₦airaland Forum

BreconHills:
Public perception is over rated. Any leader - from a boys scout leader to a corporate CEO understands thst trying to address perception is a race to the bottom. Especially when you are 100% convinced.

What people want is results.

I love this Ebenezer Obey record and I have found it very instructive through life.

BreconHills:
Public perception is over rated. Any leader - from a boys scout leader to a corporate CEO understands thst trying to address perception is a race to the bottom. Especially when you are 100% convinced.

What people want is results.

I love this Ebenezer Obey record and I have found it very instructive through life.

adamkkk:
the more i read ur quote, the angrier i get.

I can't argue with someone like u. God forbid

Kaczynski:
why waste time doing ican when you can take financial modelling classes and learn ocaml .
you d be chilling in wall or jane street

adamkkk:
u are more concerned about land and apc in power than the lives of many.

Who cares if they colonise us, as long as
they end the massacre

What av u gained from the so called resources ?

my prayer is that anyone opposing the idea of the US Army coming to Nigeria should also experience what the bandits are doing

JooEeL:
See how women are happy with this news enh.

Women are so jubilant because they dont want their men to think nothing is better outside... while they keep him trapped and feeding off his misery as the miserable slave that he is.

HacheNoire:
Tinubu should reach a deal by also demanding the removal of Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth. Those two have still not been able to stop mass shootings in the US.

Kash can’t even list pedophiles who patronized Epstein.

Cerebellum:
You just typed like a toddler, bulaba

amaridigital:
You supported an evil past president for removing a sitting Governor because of the Governor's utterances and yet you opposed the removal of Fubara who have since been installed?
Someone was saying that the judge who convicted Kanu did so mainly because of his utterances only and you people agreed with that view but the horrible looking past president was right to remove a Governor because of his utterances? He removed four Governors and didn't restore them. When will you start to be objective in your opinions?

festacman:
His dossier screams red flags!

Again, what qualifications and knowledge does he possess about national defence and security?

So many anyhow appointments in this administration. So many!

creativejagaban:
Who is asking the question about public trust Is it the fans of losers LP and PDP or the greater Nigeria populace.

It is the norm the world over that anyone can be appointed to serve the country in any capacity. Even former presidents like Jonathan are usually engaged on diplomatic duties.

So there is no fuss at all.

Obidients can continue to cry blue or red murder, the Jagaban of Africa is not bothered.

Yakubu is going to be an ambassador. Amen.

BreconHills:
The point is that this was a clear conflict that has not been overturned

However.

Appointing Yakubu to non political role has no conflicts for his former industry which is party registration and election management. What will be his remit? To represent Nigerian interests in one country. What does this have to do with a job he no longer holds? Where is the conflict?

BreconHills:
Ernest Ndukwe former head of the NCC which regulates mobile and data companies is currently chairman of MTN.

Do you want you launch a campaign for him to resign?

Brendaniel:
Imagine a referee who officiated the final match of a champions league battle between Barcelona and Chelsea then gave controversial penalties to Chelsea which helped them win the title becoming a brand ambassador for Chelsea 2 years later.

SmartPolician:
Reno bin get principle!

DarkJeddi:
Lies.
Everything is rooted in Islam.
Just because you don't practice it doesn't it's not religious.

Honor killing is not Islamic.
It is cultural.

Here’s the clear breakdown:


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✅ 1. Islam does not permit honor killings

In Islamic law:

Killing someone without legal due process is strictly forbidden.

The Qur’an states that killing an innocent person is like “killing all of humanity.”

Personal revenge, including “honor-based” violence, has no religious basis.


Adultery or moral misconduct cannot be punished by individuals.
Only a legitimate court with strict evidence standards can judge such cases — and these standards are so strict that vigilantism is impossible to justify.

Scholars across the Muslim world unanimously reject honor killings as un-Islamic.


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✅ 2. Honor killings are a pre-Islamic tribal cultural practice

Honor-based violence exists in:

Middle Eastern non-Muslim communities

South Asian Hindu/Sikh communities

Some Christian groups in the Mediterranean

Tribal and clan-based societies worldwide


This shows it is not tied to any one religion, but rather to patriarchal cultural norms, especially in rural or tribal societies where:

Family reputation > individual rights

Women are controlled through social pressure

Community honor is enforced through violence


These norms existed long before Islam and continue in some areas despite Islamic teachings, not

thesicilian:
Early 90s claiming senior man on top Gen Z When the age difference between you guys may not even be up to 3 years!

BondRiv:
Are we not in the era of equality anymore? You want preferential treatment or equality? Confused people.

CyynthiaKiss:
Here in SW, some of them seem to be liberal because they are minority in the south, despite being in minority here, just look at some of their actions offline and their opinions online.. Imagine what they would do if they are dominating here in southern Nigeria .. Thank God SE and SS are here to checkmate them..

Trust these people at your own peril

reddingtonblack:
That phrase is wrong, by definition of unpopular ... Most of the people at the elms of affair have being around power for over 20yrs therefore they are " popular"

infact if you are said " old people" dont want to leave e for correct ... Atiku and Tinubu are popular do they want to give way for fresh people i.e the unpopular, the answer is No

I dont think election is test of Popularity Becos at the end of the day " acceptances is what count., Buhari vs Atiku both are equally popular but acceptance is what makes one a winner .. sey you grab

like i said my issh with you is choice of wrong, " unpopular" ... i share same mindset with you on other things you wrote

Good question. It depends how you define “popular.” Here’s how Bola Tinubu (according to Independent National Electoral Commission — INEC) fares by objective results — and why many analysts argue that doesn’t necessarily mean “popular.”

✅ What the INEC results show

In the 2023 presidential election, Tinubu was declared winner with ≈ 8.79 million votes.

That was 36.6 % of valid votes cast.

He also met the constitutional requirement of obtaining 25% in at least two-thirds of the states — making his victory legally valid under Nigeria’s rules.


So by the letter of the law and the official results, yes — he won and became president.

⚠️ Why “winning” doesn’t necessarily equal “popular support”

His 36.6% vote share is the lowest for a winning presidential candidate since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999.

That means a majority of voters (≈ 63 %) voted for other candidates — so more Nigerians preferred someone else.

Some analysts say that because only a relatively small proportion of eligible voters actually cast ballots — and only about a third of those voted for him — the mandate could be considered weak.

Also: the election was widely described as contested, with reports of irregularities, voter-intimidation, and lack of transparency (e.g. delays in uploading polling unit results).


🧮 What “popularity” might really mean

Whether Tinubu is “popular” overall depends on what benchmark you use:

If “popular” = “legally elected as per rules,” yes.

If “popular” = “enjoys broad support among Nigerians,” the data suggests that’s not clearly the case — more people voted against him than for him, and his vote share was historically low.

Also, regional, ethnic, religious, and socio-economic divides matter: vote patterns show that support was not uniform nationwide, which complicates claims of a unified “popular” mandate.



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Bottom line: According to INEC, Tinubu is the duly elected president. But by the measure of strong popular endorsement — broad, majority-wide support — the 2023 results don’t provide compelling evidence that he’s very popular.

If you like — I can check recent polls or approval-rating data (2024–2025) to see how public perception has changed since the election. Want me to fetch that now?

Tjra:
Leave the people of Lagos alone and let us focus on development of Alaigbo.

That should be our primary concern.