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Politics › Re: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND: See How Chief Fawehinmi Fulfilled This In 1989 by Ofunaofu: 4:31pm On Feb 17

samomoli:
One fake human rights lawyer is now a minister today. Doing the opposite. How people change

You must be referring to Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation?

Politics › Trump Called Nigeria ‘Disgraced’ Over Tinubu’s Certificate Scandal – Obi by Ofunaofu(op): 8:16am On Feb 17

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and ADC chieftain, has said that US President Donald Trump called Nigeria a “disgraced country” because a certificate forger was allowed to become president.

Speaking at his official declaration for the ADC presidential ticket in Akwa Ibom on Saturday, Obi took a jab at President Bola Tinubu, referring to controversies surrounding his academic credentials.

“I went to Indonesia and asked their election organisers about the qualification to be president. They said if someone forged their qualification, they would be jailed,” Obi said. “Here, they treat it as a pre-election matter. Someone forges a certificate or doesn’t have one it’s allowed. That’s why the American president called Nigeria a ‘disgraced country.’”

The remark comes amid the ongoing Tinubu Chicago State University certificate controversy. Opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar had sought court approval to subpoena Tinubu’s academic records, citing inconsistencies in public documents. Tinubu filed to block the release of the records, and the Nigerian Supreme Court later dismissed new evidence, reaffirming his 2023 electoral victory.

Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The matter continues to stir debate over leadership credibility and electoral integrity in Nigeria.

https://thesun.ng/trump-called-nigeria-disgraced-over-tinubus-certificate-scandal-obi/#google_vignette

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Politics › Re: Ogun Residents Plan Prayer Summit Over Hardship by Ofunaofu: 8:08am On Feb 17

CodeTemplar:
APC will not like such a gathering that highlights their negative indices. All they want to hear is iti-s-well and all-is-well.

Especially now that prices of goods and services are not just crashing but have crashed completely, inflation rate is 15.10%, lowest in history and fuel pump price fallen from over #1000 per liter to between 830-870 naira per liter, cheaper than below #200 per liter when Tinubu took over

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Politics › Re: Message To Northern Leaders. by Ofunaofu: 7:47am On Feb 17

Obiedun:
I welcome America to Nigeria. So we have to wait until terrorists killed everyone in Nigeria? Many of you that talk about resources , it's when you are alive that resources can be useful for you. If your entire generation is wiped out,how are you going to benefit from the resources you are talking about. Whether it's a bait or not let them come

Let me understand this correctly.

When we advocated foreign assistance because the security crisis was spiraling out of control, you said we were undermining Nigeria’s sovereignty and insulting the competence of the government.

Now you’re welcoming America?

So was sovereignty a principle, or just a shield to protect Tinubu from criticism?

You can’t call people unpatriotic yesterday for suggesting what you’re endorsing today. That’s not consistency. That’s convenience.

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Politics › Re: Tax Act Doesn't Impose 25% Tax On Building Materials Or Funds - Taiwo Oloyede by Ofunaofu: 6:56am On Feb 16

midolian:
I really don't understand how a former governor wouldn't understand how tax works and would go about misinforming people all in the name of politics. Clearly, all these guys in ADC have nothing to offer but to whip up sentiments for cheap political gains This is 2026!

It’s 2026 and we’re still pretending that asking questions about tax law equals ‘misinforming people’? Interesting.

If a tax reform needs endless press conferences, TV interviews, Twitter post, just to explain what it really means, maybe, just maybe, the problem isn’t politics or anyone trying to score cheap political gains. The problem is with those who formulate the policy.

When a law is clear, it speaks for itself. When it’s constantly being clarified, that’s a red flag, not opposition propaganda.

And since we’re talking substance, perhaps Taiwo Oyedele should first explain why there are two different versions of the new tax law before expecting anyone to take this rebuttal seriously

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Politics › Re: Tax Act Doesn't Impose 25% Tax On Building Materials Or Funds - Taiwo Oloyede by Ofunaofu: 6:34am On Feb 16

Taiwo Oyedele should first explain why there are two different versions of the new tax law before expecting anyone to take this rebuttal seriously.

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Politics › Re: Ribadu Asks El-rufai To Submit Evidence Of Toxic Chemical Procurement To DSS by Ofunaofu: 6:33am On Feb 16

olaric:
The burden of proof is on the accuser; over to you El Rufai

When a public office is questioned, the burden of proof isn’t on the questioner, it’s on the custodian of the records.

