₦airaland Forum

I am waiting to see the press release, if any, from Kagame. It is such a shame that this Presidency cannot be trusted. I told people that the Tax Act was not the problem, it was the level of distrust between the leaders and the led. After all, Buhari passed the Finance Bill in 2023.

As at today, I have not seen Kagame posting any picture of him in France. His last post was 4 days ago and the same message is on IG/FB. Let's assume this is true, what is so special about meeting Kagame in another man's country? The reputation of Nigeria has never been this soiled and it's a sad day for the great country. The Presidency belongs to the people of Nigeria, it's not an institution to joke with regardless of whoever is there. Respect the country.

Only in Nigeria will you see pastors predicting election results, football matches and entertainment reality shows' votes.

People of the world....

autoez:
Wike is the only man in the history of Nigeria to be a minister of the government of an opposition party he's no member of. He deserves some praises. Wike you diz one oooo.

That's not true. When Yar Adua won in 2007, he declared a Government of National Unity. What Wike said isn't wrong. What is wrong is if he did it without his party's approval.


Yar’Adua invited opposition parties to join his cabinet after the controversial 2007 election results. The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) agreed to join his government. Some senior opposition figures such as Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar did not join the government, they continued legal challenges or political opposition after the 2007 election.

According to archival reporting (Daily Sun/ANPP leadership context), the two ANPP‑nominated ministers in Yar’Adua’s cabinet were:
• Abdulrahman Adamu
• Salamatu (Hussaini) Suleiman
These were submitted as the party’s nominees under the spirit of the GNU. At the Senate screening, there was some news about the name being tampered with.

In late 2007/2008, President Yar’Adua appointed some ANPP figures as senior advisors, including:
1. Saidu Kumo: ANPP National Secretary, served as Special Advisor on Inter‑Party Affairs
2. Prince Ebutta Ayuk: Deputy National Chairman (South), served as Special Advisor on Non‑Governmental Affairs
3. Chineme Ume‑Ezeoke: Son of ANPP National Chairman, served as Special Advisor on Civil Organizations

This man that made us believe that the President can rule from anywhere in the world

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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

Britishpea:
There is no reason to have posted that picture if they didn’t meet. But Tinubu needs to fire so many people under his leadership. They are charlatans and sycophants.

They couldn’t even edit properly

You know certain lies are considered forgeries. This one is enough to get people fired. You can't lie about what never happened. Imagine what happens when Rwanda picks it up. We are soiled. It is not about the Presidency FOR A TINUBU, it's about the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Some people are joking with this institution.

Any good journalist should go and check the Rwanda Presidency and check if they have the same photo of their president or where he was on the day of the photo. That ends it.


If the State Press released fake news to the media houses, I urge all of them to reject any word from the Presidency for one month in protest. We have been hearing of how they always retract what was sent. I checked the media handles of Paul, he is active on Twitter. President wey de support Arsenal because RwandAir is a sponsor. Now, no mention of him going to France. Hmmmm

I knew they would say this. The moment I saw that comment on Nairaland, I already knew. And they have budget for State House photography and President's photograph. Una try.

In the 2025 Nigerian federal budget, the Office of the President / State House allocated funds for media and photography as follows:
Purchase of media equipment for the

A. Presidential Media & Publicity Unit: ₦1.112 billion

B. Presidential digital media archive setup: ₦1.279 billion

Total spent on these media-related items = ₦2.39 billion

Cleanworld:
WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM GOING BACK TO ARCHAIC AGE? WHY DON'T YOU CONITINUE TO USE STONE TO TRADE? SOME FINE IT HARD TO CHANGE AND HATE CHANGE IN ALL RAMIFICATION. THIS ARE LEFT BEHIND PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T THINK BEYOND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW.

