On the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, who said: The messenger of Allah took me by the shoulder and said:
"Be in the world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer."
I commend the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for demonstrating courage and patriotism by drawing attention to the realities confronting our nation.
Their concerns regarding the rising cost of living, worsening insecurity, declining public confidence, and the hardship faced by millions of Nigerians are neither partisan nor isolated; they reflect the daily experiences of ordinary citizens across every region of our country.
Nigeria is blessed with abundant human and natural resources, yet millions of our people continue to struggle under the weight of economic hardship, unemployment, insecurity, poor access to quality education and healthcare, and diminishing opportunities. These challenges demand urgent, sincere, and people-centred responses from those entrusted with leadership.
I encourage all well-meaning Nigerians to continue constructively engaging the Federal Government and other leaders at all levels whenever the opportunity arises, advocating for good governance, accountability, and policies that prioritise the security, welfare, and prosperity of our people.
It is through such collective commitment and responsible leadership that we can build a more peaceful, united, and prosperous Nigeria.
May Almighty Allah continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. - RMK
While we all have a voice online, hope we are known in our grassroots.
Hope outside social media we can win our polling units and wards.
Hope outside social media we are known in our different localities.
Because at the end of the day, politics is local.
Reuben Buhari writes:
"Be warned: Some issues in this post may be disturbing.
This is the back of someone who lives in a community that has entered into an agreement with Fulani kidnappers following repeated attacks. The community is now in its third year living alongside bandits.
I chose to show only his back to protect his identity. It took him a week to leave his community, which I will not name, but it's in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State.
The man you see is married with 5 children, but his wife doesn't belong to him since the agreement was entered into. The kidnappers sleep with her whenever they feel the urge, sometimes while the children watch. If he protests, he will be shot. The same thing happened to all the women in the village. If a kidnapper leaves a blanket in front of your house or drops a stick, it's a sign that he will sleep in your house with your wife or daughter that day, while you sleep outside.
This man, like other families, can't leave the village now, though some have managed to. If you are caught, you will be shot. If you are seen walking with a bag, you will be searched. They are allowed to farm, but one quarter of the harvest goes to the bandits. They aren't allowed to own a phone, though a few have found a way around it. If you are caught, you will be shot.
You can’t wear any new clothes. A bandit will simply tell you he needs them. They aren't allowed to own torchlights. Only bandits can own torchlights in the village. You can only own an old motorcycle. They take any new one they see. It's the bandits who buy petrol and sell it to those with motorcycles in the village.
They aren't allowed to own a machete; only hoes and diggers are permitted for farming.
They can visit villages that have also entered into an agreement with the bandits. If they want to buy anything from a village that hasn't entered into an agreement, it’s their wives who are allowed to go. If the wives don’t return, the husbands and children will be shot. If the men want to go to an outside market to buy anything or sell grain, their wives and children stay behind.
Youths in the community are forced to accompany the bandits to steal or kidnap. They are forced to ride the motorcycle while the bandits sit behind with guns. If you refuse to go, you are shot.
They can't hold any church service on Sunday unless the bandits are not around.
Schools in those communities do not function because teachers have abandoned them. Likewise, PHCs do not function.
Everything is controlled by the kidnappers. Sometimes they pick people from the community and shoot them to show what will happen to anyone who disobeys them.
This is just a summary of the chilling things this man said.
There are more than 20 communities in Kajuru LGA, about 30 in Kachia LGA, and dozens in Chikun LGA that have entered into such agreements with these kidnappers and are living under harsh conditions. Though the conditions vary, but most have no freedom at all."
https://t.co/721hNYyqxr
I'm daring Salako or Monye to mention that it was Dickson or any Party leaders at the National that removed their names. If you push me, i will release details that will scatter everywhere this night..
Better shut up and stop apportioning blames to others..
@DreadHound0 lol. I think “interester” is magnanimous.
Anyways the contract is for 5spaces every week till the elections, so baba is is under pressure.
You're in a vehicle whose driver is sleeping and instead of thinking about your safety, you chose to whip out your camera Yu record. Some of you are fundamentally stupid. If not for the safety of others, I'd have said natural selection should have taken place.
@izagazin Just carry them on your back to their intended destination. They are of a smaller population compared to the region you & your co-travellers claim to have built on your back.
Of course you laughed. Recognition.
A team that couldn’t register a single shot in 90 minutes must feel familiar to your coven of South East arm chair merchants who can’t deliver one polling unit in the region they claim was built on their backs.
I’m a bit confused Emma. I know that you are one of the people at the forefront of championing politics without hate, politics without malice.
So I still really don’t understand why Isaac Fayose is being trolled like this. I don’t think his relationship and his closeness to Seyi Tinubu should be a problem even if he was supporting Peter Obi.
So I be scared of taking a picture with my APC friends?
what am I missing here?