₦airaland Forum

Ubongandem52:
And that is why we are voting AMBO

Say it louder that you want the inner city roads in Sadiat, Fadillulahi and Olutimehin Areas paved with concrete or tarred. The back of the Palace, John McKay, Oke Abesu Areas into Are Ago Ward deserve good roads. Those are indigenous Osogbo areas that had been abandoned and neglected.

moh1:
YOU liar................................ Don't mislead the gen Z generation. Government just have to introduce History back to school curriculum.

I agree with you that Government should reintroduce History back to school curriculum. Research by Historians should validate or invalidate the rumoured but highly plausible failures of Sanni Abacha and Babangida at their promotional exams.

aswani:
It was Abacha own that I heard, not IBB.
President Obasanjo crossed his name off the list as he said Abacha was totally useless and would be completely lost without the military as he had zero skills of any sort.

Fast forward a few years later, sane Abacha wanted to kpai him, see life.

Even though IBB was Abacha's boss, he too was scared of him.

We need a documentary on Abacha.

It remains to be seen whether Nigerian Journalists will do the needful.

bewla:
Let's not weaponize this election
We already have major monsters that we have creat
There is no neighbors any more
No strangers allow any more
Ethnicity is decreased because of communal clash
Religion hate is spreading like fire



Pls and pls let this stop now before it's to late

The inner city in Osogbo roads are in a terrible condition untarred. Portable water is not available in houses barely two minutes walking distance from the water reservoir at Costain! It is horrifying that these are not the matters for concern to Osogbo indigenes! The back of ATAOJA’s Palace is so dirty and stinks to high heavens!

Abuse of The Minbar!

Tooreda:
God forbid I or any of my immediate family members have anything to do with that shitty religion

If you do not advocate for freedom of thought, belief and your human right "God forbid" alone noh fit do am! Just take a look around you anywhere you are in the world and you will see the efforts (mostly and initially subterranean) of Islam targeted at enthroning Sharia worldwide which will eventually rob you of your freedom of thought, belief and human right. Every morning the Call to Prayer is made on very high decibel speaker systems causing noise pollution. On Fridays the streets are blocked (when other open spaces are available which they use during the E'id) by Muslims praying right on the roads made for passage of vehicles. During Ramadan you will be endangering your life to cook meals that let our aroma which makes the mouth to water! All the foregoing are targeted at taking over your space gradually until Sharia is fully in control! When a citizen who is not a Muslim points these and other matters out to Muslims the reply is usually that the fellow complaining is intolerant and they have coined the word "Islamophobia"!

Truth be said, he speaks truthfully from the perspective of Islam! A Muslim who says otherwise deploys Taqqiya. Most people including world leaders like Trump et al do not really understand Islam. Islam in its purest form does not recognise as proper a society not governed by Sharia. Put simply the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Constitution is not recognised by Islam. What we have presently is Taqqiya in play. Islam encourage s a Muslim who finds himself living and working in the midst of non-Muslims to play along while he makes efforts to have Sharia take over the place and its systems. It could a long time but the Muslim is encourage to keep playing along and seize the system when he gets an opportunity to do so! When Sharia takes over all other believe systems, culture, traditions, lifestyle and educational activities get outlawed! Everyone who lives in such a society and is not a Muslim becomes a second class citizen or a slave! That is what the Muslim Cleric is saying!

pdppower:
Yes, Nigerian factor, although I don't know if it's a general black man's mentality. You can't be more skillful or vibrant than your boss. Otherwise, you a*rse will be kicked out

Exactly my point: you will lose your job if you work under a mediocre of a boss and you are not smart enough to not let him know that you are more skilful at the job than he is! As to whether mediocrity is in the DNA of the Blackman I think not. Reason is that through time Blackman have excelled in every area of human endeavour. In Nigeria for instance, our culture are deeply ingrained with sayings, proverbs and slangs that deprecate mediocrity. Examples are: "ooo se, oooo je" in Yoruba language which in English language means "there is no food for the lazy man"! I could go on!!

Beautifulday:
That is what we see everywhere in Nigerian government. Mediocrity is being celebrated everywhere just have small change

Mediocrity is one big reason that Adeyemi conman was able to setup for recognition at the highest levels of State of the FG a fake FG Agency that was already interfacing with Diplomats in Nigeria!! Terrible thing!!! We have public servants in important positions who do not know their onions!!

Beautifulday:
Everywhere you turn in anything that has to do with Nigeria is crawling with mediocrity.

