₦airaland Forum

Freetech:
Wealth creator indeed . He unless he means poverty creator. A man who created poverty for his people in Anambra

A man who couldn't manage Next UK untill it's closed down. Tueh

I don’t know why Obi’s statement pains you this much, but if we’re talking about poverty creators, look in the mirror, Tinubu is Nigeria’s biggest poverty creator in history.

aswani:
You guys need to remove Ẹdo from Peter Obí completely, it would not happen.

Why?

Because Okpebholo promised Tinubu 2.5 million votes, or because Edo people suddenly love Tinubu that much?

fergie001:
Tinubu should really have sat down with GSM.

SW should be where he ought to be sweeping!

If we’re being honest about the reality on ground, Tinubu has no business sweeping anywhere, not even the Southwest.

He is the most unpopular president in Nigeria’s history. No other Nigerian president comes close when it comes to public dissatisfaction and rejection.

Iyeku:
But they ask him that is why is talking. Why you guys always in pain about anything Wike?

So his alliance with APC is strategy, but everyone else’s alliance is 419? That level of hypocrisy needs medical attention

yarimo:
I thought it's obi turn oo 🤣🤣🤣 confused losers everywhere

You are the biggest loser

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has urged the Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the party’s governorship ticket to the Senatorial Zone of the State Governor Alex Otti.

In a Thursday statement signed by Levinus Nwabughiogu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Kalu stated this while receiving members of the APC at his Bende country home on Wednesday.

Kalu urged aspirants, especially governorship aspirants, to remain committed to their ambitions, compete openly, and avoid complacency.

He also encouraged all aspirants of the APC in the state to remain committed to their ambitions, insisting that the state must align with the Federal Government.

Speaking when he received one of the frontline aspirants, Dr Eric Opah, Kalu asked the aspirants not to give up, promising his full support across all levels.


He said, “Let me tell you, anybody who has picked a form, keep trying to be on the ballot paper. Don’t give up because Benjamin Kalu is not going for the Governorship. That’s my message to everyone. Tell them push, nobody should relent because the same fire we started this fight with, we’re not going to drop it.

“I said the fire we started this struggle with, we are not going to drop it. We will push it like that till the end. It is only in that fire that we can make somebody a governor. It is only in that fire that we can make somebody a House of Assembly member. It is only in that fire that we can make somebody a House of Rep member.

“It is only in that fire that senators will emerge. It is only in that fire that the President will emerge with our contribution from Abia State. We’re not going to relent; we’re going to support. Thank you, my brother, for coming to tell me formally in my place of birth that you are running.”

Kalu disclosed that he had previously received formal notifications from former Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, Chief Henry Ikoh and Mascot Uzor Kalu, saying the party’s door remained open to everyone.

The Deputy Speaker, however, suggested consensus first as a mode of primaries, noting that direct primaries will be adopted where necessary, and also cautioning against moving the party’s governorship ticket outside Abia Central Senatorial District.

Kalu emphasised that power rotation is important to maintain the state zoning formula.

He said, “Others have come to the office. I have received a former Minister, Ikoh, who came to inform me. I have also received Mascot Uzor Kalu, who came to inform me. The place is open. Let all of you go. It’s either you agree with one another or we’ll go for direct primaries. But if you ask me, just like other political parties in Nigeria, they are currently zoning their Presidential seat to the South, because the current President is from the South.

Kalu added, “It will be wrong for APC in the state to zone the Governorship ticket away from where the current Governor is operating from. It will be wrong. The current Governor is using the slot of the Central to govern Abia State. It will be wrong to zone it outside the central area.

“I’m not from the Central. Those are some of the issues that made me stay where I am. The rotation in Abia State went from North to Central to South. Yes, it was supposed to come back to North to start another movement, but it was dropped at the Central. And every time it gets to a particular zone, it stays for 8 years. If you take it from there, you will rubbish the formula of power rotation.”

“My appeal to APC members is to remember what has united us as a people in Abia State, that has reduced the rancour, the acrimony, the violence during election, is this zoning. It has increased the cohesion for us as politicians. Let us respect that for the sake of cohesion. Let us focus on where the current governor is, return the power there, let Umunna choose who they want”, he said.

Referencing the past, Kalu revisited a viral video two years ago where he said “APC will take Abia” in 2027, saying that many misinterpreted his remarks as a personal bid for office.