To call yesterday useless is the naivety of a child who thinks the sunrise began with him/her. Modernity is a branch, not the root. That's why museums were created. Bar you, we would destroy the items in the museum since they are 'archaic' but your comment shows me how old you are. Not in age, but in thinking. When you get to the st/age of renaissance, you will have the depth of thinking to understand the past and your current path.


'Progress' does not erase its ancestors. The man who insults yesterday does not understand how today stands.
✌️

There's nothing like Christmas light. You should be more worried about government light or DISCO light than what a bank does. Your grandmother and father did not use Christmas light but you've been brainwashed to get attracted to artitifical lights.

eventainment:
Lol 😂 now the question sir is why use AI to edit if you aren't trying to make an impression or alter the image greatly lol. Using a normal editing app if it's maybe clearer picture you need is a good option but using AI means you want to massively manipulate the image.

He must think we are foools because the State House doesn't have their own media team 🙄🤡

This is a new low in the propaganda era. Very sad.

Rayzoom:
I think it's better the way it happened, at least everyone now know who has more electoral value between the two. If he had accepted to work with Obi and they eventually won, he won't be humble, he would have been on Obi's nerves like Atiku to OBJ believing that they won because of his influence, at least for now even himself knows the value of Peter Obi

You have a good point. I remember back then what he said about being a VP to Obi

2023 Presidency: Why I Cannot Be Running Mate To Peter Obi – Kwankwaso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_cLgo-FbY

Kwankwanso did prove to be a bit arrogant and that interview confirmed it for me. He overestimated his popularity and now all of them can negotiate based on data

Fact: Tinubu remains the most unpopular president to have won the Presidential elections. He is the easiest to kick out. Back then, PDP told AC, CPC and opposition parties when they were reigning that to kick us out, you need to unite as opposition. That's what they learned in 2015.

TheFreshVanilla:
That picture was generated with ai.

. What's this fgs why has Trump not finished his food

nairalanda1:
In the 1950s, cost of living was good enough to sustain a one breadwinner family

Now? It just isn't. That's the main driver of women in the workplace.

A lot of japanese and Korean women want to marry and have kids, but they can't afford it even when both the man and woman work. Talk less of the man just working.Unless they move into a rural area where there are not enough jobs.

The world became greedy. I would blame governments for dropping the ball... When they needed men for wars, they knew what to do, when they needed women to get out of the house, they knew what to do.

Have you seen the video of the man who decided to live off grid and the government was fighting him? Government has control. After God is the government and the politicians can lie all they want, they are largely responsible for this change because they are in charge of policies. And every of their policies affect the PEOPLE! Government wants to own and control a lot of things but give little or rubbish in return.

Fearlez:
The most conservative places in the world should be the middle east but even in most conservative places in America, it is generally believed women should be at home.

Japan and Korea governments have offered cash bonus and child support but the issue doesn't go away because it's now cultural.

Women are discriminated against in work places if they get pregnant or apply for maternity leave. Remember China isn't facing the severity of this problem even with their one child policies until they begin having high female workers and it happened to them. They now officially increased their birth rate per couple to 2 and decrease female workforce population.

Japan and Korea are western in values and they are facing what Germany, France UK and other western countries who allow female population and liberalism to thrive.

That's why the borders are open all over the West to shore up their population.

Now the orientals (china, Japan, Korea, etc are not big on racial intermingling so the liberal culture that brought underpopulation is hitting them hard the most

Also low wedges is also driven by the inclusion of women into the workforce as compared to the 1950s where they were low female in the workforce.

I have Chinese friends who ran away from the country because they wanted MORE kids. The government did not allow them back then and they have a problem with seeing the female child as not as important as the male...
So the cycle continues.

nairalanda1:
In Africa having fifteen kids means that when you grow old, each of those kids will send something. No welfare system makes it a must

Overseas? You pay high taxes which ironically make cost of living more difficult for welfare that would take care of you in old age.

Under thanr circumstance, children may not be necessary.

