₦airaland Forum

muyico:
This is old news 🗞️
Bloggers at it again

Tenses:
Oga shut up with this your gaslighting. Which yeye economy did he solve. You don't even know that 40% is not a pass mark.

tinubu is a failure
A failure is tinubu

That man played the same game with AD so it's not a surprise to see it. Even PDP in Lagos could not be a good opposition because they kept using them as false flag. Look at the last guy who contested for Lagos Governor for PDP last time, he moved to APC and was not ashamed to let you know he worked as a mole. Mr Strategy has used this playbook many times and it works where there are hungry people who can sell their father's house for pittance. It's a Machiavellian type of politics that involves rub my back, I pat you and it's big money involved. Leave integrity for honest people. That one no consain dem.

You see this campaign they are running against Obi and GRV? They did it to Jimi agbaje. In 2007, he made a good show in his first campaign with a relatively unknown party against Fashola, the next time he campaigned as a PDP man, they called him all manner of names and attached 'Ibo' to him. They already took care of PDP in 2007, they were not expecting an agbaje to surprise them with organic votes under DPA, they took note from there and ever since then, he can't win their smear campaign. They are always using tribe to scare voters away but those who understand the game can see the fear. I wonder why people can't see this cheap pattern. APC pattern is familiar, that's why I have no pity for them when ipob or obidient give them the same medicine. They are half sides of a coin as far as I am concerned. It's giving them their own medicine. Propaganda must not be allowed to run unchallenged, if Obidients give them in the same coin, at least, it is fire for fire.

Mr Tinubu does not like competition, you are blocking his way. And we all knew this after Funso Williams was taken away from us by those who know themselves. If that man agrees to a debate this time, I will vote for him. But you can tell that he wasn't bothered about competition, that's why he appointed El Rufai and the gang to speak for him at Chatham House while the other contestants spoke for themselves. Mr Teamship does not bother to do presidential media chats, Mr Wike has done more media chats than the President shocked

The morning shows the day

SixSeven:
For Tinubu, it's always about politics and I hope it doesn't do him in. He is a shrewd politician but he is not equipped for governance. I hope this politics doesn't become his undoing. I had written in a previous post when this news first came out that:



But he has proven us wrong. He is soiling his presidency and personality with mud by HIMSELF.

Before this last election, I observed those who wanted him to be president. Most of them spoke about one favor or the other he did for them or their family. They did not talk about an institution or system that worked. It was what he did for my father, mother or whatever. That is transactional politics. Interestingly, this man wants to be like Awo but Awo ìs still remembered today, if not for anything, for just one single thing. FREE EDUCATION. That is legacy. To Tinubu, everyone has a price. How much is yours?

Lanre1st:
That is why I'm still seeing OBI as part of Tinubu plan to win!
Why he joined ADC when he knew he can't do without contesting? With coalition, I'm seeing Tinubu being defeated, but now with splitted votes, Tinubu has a chance

SixSeven:
I wrote in my comment that there will be a surprise in 2027 that the parties have not planned for. INEC will be the referee but the people will be the VAR. The Morocco vs Senegal referee already saw a sample of where Refs can be checked. The situation room of everyone will make it difficult for anyone to tamper with results. What APC did in 2023 was the Expo they gave the people.

Yemimovich:
APC did nothing in 2023.
It's abnormal to have this your mentality poured online to pose as common sense, where as it's a big disgrace to have your type submitting a mirage for reality. Wake up to real life. You just made fool out of yourself.

Selfish man begging Wike to take Rivers and give him the presidency. Lol. pic.twitter.com/FApAQ1sb6u

— Achilles007 (@Achilles0055199) June 3, 2026

StaffofOrayan:
I support the commissioner on this!
With all the corporal punishment our generation endured, we are very undisciplined when abroad,
Unable to obey simple commonsense rules!

alfajohn:
In I didn’t watch the video but I think what the commissioner is against is telling the students to come to school on a public holiday and punishing them for being late on an official non school day. Before you argue that it is a private school know that government license all private schools and you sign to abide by specific rules and regulations. I may think that before it escalated to this maybe the school has been previously warned to desist from such acts and it turned a deaf ear.

boxypane:
Lopsided, upside and down character and behavior, the Commissioner was very wrong to correct the Priest in front of the pupils and the Priest must be questioned on what pupils are in school on a public holiday.... However, must everything be in video come online? Chai

Atlantis585:
As if he did not kneel down for lateness during his school years.

Some of our people too dey do.

aybabz101:
The CAN protest was in 2021 or 22 during Buharis regime not against Jonathan.

Its high time we in SW should start speaking up against these guys coz they are formulating a variety of narratives against us

ratcock:
They also stated that following the death of former Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the presidency explicitly directed the Senate leadership to hand the chairmanship of the lucrative Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream over to him.

This is the part that worries me most. Has the legislature degenerated to this extent that the executive decides who heads its committee.

SixSeven:
Democracy is a scam if one country can decide how crazy another's democracy is crazy. Demonstration of craze...

This is why it will not work in Africa because it's crazy how the demo works here. The rulers have figured out how to manipulate the system to benefit them without direct responsibility.