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Politics › Re: E-Transmission: Senate Reveals Why ‘Real Time’ Was Removed by Ofunaofu: 9:54pm On Feb 15

Burob:
Tinubu Tinubu, Tinubu, quite obvious u are not ready to help yourself, always looking 👀 for who to blame for your self inflicted failure.

Jonathan has been out of power for 11 years now, u are still using Ebele as an excuse to justify incoherent senseless wailing?

I know it hit hard, sorry. But if reminding a leader of his own words feels like an attack, maybe the words were heavier than the excuses.

This isn’t about Jonathan. It’s about consistency. Tinubu said the buck stops at the President’s desk. Now that the desk is his, Nigerians are simply asking: did the buck relocate?

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Politics › Re: E-Transmission: Senate Reveals Why ‘Real Time’ Was Removed by Ofunaofu: 9:43pm On Feb 15

Burob:
Tinubu, Tinubu, Tinubu, not once have u ever mentioned your state or local government, are u an indigene of Abuja?

Tinubu mentioned Goodluck Jonathan throughout and never once blamed his state governor or local government chairman.

He told Jonathan that on matters of insecurity, the buck stops at his table and even advised him to resign if he could not solve the insecurity ravaging the nation at the time.

Nigerians are now asking him to heed that same advice, since insecurity is even worse today.

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Politics › Re: There Was No Government Importation Of Thalium Into Nigeria - Temitope Ajayi by Ofunaofu: 9:26pm On Feb 15

El-Rufai addressed the NSA. If the Presidency is responding, then perhaps they see themselves in the letter

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Politics › Re: E-Transmission: Senate Reveals Why ‘Real Time’ Was Removed by Ofunaofu: 9:14pm On Feb 15

Freshtruth:
It will be better to allow Tinubu continue let him rule his 8years cause it will be dangerous to hand this country to obi or Atiku to start afresh the mistake we all made 2015 with popular Buhari shouldn't be made again we all knew how it ended at least the fuel prices is going down a little, food stuff is prices is going down also pls sit down and think before u cast that vote am not a tinubu supporter, forget the brain washing look at the workings does Anambra has a standard stadium? Does Anambra has an airport under obi? Does Anambra has means of generating money? How many men has obi raise? Saving money is not achievement putting the money in use for development that is achievement. Wisdom they say is profitable to direct.

2015 taught us not to vote based on propaganda. It also taught us not to reward performance with blind loyalty.

Let him finish 8 years is not a campaign strategy.
Elections are performance reviews, not emotional attachments.

Since when did we reduce leadership to stadiums and airports?
While Tinubu is building a coastal highway, Nigerians are facing one of the toughest economic and security crises in our history. Big projects make headlines, functioning systems make lives better.
Development is not loud projects; it’s systems that work.

If saving money isn’t an achievement, then why are we drowning in debt today? Financial discipline is governance. Stability is governance. Security is governance.

We shouldn't be talking about let him complete it.
Rather, has he earned it?

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Politics › Re: No 25% Levy On Building Materials In Tax Act, FG Counters Amaechi by Ofunaofu: 8:15pm On Feb 15

Taiwo should first explain why there are two different versions of the new tax law before expecting anyone to take this rebuttal seriously.

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Politics › Re: What You Need To Know About Thallium Sulphate by Ofunaofu: 7:04pm On Feb 15

Tinubu wants to kill Nigerians, mostly opposition leaders

Politics › Re: Osun: PDP, LP Missing As Adeleke, Oyebamiji, Salaam Make INEC Candidates’ Lists by Ofunaofu: 6:08pm On Feb 15

yarimo:
Mr spoke man did PDP started today? Just simple question

I am not talking about yesterday, I am saying that those who destroyed PDP today is wike & Co caretaker Committee limited parading themselves as PDP members

Politics › Re: Osun: PDP, LP Missing As Adeleke, Oyebamiji, Salaam Make INEC Candidates’ Lists by Ofunaofu: 5:54pm On Feb 15

yarimo:
Just answer simple question and stop typing long. Did WIKE and makinde among the people that destroyed PDP in 2014/2015 isn't that simple question? PDP didn't start in 2023 as you attempt to claim earlier

Those who destroyed PDP today is wike & Co caretaker Committee limited parading themselves as PDP members

Politics › Re: Peter Obi Is Already Scheming To Run Away From ADC Blames FG by Ofunaofu: 1:08pm On Feb 15

