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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU1IDwPri70

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at opposition leaders behind the newly formed political coalition, challenging them to present their performance records while in office.

Wike was reacting to the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the official platform for the opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Wike criticised the group’s credibility and questioned their motive, especially given that the coalition was reportedly conceived just six months into President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoz_dw6flDs

Member, ADC (Kogi State), Leke Abejide has advised that we should not take the ADC members for granted. They will have a lot of national assembly members, governors, and state assembly members, but they cannot get the presidency.

Asiwaju is a master of the game...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba_v-b9-0tA

If Wike has the guts, he should join the APC. He can’t because for him, it’s better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven. He’s a don in the PDP.
Dele Momodu, Former Presidential Candidate, PDP

Exactly...Okoye accused NAPTIP of using him to gain “social media clout,” questioning the basis for the agency’s action.

Mabuggi88:
Muuuuuumu man. You go rot in jail for irresponsible talk. You go say na crime for Nigeria. No advice perhaps.
You think everything is used for content

Forming A New Party Every Four Years Is Disgraceful - Kalu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGCZvzPzrc

Orji Kalu, the senator representing the Abia North senatorial zone in the Senate, has said politicians should start thing about ordinary Nigerians and how to make things work for all, and not only for selfish ambitions.

The former Abia Governor also said forming new political parties every four years aiming to unseat the incumbent is disgraceful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNqVjUjLAmo

Nigerian entertainer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has responded defiantly after the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons declared him wanted for alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking.

Following the agency’s declaration, the controversial musician insisted he had committed no crime and dismissed the allegations as baseless.

“I’m not coming. You hear me? I’m not coming. I have not committed any crime. All I did was speak,” he said.

Okoye accused NAPTIP of using him to gain “social media clout,” questioning the basis for the agency’s action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJGEmiiVVgk

Responding to Tinubu’s speech, also, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre described the state visit as a moment of “freedom and celebration” and a powerful symbol of the enduring spiritual and cultural bond between the Caribbean and Africa.

Pierre noted the deep ancestral and emotional ties between the people of Saint Lucia and West Africa, describing Saint Lucia as “a small fragment of Africa”, where the “genetic Nigerian connection cannot be erased, and a shared cultural chord cannot be broken.”

He stated, “Our people have been separated, but nothing has ever been able to separate us spiritually and culturally from West Africa, where some of our ancestors came from and for whom our hearts continually yearn.

“We are African people who have made permanent homes for ourselves on this side of the Atlantic, on the hills and valleys of the plantations on which we were enslaved… But we have built these homes, Mr. President, not for ourselves, but in the service of all humanity, especially Africa, in whose direction we continually watch, wait, hope and pray for our future redemption.”

Comparing the sizes of both nations, the prime minister humorously said Saint Lucia’s population was smaller than that of Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State. But he affirmed the island’s pride as a sovereign nation “with a heart and spirit deeply connected to the world, Nigeria, and West Africa”.

Pierre highlighted the invaluable contributions of the Nigerian community to the Saint Lucian society, especially in healthcare, religion, cuisine, tourism, and social development.

“We warmly welcome every Nigerian hand of support and embrace with gratitude their contributions to Saint Lucia’s cultural, social, and economic development. We are the richer for it,” he said.

Underscoring the deep literary and historical ties between the two countries, Pierre recalled the legacy of Nobel laureates, Wole Soyinka and Derek Walcott, and the contribution of Saint Lucian-born jurist, Sir Darnley Alexander, who served as Nigeria’s Chief Justice from 1975 to 1979.

He said, “Mr. President, your visit here today is coming exactly 27 years after the visit of Nelson Mandela. And 27 years is exactly the length of time Mandela spent in prison. So today is a day of freedom and celebration,”

Reflecting on the relatively slow pace of Africa-Caribbean cooperation, the prime minister expressed optimism for change, especially following the inaugural Africa-CARICOM Summit in 2021. He expressed his readiness for the second summit scheduled for September in Addis Ababa.

Pierre stated, “Mr. President, I am pleased that following the first summit in 2021, we have committed ourselves to deeper relations… Saint Lucia looks forward to working with Nigeria at the Africa-CARICOM summit level as we work towards the joint development of our respective nations.”

The Saint Lucian leader outlined several key areas of cooperation, including tourism, air connectivity, creative industries, sports exchange, banking, fintech, renewable energy, and medical collaboration.

