China built 16,000km rural roads across China with just $12 billion, within 4 months.
Meanwhile, in Nigeria, President Tinubu is spending $11 billion to build 750km road since 2024.
Now, I understand why Peter Obi kicked against that project. It's no longer making sense.
Good morning @tokunbo_wahab, your boss @jidesanwoolu left his Lagos to go celebrate his birthday in the UK
He can’t celebrate in this Yaba/Tejuosho area because it is suffering #LAWMACrisis
"I don't think many Nigerians truly understand what is happening in this country. People are taking what belongs to us and calling themselves the government, yet everywhere remains quiet. We are grown adults, and we know our rights. The President, governors, senators, and other public office holders are meant to serve us as citizens, and they must give an account of their service throughout their tenure. It is their responsibility."
— Pastor Odumeje
Lokoja Judgment: An Unnecessary Serious Setback for Nigerian Democracy
Today was an exceptionally busy day. I left Lagos in the early hours for Emekuku, where I visited the School of Nursing Sciences, an institution I have consistently supported over the years. It was gratifying to inspect projects funded through my previous interventions, including the school’s computer laboratory. Such investments reaffirm my belief that education remains one of the strongest foundations for national development.
From there, I attended the 80th birthday celebration of the Emeritus Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Dr Anthony Obinna, whose commitment to justice, peace, and the common good has inspired many, before proceeding to Madonna University for another engagement.
It was at Madonna University that I received the court news of the Lokoja court rulings through my brother, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Every Nigerian committed to the country’s progress should be deeply concerned. This judgment represents another setback for our democracy and the institutions upon which our future depends.
It is regrettable that some who claim to champion democracy now appear determined to weaken the very institutions that sustain it. In doing so, they are undermining public confidence and endangering the future of millions of Nigerians.
The legislature and the judiciary are increasingly being drawn into this pattern of institutional decline. Democracy cannot thrive where institutions lose their independence and credibility.
Those who seek to weaken Nigeria’s democratic foundations will not ultimately prevail. When a similar situation recently affected the ADC, I condemned it without hesitation. I do so again today because my position has always been guided by principle.
My concern is not about who becomes President. My concern is that Nigeria works. Our politics must move beyond the quest for power and focus instead on building a united nation founded on justice, strong institutions, the rule of law, and equal opportunity. That is the Nigeria we owe ourselves and the one we must leave for future generations.
I therefore urge all well-meaning Nigerians to rise above partisan interests and defend our democracy. The survival of our institutions is inseparable from the survival of our nation. It's when we work together that a new Nigeria of our dream is made POssible. -PO
JUST IN: “Preventing Obi and Kwankwaso from appearing on the ballot could trigger a crisis that may prove too difficult for the Bola Tinubu administration to manage.”
— Northern group warns FG.
“It almost seem like you're watching a video from 1960... if this is the thinking in Aso Villa then there's problem o... how many people in the family that they came from have made successes from the things she mentioned…?”
~Ayo Mairo Ese