He argued that Abia’s distance from federal power has cost the state opportunities, and aligning with the centre is the fastest way to close the gap.

He said, “I made a statement some years ago, and people thought I was talking about myself. I said APC will take Abia, and they were thinking that Benjamin Kalu was saying it about himself, but every day it is getting real that it was not about self. The video trended with people shouting you want to chase out the governor, you want to be governor. They thought we were coming to write the results with rigging.

“They even asked that we write our wills, but my focus was galvanising a capable grassroots while they were busy attacking my person, career and even family. Today, we have a capable grassroots ready to win every election in Abia state. Today, as you watch my steps, it’s unfolding that it is not about self.”

“The party at the centre has access to resources that Abians were supposed to benefit from. And I am there. No matter what anyone tells you, Abia is too far from the centre. We can come closer. What are we losing by coming closer or integrating our state into the mainstream politics in Nigeria? Why must we be isolated? You are saying it doesn’t matter. It matters because you don’t know what we are losing,” he explained.


The Deputy Speaker commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to true federalism, saying it creates room for sub-nationals to be stronger.

“You are clapping your hands for those roads because you don’t know how many we could get. You are clapping your hands because the past administrations may not have released the kind of money the President is releasing now. My President is being celebrated in the whole of Nigeria because he believes in true federalism. This is a President who believes that the sub nationals should be strong. This State, in appreciation, should align”, Kalu said

https://www.tvcnews.tv/deputy-reps-speaker-urges-abia-apc-to-zone-guber-ticket-to-ottis-senatorial-district/

Let the campaigns begin

I see pains in Wike's eyes

How does this concern him

His alliance with APC is what?

Thunder 🔥⚡🔥⚡ him there

When is Wike declaring for president

esnbrutality:
Gbam
Gbam
Gbamest

Wait and see them call him IGBO and IPOB or Omoale.

We are waiting for Goodluck Jonathan to also declare too

It's the southern turn

Seyi Makinde for president

It's the southern turn

Another worthless post on X from a Tinubu supporter....and, as usual, the rest will run with it

I can understand Bayo Onanuga’s confusion.

A man who serves propaganda for a living will naturally be shocked when he encounters someone speaking with consistency and integrity.

He is loyal to Tinubu, an internationally notorious individual, forger and identity thiéf whose words can't be trusted. so he assumes every politician operates on the same template. That’s the environment he’s used to.

But Peter Obi is not his principal.

Not everyone treats public trust like a disposable campaign flyer.

Honestly, I don’t understand why Peter Obi’s one-term pledge is being overflogged as though he proposed abolishing the Constitution. The Constitution already provides four years per term and a maximum of two terms.

So what exactly is the crisis here?

The real issue is not tenure length, but what is done with the tenure.

Tinubu’s administration did not need four years to push Nigeria deeper into debt, worsen inflation, multiply hardship, weaken the naira, worsen insecurity, and normalize darkness as a national policy through endless electricity failures and grid collapse

So if damage can be done this quickly, why are people pretending meaningful progress cannot also happen within four years?

Nigerians are not asking for long speeches or long tenures anymore.

They are asking for competence, credibility, and results.

I can understand Bayo Onanuga’s confusion.

A man who serves propaganda for a living will naturally be shocked when he encounters someone speaking with consistency and integrity.

He is loyal to Tinubu, an internationally notorious individual, forger and identity thiéf whose words can't be trusted. so he assumes every politician operates on the same template. That’s the environment he’s used to.

But Peter Obi is not his principal.

Not everyone treats public trust like a disposable campaign flyer.

Honestly, I don’t understand why Peter Obi’s one-term pledge is being overflogged as though he proposed abolishing the Constitution. The Constitution already provides four years per term and a maximum of two terms.

So what exactly is the crisis here?

The real issue is not tenure length, but what is done with the tenure.

Tinubu’s administration did not need four years to push Nigeria deeper into debt, worsen inflation, multiply hardship, weaken the naira, worsen insecurity, and normalize darkness as a national policy through endless electricity failures and grid collapse

So if damage can be done this quickly, why are people pretending meaningful progress cannot also happen within four years?

Nigerians are not asking for long speeches or long tenures anymore.

They are asking for competence, credibility, and results.