All what everyone is looking for is money. No one what to deliver something equivalent to the money being requested.

People in power place their families in positions they are not qualified to handle.

The slogan, "nah your papa work" is now an anthem in every corner of this country.

Quite unfortunate. It is collectively harming our country. For instance, not many people know the story of how the Egbin Thermal Power Station at Ikorodu got critically damaged sometime back🧐😡.

helinues:
Which year was that? The main Nigeria History wasn't taught in Nigeria most especially the civil war. I dont know about not but not in the past

I agree that when in the very early 80's I studied History in the secondary school there were no standardised History textbooks on the matter. The Civil War had not ripened sufficiently into History at that time if you get what I mean. Research has since made that available. Now, there are generally agreed historical facts about the Nigerian Civil War.

orisa37:
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED IN NIGERIA, BUT
ABACHA WASTED PROF. TIMO ALUKO, THE GREAT ECONOMIST.
BUHARI KILLED GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU OF ONDO STATE, THE GREATEST STATE SECURITY STRATEGIST.
BUHARI HAD WASTED THE EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE OF PROF. Osinbajo.
IT IS ALL WOES AND FAILURES GALORE.
GOD SAVE NIGERIA.

Here we are, a people who have failed to earnestly demand that the political parties field a Yemi Osinbajo or an Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who are far better than the Tinubus, Atikus, Peter Obis and Kwaks of our political world!

Beautifulday:
That is what we see everywhere in Nigerian government. Mediocrity is being celebrated everywhere just have small change

You needed to have something to do with the Nigerian High Commission in the U.K. and you will experience the mediocrity we are talking about! You have mediocre staff there who cannot be touched even by the Minister!!! Now staff are being sent to U.K. from Nigeria to sort out the travelling Passport mess at the Nigerian High Commission in the U.K. and at public expense!! It is that bad!!!!

helinues:
The History story of Nigeria is distorted by different tribes , different people , so which of the versions would you have expected the FG to introduce to our academic curriculum?

When I attended secondary school here in Nigeria there were standardised History textbooks that were devoid of distortions inspired by tribal inclinations. Professional Historians usually are agreed about those texts and work with the Ministry of Education in that respect. WE had no problems with that.

See what AI has to say about the unfortunate coup plotter:-
"Yes, Colonel Mohammed Ma'aji’s repeated failure in his promotion examinations played a massive role in both his radicalization and his eventual capture.According to investigative files published by Premium Times, his career stagnation served as a critical turning point in the coup plot:The Ultimate Trigger: Ma'aji missed out on his promotion from Colonel to Brigadier General twice (once in 2023 and again in 2024). He admitted to investigators that he felt professional despair and believed his bosses were intentionally failing him to kill his career.The Radicalization: He told military interrogators that after failing the second time, he reasoned that if he could not take his "deserved place in the military," he should "aim at taking the whole country." He then used his career stagnation as a tool to recruit other disgruntled, stagnated officers across the Army, Navy, and Air Force.The Trap: Military intelligence capitalized perfectly on this specific grievance. To capture him without a fight, the Chief of Army Staff personally contacted Ma'aji with a fake invitation to a promotion meeting. Blinded by his desperation to advance, Ma'aji walked right into the ambush at House 12, Niger Barracks, where he was immediately arrested.While he has since argued that his main motivations were patriotism and Nigeria's harsh economic realities, his confidential statements and the military’s intelligence report establish that his double promotion failure was the spark that revived the entire conspiracy."

pdppower:
Obasanjo pleaded for Abacha's career not be terminated, ironically Abacha planned to terminate Obasanjo's life.

It is actually deeper than the ironic. Truth is, the mediocre usually seek to put down others at all costs. They do not want their inadequacies noticed. If you work in an office where your boss is a mediocre and you happen to be better at the job you will be wise to leave your skills at home each time you go to work!

orisa37:
MERIT IS NEITHER STRATEGIC NOR AMBITIOUS IN NIGERIA,, THE DIVISIONISTS, RELIGIONISTS AND RACIALISTS KILL THEM.
SKILLS AND EDUCATION HAVE BECOME NON RECKONABLE .

You are correct. That is quite sad. It is one big reason Nigeria is this less developed. For example, Nigeria could have won the World Cup sometime back if the national team selection was merit based.

helinues:
Car Rear view mirrow to look back is in front.

