₦airaland Forum

Nice educative thread. These are what should be greacing NL front page. Thanks OP.

Ibas stinct in Rivers State is an unprecedented illegality that posterity has registered. All the actors therein have a day with posterity.

Meanwhile, Biafran nation separatists is a violent organization right? This is what happens when you start defending what was never good. Reno Omokri posterity will never be kind to you.

What the heck is this dude thinking? That Nigeria starts and ends with the north? Seems he has forgotten how he and his ilks supported the catastrophic Buhari to sectionalized this nation? My friend take a back seat.

These are the untouchable sacred cows terrorists the APC-led Buhari and Tinubu governments have given a leeway. Meanwhile, Tinubu supporters said Nnamdi Kanu should remain in detention?

This nation need to really discuss its nationhood again and again. Otherwise, this contraption of an entity needs to be dissolved immediately. I don't subscribe to this skewed, defective and imbalanced nation.

Am not impressed as this is a classical case of a more smarter criminal outwitting a fellow criminal.

A well fraud and criminal trying in desperate futility to hide his crimes. You can run but you can't hide.

Hehehe! Though Tinubu supporters said the economy is fine and people are happy? Their own government should be making defending them easy.

Skeyskey:
As if it is a new thing. How can he grow politically if he isn't convicted in the USA? How can he demand for the governorship or the presidency in future if he isn't convicted? It is a culture over there.

Sadly he will get it. Imagine there are people fighting for him reignship to continue in Osun state desperate this ugly development. So much for a nation whose elites and rulers are fraudulent

Sad a reverred custodian of traditional norms, values and ancestral beliefs like an Oba is convicted of a serious crime against humanity on the COVID-19 relief funds. It is unthinkable, unacceptable, and abominable.

Imagine a clergy man was also convicted with him. Two supposed moralist and shining examples to the teenagers and youth are lawbreakers.

cc: nlfpmod

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Friday, has directed the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Dosu Babatunde, to act on the lingering crises over the stool of Apetumodu following the conviction of Oba Joseph Oloyede by a court in the United States of America.

The directive to the commissioner came at the time tension was reaching its peak between those who wanted the stool to remain vacant till Oba Oloyede returned and those pushing for the installation of another monarch.

Oba Oloyede, the 27th Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, was recently sentenced to more than four years’ imprisonment in the U.S. for COVID-19 loan fraud.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio had, in an August 26, 2025, statement, confirmed Oba Oloyede’s sentencing. The monarch, alongside a co-conspirator, was found guilty of exploiting COVID-19 loan programmes under the CARES Act between April 2020 and February 2022.

Since the judgment, Ipetumodu has been unsettled, with calls mounting for the state government to decide on the monarch’s fate.

He was also ordered to forfeit assets and pay over $4.4m in restitution.

Since the monarch was convicted, the only official reaction from the state government through the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Babatunde, was that the government wanted to obtain the Certified True Copy of the judgment before further action would be taken.

But in his first open reaction to the development, Adeleke, at the State Executive Council meeting during which critical state policies were reviewed and implementation directives issued to ministries and agencies, ordered Babatunde to “take action on the ugly development at Ipetumodu where the King was recently jailed in the United States of America.”

Highlighting other issues discussed at the meeting, Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Saturday further said “For the Ministry of Science and Innovations, the Governor urged the fast tracking of implementation plans and timelines for the two major policies recently endorsed namely; the State ICT policy and the State Tech Innovation policy.”

Commending the Ministry of Science and Technology on the recently unveiled Imole Wifi Initiative, the governor charged the Ministry to develop a state road map for the applications of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology.

He added, “For the Ministry of Agriculture, the Governor requested urgent actions for the full implementation of the Statewide Youth Agropreneurship project, which was launched at Oriade, directing that the ministry should dust its plan and ensure the programme commences across all local governments in the state.

On sports development, Governor Adeleke calls for urgent actions on the bills for the establishment of Osun Sport Commission, the Police Trust Fund and Osun Sports Development Fund, directing a closer interface with the State Assembly to fast-track the processing of the bills.”

Alimi said the governor further directed that “Each local government must have a developmental document which will flow from the state development agenda. The Chief of Staff with the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning should interface with ALGON to make this initiative a reality. We must review the workings of the Imole Youth Corps for quality assurance. Posted Imole Corps members must be monitored to deliver on the goals of the scheme.