Also things do cost more there. Even house costs more because houses must be built to standard ( not like Nigeria where we just build anyhow). All that adds up. Searching for money is not about being rich, it is about meeting up with high cost of living and high taxes there , which enables them to have a better life than most Africans here.

I am looking at the philosophical foundation of the African society. It's not vested in material things but UBUNTU. I am because you are. At the end of the day, we see, even in western society that people need people. Covid reminded us about that. It's unfortunate we have had leaders who misuse our taxes because most of these things should be subsidized. The average African does not ask for much in life. Who are we and who are we becoming as a people?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXl_LVPBn1A


All the children are ours..



Edit: I am not judging you or arguing with you, just sharing my POV. I see your points too

Alaefulu:
That was how they showed us,Iraq, Libya and so many other jubilations photos but in Your must quiet moment ask yourself,how are those country fearing today economically.....

The propaganda machine is well oiled to fool the gullible. We live in a world surrounded by _____

Lovelife433:
But some...... are complaining that trump was evading Venezuela because of their oil. America will always act to the befits of the citizens.

There's always two sides to a coin. In the South, Abacha's death was a cause for celebration. In Kano, tears flowed. Same country, different reaction.

nairalanda1:
Largely because childcare is very expensive in south Korea.

Even the bonuses are not enough

( Something similar was tried in Norway and Sweden. And Denmark. Even more generous. Didn't work)

Also in a rich country, you don't need kids the way you need them in a developed country. Again kids in developed countries are expensive. Better to be single under such circumstances

In Africa, the child runs in the dust and the sun, calling to uncles and aunts, and they answer. The mother’s arms are many in the village; meals come from the earth, schools are simple, and lessons are learned in work and laughter. The child grows with the rhythm of the land and the voices of those who love her.


It is not the child that costs more, but the world that surrounds her. In some places, life must be bought. Here, life is shared.

Because we are losing this value of who we are, happy with so little and enjoying life's simple things, the village is no longer raising the child and childcare is now getting expensive here as we chase the money that never ends and no one who has died values money more than family.

jmoore:
The 'description gang' again. Nobody can touch or tax money in your account.

You guys should stop using this description stuff to keep Nigerians busy.

That's untrue.

Stamp duty is a tax the government charges on certain legal documents, transactions, or agreements. It’s usually applied to things like property transfers, contracts, share certificates, leases, and some financial transactions. The government charges it to legally validate the document or transaction.

That's a typical example of what government collects that is a tax. For example, if you send fifteen thousand naira, the bank keeps fifty naira and your friend gets fourteen thousand nine hundred fifty naira. You only pay this if you send more than ten thousand naira, and the money goes to the government.

The Stamp Duties Act originally dated back to colonial law, and the Finance Act 2019 expanded the Stamp Duties Act to explicitly include bank deposits and transfers, giving a clear statutory basis for charging stamp duty on electronic transactions like bank transfers.
Before the 2019 Finance Act, banks were already deducting a N50 charge on electronic transfers above a certain threshold as an Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) going back to around 2016, after a Central Bank of Nigeria circular directed banks to implement such levies.

That practice was controversial, and in 2020 a Federal High Court ruled that some of these deductions were being collected without explicit legal backing at the time. The Finance Act 2019 and then the Finance Act 2020 gave the government a clear legal foundation to charge this levy via the Stamp Duties Act amendments, meaning that from March 2020 onward, banks had explicit statutory authority to collect a stamp duty/EMTL on electronic deposits and transfers above ₦10,000.


Under the current regime, banks collect a flat fee (commonly ₦50) on qualifying electronic transfers or deposits, which they remit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as stamp duty revenue.

Stamp Duty Tax: How Electronic Stamping Will Function For Business Transactions - Director, FIRS

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

grandstar:
You're so correct!

The South Korean birth numbers are horrifyingly low for an additional reason.