He stated that Saint Lucia hosted over one million tourists annually, but very few were from Nigeria due to the lack of direct air links between the two regions.

Pierre said, “Establishing an air link would benefit Saint Lucia’s tourism and the wider Caribbean… This connectivity would boost tourism and enhance trade and investment, deepen the people-to-people exchanges, and the spiritual and cultural links between our populations.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH9iJiUMVIA

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has declared that the PDP is united, dismissing any notion of factions, coalitions, or internal divisions within the party.

Speaking at the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Monday, Mohammed reaffirmed the PDP’s resolve to remain a formidable force in Nigeria’s political landscape, stating that the party is focused on delivering good governance and restoring public confidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKolmK8qs44

A scuffle broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party's expanded caucus meeting in Abuja, reportedly due to Ali Odefa's presence, emphasising the party's ongoing internal crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiaL8CVELU

APC Stalwart, Dominic Alancha has said Abdullahi Ganduje’s resignation as the party’s National Chairman was the right thing to do, following prolonged agitation for the position to be occupied by a candidate from the North central.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joY67dkbPKk

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, has confirmed the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.

Morka, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday night, said that Ganduje’s resignation, which was to enable him to attend to urgent and important personal matters, was with immediate effect.

Ganduje’s resignation letter, which he submitted earlier on Friday, was addressed to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), through the National Secretary, Sen. Ajibola Basiru.

Peace Deal Lopsided, Attempt To Restore Wike’s Grip On Rivers - Nwibubasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkGqPCK7Q7I

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Employment and Empowerment, Dr. Leloonu Nwibubasa, has rejected the recent peace pact between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged political benefactor, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, branding the truce a humiliating capitulation rather than genuine reconciliation.

Nwibubasa dismissed the deal brokered by President Bola Tinubu as lopsided and devoid of the equity and justice required for lasting peace. “I want to state with all sense of responsibility that I didn’t see a reconciliation. I saw a surrender,” he declared.

The Abuja meeting that birthed the accord, he said, was tilted entirely in Wike’s favour. “Governor Fubara attended that meeting as an individual, not as a representative of Rivers State’s collective will. All the stakeholders present were on the side of the FCT Minister. That’s not peace—that’s imbalance and intimidation,” he added.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2BYQwVt1Jc

The widow of the late former governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has condemned the demolition of the Memorial Park.

Mrs. Akeredolu expressed deep sorrow and outrage over the demolition, which she described as an attempt to “rubbish” her husband’s legacy.

She criticized the Olowo of Owo, accusing him of hypocrisy and questioning the motives behind the demolition.

Mrs. Akeredolu claimed the Olowo of Owo had been installed by her husband and questioned why he would allow such a dishonour to his memory.

Since the demolition of the memorial park last weekend, there have been divergent views on it.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has invited singer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington Akpi, for questioning over alleged raped of a minor in a hotel in Lagos.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXtxFhKDI4M

Factcheck0001:
Isaac fayose made it clear a long time ago that the girl has been reached n her mother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsM5Gjlj7t0

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has exposed Politicians who will tell lies to Nigerians that they only have one shoe and they are living in luxury in secret.

Also, Wike defended the recent infrastructural strides under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, including the newly inaugurated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre and the organized transport terminals springing up across Abuja.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Kugbo Bus Terminal in the FCT on Thursday, Wike lamented the long-standing lack of an organized transport system in the nation’s capital. He said the current administration is taking decisive steps to correct that, with new transport hubs being developed to ensure commuter safety and accountability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09JdFfqPPzU

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has alleged that a property belonging to his younger brother was demolished in Lagos without legal backing.

Obi, who disclosed the incident said the property, owned by his brother’s company, had stood for over 15 years before it was brought down.

He alleged that the demolition was carried out by unidentified persons acting on a vague court judgment that did not mention his brother, the property, or contain any demolition order.

He said, “This morning, my youngest brother called me frantically, informing me that a group of people had invaded his company property in Ikeja, Lagos, and were demolishing the building.

Hmmmmm

Ndume also revealed that he has been attending the meetings organized by members of the coalition.

favour32:
Since there's no mandatory electronic transmission of electoral result, results will be written in Tinubu's bedroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4aZimPxbV8


“I salute the prudent management of resources, commitment of value given by the Governor of our dear state. I therefore commission this project,” Tinubu said.

donkarly:
Hmmm, I don't get it. After 2yrs,and with less than 2yrs to go,this is what he's telling us? Ok oo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4aZimPxbV8

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described members of the coalition as a group of political gangsterism that are out to unseat themselves.

