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lebienconnu:
We really dogged a bullet. Sometimes, it is better to keep mum. Now we know more about you. We know what you gat. It ain’t gonna fly.

Cl**n consoling himself..Which bullet did you dodge ? Tinubu is failure like no other and that should worry any sane human in Nigeria

Wallade:
To the best of my knowledge, insecurity isn't just in the North of Nigeria. It is all over Nigeria and highly prevalent in the North.

Insecurity has been a challenge in nigeria since the the days of Obasanjo, Yaradua, Jonathan, Buhari and Tinubu.

Insecurity is a problem around the entire world. Every government endeavors to develop solutions to security challenges, internal and external security challenges.

I believe that the Tinubu government is also trying to develop, strategize and engage solutions to Nigeria's several challenges, including security.

Primary school education challenges with respect to teachers strike in Abuja is a constitutional challenge.

The payroll and remuneration of teachers of government pimary schools in Abuja and all states in Nigeria is constitutionally the responsibility of the Local Government or Area Councils.

Several efforts have been made by the minister to engage and compel the area councils chairmen to fulfill that obligation but for reasons best known to the chairmen, they have refused to comply.

The Minister of FCT even had to send them additional funds to ensure payment of the salaries to the primary school teachers but they still diverted the fund to another use.

The power is in the hands of the people in Abuja to remove the area council chairmen. The people (parents, teachers and stakeholders) can also protest at the various area council offices or Chairmen houses to compel them to pay the teachers salaries and remuneration.

You should not be blaming that on the FCT Minister or the president of Nigeria outrightly.

Peter Obi seems to be a content creator critic rather than a solution provider or senior citizen trying to foster peace, development and progress in Nigeria. He is sensationalizing challenges in the society that government seems to be engaging with strategies and efforts to solve.

Peter Obi can wait till he becomes president of Nigeria so he call solve the problems.

Being critical of the government is normal but we should criticize constructively with the agenda to prefer solutions, development, space and progress. Not to destroy, instigate rebellion, chaos and division.

You really think you can deceive people not knowing you are actually deceiving yourself, I am sure you don't know the Tinubu you voted for was just a paper tiger criticizing every government that came onboard, Well, thank God he is now President and doing far worse than the government he once criticised daily on the pages of newspapers across the nation.

Should I start mentioning everything thing Tinubu once criticised but end up doing them? Oh, Is it the subsidy protest or oh I remember him telling Jonathan to resign when insecurity was affecting his government, hypocrites like you won't tell your Oga to resign because you are all known sycophants...I could go on and on, Tinubu is only good at criticizing but when given the opportunity to govern he is messing up big time.

Like someone rightfully said Tinubu scores A1 in Politics but F9 in governance and it is so glaring even to the blind.

I am sure you remembered the messages in the attached screenshot. Mind you, he also promised stable power supply and once criticised previous government ooo, let's not even go to that now.

Peter Obi is Tinubu's nemesis just as Tinubu was Jonathan's nemesis when Jonathan was in government, he should deal with it, he is having a taste of his medicine...you guys are just wasting your time defending a double faced person like Tinubu.

JetApartment:
You really think you can receive people not knowing you are actually deceiving yourself, I am am sure you don't know the Tinubu you voted for was just a paper tiger criticizing every government that came onboard, Well, thank God he is now President and doing far worse than the government he once criticised daily on the pages of newspapers across the nation.

Should I start mentioning everything thing Tinubu once criticised but end up doing them? Oh, Is it the subsidy protest or oh I remember him telling Jonathan to resign when insecurity was affecting his government, hypocrites like you won't tell your Oga to resign because you are all known sycophants...I could go on and on, Tinubu is only good at criticizing but when given the opportunity to govern he is messing up big time.

Like someone rightfully said Tinubu scores A1 in Politics but F9 in governance and it is so glaring even to the blind.

I am sure you remembered the messages in the attached screenshot. Mind you, he also promised stable power supply and once criticised previous government ooo, let's not even go to that now.