Just take a look at the South Korean student scoring system and you would have a good idea why birth rates are so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_South_Korea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_tgt3-TmA
South Korea is giving bonuses for giving birth now. Trump has also considering something like that for the US but he won't say it openly that he wants white women to give birth. The question we should ask is WHY? Why are young people not giving birth or why are they not able to give birth?

Only in Africa and parts of Asia that people still give birth. They have tried to throw in contraception but it doesn't work. Look at what she said, she wants to buy a house, property, things. She doesn't want to be a mother. They have succeeded in giving them 'rights' to say my body, my choice. I didn't come to earth to be a mother. Now they have fertility crisis and the cost of giving birth is not just expensive, the cost of living is so expensive that OF is the best alternative. She didn't mention children or anything like that because of she had any maternal instinct in her, she would know which has more honour and why prostitution is not the best option. What child will be happy to see his mom a pro? This is why you need to monitor women. I used to think it was absurd, but the older I get, I understand why there was always a reign on women, or else, they will destroy society completely. They give birth to the world, that's why men had to put some reign in our society was working.

Women are joining the work force to be like men and that is more effective than contraception. Deceive her with the career, tell her she can store her eggs, tell her there is IVF, waste her best years of fertility and when there is a crisis, sell medical solutions to them. Tell her her place is not in the kitchen, it's not at home, it's to be a strong independent woman. As if their mothers in the past were not independent 🤡 Who told you the office career is what makes you independent? Go and read your history. E get why na Nigerian women protest past when the British were here. Was it the same people you followed to earn your rights that your grandfathers had already respected them for before they came to brainwash you with patriarchy and crying that you don't have freedom? Is it the Saudi that just let their women drive a few years ago you are copying because of religion or it's the America that did not allow people like your mothers vote until 1965 while you had rights to vote at independence? Look at our women today, they want Kim Kardashian body and have found another method to abuse God's natural order, surrogacy. They are renting stomachs to use and abuse because they've been brainwashed on what their bodies should do.

Once you are able to convince women that they don't need to carry a baby, the deal is done. Now they want us to be using science to have babies, sleeping with dolls and selling us all kind of solutions when God gave us free.
Don't take everything from the West, you're just a commodity to them.

SixSeven:
The beautiful ones are not yet born but can we see that African method is still the best? Where your family is preparing you for marriage and you grow into it. But this ITK people came and said she must finish school, get work and career, forgetting that after that, she will still do something in society. They even used to protect our women from useless boys and men who only want to totori her hotspot.

We filled her mind with books, but left her roots behind.
We gave her education of the world, yet neglected the lessons of her home.
We opened her eyes to knowledge, but left her heart untethered to culture.
We built her intellect, but abandoned her heritage.

Women remain the most important specie for a good society.

They have corrupted our mothers today so society can be xxxxx tomorrow, making OF and hookup look better than legitimate work. Of course, when it pays well, it is difficult to convince the brain to work and the devil will continue to make sure our society is confused since sex is cheap and..... The internet is now raising girls and boys, leaving them confused, thinking alt universe is reality. I thought many girls would have learned from Linda Ikeji or dem Toke set but the streets cannot raise a child, the family is the first foundation. Protect the families. Internet is not yours.

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

2013, Adeboye said the year would be better than the last, that people would make progress and peace would grow, but warned of natural disasters and the need for prayer; breakthroughs in medicine were expected.
Result:
There were everyday events like weather and medical progress, but nothing dramatic that clearly matched the optimism and disaster warnings specifically as predicted, no standout scientific breakthrough tied to the prophecy and no unusual disasters that became defining moments of the year.


2014, the prophecy included things like divine promises beginning to be fulfilled, dominant life changes, narrow escapes from tragedy, and that Nigeria’s future would be determined that year with different “equations” by year‑end.

Result:
2014 did not have a single defining reversal of fortune for Nigeria or a shift that matched the specific language of that forecast. There were ongoing national issues, but no clear, dramatic transformation that fulfilled the prophecy in the ways it was described.