One Agbadoo tweets, and the rest grab it like a relay baton, sprinting straight into fiction

Politics › Re: Governor Alex Otti Commissions Omenuko Bridge And Arochukwu Road by Ofunaofu: 7:48am On Feb 15

God bless ndi Abia

Truly, the state is now God's own state

Politics › Re: Tinubu Wowed At The Biggest Catches Of The Argungu Festival by Ofunaofu: 7:38am On Feb 15

maasoap:
Are you a child or something like that? State functions must go on even whether Tinubu himself likes it or not. And the fact that he is attending state functions doesn't that state functions is his priority. He's not the one who will go after the criminals in all the 36 states of the federation, his duty is to give instructions and provide resources which he's doing and wait for good news of achievements.
Let's be thinking like adults who clearly understand how governance works

Calling someone a child doesn’t and will never make your argument mature.

Yes, governance involves delegation. Yes, security agencies carry out operations. We understand that.

But leadership is also about symbolism, urgency, and visible priority. When over 100 Nigerians, mostly women and children are being paraded and held captive by terrorists, the optics of a president smiling and being wowed at a fishing festival send a message, whether you like it or not.

State functions can go on. But can’t the president send a representative while he leads from the forefront of ensuring that hundreds of thousands of Nigerians held captive by Boko Haram are rescued?

No one is asking him to personally chase criminals across 36 states. We’re asking for visible, unmistakable leadership that reflects the gravity of the crisis.

Adults understand governance. They also understand priorities.

And let’s not forget, Tinubu once told Jonathan that on matters of insecurity, the bulk stops at his table and did advised him to resign at the height of insecurity during his tenure.

If resignation was sound advice then, consistency would demand it remains sound advice now.

Leadership shouldn’t be seasonal. Principles shouldn’t be selective.

Politics › Re: Tinubu Catches 1 Big Fish In Kebbi, Boko Haram Catches 100 Nigerians, Kills 178 by Ofunaofu: 9:15pm On Feb 14

While Nigerians are being abducted and paraded by terrorists, the Commander-in-Chief is getting wowed at a fishing festival.

Apparently, governance can wait while he catches 1 big fish for applause.

The insecurity under the Tinubu administration is staggering. At this rate, even war-torn nations might start sending us condolences.

If resignation was good advice for Jonathan back then, it should be good advice for Tinubu now.

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Politics › Re: Kwara Government Reacts To Bandits Video Clip On Abductees by Ofunaofu: 9:08pm On Feb 14

While Nigerians are being abducted and paraded by terrorists, the Commander-in-Chief is busy enjoying a fishing festival. Apparently, governance can wait, but photo-ops and optics cannot.

The insecurity under the Tinubu administration is staggering. At this rate, even war-torn nations might start sending us condolences.

If resignation was good advice for Jonathan back then, it should be good advice for Tinubu now.

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Politics › Re: Peter Obi Should Join APC If He Really Wants To Change Nigeria!! by Ofunaofu: 7:54pm On Feb 14

Kemetian:
MR MAN stop using AI CHATGPT to answer.

Anybody can use ChatGPT too. USE YOUR OWN HEAD.

TELL CHATGPT that Obi said he would end the subsidy "on day one", so he had no plans for "sequencing, buffers, alternatives" either, and just wanted a quick process like Tinubu!

If we had dilly-dallied, we'd still be in the middle of the dysfunction right now.

Instead, we're OUT and READY to move forward now. The economy is stabilised, and has posted its fastest growth in 10 years.

And the world is pouring in tens of billions of dollars in investment!

Imagine being upset that someone uses information to make informed arguments.

You say the economy is stabilised and tens of billions are pouring in, from where exactly?

Show us the data

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Wowed At The Biggest Catches Of The Argungu Festival by Ofunaofu: 5:35pm On Feb 14

While Tinubu basks in applause at a fishing festival in Kebbi, Boko Haram parades over 100 captive Nigerians, mostly women and children before the world.

The contrast in presidential priorities couldn’t be clearer.

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Politics › Re: Elumelu Meets Tinubu, Says Dollar Scarcity Over, FX Market Sorted by Ofunaofu: 5:29pm On Feb 14

gideonvalor98:
You sound so smart but you're ignorant in actual sense. Some of you'll come up here blasting, but you're so empty. What economic activities was Nigeria in back then that justified dollar at #460? Or while is official and black market rate so wide?
Talking about dangote refinery, was the Government not instrumental in it's success? Do NNPC not have a stake as a shareholder? Do you listen to what Bayo ojulari(NNPC CEO) said about Dangote refinery?
The crude oil swap with Dangote in Naira, isn't that a brilliance from the government?

