“How can you kill bandit leaders that came for peace talks on their way back. What will that solve?” - Arewa youth president.
This video is proof that the Northern Elites are behind insecurity in their region. You are attacking your Government for killing bandits while insisting government should negotiate with them.
Ori gbogbo yin ni North yen o Pe.
Yoruba people with respect.
The first visitor arrived, and Mr. President immediately bowed and said, "How are you, sir?"
The second visitor arrived, bowed to the President, and his wife knelt with both knees to greet him.
I love my culture.
Ire o!
If you experience chronic body itchiness after bathing, worry not.
Steep dried powdered leaves of castor plant in hot water, sieve and add honey to it. Drink a teacupful once daily.
Body itchiness will disappear. Nature heals.
This is the ABC of state policing in Nigeria.
Every Nigerian who wants to understand the operationalization of state police needs to watch this in depth analysis.
How the Federal Government Can Safeguard Against Misuse of State Police by Governors
As Nigeria advances toward establishing state police through the 2026 constitutional alteration bill, a critical concern persists: ensuring that governors do not exploit the new security architecture for political vendettas, ethnic favouritism, or the suppression of dissent.
The proposed legislation thoughtfully incorporates federal safeguards to preserve national cohesion while allowing states the operational autonomy needed to address local insecurity. Here is how these checks and balances should function:
1. Appointment with Multiple Layers
State Commissioners of Police should be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the National Police Council and subject to confirmation by the State House of Assembly. This layered process prevents unilateral decisions and introduces both national perspective and legislative oversight.
2. Independent State Police Service Commissions
Each state should establish a commission responsible for recruitment, promotions, discipline, and training. Its membership should draw from diverse stakeholders, including the National Human Rights Commission, NBA, NLC, NUJ, retired senior police officers, and traditional rulers. This broad representation helps reduce excessive gubernatorial influence.
3. Protection from Unlawful Directives
Should a State Commissioner view a governor’s order as unlawful or contrary to professional standards, the matter should be referred to the National Police Council for a final and binding decision. This mechanism provides essential protection for operational integrity.
4. National Standards and Certification
The National Assembly should establish uniform standards for training, ethics, and operations. No state police formation should be allowed to operate without prior federal certification, supported by periodic compliance reviews and appropriate sanctions for breaches.
5. Limited Federal Intervention
Federal authorities should intervene only in situations of complete breakdown of law and order, typically at the governor’s request, or in cases of administrative or financial collapse, and solely with National Police Council approval. This ensures a balanced safety net that respects state autonomy.
Additional safeguards should encompass rigorous procedures for the removal of police leadership, mandatory collaboration and intelligence-sharing with federal forces, judicial review, NHRC monitoring, and conditional federal funding linked to adherence to standards.
In essence, the framework seeks to strike a careful balance between decentralisation and accountability. Its effectiveness will hinge on sincere political commitment, equitable funding across states, and diligent implementation. As Senate President Godswill Akpabio rightly cautioned, today’s powerful governors will one day return to ordinary citizenship; these protections ultimately serve the interests of all Nigerians.
The bill continues its journey through Senate approval and ratification by state assemblies. When properly enforced, state police can strengthen security without degenerating into instruments of oppression.
I just finished watching Peter Obi’s 1 hour 23-minute interview with Rufai, and I did so with a completely open mind. He’s not my party’s candidate, but I sat down to hear the plan. There was no plan. Just a man with nice wishes and an empty file where the strategy should be.
Every time Rufai pressed him with, “How will you fix power, education, insecurity?” Obi reached for the same convenient answer: “Don’t worry, I’ll do it. I did it in Anambra.” That’s not an answer; that’s a slogan. Running 200 million people is not Anambra. And “trust me bro” can never be a strategy to enhance power or to fight insecurity.
And let’s retire this Anambra myth once and for all. The issues burning across Nigeria today, for example, mass insecurity, multidimensional poverty, a broken power grid, a currency in freefall, a debt trap, and so on, are crises that were never under his jurisdiction as governor. As such, he cannot claim antecedents as proof that he can solve them. You don’t get to wave away a problem you never faced as proof that you’ve already conquered it. That’s not experience. That’s storytelling.
My takeaway is simple, Peter Obi can describe the Nigeria he wants to see. What he failed to demonstrate in this interview is that he has a credible, detailed, and executable pathway to get us there. If this is what the NDC is offering Nigeria in 2027, then the NDC and the Obidient movement have a candidate who can describe the destination but cannot drive the car.
A destination without a map is not a plan. It is a wish.
‼️It's absolutely not true that Xabi Alonso didn't have a clue about Cucurella's exit. Alonso was informed about everything.
Xabi Alonso is working with Chelsea on exits, on incomings, on strategy, on contracts, so he is 100% involved and will be involved in the decisions that Chelsea hierarchy will make this summer.
~ @FabrizioRomano on YouTube
Nobody is asking him for details. To add 10,000MW he would need $30bn in investment over 4 years, in a highly illiquid sector, with $4bn legacy debt, 26% collection loss, 5.1m metering gap, tariff shortfall and gas shortages.
This is outside the messed up transmission that can barely wheel 6,000MW. How will he raise the money and what will he do with power tariffs and gas prices?
Peter Obi has good intentions but no president in Nigeria today can Generate, transmit and distribute 10,000MW in 8 Years.
You know why?
1. We don't have the Money
2. We currently have legacy debt in the sector (this what caused the disruption about 2 months before Adelabu resigned)
3. We don't have the infrastructure
4 there's metering issues that seems to be unresolved
This is not to excuse any administration, I'm just pointing out the facts.
If you think anyone can achieve it please you can educate me.