URGENT CALL FOR HELP!!!!!
This is a young medical doctor called Dr Innocent. He’s working as a house officer at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar, Cross River State.
Dr Innocent and his other doctor colleagues who are also house officers have NOT been paid for 290 days.
Yes you read that right.
A whole 290 days of working as a medical doctor with ZERO pay. That’s about 10 months work with NO pay.
According to Dr Innocent,
The Ministry of Defence has refused to pay their salaries for no reason. This young medical doctors are being worked like slaves while receiving ZERO pay.
They have nobody to speak for them.
They have nobody to fight for them.
They are suffering and dying in silence.
Please if you see this tweet,
Kindly retweet, share and tag General Christopher Musa the Minister of Defence, and also please tag the Ministry of Defence,
I don’t know these doctors personally,
But we can’t watch evil and say nothing.
Please don’t let this young doctors suffer in vain, they have families who depend on them for support and survival,
It will only take you 2seconds,
Kindly retweet this post. This is the little we can do to help these doctors from the evil injustice done to them by the Ministry of Defence.
Pls share and retweet. Thank you.
“When leaders ask people to sell akara and kuli kuli to escape poverty, it reflects the limited vision of the governance of the country. They can't find any other ways to improve people's livelihoods.” — Activist Dele Farotimi
Worsening Leadership Crisis in the Country Now Evident
The ultimate cost of uncompassionate leadership, as evident in the country today, is turning citizens’ frustration into deep, volatile resentment. It is even more traumatising when the leader presiding over that collapse demonstrates clear incapacity and a lack of compassion.
The government and people of Oyo State, more than 50 days after the abduction of the schoolchildren without any tangible effort toward their rescue, should rightly feel bitter and abandoned.
Since this unfortunate incident, I have spoken publicly about it twice, including appealing directly to the kidnappers to release the children. I also called the Governor twice to assure him of my solidarity, understanding that this issue is not just an Oyo problem but a Nigerian tragedy.
On Friday, July 3, I decided to travel to Ibadan with Prof. Pat Utomi to express solidarity with the Governor, as more than 50 days had elapsed without the rescue of the children and with numerous others still being held captive across the country.
During our two-hour meeting, I shared my experience in addressing insecurity as Governor of Anambra State. I recalled how President Olusegun Obasanjo, and later Presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, would personally call us several times whenever we faced major security challenges.
But, to my utmost shock, I discovered that, contrary to my assumption that they had been in regular communication over the matter, Governor Seyi Makinde had not received a single call from President Bola Tinubu.
I remember the only case of a school kidnapping during President Goodluck Jonathan’s era - the Chibok girls. It drew local and international attention. Even though the security agencies provided almost daily updates on their efforts, Nigerians and the rest of the world were outraged that it took President Jonathan over two weeks to call the then State chief Executive.
I vividly recall that the current President, Bola Tinubu, led a team of vocal critics who called for President Jonathan’s immediate resignation over the incident, citing his delay in calling the state governor. That call for IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION should actually be the case in this matter.
Today, under President Tinubu, there have been more than 13 school kidnappings, yet the President has found it difficult to call the affected state’s chief executive after more than 50 days (over 7 weeks). This is outrageous. I suspect the same may also have been the case in other school kidnapping incidents.
I cannot imagine any issue more important than the lives of our kidnapped children, their teachers, and the many other Nigerians being held captive across the country. It is now an indisputable fact that governance has completely collapsed under this administration.
The situation reflects a total lack of capacity and compassion, compounded by glaring insensitivity.
Amid such an apparent display of incompetence, the President should either resign or, at the very least, abstain from seeking re-election for the sake of our dear country. This call is patriotic, not political. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
There is a false tribal narrative being circulated claiming that we dropped a Yoruba child to replace him with an Igbo child for the International STEM Olympiad in Rome.
That claim is completely false.
This is the full live stream of the 2026 South East Maths Olympiad Grand Finale, where the winners emerged. Our selection process was conducted publicly because we believe transparency is the best way to protect integrity.
We deliberately stream our competitions live so everyone can see how winners are determined. Our goal is simple: ensure that the right children win based on merit, not ethnicity, religion, connections or influence.
We are building a generation that believes hard work is rewarded. Merit is not negotiable.
Watch the full Afia TV live broadcast and judge the process for yourself: https://t.co/hByUPQkdQv
Nigeria's children deserve better than tribal propaganda. They deserve fairness.
Math teacher Anthony Iweagbu has always had the dream, as a Catholic, to visit St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square Rome.
Now, we are here so he can fulfill his dream.
He is now prouder to be a teacher.
We concluded today’s tour at St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City.
Listen to Egejurum Onyedikachi’s remark on his experience today.
He is in Primary 6 and just 11 years old.
I am excited to share that the 2026 finalists of the Aguata Best Students Challenge are departing Lagos, Nigeria, to Kigali, Rwanda, for the purpose of engaging in a life-changing edhcational trip.
The twenty high-flying students will be joining numerous others from different parts of the world to participate in the 2026 Pan-African Boot Camp, holding in the Ntare Louiselund International School, Kigali, Rwanda
At the Boot Camp, our champions will be exposed to activities in the areas of robotics, AI, digital storytelling, etc , - aside the international exposure and networking.
