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This must be a very principled woman. She did the most honorable thing

BigElEddy:
We all know it's all the northern states. In 2018 I was deployed for my NYSC In Benue state. In our room in camp was a northerner. The kind of English this guy spoke eh, God have mercy. I always wondered how he was taught, or did assignments or even read textbooks. Plus it was during harmattan season and he took his bath like 1 time a week.

And you judged the whole northerners because of one person abi?

Around 2015, there were threads showing such good school infrastructure built by Amaechi. I was opportune to see some of them a few years back and they were in a sorry state. I hope these ones will be different

Unfortunately, CG Musa is becoming a an empty barrel —many words, little action. Many of us were optimistic that he's going to change the game against terrorists. So far, no progress.

The buildings must have taken many months to reach that stage. And there's no way the FCT officials are not involved for such a development in a highbrow area

This is what ought to be preached in homes and churches. As a muslim, I'm appalled by the dilution of christian values all in the name of modernity. A key part of Islam is adherence to the dress code which is key to protecting women from prying eyes. When nudity is celebrated on the name of freedom, there are consequences one of which is erosion of trust between men and women(which is prominent on this forum). When men don't trust women and vice versa, a vicious cycle comes into play where people despise marriage and go into artificial arrangements which later boomerang.

Is Netanyahu not curse worthy? Someone who's declared wanted by the ICJ. To hell with him and his cronies

This is what you get when you prioritize quantity over quality. Tens of new federal hospitals have been established while the pioneer tertiary hospitals are not well cared for. Why would a hospital like UCH be suffering energy shortage? The govt should earmark key social institutions and isolate them from this energy banding issue.

Why was he not handed to the police?

So others can call Khamenei all sort of unprintable names but someone was arrested because he called a criminal for who is? Is Netanyahu not a war criminal?
It's interesting how security personnel easily pick up people from social media for expressing their views, while the real terrorists in the bush are doing live tiktok

Not much impact. I don't see it having effect after about 10 days. 20% of world's production (circa 20 mil bpd) is currently constrained. To balance it up, you need about a 100 mbpd weekly assuming that 40mbpd gets evacuated through alternative routes.
The bigger risk is in LNG because there are no strategic reserves for it. Unlike oil where swing states can quickly ramp up production, LNG is limited by plant capacities. Also, you can't transport it via pipelines. Only LNG tankers offtake it for export. And since Qatar LNG is down, yawa don gas.

Easier said than done. Mr Oyedele will now get to really know who politicians are. What is happening to federal budget pass the power of a single minister. Infact, it'll take the president some big guts to curtail the abuse from his own end and that of the legislature.

Too many hypocrites criticizing this initiative. Is it by force to enter moto with a woman? Even your teachers, the oyinbo, have such. Bolt Women for Women

SonOfWords:
Your first paragraph is very confusing.

And for the second paragraph, lol. You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Teenagers from fourteen are getting comfortably pregnant in today's nigeria, mostly in rural and semi-urban areas.

If you put your mind to it, the numbers are very staggering. I have seen same even in my state, cross river.

What's confusing about the 1st paragraph? 18 years and above are adults, not teens.

I didn't posit that there are no teenage pregnancies out there. What I argued was the percentage

I am pretty sure this data is false and biased. First of all, why the age bracket of 15-19? Are 18 and 19 years old also teens?
Secondly, there's no way 30% of that age range in the mentioned states be pregnant except if the sample size was deliberately skewed to give a predetermined outcome.

Rich4god:
Police wey no Sabi read.... You dey write long article full of grammar for them.

Hehe. You dey underrate police o. One day dem go humble you intellectually

As usual, this is nothing but media trial. If the whole of Nigeria's oil production were to go to nnpc, that company can't get 210t in revenues. When the lawmakers are investigating they dig deep to find factual discrepancies and not false claims that might discredit the whole exercise

To be honest, there is no rapid growth in that sector. Only about 7 states out of 37 have a working standard operating railway - FCT, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Delta, Edo and Kogi. In the next 2 years, 3 states namely Kano, Jigawa and Katsina will increase the coverage marginally making it 11. A 30% coverage after more than 15 years of railway transformation plan is quite dismal in a country that's hungry for interconnectedness. The two key cities of Lagos and Abuja are not yet connected.

There was a plan for a coastal railway that will connect Lagos to key cities in the Niger Delta. But it appears Tinubu's govt jettisoned the ambitious project and embarked on a new coastal road. We hear no progress in connecting Ibadan to Ilorin and then to Abuja.

Now to the operations of the current rail lines. How's the railway growing when locomotives break down at will every now and then? How is it growing when rail tracks are the breakfast of vandals.

The govt needs to relook inwards to embark on new projects. Buhari completed two projects, started and finished one, and kicked off two key projects. But we're yet to see such tempo sustained by the current govt.

Bwilliam:
Ngl, this country is turning into something else.
What he said is 100% correct

Around 2018/2019, I was gearing up to join the Army until I clearly saw that the moto on their emblem/logo was written in Arabic. I researched further and saw that it was linked to Dan fodio.
I just washed my hands off from the armed forces entirely.

But you don't ask if the motto were to be in Latin abi?

It's a good initiative. The two ministers of education are doing a great job

It's not unexpected. Is Abba telling us that he didn't know about the so-called corruption cases for 2 years? If he did, why didn't he part ways with the deputy when they were in same shoes. We're just deceiving ourselves with this model of democracy where politicians do whatever they like.

Savageman247:
Source; https://www.reportnaija.ng/2026/03/federal-high-court-discharges-and.html?m=1

I think this is about the asset declaration issue only. I believe there's a pending case on drug peddlers which is the bigger crime. Technically, he's not yet free

ttmax09:
An intelligent person who is knowledgeable on these things should please explain to me why we don't just hand the Present Police structures to the states, every Police man should be redeployed back to thier states and LGA to work.