President Tinubu stated this in Lafia during his one day working visit to commission legacy projects in Nasarawa State executed by Governor Abdullahi Sule.

Speaking at the town hall meeting with stakeholders of the State after commissioning the projects, the president said, “Those who have triggered the politics with a coalition suddenly, let’s not pay them attention, they are political IDPs, don’t give them room, the hope is here, Sule is doing well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM3VyBFA8J4

The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has said if he were President of Nigeria performing just like this current administration, Tinubu would have been on the streets protesting against him.


The Senator also admitted he could join the coalition which is seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from power in 2027.

Ndume, however, insisted he does not want to jump “from frying pan to fire”.

Ndume also revealed that he has been attending the meetings organized by members of the coalition.

Lol

"Few months after the tinubu APC went after crypto users claiming they were the reason for hike in dollars all they achieved is 100 naira difference."

magoo10:
Few months after the tinubu APC went after crypto users claiming they were the reason for hike in dollars all they achieved is 100 naira difference.
Is it not surprising that dollar still remains at 1,600 naira against 1 dollar despite claiming to have fought supposed saboteurs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRW1ubexBc

A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson has insisted that the federal government of Nigeria has been grounded.

Dickson stated this during Tuesday plenary while speaking on the issue of non-payment of contractors by the government.

According to him, the present government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu is busy with politics, receiving defectors across the country ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The Senator spoke during Tuesday plenary on the floor of the National Assembly.

“Clearly nobody is satisfied with the situation we find ourselves in. Mr President, I came in this morning to have a conversation with the chairman of our cooperation and also the chairman of finance, and if possible to discuss this on the floor I did not know this matter was slated for hearing,” Dickson said.

Personal Ambitions Will Kill Coalition Talks - Baba-ahmed Distance Self

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wviWj_ATKI

A former spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has criticised ongoing efforts to form a political coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Opposition leaders under the coalition movement have applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) as a political party ahead of the 2027 general election.

The coalition is spearheaded by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and ex-governor of Kaduna Nasir el-Rufai.

While distancing himself from the discussions, the prominent Northern elder noted that he was not involved at any level of the negotiations.

He expressed concern that the opportunity to build a strong opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being undermined by entrenched political figures prioritising their personal ambitions over collective progress.

He highlighted deep divisions within the coalition, attributing the dysfunction to a leadership unwilling to relinquish control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNW-GAfd3Z0

The 2023 Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran also known as Jandor, has dismissed the coalition led by Atiku Abubakar, saying it is too late for Nigeria to have a vibrant opposition.

The politician who is now with the All Progressives Congress (APC) also said = anyone planning to run for elective post on the platform of the PDP in 2027 is sitting on an explosive keg of gunpowder.

The governor has appealed to the APC members in Akwa Ibom to close ranks and embrace peace and genuine reconciliation.

SamGift0817:
The APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, said the movement of South-south governors into the APC was a signal that President Tinubu’s policies were inclusive and worth aligning with.


He assured the governor that with his movement to the APC, President Tinubu would begin to implement programmes that would solve the environmental problems in the state and region as well as provide employment opportunities for the youths.

“We assure him that our party believes in internal democracy. Our party believes in progressive ideas. Our party believes in discipline. Our party believes in orderly progress. Our party believes in the overall development of democracy.

“So, you are most welcome to our party. We have to acknowledge Mr. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. People are coming into our party, our political agenda, our Renewed Hope Agenda for the South-South geopolitical zone is working,” he stated.

The governor appealed to the APC members in Akwa Ibom to close ranks and embrace peace and genuine reconciliation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_PXbwelMU

The APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, said the movement of South-south governors into the APC was a signal that President Tinubu’s policies were inclusive and worth aligning with.


He assured the governor that with his movement to the APC, President Tinubu would begin to implement programmes that would solve the environmental problems in the state and region as well as provide employment opportunities for the youths.

“We assure him that our party believes in internal democracy. Our party believes in progressive ideas. Our party believes in discipline. Our party believes in orderly progress. Our party believes in the overall development of democracy.

“So, you are most welcome to our party. We have to acknowledge Mr. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. People are coming into our party, our political agenda, our Renewed Hope Agenda for the South-South geopolitical zone is working,” he stated.