2015, Adeboye said the year would bring harvests from fasting, testimonies, miraculous project completions, scientific and medical breakthroughs, Ebola ending, insurgency weakening, and many disasters to pray against.

Result:
Ebola did decline in West Africa in 2015, and insurgency remained a global concern, but the broad list was too general to point to one clear outcome that matched everything predicted, there weren’t widespread miraculous completions, nor did all the specific global breakthroughs emerge as described. In hindsight, insurgency is what we are discussing today in 2026. It didn't decline just because APC came to power.


In 2016, his list included families receiving generational blessings, life swinging upward, Nigeria getting tougher before getting better, natural disasters worsening, a new sexually transmitted disease surfacing, and a major war being averted.

Result:
There was no confirmed emergence of a new STD as predicted, and evidence does not show natural disasters were dramatically worse globally in ways explained in the prophecy. Improvements or challenges in Nigeria that year were part of ongoing patterns, not clear matches to the specifics.


In 2017, prophecies for this year were similarly broad (reported online as a year of surprises, open to interpretation), but most publicly available lists from RCCG for 2017 are not detailed enough to allow precise fact‑checking, so no specific outcome can be confirmed or denied.

In his 2018 forecast, he included stubborn mountains moving, reclaiming lost ground, saboteurs disgraced, significant goliaths falling, and rays of hope that things will still be well. Nigeria experienced political shifts, but nothing clearly matches all those elements as a specific prediction. There were no globally recognised giant breakthroughs or universally celebrated reversals that clearly fulfilled those statements.


As for 2019, Adeboye chose to “code” the prophecies using Bible verses because it was an election year, saying the nature of the year would be interpreted spiritually rather than through explicit forecasts. Because of that there are no specific, concrete predictions to compare with events that year.

In 2021, his prophecies said some things from 2020 would carry over, that nations needed to admit spiritual truths, and that individuals would experience survival and restoration. These are general spiritual themes, and while COVID‑19 effects did extend into 2021, the broad moral framing makes it hard to link to specific measurable outcomes.

In 2022, Adeboye released a list including forecasts like a drop in infant mortality by at least 50%, emergence of new stars, and two monstrous storms.

Result:
Public health statistics do not show a 50 percent drop in infant mortality in Nigeria in 2022, and while weather events occurred as they do every year, there were no specific storms that matched the dramatic scale described in the prophecy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCwCKI-R2JA

His 2025 prophecy described 2025 as “a landmark year,” with winds of change, earthly helpers replaced by heavenly ones, and mockers louder and more aggressive with many of them not surviving.

Result:
There is no public evidence of a wave of deaths of critics matching that description, and while local disasters occurred, they weren’t on an extraordinary scale beyond typical patterns for any year.

In 2026, Adeboye has predicted a reduction in hunger in Nigeria, small and medium enterprises flourishing, and Nigerians returning home (“reverse Japa”).

2026 Prophecies: Hear What God Said Would Happen in 2026 - Pastor EA Adeboye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju8ItJagTOI

Adeboye's Official Site has some of these prophecies and people here post them every year. Many of the yearly prophecies attributed to Pastor Adeboye mix general hope with spiritual language and warnings about abstract forces. While some broad elements (like health improvements or declines in specific diseases) loosely correlate with real events, the specific, measurable predictions (like a huge drop in infant mortality, a new STD, or mockers dying in 2025) did not occur in ways that clearly match the text of those prophecies when evaluated against public data and widely verifiable events.

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

Putinofrussia:
Ibikunle fighting back through this long epistle.
Kemi is the first minister to resign in the history of Nigeria.
She kept her honour.

She's not

Racoon:
Listened to her interview and was baffled @her confidence in spewing out this shameless narrative. It is only in Nigeria that a criminal deny the fact even if caught red-handed. Spits!