In 1999 - 2003, the Executive did not like the Legislature and orchestrated the removal of the Senate and Reps different times. However you must be aware that the leaders of those houses were not 100% clean. Do you remember Salisu and Toronto Certificate? Within four years, the Senate alone had three presidents. Salisu Buhari’s removal over the Toronto certificate scandal was justified on ethical grounds, but the speed and coordination of the process revealed something deeper, the executive influence was never far away. Evan Enwerem and later Chuba Okadigbo fell amid allegations of misconduct, yet the pattern suggested that leadership crises were being managed politically, not institutionally. Accountability was selective, reactive, and often convenient for the power brokers. Nigeria began its democratic process on a faulty foundation. The Governors will learn after the 2003 tsunami by the PDP how to grab it in the next paragraph.


In 2003–07, the major issue of this tenure was the attempt tamper with constitutional limits through political pressure. Even though Obasanjo denies it today, there is enough documentation on how the third-term agenda was not just about tenure elongation but it was a stress test of whether constitutional rules could withstand executive might. The Legislature was flooded with inducements and intimidation. That the amendment failed remains significant, but equally significant is how close it came to succeeding. Democracy survived this phase by a narrow margin, not by institutional strength but thank God it survived. Credit to Sen Ken Nnamani.


In 2007–11, this tenure combined electoral legitimacy collapse, legislative scandal, and executive weakness. The 2007 elections severely damaged democratic credibility, yet governance proceeded without correction. Yar Adua's attempt to correct the anomaly of an election succeeded a bit when he set up an electoral panel to review our electoral system. Inside the Legislature, the Patricia Etteh crisis and later the Dimeji Bankole era exposed how leadership of the House became entangled with patronage and post-tenure criminalisation. The defining rupture, however, was Yar’Adua’s illness and death. The secrecy surrounding presidential incapacity paralysed governance and exposed a constitutional vacuum. The “Doctrine of Necessity” that elevated the Vice President was a timely fix but it also confirmed that Nigeria’s democracy often survives by improvisation rather than adherence to clear rules. Thank you Dora Akunyili and we can't forget the role of Mr Aondoaka and those who claimed that the President could rule from anywhere in the world. A pattern that will be repeated later under Buhari and now, Tinubu. This period was where the Governors started learning to cut their teeth. They became more influential in Nigerian politics. The Governors' Forum was influencing national politics. This was the period of one party state by PDP that made Ogbulafor boast that PDP will rule for 60 years. Obasanjo had taught the Governors lessons but Yar Adua and Jonathan's scholarly approach to democracy may have cost us a lesson on tight fisted executive.

DORA AKUNYILI'S EXPLOSIVE MESSAGE TO YAR'ADUA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UulCINeuo

In 2011–15, the main issue of this period was oversight without enforcement. The National Assembly appeared assertive, especially during the fuel subsidy probe, which revealed massive corruption. Yet the failure to secure decisive prosecutions weakened public trust. You must remember that Farouk Lawan was recently forgiven in the Tinubu's presidential pardon list but what he did at that time was a symbol of the corruption at the top. At the same time, electoral reforms under Attahiru Jega restored some credibility to elections, creating a contrast between improving electoral process and stagnant governance accountability. Democracy looked better at the ballot box than in outcomes. Change became possible but the Governors played a major role in redesigning how party politics was. The party was no longer the class captain, each Governor was now taking hold of the party structure at each state.

AUDIO: The $3 million conversation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnWDgEMDa8

$3million bribery: Farouk Lawan request removal of Otedola's company from fuel subsidy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gzT5vd0vE


In 2015–19, this tenure was dominated by open institutional confrontation. Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President against party and executive preference triggered years of conflict. His trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal placed the Judiciary squarely within political struggle. Simultaneously, the Executive openly disobeyed court orders in security-related cases, signalling impatience with judicial restraint. This was not just an executive–legislative problem, it was a systemic breakdown of respect among arms of government because APC was in power, so yih can't blame the opposition. Power was increasingly exercised as moral authority rather than constitutional obligation.
The first attack on the judicial system began here with the Onnoghen trial by the Buhari government. The death of the media also started during this time. APC, which had oiled the machinery of the media to their advantage could not let the same machine take them out. They came out hard on critical thinking and through the Minister of Information, the Press review started here.


In 2019–23, the tenure was defined by the open surrender of legislative independence. Unlike earlier Assemblies that at least struggled with the Executive, this one publicly embraced alignment as a governing principle. Legislative leaders openly described the National Assembly as a “partner” rather than a check. Oversight weakened noticeably. Budgets were passed with little resistance, confirmations sailed through, and major policy questions rarely produced institutional pushback. The loss of teeth was not accidental. Senate President Ahmed Lawan repeatedly framed the National Assembly as a “partner” of the Executive rather than a check on it. In public statements, he emphasized working “in harmony” with the presidency to pass legislation and implement national policies, warning against “unnecessary grandstanding” that could delay governance. Oversight weakened - bills, budgets, and ministerial confirmations proceeded with minimal scrutiny. A prominent example was Godswill Akpabio’s smooth confirmation as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, which drew little interrogation despite prior controversies. Please off your mic. Committees that would normally probe ministers or government contracts rarely escalated findings, signaling a tacit decision that cooperation, not confrontation, was the guiding principle. The loss of teeth was not accidental, it was openly acknowledged, marking a clear departure from Assemblies that had previously struggled even contentiously to assert themselves.
Democracy during this period functioned procedurally but hollowly, with elections and legislative processes intact but scrutiny and accountability diminished.