The twenty Aguata champions are:
• Ejezie Sopuruchukwu Divine — St. Peter’s Secondary School, Achina
• Ezema Chisom Esther — Community Secondary School, Akpo
• Okoye Amarachukwu Juliet — Community Secondary School, Aguluezechukwu
• Agu Chisom Stella — Marius Scholar Secondary School, Uga
• Uduji Chioma Treasure — First Hill Secondary School, Ekwulobia
• Ejikeme-Eze Barnabas Kenechukwu — Christ the King Secondary School, Igbo-Ukwu
• Anumudu Eberechukwu Mary-Cynthia — Holy Name Secondary School, Umuchu
• Onuorah Onyedikachi Micheal — St. Anthony’s Secondary School, Ikenga
• Moses Vivian Chinyere — Urban Girls Secondary School, Ekwulobia
• Ejemeni Chinecherem Happiness — Mother of Christ Secondary School, Ezinifite
• Orazulume Chibueze Kingsley — Community Boys Secondary School, Igbo-Ukwu
• Agu Makuochukwu Karen — Holy Child Secondary School, Isuofia
• Dominic Chijindu Divine — Immanuel Model Secondary School, Nkpologwu
14. Okafor Chinemerem Blessing — Community Secondary School, Ora-Eri
• Uzozie Chikamso Rita — Holy Family Secondary School, Igbo-Ukwu
• Onyemaeze Chigozie Divine — St. Augustine Secondary School, Uga
• Okpara Onyekachi Johnson — All Saint’s Seminary, Ekwulobia
• Obinna Goodluck Obinna — Uga Boys Secondary School, Uga
• Okechukwu Onyinyechi Gift — Community Secondary School, Umuchu
• Ezeokeke Ugonna Kingsley — Aguata High School, Aguata
Without doubt, the trip and the boot camp experiences will shape the lives of our amazing and hard-working champions and as well place them on pedestals for greater accomplishments in the future.
Great thanks to our sponsors for providing all the necessary - particularly financial - support needed for impacting in the lives of our amazing students.
Big congratulations to our stars.
In Aguata LGA, Impossibility is Nothing.
Last jamb was a disaster for my village youngsters. Over 70% of them failed jamb and the rest sparely passed. Rather than waiting for the government, we decided to take a different approach. We took the challenge upon ourselves for it not to repeat itself again. Every youngster in my village right now is on an intensive morning and evening drilling for next years Jamb and they undertake CBT once monthly with large pool of 16 years past questions across different subjects. In the CBT we track their performances on different topics and lays more emphasis on their weaknesses across different subject topics. One common thing we noticed is that many of the youngsters are alien to computers and can't even use a mouse nor keyboards. How were they planning to succeed in jamb when they could had probably be using a computer for the first time on Jamb day?
It's an eye opener and our mission is for all of them to score above 250. We will be paying for all their jamb exam fees and are also offering full scholarship to everyone that scores 300 and above.
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo: “I will not be ‘more Cristiano’ if we win the World Cup, or ‘less Cristiano’ if we don’t win it”. 🏆🇵🇹
“I’m grateful to life. I’m enjoying every single day, I’ve been lucky. I learned to enjoy day by day”.
Congratulations to all the African countries representing our continent at the World Cup. Your performances have made Africa proud.
Special congratulations to Cape Verde, a nation with a landmass of 4,033 sq km, which is less than 0.5% of Nigeria’s landmass of 923,768 sq km, and a population of about 550,000, which is less than 0.25% of Nigeria’s population of 230,000,000. For context, Cape Verde has about 200,000 fewer people than Ogbomoso. Yet, they reached the knockout stage of the World Cup.
Cape Verde has once again demonstrated that greatness is not determined by size or population, but by planning and disciplined execution. When systems work, even the smallest nations can compete with the best in the world.
Nigeria’s absence from the World Cup is not a consequence of a lack of talent. It is the result of years of poor administration, weak institutions, and leadership that has consistently failed to build sustainable systems.
This is the lesson for us as a nation: if we can get leadership right, strengthen our institutions, plan and execute properly, and reward talent over connections, Nigeria can become a global success story, not only in football but also in other areas.
A new Nigeria is POssible … and Nigeria will be OK. -PO
🚨🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo: “I’m not the player I was before, but… I keep scoring goals. And I hope to score tomorrow”.
“If I can’t score, it will be another teammate to score and we hope to go to the next round. The mission is to advance, not for me to score”.
I don’t interview guests to embarrass them. I interview them to test arguments. If an explanation can’t withstand scrutiny, the public deserves to know.
Comparing a fake agency scandal - along with a governance breakdown involving official institutions - to 9/11 isn’t an answer, it’s a distraction.
9/11 was a catastrophic terrorist attack. What Nigerians are asking about is institutional accountability. Those are not the same conversation. When we blur them, we don't illuminate the truth - we detract from it. There's a difference between explaining a failure, and excusing one.
Thank you to everyone who reached out. It’s clear many of us still believe in one simple thing: asking hard questions, and refusing to let bad analogies replace accountability.
Journalism isn't about winning arguments. It's about refusing to let bad arguments replace accountability. That’s the job!