“Senators have removed forgery as an offence. Senior Advocates are defending forgery. Professors are rigging elections for an illiterate.”
— Peter Obi speaking at the ongoing Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, 2026 GJF Democracy Dialogue, Bauchi State.
BREAKING NEWS:
"Our seminarian and others were kidn@pped this morning. We need help."
—Kidnapers reportedly invaded St. Joseph Catholic Church, Inoyi, in Affa, Udi LGA of Enugu State, åbducting a seminarian and other worshippers during a church service this morning.
Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan yesterday bûried 27 of the 30 people k!ll£d by suspected terroØrists in Naridon village, Southern Kaduna. The remaining three victims had been buried days earlier.
Recall that at about 11:00 p.m. last Sunday, suspected terroØrists reportedly att@cked Naridon, a predominantly farming border community between Kaduna State and Ganawuri in Riyom LGA of Plateau State. The att@ckers reportedly k!ll£d at least 30 people, including children, set homes ablaze, and abducted several others while residents were asleep.
Hunger and the Insensitivity of Mr. President
I watched with deep concern the statement made by President Bola Tinubu to the Catholic Bishops who visited his office, that there has always been hunger in Nigeria, even before he was born.
While it is true that hunger has been a part of human life and has existed in our country for decades, such a statement appears insensitive to the plight of the millions of Nigerians who face worsening economic hardship today. More importantly, we must focus on the facts and the measurable outcomes of governance.
Before the present administration assumed office in 2023, an estimated 17 million Nigerians were facing acute food insecurity, primarily caused by insecurity, armed conflict, widespread banditry, and devastating floods. Today, less than three years later, that number has risen to about 35 million Nigerians. Instead of improving the situation, the crisis has worsened significantly under the current administration.
The same trend is evident in poverty. Before this government took office in 2023, Nigeria’s extreme poverty was estimated at 87 million people. Current projections suggest that this number is approaching 140 million people, making Nigeria home to the largest population of people living in extreme poverty anywhere in the world.
No one disputes that this administration inherited serious challenges. However, leadership is measured not by the challenges inherited but by the results achieved. The government must honestly acknowledge that its response has fallen far short of what the situation demanded, with millions more Nigerians pushed deeper into poverty and hunger.
The combination of persistent insecurity, poor economic management, fiscal indiscipline, wasteful public expenditure, and inadequate investment in productive sectors has compounded the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
A responsible government must prioritise investment in education, healthcare, agriculture, security, and small businesses while pursuing policies that create jobs, expand production, and lift people out of poverty. That remains my commitment to the Nigerian people.
A New Nigeria is Possible. PO
Joe died for humanity.
In July 2018, Joe Blankson swam 13 times and rescued 13 of the 25 people involved in a boat accident in Rivers State.
On his 14th attempt to save another person, he became exhausted and drowned.
Let's retweet to celebrate this hero! 🙏
Please share this story until Ibrahim Mbaye gets justice:
He was beaten to death yesterday by students in an off campus apartment behind the City of David in Ring Road area of Jos. .
IB passed the night in his friends place in Ring Road and the friend accused him of stealing his iPhone 16 in the morning.
He said since they were the only two in the room, he's the only suspect.
They subjected this young model to brutal torture, humiliating, disgracing and dehumanising him.
They later locked him up in a room and asked a nurse to check up on him. The Nurse confirmed him dead and they attempted to take him to JUTH Emergency unit to make the case look like an emergency when the police was called and they were arrested.
The beastly treatment they subjected this boy to is better imagined. Share this until the right thing is done. May Almighty God continue to expose perpetrators of dastard acts like this. Amen/ Ameen
@CalebMutfwang This Happened in your state sir, Please his Excellency we need justice
@PoliceNG@OfficialDSSNG@thatverydarkman Look into this case we need Justices for innocent soul
May your soul Rest in perfect peace 💔🦅
Roadmap to a New Nigeria That Is Possible – Part II
Education and Healthcare: The Foundation of a Renewed Nigeria
Recall that on July 1st, in Part 1 of "My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria," I outlined the broad framework of my proposed roadmap for national renewal. In it, I emphasised that the transformation of Nigeria must begin with rebuilding our human capital through quality education and healthcare, supported by reforms in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), character and civic education, and strategic investments that will move our nation from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one. I promised to follow up with other parts in the coming weeks and months.
Today, July 16th, in the middle of July, I wish to expand on these two critical pillars - education and healthcare - because they are the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. They are the cornerstones of the foundation that will ensure that a son of nobody can become somebody and remove many from the ranks of the disaffected who often become tools in the insecurity challenges confronting us.
Evidence from around the world shows that quality education and accessible healthcare are among the clearest distinctions between thriving nations and lagging ones. Princeton University Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton highlights this reality in his book, “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.”
Nothing, therefore, could be further from the truth than the claim by some young people that “education is a scam.” Education, when combined with good health, provides the ladder for individual upward mobility and drives economic growth for the nation.
We must become more intentional about aligning education with our national priorities, as Singapore did, and challenge our country to value education in the same way Deng Xiaoping repeatedly urged China to do from 1978 onwards, with the remarkable transformation we see today.
We will work through commissions that strengthen collaboration among the tiers of government, ensuring that primary education is domiciled at the community and local government levels, with strong parental involvement and curricula that are sensitive to local economic factor endowments and the value chains derived from them.
State governments will be supported to expand high-quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as general secondary education, through targeted grants and incentives.
We are also developing schemes that will enable universities to focus more deliberately on specialised areas of teaching and research, making them globally competitive while producing a workforce equipped for the demands of the future.
A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Master Chisom Unachukwu and Anthony Iwegbu are their maths teachers.
They helped their students conquer the world.
Their schools are Evergreen Schools Enugu and Diamond Special College Owerri.
What a day!
Educare received this special recognition from the International STEM Olympiad, Rome.
We will continue to build the right technology that powers education and also support our children to shine on global stages.
Chimdiebube Onwubiko won a gold medal at the International STEM Olympiad.
He is just 13 years old and currently in JSS3. He has finished _Engineering Mathematics_ by K.A. Stroud.
He has now proven himself on the world stage.
More good news.
Don Anele Munachimso also won gold in Science.
He is the best in world science.
Remember, he is the best in IGCSE Chemistry in Nigeria.
The investment is worth it.
Egejurum Onyedikachi shares his experience winning the gold medal at the International STEM Olympiad Grand Final in Rome.
He is the best in the world in the Mathematics Primary Category.
He is a genius.