It's a shame on some of you, that you make every attempt to be myopic and blindfolded, even when you have an option to clear view. Nigerian youths are so ignorant about policies and governance. Some of you are just damn LAZY.

Calling people ignorant doesn’t magically turn currency depreciation into economic genius.

Asking what justified N460 to a dollar, ignores a basic economic principle: exchange rates reflect relative stability, productivity, and confidence. A currency doesn’t need to be justified at a number, it stabilizes where policy credibility, reserves, and capital flows support it. What we had then was distortion and mismanagement, yes. But what we have now is shock therapy without shock absorbers.

Also, narrowing the gap between official and parallel rates is not the same thing as strengthening a currency. If both windows converge at a much weaker level, that’s not reform success, that’s devaluation harmonized. Convergence is structural; value is economic. They are not the same metric

The crude-for-naira swap Creative, yes. But it became necessary because FX liquidity was strained after the currency float. Fixing pressure created by policy isn’t the same as avoiding the pressure in the first place.

And finally this isn’t about personalities. It’s about outcomes, high inflation rate, high food prices, Purchasing power crushed ,SMEs struggling with input costs, Savings eroded etc

If according to you, that’s ignorance, then maybe the real issue isn’t laziness, it’s accountability

Economic debate shouldn’t be emotional. It should be evidence-based and you don’t strengthen an argument by calling people names.

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Politics › Re: From Critics To Cabinet: The Tinubu Absorption Strategy by Ofunaofu(op): 9:15am On Feb 14

helinues:
That's the quality of a strong leader.
I grew up learning about leadership. Leaders discuss while the followers argue

If you don't have solutions to most common issue, if you are part of those who always like to find fault in others, then you are a follower

A strong leader inspires loyalty through vision, not through conversion of critics into choir members, on your mandate chanters

If leadership is simply turning yesterday’s accusers into today’s defenders, that’s not strength, that’s absorption.

And let’s be honest: discussing is not the opposite of arguing. Real leaders answer questions. Followers and supporters like you are the ones who get angry at the questions.

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Politics › Re: Court Dismisses Application Seeking Tunji-ojo’s NYSC Record by Ofunaofu: 7:47am On Feb 14

Tunji Ojo is merely following the footsteps of Nigeria’s most infamous figure, notorious drug baron, identity thief and certificate forger

When asked to present the certificates they claimed to have obtained, they refused.

Instead of clearing their name, they approached the courts, not to prove their innocence, but to seek a perpetual injunction preventing anyone from questioning those very certificates.

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Politics › Re: Elumelu Meets Tinubu, Says Dollar Scarcity Over, FX Market Sorted by Ofunaofu: 7:43am On Feb 14

ElSudani:
"A banker of his stature knows better. Liquidity is not value. Availability is not strength. You don’t clap because dollars can now be found at N1,400 after policies helped drag the naira from N460. That’s not progress, that’s currency collapse dressed up as reform"

This is complete utter nonsense.

Engage constructively

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Politics › From Critics To Cabinet: The Tinubu Absorption Strategy by Ofunaofu(op): 6:05am On Feb 14

Tinubu does not forgive critics, he absorbs them. His reward system is simple: if you once exposed him, insulted him, or loudly questioned his past, you are more valuable inside the system than outside it. Name one top appointee or loud defender around him today who did not once attack him.

FESTUS KEYAMO publicly questioned Tinubu’s certificate and credibility, speaking as a lawyer who claimed to care about transparency. Today, he attacks anyone who raises the same questions he once popularised.

FEMI FANI-KAYODE (FFK) accused Tinubu of corruption, godfatherism, and running Lagos like a private estate. He used words like “criminal enterprise” and “state capture.” Today, he markets the same man as Nigeria’s saviour.

RENO OMOKRI built an online brand attacking Tinubu’s morality, background, certificate saga, and Chicago controversies. He mocked those who supported him. Today, the fire has gone cold, the memory has faded, and the criticism is carefully redirected elsewhere.

DANIEL BWALA repeatedly declared Tinubu unfit for office on national television, attacking his health, history, and integrity. Today, he defends the same record he once described as disqualifying.

