1. Does Anambra State have a rail line? No.
Plans are to connect the Aba line to Owerri, but it is not yet complete.
2. Does Anambra have an independent power project? No.
The 1,500 MW Century Power Generation (CPG) in Okija is not operational.
3. How many steel plants does Anambra have?
There are many small steel operations, but only one major steel plant—the Milton Steel Manufacturing Company Limited in Akwuzu.
There are no other major industrial steel plants.
4. What about an airport? Yes.
Anambra has a state-funded airport.
I have not heard of any nation or state that has industrialised without power, rail, and steel.
Yet, the professor of economics believes that the way to industrialise the state he inherited is to build a second airport, given that it already has the largest open-air market in Africa, the largest automotive SME cluster in Africa, an inland port (the only one in the Southeast), and Onitsha, the gateway to the entire Southeast.
Scale of preference is an economic term for a reason
If the airport is so viable, let the private sector, which looks at profit build it
Fellow Nigerians,
Three years ago, on this day, I first addressed you as your President. I pledged courage in leadership, honesty in reform, and commitment to rebuilding the foundations of our economy.
The decisions we have taken since have been difficult but necessary. Today, the signs of recovery, resilience, and renewal are visible across our country.
In honour of this milestone, and as a precursor to Democracy Day, today, across all six geopolitical zones, over twenty groups of strategic projects in energy, health, enterprise, education, and public works would be commissioned.
Under the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, four flagship projects today. FEMADEC Energy at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri — the first of twenty CNG refuelling stations in our federal universities. Portland Gas at Ojota, Lagos — a 96,000 SCMD CNG mother station, with a daughter station in Kubwa, Abuja. Ibile Oil and Gas, with its network of fifteen CNG refuelling stations across Lagos State. And Rolling Energy at Jahi, Abuja — anchoring a portfolio of seventeen RLNG and LCNG facilities across Kaduna, Kano and Borno. Together, these projects will lower transport costs, expand cleaner energy, and strengthen our energy sovereignty.
In the health sector, thirteen new projects today across all six zones — every one of them ribbon-cut on the ground today. Six new facilities at our federal teaching hospitals: the President Bola Tinubu Complex at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja; the Trauma Centre Pharmacy Quality Control Laboratory at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria; the Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology Centre at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi; the new Mental Health Complex at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; the new Administrative Complex at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu; and the Laboratory Complex at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.
Also commissioned are the State Emergency Operations Centres in Kano, Sokoto and Katsina; the newly constructed Lagos Vaccine Hub in Oshodi; and the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System fleet — one hundred and forty-five tricycle ambulances, six boat ambulances, and seventy-nine new ambulances for our federal hospitals.
Two revitalised primary health centres at Gadon Kaya in Kano and Aboh in Delta State. These two stand for the almost three thousand primary health centres our administration has revitalised under the IMPACT programme over the last two years, alongside twenty-seven equipped Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care sites, one thousand six hundred and two revitalised Level 1 facilities, and one thousand three hundred and sixty revitalised Level 2 facilities, together bringing quality care closer to ordinary Nigerians in every zone.
Alongside these, the new SMEDAN Industrial Development Centre at Ikorodu, Lagos, and additional projects in education and public works being delivered across the country.
These projects are not ceremonial symbols. They are evidence that the Renewed Hope Agenda is being felt in homes, businesses, schools and hospitals across our federation.
Today is the commemoration of our inauguration. It is not a day for long speeches. On June 12, our Democracy Day, we will present our full scorecard to Nigerians.
And so, by the authority vested in me as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I hereby declare all these projects — across our health system, our energy infrastructure, our enterprise, our education and our public works — duly commissioned, and dedicated to the service of the Nigerian people.
The work continues.
The reforms continue.
And our resolve remains unshaken.
Thank you, and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
29th May 2026
State visits by Leaders are not tourism, and diplomacy is not a fashion parade. Every foreign trip undertaken by a government must deliver measurable benefits to the people, including investments, technology transfer, trade agreements, factory expansion, industrial partnerships, and job creation.
During President Trump’s recent visit to China, the American delegation reportedly included a few top government officials, and many of the biggest figures in global business and technology:
Consequently, huge trade deals worth several billion dollars including about 200 Boeing orders were achieved.
The list of the entourage included
1. Donald J. Trump – President of the United States
2. Marco Rubio – Secretary of State
3. Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defence
4. Elon Musk – CEO, Tesla & SpaceX
5. Jensen Huang – CEO, Nvidia
6. Tim Cook – CEO, Apple
7. Larry Fink – CEO, BlackRock
8. Stephen Schwarzman – CEO, Blackstone
9. Kelly Ortberg – CEO, Boeing
10. Brian Sikes – CEO, Cargill
11. Jane Fraser – CEO, Citigroup
12. Larry Culp – CEO, General Electric
13. David Solomon – CEO, Goldman Sachs
14. Sanjay Mehrotra – CEO, Micron Technology
15.Cristiano Amon – CEO, Qualcomm
16. Dina P. McCormick – President of Meta
17. Ryan McInerney – CEO, Visa
18. Michael Miebach – President, Mastercard
19. Jim Anderson – CEO, Coherent
20. Jacob Thaysen – CEO, Illumina
That is how serious nations approach diplomacy, by aligning foreign policy with economic expansion, industrial growth, innovation, and national productivity.
I hope that lessons can be learned from these recent visits comparing them with the President of Nigeria’s recent state visit to the United Kingdom.
A large entourage of politicians, aides, and government officials travelled, yet Nigerians are still asking a simple question: what exactly did Nigeria bring home?
Which factories are coming to Nigeria?