From 2023–present, the current 10th National Assembly has intensified this pattern. It had easily won the worst National Assembly even before concluding its tenure. Senate and House leaders, including Akpabio, have publicly reinforced the idea that lawmakers are not elected “to fight the Executive” but to collaborate on national priorities. Akpabio stressed that legislators should support executive-led bills that serve the nation, even if critics label this a “rubber-stamp” legislature. Committees continue to exist, but oversight has become largely symbolic. Critical national issues, security challenges, rising inflation, and controversial economic policies see limited legislative pushback. What stands out is not conflict but its absence, making it clear that the Legislature now prioritizes alignment and on a mandate they wish to stand on with the executive over independent scrutiny. In practical terms, the National Assembly functions, but as a facilitator of executive priorities rather than a co-equal branch ensuring accountability. This Assembly has trashed any respect whatsoever you may have for the Legislature. Publicly singing on your mandate they shall stand, trying to praise the President's work and laughing over serious issues that affect Nigerians or completely ignoring them have made them weaker than the whisker of a cat.

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Looking at Nigeria’s National Assembly from 1999 to today, a clear pattern stands out. Each four-year tenure faced big challenges, but the Legislature often let itself be shaped by politicians and party leaders instead of standing up to protect the people’s interests. The 10th Assembly shows this clearly. Leaders openly put the President’s wishes above their constitutional duty. They approve bills and budgets without asking tough questions. Committees that should investigate government programs barely do their work. By choosing to cooperate instead of check power, the Legislature has weakened democracy from within. At the same time, the Judiciary has often compromised, bending under pressure or choosing caution, which has limited its ability to fully check government power. Go to court!!!


This problem is not unique to Nigeria. In countries like Venezuela, democracy exists on paper but is erased by politicians who manipulate institutions for their own gain. We can see the same pattern here. But pointing out these failures does not give outsiders the right to lecture Venuezela. Even strong democracies like the United States struggle with their own political crises and institutional problems. True democracy only works when the people and their own institutions hold power accountable. No one else can do it for us.

©️ SixSeven


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6QgwDREmo

SixSeven:
The NOA and NITDA should actually be taking this up and use it as an example to others. But I am sorry, that's wishful thinking. Our institutions are heavily compromised already. No one dares Wike who officially threatened to revoke the land titles of any hotel, event centre, or public building in Abuja that hosts political factions or organisations not recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Is INEC truly independent

If Wike can speak on behalf of INEC, what does that mean?

During a public address, Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike recalled that during the 2019 presidential election cycle, current Senate President Godswill Akpabio—who was then the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs—visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt. According to Wike, Akpabio approached him with a request stating, "Please, we will want you, let Mr. President Buhari, let him have 25 percent." Wike, serving as the Governor of Rivers State at the time, rejected the plea to allocate the constitutional minimum threshold required for a presidential victory by responding, "How do you get 25 percent? Is it by writing? If it is by writing, okay give me the paper let me write. I know the only way you can get 25 percent is by voting. Let the people vote, right?" Wike shared this exact exchange to illustrate his track record of resisting external political pressure and "federal might" by maintaining direct alignment with his grassroots support base.

Afriifa:
Every time rice, rice rice. As for the money part, I am surprised since they all bought their way to power.

dchamp234:
I'm not surprised, the bad Nigeria gets, the more money they make, the rich keeps smiling and the poor cry daily. Nigerians youths should get their PVC ready, only the youths has the power to remove this evil government milking the country, the country might be empty before the leaders of tomorrow come of age.

SixSeven:
The people of South Western Nigeria have a profound saying,

Food wey you no go chop, no make an near your mouth. 🤮

I have integrity ba? After how many election cycles, we finally knew that this story of collect it but don't vote for it is still being complicit but when dem decide not to take shishi, the cheap ones wanted you to be corrupt so you won't ask your leaders questions. Well, now you see with your eyes how they are feeding you with palliative so you can be a slave in your own country. They already told you they will not talk to you. They showed you they will be feudal lords but you found every strength in your Stockholm syndrome supply to stand with your oppressors for short term gains. Masses don turn to
Many
Are
Second
Slaves
Every
Second

In their own country.😢 Youna never ready. When you're ready, even them go fear to ever try give you palliative. Wicked people. Wicked souls.

Streamz:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/kidnapping-rccg-petitions-jonathan-to-stage-one-million-man-protest/

merits:
Africa and abused of privileged.

guass:
Tinubu via Wike has lost Rivers to OK

BUTTERMILKSUGAR:
Have you seen 3000$before?
Do you own a company paying 3k dollars that is not much?