Dont get stuck with the past

I am not tied down to the past. I have moved on. Nigeria haas since moved on. However, a society, an individual and any given setup will go only as far as it learns from its past. That is the benefit of history!! Unfortunately the same Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have taken the study of History as a subject off our academic curriculum in Nigerian Secondary Schools!! Nigeria is presently saddled with a generation of youths who know next to nothing about our country. Not good for our future as a country.

Predictor3:
They would have been replaced by other wicked soldiers

I am talking about our reality and not what is conjectured. My focus is on the lessons to learn from the history that the story has become.

Sonofgod1990:
Exactly what I wanted to do to my people of enugu state immediately I get back to Nigeria from united kingdom. But I will gladly support the enugu state government with 2 million dollars. Is a welcome development

Meanwhile you are endlessly pouring Johnie Walker Scotch Whisky into a glass cup!!!😅. When will two million dollars complete nah!!!😅😅😅💁💁🏃‍♂️👀😀

temielects:
Seun and the mods of this platform are gradually driving it to it grave with this annoying ad springing up and down, we love naira land but it’s about time we bid it farewell.

Is the content a false narrative?🧐🧐. Just say you dislike Peter Mbah or is it the communities that are soon to benefit from the public infrastructure under construction that you dislike?🧐🧐🧐.

Tabithatim:
NEW: Enugu begins construction of 3 new 33KV feeders to end prolonged power outages in 4 LGAs


source

Governor Peter Mbah is commended for doing the needful. That is what is expected of government and not building mosques and churches and poor standard water boreholes all aimed at winning Presidential elections like Peter Obi has been doing for years now! Peter Mbah by his stellar performance as Enugu State Governor is positioning himself for an Igbo Presidency in the foreseeable future.

Readbooks:
Those that want Osun State development state we VOTE FOR Ademola Adeleke.

I see🧐😷🧐🧐.

naptu2:
ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv

ARISE News to Host Osun Governorship Town Hall with Adeleke, Oyebamiji, and Salaam on August 11

ARISE News Channel will host a special town hall on Tuesday, August 11, featuring the three leading candidates in the Osun governorship race. The candidates are Governor Ademola… pic.twitter.com/vq3N7cZI6S

— ARISE NEWS (@ARISEtv) August 9, 2026

It was a well informed decision based on the statistics showing the front runners in the Governorship race to invite the three front runners for the office. Merit based approach is best. A society that hopes to make progress throws up its brightest and best! For example, Nigeria would have been spared the evil Sanni Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida inflicted on her if they had been retired when they failed promotional examinations to Colonel TWICE! It was Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who pleaded that the two men be retained in the Nigerian Army only for them to become an affliction on Nigeria!!!

By the British or American and other Western army positions if you fail military promotional examinations twice you cannot be promoted a Colonel. In a well considered and salutary decision, The Army Council while General Danjuma was Chief of Army Staff and Yar'Adua was Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters recommended Sanni Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida be retired because they failed the exams twice. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who was the Head of State pleaded they retain them. Imagine how better for Nigeria it would have been if merit was upheld and Sanni Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida had been retired back then for failing military promotional exams twice! We would have been spared the evil the two men inflicted on Nigeria! I hope we will learn our lessons and enthrone merit above other less worthy considerations.

Kaa4:
The present administration is lenient in this issue. I don't know why he was not given the Attahiru treatment.

The North is already seething with anger.

No mercy for coup plotters.

Let the law take its course

Discretion is the better part of valour. Tinubu won't want to risk losing the next elections.

Buccalcavity2:
You plan to kill me, you spent money and took actions to execute the plan. By stroke of luck, I found out, you come dey beg me to release you as a first time offender..... na wa o. Shoo

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That is what nature clearly teaches us daily!

RealityKings1:
Why would any considerate and reasonable person have 5 children in the first place?
You'll be under constant pressure to meet up with several issues, it's common sense

Besides, if he passed his promotion exams which he failed twice while he was good enough at making babies he would have made it to Brig-Gen and earned a better pay. By the British or American and other Western army positions if you fail those examinations twice you cannot be promoted a Colonel. In a well considered and salutary decision, The Army Council while General Danjuma was chief of army staff and Yaradua was chief of staff supreme headquarters recommended Sanni Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida be retired because they failed the exams twice. Olusegun Obasanjo who was the head of state pleaded they retain them. Hence the liking IBB has till today for Obasanjo. Hence the hatred both men, IBB and Abacha displayed on General Sheu Musa Yaradua. Both IBB and Abacha were never appointed as governors because they were deemed not qualified. Ma'aaji was another Fake Gen. Sanni Abacha in the waiting. Imagine how better for Nigeria it would have been if merit was upheld and Sanni Abacha and Ibrahim Babangida had been retired back then for failing military promotional exams twice! We would have been spared the evil the two men inflicted on Nigeria! I hope we will learn our lessons.