Peter Obi is Tinubu's nemesis just as Tinubu was Jonathan's nemesis when Jonathan was in government, he should deal with it, he is having a taste of his medicine...you guys are just wasting your time defending a double faced person like Tinubu.

Okay, more grease to a Peter Obi's elbow.

And you as well.

Dear OP,
Would you like to reveal in all honesty, how much you're paid to script this.
I guess you must be a Nigerian, but most probably not living within the shores of Nigeria. Otherwise, whatever you were paid, truth remains immortal. And that's what Mr Peter Obi just said. Someone whose house is on fire, does not chase rats.
No amount of pretence would make Nigeria a better place. It is hard and conscientious work by those in leadership positions that will make Nigeria work for all. If you like, call Interpol to go after Peter Obi, truth must be told.
Leaders lead to impact the lives, the well-being of the greatest number of persons. That's simple Utilitarianism. That you're part of those at the table doesn't mean everyone is there. Even if you're not there, whatever has become of HUMAN CONSCIENCE beats my imagination, and is yet to be determined.
Stop instigating violence and hanging it on Peter Obi. Be human!

emkz:
Mr Peter Obi published the above on his Twitter handle.

Several issues.

Reading Peter Obi's diatribe, it reads like he drew inspiration from the December 31st, 1983 coup speech of then Brigadier Sani Abacha:



To Peter Obi:

1. Is it true that our schools and hospitals are not functioning?

2. Is it true that Nigeria is not a functioning nation?

3. Peter Obi is no longer playing opposition, but engaged in acts of deliberate misinformation, mischief, gaslighting and intentionally deceiving the public. Tinubu visited Katsina for a security assessment where he addressed troops, commissioned a 24-km road, inaugurated an agricultural mechanization farm center and attended the wedding fatiha of the governor’s daughter. But Peter Obi deliberately left out other aspects of the president's visit and said he went to Katsina only for a social event.

4. Peter Obi's angst against the visit to Saint Lucia demonstrates he lacks an understanding of international trade and building relationships with nations. It would be a complete waste of time talking over his head because his biases prevent him from opening himself to knowledge. Here was a man who did not know what climate change entailed.

5. There are precedents. Peter Obi had lied that President Tinubu was implementing a budget that was not passed by the national assembly. He toed the line of Senator Abdul Ningi who had lied earlier that the 2024 budget Tinubu was running was not passed by the national assembly. Only recently, Peter Obi lied that Lagos State Government demolished property belonging to his brother's company. Only for us to find out that the company referred to was Next International, owned by Peter Obi.

What is the end game?

Peter Obi is convinced that Tinubu is occupying the position that belongs to him. His followers refer to President Tinubu as "illegal president". Peter Obi always talks about China, Indonesia, Malaysia and strange places. Let any of his followers enter those places and call their leaders illegal and see what would happen.

Attention DSS

DSS, you are dropping the ball. When three school girls were murdered in a since class in the UK, a lie was promoted that the girls were murdered by an asylum seeker that arrived on a small boat. Turned out the girls were murdered by someone born and raised in the UK. The truth only came out after riots, arson, destruction, and looting of public property by so-called far right extremists. We may have such far-right extremists among the Obidients who brook no opposition, threaten what doesn't align with their warped opinions, and wish death upon the children of those opposed to them. Remember how these extremists burned down Tinubu's TVC and the Nation and were heading to Oriental Hotel until they were told it didn't belong to Tinubu.

Peter Obi is attempting to rile up the right-wing extremists to take to the streets. Be cautious of the language he uses:

"There is no goverment."

"This is not a functioning country."

"Our country has become lawless."

If you are not aware, they are sowing seeds of anarchy in the minds of the extremists. They need an excuse to start fighting.

Contain Peter Obi. He is causing hatred and divisiveness in the political space. Perhaps he is bitter or depressed. Either way, he needs to be cautioned to play opposition responsibly.

Wallade:
What do you mean: "Tinubu is a disaster on national scale"

What statistics have you used to derive this assumption or theory? Did you prove the theory at all?