I expected that the OP will post the interview here for referencing

How Powerful People Forced Me Out Of Buhari's Cabinet — Kemi Adeosun | Inside Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_w1SINXM58

For those of you trying to lie to us that no one complained about PDP then, your propaganda cannot hold. When I have time, I'll find more evidence that can be seen online. I remember clearly that PDP was also criticised for the one-party move

denuda:
National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Vincent Eze Ogbulafor, said he envisioned a time when all Nigerians would become members of the ruling party and the country would become a one-party state.

"I don't care if Nigeria becomes a one-party state," he told media executives at a dinner organised by the National Working Committee of the party in Abuja last night.

Chief Ogbulafor also assured that the PDP will continue to rule Nigeria uninterrupted for the next six decades because of its spread and clout in the country.

"We will rule this country for the next sixty years and we mean it. Our brothers (the press) know that the PDP is the biggest party in Africa," he said.

He explained the role of the party in the present dispensation included ensuring that all party members abide by the rule of law being canvassed by President Umaru Musa, a man he described as "harmless, peaceful, focused and ready to deliver the dividends of democracy to Nigerians."

The party would also be regenerated and refocused during his tenure, and would be geared towards working for the success of the president's seven-point agenda, he said.

It would work harmoniously with the National Assembly in a relationship to be guided by mutual respect, he said.

"This is specially designed so that our president will have a good working relationship with the National Assembly."

The chairman stated that the NWC of the party would ensure that all local council chairmen and state governors elected under the banner of the party implement the party's programmes as well as respect the country’s constitution.

Going down memory lane, the chairman described as "divine" his unexpected emergence as leader of the party, explaining that he had never expected to clinch the position because he did not campaign for it. "It was purely an act of God."

"Whenever I see people struggling over power, I sit back and laugh," he said. He gave his experience as an example of how things are always predestined, pointing out that two weeks to the national convention of the PDP where he was unanimously adopted as national chairman, he had been ill and on admission in a hospital.

He pledged the party's commitment to serving the people of Nigeria through supporting the government and working harmoniously with the National Assembly. The president’s seven-point agenda, he said, touches on the existence of human beings and whatever would make Nigerians happy, such as good health care, power and energy, transportation, security, education and the development of the Niger Delta.

He suggested that the abundant human and natural resources Nigeria is blessed with should be used in the development of the country.

He urged Nigerians to love one another and live in peace and unity.

The chairman also commented on the Ekwueme committee, which was set up by the party in order to reconcile the divergent interests that arose as a fall-out to the 2007 general election. He revealed that the committee would soon submit its report to the party.

Chief Ogbulafor recognised the influence of the media in democracy while canvassed the media's support for the party. He called on the media to join hands with the PDP in charting the course for the nation's development, adding that the press should eschew sensationalism in its reporting of issues related to the PDP as doing so would create a negative perception of the party on the mind of the common man.

Last night’s interactive banquet was the first time the PDP leadership interacted with media executives at such a forum.

It was attended by broadcast and print media executives and political reporters.

Members of the NWC of PDP also in attendance included the party's deputy national chairman, Dr Bello Halliru, the party's women leader, Hajiya Inna Maryam Ciroma, and its national publicity secretary, Professor Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali.

http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

lordkay10:
Did anyone shout “one party state” when PDP controlled 28 states? I really wanna know

ORIAYO70:
But no fools shouting PDP is trying to turn naija to one party state

How old were you in 2007 if I may ask?

You can also use AI to check. It's unfortunate Nairaland crashed around this time, it would have been the best place to find the evidence. If you were following politics then, you will know that APC (then AC and ACN with their media houses cried wolf about it). They won the election and now it's so unfortunate they hate to hear what they once cried about.