Council members should take note of our huge success in the climate change sector. Our many initiatives are gaining attention from other states, the Federal Government, the International Agencies and groups. Our ultimate goal is to generate grants and donor support from several willing donor groups.

As we move towards the election period, we need statistics and data on our performance across various sectors of the state economy. We should start to generate our governance data. The agency in charge of statistics and data in the state should sit up. The agency in question must work in line with modern best practices.”

On the unfolding drama regarding the Apetumodu stool, The PUNCH reports that tension erupted on Tuesday during a meeting of princes in Ipetumodu, Osun State, after a call was made for Governor Adeleke to declare the stool vacant.

The meeting, held within the palace premises and presided over by the Asalu of Ipetumodu, Chief Sunday Adedeji, started around 4 p.m. and progressed without incident until a prince demanded that Adedeji, as the most senior surviving kingmaker, write a formal letter to Governor Adeleke declaring the throne vacant.
Adedeji, however, rejected the request and reportedly recused himself from any move to declare the stool vacant. His stance sparked a shouting match among the attendees, causing the meeting to break down around 6 p.m.

Speaking afterwards, a prince from the Aribile Ruling House, Olaboye Ayoola, expressed disappointment at Adedeji’s refusal. He said, “During the meeting, we all decided that two new kingmakers should be elected to replace the deceased ones, and a letter was written to the governor declaring the seat vacant. But Chief Adedeji refused, insisting we won’t do that. He also announced he was no longer interested in being a kingmaker. That led to chaos, and the meeting ended without any resolution.”

When contacted, Adedeji confirmed his rejection of the proposal, saying only: “It is true. Peace has to reign first,” before declining further comment.

https://punchng.com/conviction-of-osun-monarch-in-us-ugly-development-says-adeleke/ nlfpmod

helinues:
Honestly, considering some policies and reforms by this government, it takes mind to initiate them in first term.

Hehehe! This one kept on over hyping a well known fraud and failure who has and has continued to bastardize a nation.

"Only power-drunk, brain-damaged people who are unmoored from reality and dissociated from the real world would even joke (let alone assert with a straight face) that Nigeria’s economy has improved or stabilized, and that corruption is being fought or has ceased to exist......"
https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2025/09/tinubus-presidential-dissociative.html?m=1

And that made him a hero or leaders with foresight? Nope! It made him a liar as the APC-led Buhari govt repeatedly lied of removing the same fuel subsidy of which Tinubu is aware but played along with the propaganda

Meanwhile, it is the same fuel subsidy removal that the so called CSU certificate forging first class accountant vehemently rejected in 2012-14 and John Kayode Fayemi( former governor of Ekiti State) said the APC played politics with? You guys are incredibly heartless.

AntiChristian:
Who told you you will move to big big things?
Who told you countless victory is yours?
Who told you what God is set to do is bigger than you?

And who told you it is not possible? That you don't believe does not mean others don't too. So keep your worldview to yourself man. nlfpmod why are we allowing comments as this in the religion section.

Someone will just wake up with a biased, bigoted, warped reasoning and defective prismatic worldview of a people or region because of jealousy or sheer painment.

Bluntemperor:
Even Sanusi himself - Is he Better In Power- with different Schemes( he brought down Southern Banks- Intercontinental, Union and Others,)

Especially the bolded. Emir Lamido Sanusi Lamido can only continue to deceive the gullible.

True! However, elitist like this bigoted should spare the sensible and sane citizens of this nation this lamentation because he contributed to this failure.

Whao! Bello didn't betrayed you Oga Onoja. Rather you all fell out of your greed and egocentric quest for political power and control as there is no honor among thieves. Abeg make we hear word.

Lifestone:

Lagos has waged wars to make sure it is peaceful while other states permitted anarchy, unknown gun men, sit at home (all self inflicted) and yet crying why Lagos is successful.

Lagos is the making of cosmopolitan Nigerians. As headquarter of many political struggles and revolutions, Lagos really benefitted from the sacrifices of many non-Lagosians who laid down their lives for its many political and economic prosperity.