Should we talk about the rise in cost of living?
The spreading insecurity hitting states?
The poor state of power hindering industrial growth?
The rising debt profile of the country with no tangible infrastructural indices to justify more borrowing?
Have you forgotten that corruption has continued and even escalated with zero convictions so far?
Are you economically more secure in 2025 than 2023? Do you need any more measure of performance to judge this government? Or are you going to say he met it like that when he came into power. What did he promise to do? What has he achieved?

rezy15:
Should we talk about the rise in cost of living?
The spreading insecurity hitting states?
The poor state of power hindering industrial growth?
The rising debt profile of the country with no tangible infrastructural indices to justify more borrowing?
Have you forgotten that corruption has continued and even escalated with zero convictions so far?
Are you economically more secure in 2025 than 2023? Do you need any more measure of performance to judge this government? Or are you going to say he met it like that when he came into power. What did he promise to do? What has he achieved?

Rising cost of living is notable.

Insecurity has been a challenge for every government. It is not peculiar to Tinubus government.

Power challenge predates Tinubus government.

Corruption has always been a challenge in Nigeria.

Rising debt profile is normal, the debt should be channelled into infrastructures and capital projects that can positively impact the population and drive growth and development.

I personally feel the Tinubus government is making efforts however the economy is very challenging.

emkz:
Mr Peter Obi published the above on his Twitter handle.

Several issues.

Reading Peter Obi's diatribe, it reads like he drew inspiration from the December 31st, 1983 coup speech of then Brigadier Sani Abacha:



To Peter Obi:

1. Is it true that our schools and hospitals are not functioning?

2. Is it true that Nigeria is not a functioning nation?

3. Peter Obi is no longer playing opposition, but engaged in acts of deliberate misinformation, mischief, gaslighting and intentionally deceiving the public. Tinubu visited Katsina for a security assessment where he addressed troops, commissioned a 24-km road, inaugurated an agricultural mechanization farm center and attended the wedding fatiha of the governor’s daughter. But Peter Obi deliberately left out other aspects of the president's visit and said he went to Katsina only for a social event.

4. Peter Obi's angst against the visit to Saint Lucia demonstrates he lacks an understanding of international trade and building relationships with nations. It would be a complete waste of time talking over his head because his biases prevent him from opening himself to knowledge. Here was a man who did not know what climate change entailed.

5. There are precedents. Peter Obi had lied that President Tinubu was implementing a budget that was not passed by the national assembly. He toed the line of Senator Abdul Ningi who had lied earlier that the 2024 budget Tinubu was running was not passed by the national assembly. Only recently, Peter Obi lied that Lagos State Government demolished property belonging to his brother's company. Only for us to find out that the company referred to was Next International, owned by Peter Obi.

What is the end game?

Peter Obi is convinced that Tinubu is occupying the position that belongs to him. His followers refer to President Tinubu as "illegal president". Peter Obi always talks about China, Indonesia, Malaysia and strange places. Let any of his followers enter those places and call their leaders illegal and see what would happen.

Attention DSS

DSS, you are dropping the ball. When three school girls were murdered in a since class in the UK, a lie was promoted that the girls were murdered by an asylum seeker that arrived on a small boat. Turned out the girls were murdered by someone born and raised in the UK. The truth only came out after riots, arson, destruction, and looting of public property by so-called far right extremists. We may have such far-right extremists among the Obidients who brook no opposition, threaten what doesn't align with their warped opinions, and wish death upon the children of those opposed to them. Remember how these extremists burned down Tinubu's TVC and the Nation and were heading to Oriental Hotel until they were told it didn't belong to Tinubu.

Peter Obi is attempting to rile up the right-wing extremists to take to the streets. Be cautious of the language he uses:

"There is no goverment."

"This is not a functioning country."

"Our country has become lawless."

If you are not aware, they are sowing seeds of anarchy in the minds of the extremists. They need an excuse to start fighting.

Contain Peter Obi. He is causing hatred and divisiveness in the political space. Perhaps he is bitter or depressed. Either way, he needs to be cautioned to play opposition responsibly.