Evidence from the 2007 period confirms that the People's Democratic Party's (PDP) dominance triggered widespread warnings about Nigeria's descent into a one-party state.
1. International Observer Reports
Prominent international organizations explicitly used the term "one-party state" to describe the trajectory after the 2007 elections:
International Crisis Group: In a May 2007 report, the group stated that the election outcome marked a "further slide towards a one-party state," noting that PDP dominance was being reinforced through captured institutions and rigged processes.
Human Rights Watch: Described the 2007 vote-rigging as "shameless," reporting that the PDP won 29 out of 33 declared states at the time.
European Union (EU) & NDI: Observers from the EU and National Democratic Institute (NDI) noted that the elections lacked "equal conditions for political parties," which undermined the multi-party system.

2. Proponent Rhetoric (The "60-Year" Vision)
Leaders within the PDP at the time openly embraced the idea of long-term singular dominance:
Vincent Ogbulafor (PDP National Chairman): In 2008, he famously declared that the PDP would "rule for the next 60 years." He added, "I don't care if Nigeria becomes a one-party state. We can do it and the PDP can contain all".

3. Statistical Dominance
The scale of PDP's control during this era provided the numerical basis for the one-party state commentary:
Governorships: The PDP held between 28 and 31 states (out of 36) during the 2003–2007 peak.
Legislature: By 2007, the party had expanded its seats in the House of Representatives to 263 (out of 360) and held 85 to 87 seats in the Senate.

4. Judicial & Systemic Pressure
Commentaries also pointed to the erosion of democratic checks:
Captured Institutions: Critics argued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was a "compliant tool of the ruling PDP".
Selective Pressure: Analysts noted the use of "selective anti-corruption pressure" to neutralize opposition figures, forcing many to defect to the PDP to survive politically.

Nigeria To Be A One Party State,pdp Will Rule Nigeria For 60 Years.pdp Chairman - Politics - Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/128156/nigeria-one-party-statepdp-rule

I don't think the world cup will take place this year....

Reposting this

quote author=SixSeven post=137923265]

The problem you will have in this marriage is from your wife especially when children come. You too will contribute to it if you don't put your feet on the ground. Children will always tie you together. This is why some people leave the area and go somewhere else after marrying but blood is thicker than water. You need to be sure she is as strong as you are or else they will keep whispering into her ears especially when you have problems in your family, which every couple goes through but they can use that to exploit the situation. Nigerians are very religious people, not spiritual, RELIGIOUS.

We always want to blame everyone else for our problems and take no responsibility for ourselves. The evil we do is the opposite of the religions we claim to belong to. Nigerians take advantage of their religion to do nasty things. Christian O, Muslim o. So don't be deceived by anyone who is so religious, look at their actions. Their actions will tell you what is in their heart and what they will do to you if you are hanging on a cliff and you need someone to give you a hand so you don't fall.[/quote]

HeatSeeker:
Zero empathy. Smh!

I had to look at the calendar to realize that I am now old when I read "CU is not for the weakling". When did they create CU again?

@topic, be it Islam, Christianity or Hinduism or Judaism, one thing you'll come to realize is that at the end of the day, you really need to have a relationship with your Lord. A personal relationship because human beings are expert at pointing out what's wrong with others but themselves. You also cannot let human beings be the standard for your relationship with your maker because you will be at loss for it. You will be accountable for your own actions so don't put it on them. Also try to study the system and play your game wisely. Leave people with their hypocrisy and carve your path.

Human beings are so scared of letting the system fail that's why they don't want to apply the same standards to the enforcers like they do to the enforcement followers. We can see the double standard in the North, South and everywhere so when I come on nl and people abuse islam, I laugh. I also see northern Muslims defending Islam calling out the hypocrisy of the Christians who allow their daughters go off guard. You see what I did there? No? I am telling you each side thinks it's easier to point to the others and they are all guilty for what they accuse the other side of, they just don't have enough courage to face it. They are more interested in defending the appearance of the religion than being objective. Because of that, I've stopped worrying about religious people. They are fast to pass judgment but slow to act on instructions. Everyone is ready to tell you how good they are but if you stay with them, you will go through the needle in the haystack to find out where the goodness is.