I honestly don’t understand why Peter Obi’s one term of four years pledge is being overflogged as though he said something unusual.

Even the constitution provides four years per term, with a maximum of two terms.

So, if Peter Obi says he intends to serve just one term of four years, why should that be a problem?

The real question should be: is four years enough to make a meaningful impact on Nigerians and national development? Of course, it is.

If it didn’t take up to four years for Tinubu’s administration to plunge the country into unprecedented debt, inflict untold hardship, worsen inflation and insecurity, and leave Nigerians battling persistent electricity blackouts, then four years is certainly enough to create positive change and meaningful development.

The debate shouldn’t be about the length of the tenure, but the impact of the tenure.

Welcome on board

The more the merrier

AdolfHitlerxXx:
You still confirmed my diagnosis.

Just put the comment in Google Translate. It does not seem you have the requisite equipment to comprehend my comment. Just give up

Deflecting won’t help when the real issue is selective comprehension. You understood perfectly when criticizing Obasanjo, but suddenly your brain develops buffering issues once Tinubu’s failures enter the conversation.

You can chose to become a Nairaland doctor, diagnosing other comments but refused to diagnose yourself and acknowledge the fact that there's a disconnect somewhere between your medulla oblongata and your ability to think

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Your 👀 and 🧠 need transplants not just checks.

Trust me on this

Funny how you admitted you criticized Obasanjo and still acknowledge he was a huge failure, yet the moment Tinubu is mentioned your emotions start doing gymnastics. I honestly don’t know why you’re this embittered.

And for someone talking about eye and brain transplants, maybe start with a mirror check first, because defending the biggest economic disaster Nigerians are currently enduring is not intelligence, it’s loyalty without logic.

AdolfHitlerxXx:
I criticised OBJ as a President. He was a huge failure

Have you also criticized Tinubu because he is the biggest failure this country has ever witnessed?

We’re no longer talking about competence and capability. Na who wife fine pass.


I weep

Homeland Security: Replace NSA Ribadu if you lack confidence in him – ADC to Tinubu

Homeland Security: Replace NSA Ribadu if you lack confidence in him – ADC to TinubuPublished on May 12, 2026By Seun Opejobi


The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, has charged President Bola Tinubu to replace the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, if he lacks confidence in his ability to tackle security issues in Nigeria.


Abdullahi was reacting to Tinubu’s appointment of Major General Adeyinka Fadewa (Rtd.) as Special Adviser on Homeland Security.

Tinubu had made the appointment to recognize Fadewa’s exceptional record of service, strategic expertise and outstanding contributions to Nigeria’s national security architecture.


Reacting, Abdullahi said the use of “Homeland” better suits countries like the United States, US, Germany, Israel or Palestine.

Posting on X, he maintained that such a portfolio is meaningless in Nigeria.


He wrote: “President Tinubu has just appointed a Major General as ‘Special Adviser on Homeland Security.’

“The term ‘homeland’ is ideological and historically rooted. It makes sense in contexts like the United States, Germany, Israel or Palestine. In Nigeria, it is largely meaningless.

“If the President no longer has confidence in his National Security Adviser, he should simply replace him, not create a new office with a copycat title.”

https://dailypost.ng/2026/05/12/homeland-security-replace-nsa-ribadu-if-you-lack-confidence-in-him-adc-to-tinubu/

WizardOfNG:
Tinubu has won even before a vote has been cast. You know that and this is why you jump on threads like this to engage in efforts to demarket Tinubu when you should be castigating those using religion to incite Nigerians.

When the worst happens, God forbid, you will begin to cry. Responsible men never fail to keep what matters in sight.

Obvious you are not one with how you cannot see what is gravely wrong with the statement below considering Nigeria is currently a very divided and terrorised nation.

Keep fanning the flame of extremism irresponsibly because of bigoted hatred of Tinubu and his ethnic group.

Na everybody go chop the breakfast the senseless and irresponsible behaviour of you and your ilk will serve up.

If Tinubu has already won before a vote is cast, then maybe advise INEC to save Nigerians the almost N1 trillion election budget and just announce him immediately. Why waste money conducting elections if the outcome is supposedly predetermined?

Also, criticism of Tinubu is not extremism, hatred, or tribalism. Nigerians across every tribe and religion are complaining because hardship has no ethnicity. Hunger is not Yoruba, insecurity is not Igbo, and inflation is not Hausa.