You guys and tinibu ought to be very grateful to peter obi for playing gentle man opposition politics if he was like tinibu and buhari I don't think there would have been anything like nigeria by now am sure someone like u would have been typing all these from somewhere abroad.

Wallade:
Rising cost of living is notable.

Insecurity has been a challenge for every government. It is not peculiar to Tinubus government.

Power challenge predates Tinubus government.

Corruption has always been a challenge in Nigeria.

Rising debt profile is normal, the debt should be channelled into infrastructures and capital projects that can positively impact the population and drive growth and development.

I personally feel the Tinubus government is making efforts however the economy is very challenging.

Don't forget he campaigned on these issues. Are you saying we should forget he bragged based on these indices? Should, would, to are grammar used by this government to hoodwink Nigerians into believing they are working. Mechanic that's struggling to fix your broken car will accept he can't fix your car and shift for someone else. Accept his inability to fix our nation and move on. Goodluck was also trying; way better than him and he was wailing. "I wan do, wan do" don land us inside bigger mess

The more I research on the links between Tinubu and St Lucia - the more my mouth goes wide open.

https://westafricaweekly.com/gilbert-chagoury-the-convicted-money-launderer-behind-tinubus-global-image-and-domestic-ambitions/

In recent years, Chagoury has resurfaced as a major power broker in Nigeria, especially since the election of President Bola Tinubu in 2023. The two men have a longstanding relationship dating back to Tinubu’s days as governor of Lagos.

Their alliance became increasingly visible when Chagoury’s Hitech Construction Company was awarded the multibillion-naira Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract, a project criticised for a lack of transparency and environmental violations. Making matters more contentious, Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, sits on Hitech’s board, igniting widespread allegations of conflict of interest and crony capitalism.

Chagoury also reportedly provided the private jet used by Tinubu’s delegation on his 2024 state visit to South Africa, further highlighting the financier’s embedded role in state operations.

Although unelected and officially outside of government, Chagoury is widely regarded as Tinubu’s right-hand man, a quiet fixer with the money, experience, and international networks to shape policy, steer contracts, and protect elite interests behind closed doors.

As President Bola Tinubu’s administration deepens its grip on Nigeria’s public institutions, one name continues to surface behind the scenes of major deals, diplomatic flights, and controversial infrastructure projects:

Gilbert Ramez Chagoury, a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire businessman, convicted money launderer, and former bag man for Nigeria’s late military dictator, Sani Abacha.

While his name rarely appears in official press releases, Chagoury’s fingerprints are visible across key decisions and financial flows under Tinubu’s administration, raising serious questions about state capture, corruption, and influence trading at the highest levels of government.

A Legacy of Kleptocracy

Chagoury first rose to notoriety in the 1990s as a close associate of General Sani Abacha, who ruled Nigeria with an iron fist from 1993 until his sudden death in 1998. Abacha looted an estimated $2–5 billion from the Nigerian treasury, much of it siphoned out of the country with the help of trusted intermediaries, Chagoury among them.

In 2000, Swiss prosecutors convicted Chagoury in connection with laundering funds tied to Abacha’s looting. He agreed to forfeit $66 million to the Nigerian government, a settlement that let him avoid prison. At the time, Swiss authorities described him as a key handler of illicit state funds.

Despite this, Chagoury remained untouched by Nigerian law enforcement and quietly rebuilt his reputation through real estate, construction, and political philanthropy.

From Vatican to West Africa: A Diplomatic Shield in St. Lucia

To protect his international standing, Chagoury cultivated deep relationships in Saint Lucia, a small Caribbean island nation. He currently serves as Saint Lucia’s Ambassador to the Holy See and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

These posts afford him diplomatic immunity in key jurisdictions and access to elite international forums, including the UNESCO Executive Board, where he successfully helped Saint Lucia win an influential seat. In 2015, he was awarded the Saint Lucia Cross, the country’s highest civilian honour.

His ambassadorial status functions less as service to Saint Lucia and more as a legal shield and image-laundering mechanism, according to many.