What power, technology, manufacturing, agricultural, or industrial agreements were secured?
How many direct jobs will this visit create for Nigerian youths?
What investments were attracted?
What measurable economic outcomes can the ordinary Nigerian point to?
The delegation reportedly included:
1. President Bola Tinubu
2. Senator (Mrs) Tinubu
3.12 governors
4.9 ministers
5.7 members of the National Assembly
6. Over 20 senior State House staff
7. Over 30 security personnel
8. Over 10 domestic staff
9. Several supporters and associates
It is not enough to ride horses, wear matching uniforms, attend royal banquets, and release glossy photographs. Symbolism without substance cannot feed hungry citizens.
Today, Nigeria is in decline, battling serious insecurity, food insecurity, unemployment, a weakened naira, declining industrial productivity, and worsening poverty.
At a time when millions of Nigerians struggle daily to afford food and survive economic hardship, every kobo spent on foreign trips must produce tangible national value: investments, factories, jobs, exports, infrastructure, and economic opportunities.
Nigeria needs leadership that is focused less on optics and more on productivity; less on ceremony and more on measurable economic results.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Joash Amupitan has gone into hiding. The APC told him to lay low. They have tried everything to distract Nigerians from his exposed electoral bias, but my people have refused to move on.
Amupitan is only delaying the inevitable.
He has no single bone of integrity. If he did, he would have saved himself from this continuous embarrassment, by resigning his position.
Professor Joash Amupitan has tainted his ‘professorial robe.’ He must resign from his position as INEC Chairman, immediately!
My source. It now traditional for me to add the source.
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3. ICIJ Pandora Papers — Bagudu appointed minister under Tinubu (2023) https://t.co/zet4Cj85LS
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Do you know that the attack on Iran generated more public outcry from northern handles on Twitter than the endless killings, kidnappings, and terrorism ravaging the north?
The US is bad, and IRAN is good, but if they ask you as a Nigerian to pick a country to relocate to, you will run to the US..
Lol, you all are just terrorists and a hypocrite.
Today, immediately after the morning prayer, the imam in our mosque said that we should all spare some minutes & pray for our brothers & sisters in Iran.
Ironically, this man has never asked us to pray for the people of Zamfara, katsina, Sokoto, et al,
Or may be those ones in these Nigerian states aren’t our brothers & sisters. One can’t tell.
Best in stupidity.
We’ve had over 1000+ Nigerians killed and kidnapped since January 2026 and I’ve not seen the Nigerian government be this swift to drop a statement about any of the horrific events over here.
In normal Igbo tradition, if an Igbo man kills a fellow Igbo in Igbo land even if it was done inadvertently, the murderer will leave the community for number of years (igba oso ochu) and traditional cleansing will be performed. If it is a woman, the murderer will be made to marry a woman for the family after all the necessary rituals must have been performed.
Igbos knows how deep it is for one to shed innocent blood.
Today, you have a man who has led to massive shedding of Igbo blood in Igbo land without any call for restitution and all that. Just like that?
The good thing is that Igbo land is already reacting against them all and I will appeal to everyone to be careful not to attract calamity or curses of what you support to your homestead because, Nnamdi Kanu and his collaborators are facing the consequences of the land they have polluted.
Photo: The man in red cap is 88 years old, late Ochimba of Nanka, Prof Obidimma Onyemelukwe. He was killed by the so-called agitators while coming back to Nanka from Enugu. He was killed along Ufuma/Oko Road in Anambra State in 2022. He was a retired university lecturer, a professor of economics. He was a great community leader.
Ikechukwu Emeka Onyia II
BREAKING 🔴
U.S. special operations troops and Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces carried out a pre-dawn assault on ISIS-Somalia hideouts in the Baalade Valley. More than 100 American operators arrived by MH-60 helicopters with MQ-9 Reapers overhead, striking cave positions held by about 10 to 15 ISIS fighters in the Bakuuje and Mareero areas of the Cal Miskaad range. PCTF pushed in with roughly 200 troops after several days of U.S. airstrikes that had already killed multiple militants.
The raid triggered two to four hours of close-quarters clashes inside fortified caves, including engagements with foreign fighters from Syria, Turkey, and Ethiopia. By sunrise, U.S. and PCTF forces had withdrawn with no reported American casualties.
Early results indicate a senior ISIS-Somalia commander and several aides were killed, along with a total of 5 to 10 terrorists. Forces also destroyed weapons caches and equipment used for gold-mining operations that funded the group.
Puntland’s leadership says its Operation Hilaac now controls almost all of the Cal Miskaad mountains and aims to eliminate ISIS-Somalia by December 2025.
Images: Somalia ISIS leader Abdulkadir Mumin and his terrorists
Since their trajectory is purposely stunted in the Nigerian military, these witty Igbos have found solace in the US military where meritocracy rather than mediocrity reigns. Where you are judged by the output of your intelligence rather than your ethnicity or religious inclination. Go boy! Continue to achieve your American dream!
Meet Commodore Kelechi Ndukwe, a Nigerian-American making history in the @USNavy!
From commanding the USS Halsey as the first Nigerian-American to lead a guided-missile destroyer to now serving as Commodore of Destroyer Squadron 60 & Task Force 65 in Spain 🇪🇸, his journey is pure inspiration and a true example of #AmericanExcellence! 🇺🇸🇳🇬
A Military intervention on Nigerian soil should not involve the Nigerian Army because they are deeply compromised and they would give out sensitive intelligence on any possible strikes to the terrorists and this would lead to unnecessary casualties to the US Army. If at all their involvement is pertinent to any operation, then information sharing should be limited and attacks would and should happen on the fly with short notice. @SecWar and @POTUS should take notes.