Bobloco:
Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji, accused of being involved in an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has said his actions were driven by patriotism and concern over what he described as Nigeria’s worsening condition rather than personal ambition.

Ma’aji said economic hardship, poor governance and declining welfare among Nigerians and military personnel shaped his concerns about the country’s direction, he said according to Premium Times on Monday.

“What has happened has a very long history, and it is driven by patriotism and I love the job and country.

“As we are all sitting down here, we have our biases and our thoughts and concerns on what was going on in our country from a state of gradual decline up to now, and we are almost at the point of collapse,” he said.


The colonel said his own struggles to provide for his five children on his salary further heightened his concerns about the economic situation.

He explained, “Every time I look at how I’m struggling to raise 5 children with my meager salary, I get worried.

“I attended Army Day Secondary School, but today, how many of us afford to take our children to these schools, and for one reason or the other, which is connected to the bad governance.”

Ma’aji also raised concerns about the welfare of soldiers, particularly personnel wounded during military operations.

He alleged that some injured soldiers receiving treatment at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna were not getting adequate care.

According to him, the conditions facing military personnel reinforced his belief that urgent measures were needed to change the country’s trajectory.

“The summary of all this is that this action was driven by the desire to have a prosperous nation and country that we all can be proud of. It got to a point that I was worried that if nothing is done, we may not have a country to call our own in the near future,” he said.

Ma’aji said the alleged plan involved mobilising officers who shared his concerns but maintained that the group had not reached the stage of executing any operation before his arrest.

“Nigeria was turning into a banana republic right before our eyes. We know that during the era of the military regime, the country was functioning better. I believe that, as it is now, we are on a dangerous trajectory.

“The plan was to get enough officers of like minds who could participate. We were still at the stage of mobilising to get more officers involved.


“This team has not been fully formed because there were supposed to be other meetings. There was no D-Day. We were waiting for the availability of resources and more officers and soldiers,” he added.

The officer also claimed that he personally financed much of the alleged plan, while Timipre Silva contributed about N400 million.

He denied foreign involvement and said no date had been fixed for the proposed operation.

Ma’aji further denied contacting some senior military officers, but said widespread dissatisfaction within the military, coupled with his unsuccessful promotion attempts, contributed to the revival of the alleged movement.

He called for the establishment of a formal channel through which military officers could raise concerns with the Chief of Army Staff, Waidi Shaibu, without fear of victimisation.

Among his recommendations were improved remuneration and welfare packages for soldiers, better pension benefits, greater access to education and stronger measures against corruption within the country and the armed forces.

Ma’aji also criticised the removal of fuel subsidy, arguing that the policy should have been phased out gradually.

Following his arrest, the colonel appealed to the authorities for leniency, saying his experience had caused him to reconsider his approach.

He stated, “From the time I have been arrested till now, If I were to be released and these issues in the country persist, I will consider a different approach.

“We are pleading for leniency and pardon as first offenders. The system should take a deep breath and pardon us. They should give us a chance to mend our ways. We have no other country than Nigeria and no other job.

“This incident has really opened our eyes and has changed our mindset forever. It was not intended to destabilize the country at all.

“Everything we planned was born out of patriotism, love of country, and the desire to have a prosperous Nigeria that we all can be proud of.”

The alleged coup plot, which was uncovered in late September 2025, led to the cancellation of the October 1 Independence Day parade and changes in the military hierarchy, including the removal of Christopher Musa as Chief of Army Staff at the time



https://punchng.com/nigeria-was-near-collapse-says-colonel-accused-of-coup-plot-against-tinubu/?amp

You are grossly misconceived in your purported love of Nigeria! That is not the way constitutionally provided for to achieve good governance in Nigeria. You claim to be good enough to turn Nigeria around for the better yet you have twice failed promotions exam from Colonel to Brigadier-General and well on your way to being a dead wood in the Nigerian army! You are another Sanni Abacha in the waiting!!! Thanks to God you were caught in good time!!! You should be man enough to pay for the consequences of your actions if indeed they were worthy as you claim them to be!

DatNiggaDaz:


How is your kuli kuli and akara Business from "na our mama be dis"

Patronize dem nah! Me I noh be Tinubu fan. As I dey now electricity supply noh dey here from NEPA! Abeg lef me joor!