The governor appealed to the APC members in Akwa Ibom to close ranks and embrace peace and genuine reconciliation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys_ZaQT27T4

Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, and his supporters who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress that they will not regret joining the ruling party.

Mr President asked me to assure you personally: no one will question your place here. This party is your home. You will not be humiliated. You will not be forsaken,” the vice president said.

Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu at the event, praised the President as “a bridge-builder and inveterate democrat,” stressing that his sacrifices over the years had sustained Nigeria’s democracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaB8VVlyAVo

Sam Amadi, director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, said it will be unsurprising if Vice President Kashim Shettima is replaced on the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 presidential election.

He was reacting to the chaos that ensued during an APC north-east summit where some speakers endorsed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election while omitting Shettima’s name from the ticket.

Amadi said the omission is “an indication of a certain language control arising from the reality of politics.”

“He should stop running around, let him come out boldly and say sorry to the Igbo people of Nigeria. You remember that the coup brought out Awolowo from prison and instead of using him to unite Nigeria, he bought him and made him federal commissioner in charge of finance and they started driving economic policies that were aimed at exterminating the Igbos.

SamGift0817:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csYiU89Ft6k

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Senator Victor Umeh, has described a recent account by former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon about the 30-month civil war as full of falsehood.


Umeh who spoke to journalists in Awka challenged Gowon to toe the line of his counterpart, Military President, General Ibrahim Banangida by writing a book to give a factual account of what caused the war.

Gowon had in a recent interview on Arise TV blamed Biafra leader, Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu as being the cause of the war.

Gowon also insisted that the war was not targeted at Igbos. But in a sharp reaction, Umeh in an interview with journalists in Awka said it was either Gowon is not tired of lying or he is just suffering from dementia.

Umeh said: “We will not allow Gowon to lie or twist history. All that he said are false. At 91, I will not want to join issues with him, except of course if he is suffering from dementia. He has not done what he should be doing at this late stage of his life.


“It is time for him to speak the truth to heal the pains of that war. The war ended 51 years ago and we have moved on, but for him to come back at 91 years of age and begin to lie is unfortunate and it means that he is not thinking about how to leave Nigeria in peace. He said the reason the civil war was fought was to keep Nigeria one, but is Nigeria one today?

“The president was in Benue yesterday where people of Gowon’s zone were being slaughtered on daily basis. So what has he done to make Nigeria one. I challenge him again to write his own truthful account of what led to the war. He should know that conscience is an open wound and only the truth can heal it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csYiU89Ft6k

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Senator Victor Umeh, has described a recent account by former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon about the 30-month civil war as full of falsehood.


Umeh who spoke to journalists in Awka challenged Gowon to toe the line of his counterpart, Military President, General Ibrahim Banangida by writing a book to give a factual account of what caused the war.

Gowon had in a recent interview on Arise TV blamed Biafra leader, Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu as being the cause of the war.

Gowon also insisted that the war was not targeted at Igbos. But in a sharp reaction, Umeh in an interview with journalists in Awka said it was either Gowon is not tired of lying or he is just suffering from dementia.

Umeh said: “We will not allow Gowon to lie or twist history. All that he said are false. At 91, I will not want to join issues with him, except of course if he is suffering from dementia. He has not done what he should be doing at this late stage of his life.


“It is time for him to speak the truth to heal the pains of that war. The war ended 51 years ago and we have moved on, but for him to come back at 91 years of age and begin to lie is unfortunate and it means that he is not thinking about how to leave Nigeria in peace. He said the reason the civil war was fought was to keep Nigeria one, but is Nigeria one today?

“The president was in Benue yesterday where people of Gowon’s zone were being slaughtered on daily basis. So what has he done to make Nigeria one. I challenge him again to write his own truthful account of what led to the war. He should know that conscience is an open wound and only the truth can heal it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ_chbOkKE0

Seriake Dickson, senator representing Bayelsa west has added his voice to those seeking solution of the prolonged problem in the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
According to him, the problem in PDP is simple to resolve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3drQzodzCtM

Human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi has stated that it would have been better if President Bola Tinubu had not visited Benue State than to visit the state and remain unfeeling towards the plight of its people.

Farotimi said the only person who said anything of note during the president’s visit to Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Wednesday, was the Tor Tiv V, James Ayatse, who described the attacks as a “calculated, well-planned, full-scale genocidal invasion and land grabbing campaign by herder terrorists and bandits”.

“I must say very quickly that it would have been better if the president didn’t go,” the lawyer said