Seems you also think the world is oblivious of the solemn fact the the Oluwole phenomenom that sadly gave Nigeria some of its sensational academic cheats ( including the first president to come to office with so much moral baggages) emaciated from the same Lagos

Before independence, Ibadan was the largest city in Nigeria, highly successful business men trading in cocoa and industrial activities.Its important for each state to build on their strengths and strike to be self reliant.

True! However did the chance for even development of other areas enhanced after the war. Nope the headquarters of major macro-industries were quarted in Lagos especially the oil giants(Exonn Mobil, AGIP, Elf whereas their areas of operations were in far away southern areas of the country

See it is inherent hatred with egocentric quest for self glorification that leads to this kind of warped reasoning. Change from it please

Biodun556:
Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section

Meanwhile, here is Reno Omokri boldly telling you lots how the SE rose from the smithereens and obliteration of the brutal civil war to dominate and possess it possession not based on having any functional ports or international airports, but simply because of their enterprenuership, economic sagacity and never-say-die resilient spirit of an average Igbo man

Reno Omokri the goat as usual always directing his baseless & senseless arguments to pleasurize his gullible followers of former acclaimed world despicable man but now turned Messiah.

Reno Omokri now have retrograde amnesia because he wants to eat political crumbs from his masters table. Lagos as formers administrative capital of Nigeria had developed ports because of its political relevance, strategic location as headquarters of commerce, industrial revolution and other sundry reasons.

He cunningly avoided the solemn fact that the current NBS figures put the same Oyo state he is over hyping among the states with the most people living in abject poverty despite its spurious IGRs telling you that it is not a reliable index of assessing economic prosperity or development.

Now why have successful generation of govts in Nigeria been morbidly afraid of developing other ports across the nation apart from the Lagos and PH ports? The Onitsha and Nsukka (Gelegele) Ports ought to have been dredged a long time ago for further economic development but they were avoided due to political reasons. Even the other international airports only became upgraded because of increasing cry for even pace of development which constitutionally ought not to have been an issue.

Sadly, Nigeria has been a rotten entity whose skewed and defective foundation has been a problem from antiquity. However, it is annoying when political charlatans choose to insult the sensibility of vexed citizens by openly trying to arm twist the solemn truth just to please their political slave masters.

Those who have dragging Nigeria back all know themselves.

Hehehe! This is the revolution that will sting the irresponsible bandit-inclined government

I don't need anyone to convince me that the corruption putrifying and stench oozing Nigeria Police Force( NPF ) occupied the umero uno position.

APC don dey shit for body. Wetin concern una with the internal affairs of ADC? This monster needs to be studied of how never to be a political party or ruling government in Nigeria

Whosoever of Goodluck Jonathan or Peter Obi emerged will get sane Nigerians support. What Tinubu did to Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 needs to be done to him too.

yarimo:
Bye election na your mate. OBI looking for media attention by fire by force..

"The worn-out, intellectually bankrupt tactic of labeling people as “betrayers” or “bastards” the moment they dare to deviate from the script written by the self-anointed gods of Yoruba politics. The speed with which dissent is criminalized and ideological independence punished is not only disturbing, it is tragic.

Tragic, because the very man now deified by these zealots has done nothing monumental for the Yoruba people, except trample the sacred ethos of Omoluabi, ridicule the principles of probity in governance, and drag us into the narcotic-forfeiture history of shame that is entirely alien to the Yoruba soul.

Let us state it clearly. Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s narcotics-related forfeiture of over $460,000 in a U.S. court is not a whisper of rumour. It is a documented, certified judicial fact. Yet his fanatics would rather gaslight the nation than confront the moral rot at the apex of their political cathedral.

Fear this with finality. Tinubu is not God. He is not infallible. He is not royalty. And Nigeria is not Bourdillon Estate. His presidency does not wash away his sins. It magnifies them. And history, unbought, unbowed, and unsentimental, will write its verdict. https://osundefender.com/enough-of-this-cult-loyalty-nonsense-aregbesola-is-no-traitor/

CoronaVirusPro:
You don’t wage war against a demigod. 100 election and you still will lose 100.Peter still doesn’t realize the powers he is up against.

These are the kinds of thinking Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, Mobutu Sesoseko, Sanni Abacha had among many tyrannical leaders of yesteryears had until they were confined to the dustbin of history. You know history of one thing many mere mortal always failed to learn from.