1 it will reduce the financial burden of having to start looking for funds to pay the new state Police guys.

2 Under this new arrangement, the state Police commissioner will be answerable to committee made up of the Council of traditional rulers along with the states religious bodies head and the Governor as member of this governing board, this will ensure the governors don't have the Police at their disposal to misuse

3 The DSS formations in each state will be the FG eye on this state structures.

traditional rulers have no constitutional role and are at the beck and call of the governors, so how would they effectively oversight the police?

It's a good observation and i have once pondered in it. Naturally, men by far outnumber women in the armed forces. Bad as usual, they bear the greatest risks. From 2010 to date, I can't remember reading of a female military officer killed in action. On the other hand, KIA are in the thousands. As an African it isn't a bad thing because men are raised with a mindset of shielding women from harm even if it means risking their lives. What I don't like is the unfounded entitlement of some womenfolk near the corridors of power who always want juicy positions on a platter of gold. Their argument seem to centre around men vs women. A typical example is the bill for reserved seats for women in the national assembly or the so-called 35% affirmative action for female representation.

This is very obvious for those that have been following politics for a while. Obi in 2023 was not as popular as the Buhari of 2007 and 2011. Yet, Buhari couldn't win because he had no good base in the south. Yes, rigging was the order of the day especially during Iwu's tint, but it was obvious that he would have lost even in a fair election. The first time he struck an alliance with one region in the south, he clinched the ticket.

I repost below a short analysis I wrote here on the eve of 2023 election which eventually came to pass:

"Today, February 25th, is the long-awaited day for all Nigerians as we head to the polls to choose new leaders. The previous months witnessed intense politicking and campaigns, which I posit as the most competitive in recent history. Unlike in previous elections where there were only two bigwigs from the major parties, this election cycle saw the entry of two formidable opponents-Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso. This change tweaked the national political equations making it more complex to resolve.
Peter Obi enjoys a massive support from the youth(majorly from the South) and Christians who insist that it's the turn of one of them to steer the nation after an eight year rule of a Northerner. Kwankwaso's support base is largely in his populous home state of Kano, where he was a governor for two terms. He is also a darling of a large retinue of northern artisans due to his socialist leanings.
Despite the "table shaking" of Obi and Kwankwaso to the polity, neither of them stands a chance to win the elections. Obi has a little or no presence in the northern states. This reality will deny him the requisite 25% votes in at least 25 states. Forget the social media rage about LP gaining grounds in the north, it's all ruse. Obi's running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, is billed to lose his ward to either APC or PDP. In summary, PO will give the major parties a bloody nose in the SE and SW, and that's where it ends.
Kwankwaso has far lower chances compared to PO. He's only sure of winning Kano state- with less than 50%. He might get 25% in five more northern states. He won't get such in any southern state. And that's it.
The fact is that today's race is a battle between Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.

WHAT NEXT FOR OBI AND KWANKWASO?
OBI
As I mentioned earlier, Obi has a big fan base in the SE, SS and parts of Lagos. History just has a way of repeating itself. Obi's populism is very much like Buhari used to enjoy in the North (2003,2007 and 2011). But Buhari could not wade through until he struck an alliance with a Tinubu from SW. There's no way any presidential candidate will win an election without at least getting support of a geopolitical zone outside his region.
After losing this election, it's time for Obi to go full throttle across the Niger to seek for political alliances. Doing this assiduously for four years will help him gain grounds, which when triggered by non performance of the incoming president, can be leveraged to boot the latter out of office.

KWANKWASO
The only chance I see for Kwankwaso to get to become President is if and only if Tinubu clinches today's polls. Since the former is from the south, the latter being a northerner can vie for the position after expiration of the next tenure. However, if Atiku wins, Kwankwaso can at best be a VP to a formidable Southern candidate like Obi or Amaechi.

CONCLUSION
These are my permutations for the elections today, based on my experience in following politics for about 20 years. Many a people will definitely disagree with the submissions, but the reality will set in latest by tomorrow. All in all, elections especially in Nigeria should not be a do or die affair. Don't sever the relationships you toiled to build because of any politician. There's no politician who doesn't have that potential to disappoint. The last decade has taught us hard lessons on this. Cast your vote, and pray for the best candidate to win"

vertueptime:
It's like 25% at most

I agree with you. The govt has a deceptive way of reporting project progress by dividing into sections and now even into carriageways. It's unfortunate how a key gateway to the nation's capital is suffering such deterioration

This is a big lie o. They are working but it's not even 50% complete

I used to think the in the US, strong institutions thump strong personalities. But not anymore, with this rabid guy in the seat of power

Mrluv:
a mob action that all islam cleric supported they even provide lawyer to defend the mob in all this i blame obasanjo he should have raze zamfara down when yerima was going against the constituton other northern state would not have try such

Oya come and raze the states down na.

Mrluv:
what law do they murder deborah north does not belong to only muslim

It's was mob action just like the way thieves get lynched and scorched in the south. Both are wrong

I don't know wetin concern christians with the affairs of muslims. Sharia law doesn't apply to non-muslim population and it's within the constitutional rights of muslims to practise their beliefs so far as they don't prevent others from exercising theirs. Boko Haram or banditry is not sanctioned by sharia. Infact,it'd have been very difficult to have such a menace if the sharia law was fully in place because the lives of terrorists are not spared.
I have seen instances where everyone is asked to stay indoors in some states due to some traditional customs. It's quite understandable that residents should abide by the moral code of their hosts. But when muslims ask for good behavior and respect for their culture, everyone comes feasting on us. Many of such things are even recommended or even obligatory in Christian references.

Live, and let live