NYESOM WIKE accused Tinubu of hijacking party structures, imposing candidates, and running a one-man political empire. Today, he calls it “political experience” and “capacity.”

JOE IGBOKWE once raised internal APC alarms about fairness, equity, and leadership decisions linked to Tinubu. Today, dissent is treason and silence is loyalty.

BAYO ONANUGA and DELE ALAKE once wrote and spoke critically about Tinubu’s political dominance and methods. Today, they are gatekeepers of his image, aggressively rewriting history.

The pattern is not coincidence.
It is containment.

Yesterday’s critics are not forgiven, they are neutralised.
Yesterday’s questions are not answered, they are buried.
Yesterday’s accusers are not corrected, they are compensated.

This is not unity.
This is not maturity.
This is not ideological growth.

It is political settlement, where exposure is rewarded, accountability is traded for access, and silence is bought with power.

And the most insulting part?

They now insult Nigerians for asking the same questions they themselves once asked.

-Baron Large

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Politics › Re: Peter Obi Is A Content Creator - Obidient by Ofunaofu: 10:18pm On Feb 13*

Very body is an Obidient
Even Tinubu supporter is an Obidient

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Politics › Re: Elumelu Meets Tinubu, Says Dollar Scarcity Over, FX Market Sorted by Ofunaofu: 9:18pm On Feb 13

helinues:
You are the one not being sincere here. The N460 rate you are talking about was subsidized and even apart from that, the rate fluctuating within a year can be from N50-N200. Under this government, a whole year naira to dollar rate difference was less than N30. That's stability with the Naira against Dollars

Why won't we celebrate. What have we been using the dollar to do before that always cause scarcity?

Without the FG providing conducive environment for business with reforms and policies, the Dangote refinery might have still not function. What delayed his licence for years?

The scarcity and whatever temporary hardship it might have brought, Nigerians are now more conscious with their spendings compared to before.

You can see that I addressed all your concerns above without insulting or attacking, if you guys can stick to that, let's discuss. We want to clear things you have been doubting Thomas about

helinus, saying N460 to a dollar was subsidized doesn’t erase the fact that the naira moved to over N1,400 to a dollar under Tinubu. You can debate the mechanism all day, but you can’t debate arithmetic. That’s not reform, that’s devaluation aided by thoughtless policies

If Tinubu promises N300 to a dollar like he did and delivers N1,400 to a dollar, Nigerians are allowed to ask questions. That’s not distraction; that’s accountability.

Yes, exchange rate systems can be distorted. But correcting a distortion shouldn’t wipe out over 200% of currency value overnight and then be marketed as progress. Stability after collapse is not the same as strength.

On Dangote Refinery , let’s be honest. It was conceived, financed, and built privately over many years. Its existence exposes decades of policy failure in an oil-producing country importing fuel. That’s structural weakness, not a sudden policy miracle. If anything, it shows private capital succeeding despite government bottlenecks, not because of them.

Like I stated earlier, liquidity is not value. Availability is not prosperity.
You measure economic success by purchasing power, business survival, cost of living, and wage growth not by whether, Banks, BDCs have dollars in stock.

If citizens earn the same but pay triple for food, fuel, school fees, and rent, FX reforms becomes a very expensive headline.

Reform should make people stronger.
If people feel poorer, then celebration is premature.

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Politics › Re: Elumelu Meets Tinubu, Says Dollar Scarcity Over, FX Market Sorted by Ofunaofu: 8:30pm On Feb 13

Tony Elumelu is not being objective, he’s being political. Trying to be in the good books of Mr President

A banker of his stature knows better. Liquidity is not value. Availability is not strength. You don’t clap because dollars can now be found at N1,400 after policies helped drag the naira from N460. That’s not progress, that’s currency collapse dressed up as reform.

The naira recorded one of the fastest currency collapses in the world under Tinubu.

Infact, the naira achieved something remarkable, a record-breaking collapse.

Celebrating dollar supply after a over 200 percent currency destruction is economic gaslighting. It’s like setting a house on fire and then demanding applause for reducing the smoke.

And let’s be honest with ourselves; the biggest relief on FX demand from fuel imports came from Dangote Refinery, a private investment, not from government brilliance. Attempting to frame that as policy success is convenient amnesia.

Scarcity may have eased, but the damage is real. The purchasing power wiped out, the businesses crushed, the savings eroded, those don’t disappear because a banker chooses to praise power.

That’s not economic analysis.

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