not cheat in examinations.
Do not falsify certificates.
Keep your records.
Meet the admission requirements.
Submit your credentials for verification.
Tell the truth on official forms.
Then those same children watch their country’s political establishment treat questions about the educational records of the most powerful citizen in Nigeria as if asking them were an act of treason.That contradiction damages society.

A nation cannot preach integrity downward while treating accountability upward as optional.
Standards must rise with responsibility.
The President should be subjected to more scrutiny than the ordinary citizen, not less.

PRODUCE. EXPLAIN. SETTLE.

There is a remarkably simple way to kill controversies about credentials.
Produce verifiable records.
Where there are discrepancies, explain them.
Where allegations are false, demolish them with evidence.
Where mistakes were made in documents, identify who made them and establish the correct information.
Where legitimate privacy restrictions apply, use lawful mechanisms to establish the necessary facts.
That is what transparency looks like.
It should not require armies of political spokespersons.
It should not require abuse.
It should not require threats.
It should not require citizens to suspend their curiosity.
And it certainly should not require Nigerians to pretend that questions cease to exist merely because those questions are politically inconvenient.

2027 IS COMING

The next presidential election must not merely be a contest of billboards, jingles, rallies and political machinery. It must also be an examination. Every serious presidential candidate should be examined.
Where did you come from?
What have you done?
What qualifications do you claim?
Are those claims verifiable?
What did you promise previously?
What did you deliver?
What is your record in public office?
Can Nigerians trust what you tell them?
Those questions must apply to everybody.
Government candidate.
Opposition candidate.
Incumbent.
Challengers.
Nobody should receive immunity from scrutiny,
because democracy is not just an arrangement under which politicians investigate citizens.
Democracy gives citizens the power to investigate politicians.


THE OWOSHO PRINCIPLE

And so we return to 1974.
Whatever differences exist between that University of Lagos episode and today’s controversy, the principle it illustrates remains powerful.

The integrity of a structure depends upon the integrity of its foundation.
When admission credentials were discovered to be fraudulent, the university did not say that subsequent years of study magically erased the problem.
The foundation mattered.
Fifty-two years later, it still matters.
Nigeria must therefore reject two extremes.
We should reject unsupported accusations presented as established fact.
But we must equally reject the dangerous proposition that Nigerians have no right to interrogate inconsistencies in the records of their leaders. We do.
It is our country.
It is our Presidency.
And it is our vote.
Before 2027, every candidate asking Nigerians for the keys to Aso Rock should come before the electorate prepared for scrutiny.
No sacred cows.
No forbidden questions.
No selective standards.
No political immunity from accountability.

If the foundation is solid, show it.
If the records are authentic, establish them.
If discrepancies are clerical errors, explain them.
If allegations are false, defeat them with facts.
But Nigerians should never again be told that asking questions about the foundation does not matter. It matters.
Because a skyscraper may glitter magnificently in the sunlight.
It may have marble floors, golden doors and flags flying proudly from its roof.
But before admiring the penthouse, a sensible person asks what is holding the building up.
Nigeria must learn to do the same with those who seek to lead her.
You cannot build a secondary education on no primary foundation.
You cannot build tertiary admission on no qualifying foundation.
You cannot build public confidence on unanswered questions.
I therefore, call on the Attorney-General of the Federation and the National Assembly, to begin the process of prosecution and or impeachment.

You cannot build national integrity on selective accountability.

And above all:
YOU CAN’T BUILD SOMETHING ON NOTHING.

https://thewhistler.ng/the-questions-nigerians-must-ask-before-2027-part-1/

DomPérignon, you go explain tire. 😂

As I pointed out in the other thread, you forgot to mention that Reno Omokri said Tinubu appointed him ambassador to four countries.

Our NSA is now the Osun APC Gubernatorial Campaign Council’s security adviser. No wonder the entire country is witnessing heightened security challenges, he seems to have abandoned advising the President on national security to focus on advising APC gubernatorial campaign council. Priorities, apparently

PulaPower:
Obi’s NYSC certificate is fake..

No government official would issue you a legit national certificate on Saturday or on Public holiday..

Approach the court

Don't rant on Nairaland

DomPerignon:
In Mexico, the presentation of diplomatic credentials is standardly conducted as a consolidated group ceremony rather than through individual meetings. The Mexican President schedules these events at the National Palace to accommodate a busy agenda, typically receiving between 5 and 20 ambassadors in a single session.

Recent examples include former President López Obrador hosting 14 ambassadors in June 2024 and current President Claudia Sheinbaum welcoming 5 in September 2024.

While individual ceremonies can occur during extraordinary bilateral events, they are the exception rather than the rule.

Regarding the specific case of Reno Omokri, nominated by President Bola Tinubu in November 2025 and confirmed by the Nigerian Senate in March 2026, his credentials have not yet been presented.

The most recent group ceremony under President Sheinbaum occurred on September 8, 2025. Given that the administration has held only two such ceremonies in the previous year (May and September) and has not held any yet this year, the delay is procedural, not political.

The absence of a ceremony for Omokri and other pending ambassadors is simply due to the infrequency of these scheduled group events.

Consequently, public petitions urging immediate individual meetings are ineffective, as the process relies on waiting for the next scheduled group session.

So Oga rest.

DomPérignon, you forgot to mention that Reno Omokri said Tinubu appointed him ambassador to four countries