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[Bakatsine @DanKatsina50]

“After killing two of my children, the bandits forced me to bury them with my own hands,” she says.

A Nigerian woman abducted alongside her three children has recounted a brutal ordeal in captivity. Two of her children were killed by the kidnappers, who then forced her to dig their graves and bury them herself. She also describes how she eventually managed to escape.

The testimony shows the deepening human cost of banditry in Nigeria, where countless families continue to endure unimaginable loss and trauma.

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

Children, women, men, politicians, recently retired generals. No one is safe in Nigeria. Even the army seems powerless against this new menace. And unless something drastic happens, this will get even worse as elections approach.
Something is broken, and there are people actively taking advantage of the inability of the government to govern. Again, this is not a problem that you can solve with bombs. The groups are too many, too dispersed, and have too many non combatants in their camps, that just aerially bombing them all will kill far more innocent civilians than actual militants.
There is no shortcut to ending this. As long as Nigerian politicians and their friends continue stealing money meant for development, as long as they continue abdicating responsibility, non state actors will keep exploiting the loopholes. Already these non state actors are fully embedded in local economies and communities, and only because of the long absence of any sort of meaningful development. If state governors had taken rural development serious, if there were schools and hospitals and roads and functional institutions, if our forests were not permanently abandoned, then the country would stand a chance. If the federal government had shown greater interest in the country's vast, highly porous land boundaries shared with Benin, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, then maybe.
All of this is greed, corruption and active collusion of politicians coming back to bite everyone in the rear end. Politicians are benefitting from the illegal mining, and from the criminal economies that are thriving in these rural areas. This is not just "insecurity". This is the result of the deliberate actions of those in power, from federal state to local government levels. Nigeria is just a large crime scene.

[Jamie-Lukas Campbell @JamieLukasC]

@yupya12 @PaulGosling1 I am a legal migrant from NY. I was advised to leave my office early last night, to avoid walking home in Belfast alone, and today I was advised not to leave my home + all mtgs cancelled.

Why? Because I am Black. It was never about legal/unlawful immigration (which is falling!).

[gst @wearegst]

Yes. That is exactly why we exist.

If you believe Nigeria needs fearless journalism that isn't controlled by politicians or oligarchs, help more people find gst. Share our work. Tell your friends about us.

The elections are coming. We'll be here.

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

@Tutsy22 Because reform proposed to strip *millions* of people of their existing legal status in order to pursue their deportation, you dolt.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Green Party: “Israel should stop committing genocide”

British Journalists: “You vile racist antisemites!”

Reform: “we are going to open concentration camps for migrants”

British Journalists: “This is a bold new policy from the latest disruptive force in British politics.”

[Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @AndreaEganGS]

The Home Secretary’s drive to punish migrants by extending indefinite leave to remain are as politically foolish as they are wrong.

Labour must now do the right thing: drop the proposals, stop scapegoating migrants, and start seriously tackling the cost of living crisis.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

Zahawi: The USA [has] our full support with this operation.

Farage: The Prime Minister needs [allow] use of our military bases and back the Americans in this vital fight against Iran.

Reform: The party of foreign wars and higher bills.

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Reform’s position on the war -

9 March, Economic spokesperson Robert Jenrick: ‘this war needs to come to an end as soon as possible because it is making Britain poorer….that’s why Nigel Farage immediately ruled out suggestions that the UK might deploy boots on the ground. Nor do we see why British aircraft should become involved in offensive action.’ Daily Telegraph

8 March, Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice,: ‘We wld be helping the Americans and the Israelis in any way they saw appropriate’ GB News 

28 February Reform leader, Nigel Farage ‘ The Prime Minister needs to change his mind on the use of our military bases and back the Americans in this vital fight against Iran!’  Post on X

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag about who they are.

Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.

A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Can’t have been easy to do the media after a near death experience like this.

Thoughts and prayers etc.

[Kevin Maguire @Kevin_Maguire]

Migrant himself in a tax haven, co-owner of a British football team of migrant stars and spouting race-baiting bigotry on false figures.

Jim Ratcliffe, the Brexiteer who fled Britain after collecting a knighthood, is a nasty hypocrite inciting hate.

https://t.co/eKBgrCK0dS

[Kendrick @Kendrickkumaaru]

Notice how nobody brings up his skin colour, race, or religion?

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

One of the most disgusting, brutal and unpunished child‑abuse networks in the world…

And the usual voices who claim to care about ‘women and girls’ have nothing to say.

We see you.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Cool story, Meghan. Here’s the famous pool scene from Mister Rogers in 1969 when he wanted to send a clear message about segregation despite many adults expressing concern over him being “too political.”

[Neto @docneto]

😅 I'm from a village in Akwa Ibom please, Ikoyi is for the bourgeoisie like flying doctor.

I've spent a lot of time and effort understanding the trenches, I sell N500 insurance plan to millions of poor people. I've also spent time in gilded academic halls consuming lots of literature so let me clearly spell out my position.

Nigeria does not have a social contract! As a result we have no basis for accountability or institutions. No basis for a govt to care about you.

Over the course of their history, countries with good public services have negotiated a social contract that forms the foundation for accountability and institutions; we haven't done that work, and that is why complaining is ultimately futile.

We're in reality more like a feudal state with hangovers from colonialism. Get a gun and you get your way.

How do complaints become useful without needing a gun? The first step is to establish an actual social contract. That, however, doesn't happen magically.

Thanks to the two publics colonialism introduced, the eastern path to this seems unlikely. We will have to adopt a Western approach. This western path requires active citizens (read as elites) who organise around ideas and force issues with the powers that be. Eventually, over time, that organised resistance to governmental impunity forces a negotiation of a social contract.

That's why you will find me on this app where most of us are in the top wealth quintiles, encouraging people to organise ourselves so we can extract concessions from people in power. I do not go into ajegunle or my village in Akwa Ibom to preach this.

Powerless masses in the villages and slums can complain, you on this app should move beyond complaining. You are well resourced to do more to extract a social contract from an uncaring government.

If I've ever "harangued citizens for demanding accountability", it is to help you make your case stronger. We need to organize ourselves and present the best possible case at every turn.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

The default fallback is to go tribal

Was there an ambulance on the scene?

Was he evacuated in an ambulance?

Did the bodies have to be laid on the bare asphalt?

Could the scene have been better cordoned?

No response

If it happened to AJ. It can happen to you, irrespective of your tribe

Demand more

Bigots cover incompetence with tribe

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🗣️🗣️ Dear Nigerians,

Recall that the Federal Government projected a revenue of N40.8 trillion to run the 2025 budget of N54.9 trillion—but as it stands, FG may end the year with just N10.7 trillion as ACTUAL revenue.

Despite this shortfall, there is still NO 2025 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.
No explanation ❌ No accountability ❌

This also explains why contractors remain unpaid and some projects undone/incomplete.

We have a budget credibility crisis in our hands. When budgets ignore reality, Nigerians pay the price.

It’s time for FG to link capital budgets to proper planning and real revenue.

#BudgetNG #AskQuestions #Quoteoftheday