No entiendo cómo puede ser. Vi a Michael Jackson morir, a Maradona morir, a Pelé morir, a la reina Isabel morir; vi pasar a tres papas. Sobreviví a una pandemia, vi el comienzo de internet. Vi el CD cambiar a Spotify, vi cambiar el DVD a Netflix, vi pasar del teléfono fijo a un iPhone. Y estoy viendo el surgimiento de la IA. Y solo tengo 30 años.
Fellow Nigerians, good morning.
I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.
Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.
We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.
More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.
We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.
Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.
Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.
However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.
Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.
And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.
There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?
Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.
Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
It is an absolute shame that the Christian church in Nigeria has become a platform for thieves, criminals and heartless wicked politicians.
This message here is long long overdue.
I wish every Nigerian will see this video
“The rate at which some Fulani people are so confident is alarming. How can a Fulani man enter someone’s compound, see a beautiful tree, cut it down, and feed it to his cows?
When the woman questioned him, he said ‘why not? my cows are hungry.’ She asked him to leave, he refused. Even the vigilante told him to go, he still refused, until things escalated and he was sh0t.
That incident led to retaliation in the Marhaba att@ck. They came back bûtchèrèd people, bûrnt down houses.
A friend of mine also said when he planted sweet potatoes, Fulani herders would bring their cows to eat the leaves. So he fenced his house, yet they still came knocking, asking him to open the gate so their cows could feed.
The bus I entered yesterday, the driver said his brother went to his farm only to meet them in the middle of his farm feeding their cows his plants. He turn back 360 and reported to the police who said they can't do anything about it because they are afraid of being butchered as the Fulanis were with Ak47 so he had to leave them to eat his crops.
Who gave you that power? Who gave you the authority to scare people? Why are you dèstr0ying people crops?And you people will sell these cow after I have fed them with my crops. Many of these people don't even eat cows.
If you want to rear cow, rear it alone. Make sure you have food for them. Stop carrying them everywhere, littering the ground with p00p. Does that make sense to you”
— Fulani lady shares claim about rising tensions between farmers and herders in parts of Nigeria, citing incidents of farm destrûction and confrontations
@Ayoelesho Well said.
Some sell their future cos of survival. Some, cos of greed. Some, nothing join them with party or Nigeria politics, it's just a means to get quick funds.
One thing is certain though, we will keep suffering cos of their selfish & greedy decisions.
My sister and I went out together earlier today. She took some photos during the outing and posted them on her WhatsApp status. Less than 5 minutes later, her fiancé started calling her angrily, asking why she would go out dressed like a prost!tute. My sister hung up on him. When she tried calling him back later, he had already bl0cked her and sent a message telling her not to come back to his place.
Was there really anything wrong or bäd with her outing and the way she was dressed? Or is his reaction completely out of line?
If you add the heat, darkness, mosquito and rising cost of fuel, we don collect like half of the plagues Moses send Egypt that year
And na we be the slaves oo😭😭