And please, nobody is demarketing Tinubu. Tinubu is the demarketer-in-chief of his own administration.

And the irony is that you accuse others of demarketing him while simultaneously admitting people are rejecting him in large numbers. That rejection is not manufactured; it is the natural consequence of governance Nigerians can feel in their pockets every single day.

Spare us the emotional blackmail about breakfast and extremism. Citizens questioning a government is democracy, not terrorism. If Tinubu’s performance is truly excellent, Nigerians will reward him with votes. If not, no amount of gaslighting, ethnic baiting, or fear mongering will rescue a bad government

yarimo:
Agulu scammer that can't make small anambra state that is not up to one LGA in Niger state great as governor for 8 years.

Take it easy, Yarimo. You’re choking yourself into the abyss

Everyone is rejecting Bola Tinubu .... old and young, Muslims, Christians, traditionalists, atheists… literally everyone, irrespective of tribe, ethnicity, or religion.

Deep down, even Tinubu knows he has failed woefully and spectacularly and doesn’t deserve reelection. If Tinubu were in the opposition, even he would reject Tinubu.

There will be wailing, shedding of tears and gnashing of teeth on this wonderful thread

At this point, everyone seems to work for everyone. But after the election, when the dust settles and a winner emerges, we’ll know who truly works for whom.

WizardOfNG:
You and your co-travellers are just unprogressive nuisances. Look at what is shown below and you will note that it is the template Tinubu is following holistically.

No Government has fought to deliver full local Government autonomy as Tinubu has done.

We have regional development commissions for every geopolitical bloc of Nigeria today and something your SE has begged several Government for with Tinubu now being the President to oblige.

Regional development commissions, run well, can be arbiters of regional autonomy.

There is so much more that is real and factual towards restructuring of Nigeria Tinubu has done and I am always taken aback to note how unprincipled you lot are with your dishonesty and denial of korokoro truth because I will never deny facts and reality against even my worst enemy.

That is what being principled and upright is about and I personally feel I owe it to myself to be that always rather than be lying shamelessly against others I don't like.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/swest-govs-propose-six-regions-demand-lg-autonomy-resource-control/%3famp

You clearly don’t understand what restructuring means, and that’s the irony here.

There is no local government autonomy in Nigeria today, what exists on paper is financial autonomy, and even that has not been meaningfully implemented in practice because governors still have enormous control of the entire LGA funds

As for regional commissions, how exactly is that restructuring? Nigeria already had the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission long before Tinubu became president. Nobody called those “restructuring” then.

So because Tinubu created a South East commission, suddenly it has become restructuring? That logic is as confused as your argument.

Restructuring means devolving powers from the centre to the regions/states, policing, resource control, fiscal federalism, constitutional autonomy, not creating more federal agencies controlled from Abuja.

You wrote plenty of grammar, but very little political understanding.

At this point, the Tinubu government should give Peter Obi an award for single-handedly funding Nigeria’s health sector better than the government did in 2025

Lithiumite:
Its all part of the game plan well orchestrated by APC,divide them so you can take them out one after the other,if atiku isn't on the ballot,it will be because the courts say ADC isn't eligible and if you accuse tinubu if wanting to run unopposed, they will remind you NDC is very active.......obi or no obi,ADC momentum has dropped because of the uncertainty that pervades that party,if it was certain atiku would contest,you would have seen several new heavyweights moving that way.

Atiku will be on the ballot come 2027

Tinubu doesn’t know what restructuring means.

Tinubu and restructuring are like two parallel lines.....they can never meet.

Lithiumite:
ADC convention and congresses has been nullified by justice abdulmalik, justice nwite has not given judgement on the bala gombe David mark case.......adc right now is a party in turmoil,cant you see the noise and gra gra from the party has reduced, they have lost steam.

If the adc exco gets thrown out,tinubu wanting to run unopposed will no longer be an excuse as NDC, SDP and we hear makinde is also contesting,though I dont see how realistic that can happen.

Sorry bro what took the noise from the ADC is the departure of Obi and kwakwaso not the Court cases.

Atiku will be on the ballot

Lithiumite:
You think yorubas are fools or unstrategic like those from that side......atiku will end up not being on the ballot and that leaves tinubu with all these neophytes.

What is the thing that will make Atiku not to be on the ballot?