Tinubu confers national awards on Ralph Obiora, Joe Okei-Odumakin, Joe Igbokwe, Col Sambo Dasuki, Col Musa Shehu, Muyiwa Adekeye, Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, Osa Director, George Mbah and others who "suffered persecution" so that "we have democracy today".
#DemocracyDay#June12
#BringBackTheBook
"A few years ago, I caused a stir on Social Media when I said that clearing your schedule to read a good book is better than sex. Not surprisingly, the internet came for me. Someone called me a pensioner, another questioned my fertility.
Alright, I admit - that wasn't the best way to pass across my point. But what I was really trying to say was - My generation grew up on paperbacks. Dog-eared, sun-bleached, passed from hand to hand. We were taught that you were only as smart as the books you read. Before I turned thirteen, I had read every book in my father's library. That simple diet gave me something the algorithm cannot deliver in a thirty-second reel: depth, patience, a nose for nuance and the instinct to ask one more question before forming an opinion."
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Arsenal in the Premier League this season:
🥇 Most points (85)
🥇 Most wins (26)
🥇 Most goal difference (+44)
🥇 Most clean sheets (19)
🥇 Most clean sheets in a row (4)
🥇 Most set-piece goals (23)
🥇 Most headed goals (16)
🥇 Most WhoScored MOTM awards (29)
🥇 Fewest losses (5)
🥇 Fewest goals conceded (27)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded per game (8.2)
��� Fewest yellow (51) and red cards (0)
Champions 🔴⚪️🏆
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Whoever replaces Starmer will fail.
Just as the Conservatives failed.
You can’t build a country on low growth, low productivity, high tax, high welfare, high inflation and heavy regulations.
It’s basic math - you materially make the lives of the majority worse.
Reform, Greens, whoever else wants the gig - you will face the same.
Until someone defeats the managerial state, nothing will improve and we’ll have more PMs than Tottenham has managers.
Hi @SuellaBraverman ,
48 hours ago I asked you to substantiate or withdraw your claim that “250,000 foreign students took £4bn in UK loans.” That time has now passed. You have provided no evidence, no clarification, and no correction.
I have taken the time to examine the data myself.
I have reviewed materials from the Student Loans Company, the Department for Education, the House of Commons Library, the UK Statistics Authority, and reporting from Times Higher Education. Across these sources, one thing is clear. Your statement is presented in a way that gives the public a deeply misleading impression.
Let’s deal with this carefully.
The £4bn figure you reference relates to the total value of student loans issued to non UK nationals. It is not a direct cost to the taxpayer. These are loans. They are repaid over time based on income. Presenting that figure as if it were money handed out or lost is not an accurate reflection of how the system works.
Then there is your use of the phrase “foreign students.”
This is where the distortion becomes more serious.
The fact (which you know quite well) is those eligible for UK student finance are not newly arrived international students. They are people with settled status, indefinite leave to remain, refugee status, or long term lawful residence in the UK. They live here. They work here. They pay into the system. And under the law, they are entitled to access student finance.
Standard international students on student visas are generally not eligible for these loans.
By leaving out that distinction, you create a very different picture in the minds of the public. One where large numbers of people are arriving from abroad and immediately accessing public funds. That is not what the data shows.
You also cited a figure of 250,000 without pointing to a clearly published dataset or transparent methodology. Numbers like this carry weight. They should be used with care, not as loose estimates in politically charged statements.
I am not interested in party politics. But I am concerned about what this kind of messaging is doing to the country.
When lending is presented as spending, and long term residents are presented as outsiders, it fuels resentment. It deepens division. It creates tension where clarity is needed. And ordinary people end up carrying the consequences of that confusion. Like I was being racially attacked and profiled in my initial response to you in X by supporters of your party who were obviously misled and triggered by your misinformation.
I did consider legal action. But the reality is that the law is not designed to deal easily with this kind of broad public misrepresentation. You know that, which is why ignoring a challenge like mine carries little immediate consequence.
That does not make it acceptable.
I will be submitting a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding your use of misleading statistical claims in public communication.
The public deserves accuracy. Not selective framing. Not distortion. And certainly not narratives that risk turning people against each other on the basis of incomplete facts.
Stephen Dada.
Sections 63, 138 of Electoral Act Dangerous Will Sabotage Voting at Polling Level - Igini
Section 63 of the 2026 Electoral Act has reintroduced something very dangerous: a ballot paper used for the 2027 election that does not bear INEC’s official manufacturer and security features may be accepted by the presiding officer. By implication, the presiding officer has been given the discretion to accept ballot papers notwithstanding the absence of the official mark, and to count such ballot papers. What that means is that politicians who have access to INEC’s serial and security features could produce their own ballot papers.
Mike Igini, Former INEC Electoral Commissioner
In 1986, the American Medical Association published an article titled "The Physical Death of Jesus Christ". It details the entire process of Jesus' trial to His death on the cross.
In Luke 22, before Jesus is arrested, it is written that He was in great distress & sweating blood. Although rare, it is recognized as Hematidrosis, a condition caused by high levels of stress.
At the time, the crucifixion was considered the worst death for the worst of criminals. But this is not all Jesus faced. He endured whipping so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. He was beaten so horribly that His face was torn & His beard ripped.
A crown of thorns, 2-3 inches long cut deeply into His scalp. The leather whip used to flog Him had tiny iron balls & sharp bones. The balls caused internal injuries while the sharp bones ripped open His flesh. His skeletal muscles, veins, & bowels are exposed, causing major blood loss. Most men do not survive this kind of torture. After Jesus was severely flogged, He was forced to carry His cross while people mocked & spat on Him.
Crucifixion was a process meant to instill excruciating pain, creating a slow & agonizing death. Nails as long as 8 inches were driven into Jesus' wrists & feet. The Roman soldiers knew the tendons in the wrists would tear & break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the courage...Jesus endured this reality for 3 hours!
The Gospel of John writes that after Jesus' death, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear & blood & water came out. Scientists explain that from hypovolemic shock, the rapid heart rate causes fluid to gather in the sack around the lungs & heart. The accumulation of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called a Pericardial effusion & the lungs is called a pleural effusion.
To the world, Christianity is as foolish as it can get. They believe it's for the weak. But when you are confronted by the reality of the cross, it's clearly not a pretty sight. It is brutal & horrific.
This is the weight Jesus carried. The weight of the sins of the world, all so that we can live. God's wrath is fully satisfied in Jesus. This is what it took. Repent & believe! Jesus is “God among us” in the flesh. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus loves you so much that He went through this spiritual and physical punishment for your sins and mine.
Jesus is the LORD, Almighty God, Everlasting Father.
Thank You, Jesus.
🗣️ Jurrien Timber on his faith and the pre-match bible verse: “For me, it's a way of life, my faith, and I'm I try to live by it and we pray before games, yeah, with the team .” 🙏
🗣️ Jurrien Timber on his faith and the pre-match bible verse: “For me, it's a way of life, my faith, and I'm I try to live by it and we pray before games, yeah, with the team .” 🙏
How Sheik Gumi planned to murder 900 innocent Nigerian Christians in Kaduna State, in early 2000s, for being Christians.
The video contains a lot of details as it relates to our situation in Nigeria today.
No sane person supports this in the name of free speech! You can make other arguments about the judicial process leading to his conviction but there is no legal justification for these sort of utterances!
Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom of speech?
You are one of Nigeria's finest journalist. You call the following bellow freedom of speech?
We can argue thar Nigeria hasn't been even on clamping down on terrorists from the North, Kanu’s rethorics cant be classified as free speech.