Gideon Owogeka Onah

An ethicist, who inquires about the nature of morality, it's normative authority; the meaning of life and other questions of practical concern. PhD @Rhodes_Uni

[Gideon Owogeka Onah @GideonOnah3]

Check out my new paper! I'm grateful to @Rhodes_Uni for supporting the open-access pub of the paper. Find the link below

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🩵🤍 Leo Messi: “We won the World Cup, the Copa América, the Finalissima… I’m incredibly grateful for everything”.

“But this journey wasn’t only about 2022 or this last World Cup. So many teammates fought alongside me for this shirt long before we finally became world champions. Never doubt how much every one of them fought and gave for Argentina”.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

A long walk. A legendary run. ✨🇦🇷

#FIFAWorldCup

[@𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 @OneJoblessBoy]

"Tinubu doesn't want to be your President. He doesn't care. He doesn't want to talk to you. He doesn't want to supervise ministers. He is only around because he wants to pack money..."

- SDP Presidential Candidate, Adewole Adebayo

[Nigeria Democratic Congress @NigeriaNDCHQ]

“I will build our healthcare sector and make it better. I will prioritise love and unity among all Nigerians, regardless of the state they come from. I will tackle insecurity so that our farmers can return to their farms. I will also deal with criminality in government and use the money recovered to create employment opportunities for our youths.”
— The Presidential Candidate of our great party, the NDC, Mr Peter Obi assures Nigerians.

[Tuchel @Officially_Kriz]

Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe's first speech as the first indigenous Governor-General of Nigeria at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. (1960)

[Karthik Narasimhan @karthik_r_n]

This is both a sufficient and necessary answer. Great post!

[Centre for Mediation @CMAUP]

In his latest article, "Camus and the Question of Suicide: Addressing Some Misconceptions," CMA’s Gideon Onah defends Albert Camus’s account of existential absurdity and its implications for suicide against two major criticisms.

Read more here: https://t.co/ehk9q5Pdd4

[Inter Miami CF @InterMiamiCF]

FREE KICK MAGIC FROM LEO. 🎯✨

[Basil @basilabia]

Ezigbo mmadu adiro nfecha. Okwute, you’re a good man @PeterObi.

With you, Nigeria will be OK!

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Anambra Debt: I Stand by My Statement, Peter Obi Left $155m in Three Banks — Otti

In a piece I wrote over six years ago titled "Prudence Over Profligacy," I demonstrated, using the balance Peter Obi left in Anambra, that it is still possible to be prudent in government. As CEO of the bank at that time, I advised Peter Obi to leave the money in dollars, not naira. The Soludo administration’s allegations do not invalidate what I wrote nor the credit he left behind. If otherwise, the Anambra State Government should publish the debts.

Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State

[Onye Nkuzi @cchukudebelu]

Nigeria allocates approximately 7.2% of its national budget to education, while Ghana allocates roughly 16.2% of its total public expenditure to the sector.

The Ghanaian Government spends more than twice (on a relative basis) on education than the Nigerian Government. That is why Nigerian students go to study in Ghanaian universities, not the other way round.

If you like, vote again for the people who talked about "agbado and cassava" - and then spend the rest of your days spewing discredited neoliberal bullshit from the 1980s.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

ON THE ANAMBRA DEBT QUESTION

I have remained silent over the past few days because I have been grieving the loss of my very dear elder brother and friend, Chief Okey Ezeibe. However, the time has come for me to address some of the matters that have occupied public discussion in recent days.

I respectfully urge everyone to concentrate on the existential challenges confronting Nigeria and the hardships endured by its citizens, rather than on the needless distractions that have become widespread in our politics.

I wish to assure the public that I have no disagreement with my dear elder brother, Governor Soludo, or with any governor in Nigeria. I am not seeking the office of governor in any state, and I will not seek that position again, even if the Constitution is amended.

Accordingly, I appeal to governors to support whichever presidential candidate they choose while also permitting and assisting other presidential candidates and contenders for other offices to campaign freely and without interruption in their states. Ultimately, voters should be allowed to determine whom they wish to serve them.

Regarding the multilateral funding inaccurately described as “debt owed by Peter Obi” in Anambra State, I wish to state unequivocally:

As Governor of Anambra State, I did not approach any financial institution to borrow funds or issue a bond on behalf of the state. Indeed, at his farewell ceremony, the then Director-General of the DMO, Abraham Nwankwo, appointed me chairman and declared that, during his 10 years in office, I was the only state governor who had not approached him for a loan facility.

When I left office, the Anambra State Government owed no unpaid salaries, gratuities, or pensions. Neither did it owe any contractor or supplier who had completed work that the government had verified and certified.

Regarding development financing from the World Bank, these are concessionary development-support funds secured by the Federal Government for states selected by it to address specific needs. Repayment is spread over 25 to 30 years.

The Anambra State Government must therefore differentiate among three separate figures: the total amount approved for the multiyear development program; the amount Anambra State actually drew during my tenure; and the funding balance outstanding when I handed over on 17 March 2014.

The government has combined these distinct categories, added them together, and described the resulting US$123.77 million as “loans left by Peter Obi.” That is an incorrect application of public-sector accounting.

The eight facilities identified were primarily World Bank and IFAD development programs negotiated by the Federal Government, with participating states receiving access to the funds through subsidiary arrangements. They were not conventional commercial loans that I personally secured during my tenure.

This does not suggest that Anambra had no repayment responsibilities; rather, each facility must be examined in light of its approval, effectiveness, drawdown, and repayment record.

The clearest contradiction appears in the government’s own figures. It states that the original facilities amounted to approximately US$123.77 million and that US$92.35 million remained outstanding in June 2026. However, the DMO’s published records showed Anambra’s total external debt at approximately US$18 million when I began my tenure in March 2006, about US$30 million in March 2014, when I left office, and approximately US$45.15 million as of 31 December 2014, nine months after my departure.

The Anambra State Government must therefore clarify how a state whose recorded external debt was about US$30 million in March 2014 and US$45.15 million in December 2014 could supposedly have inherited US$123.77 million from Peter Obi, who left office in March of that same year.

[Imran Muhammad @Imranmuhdz]

Assuming your father left you ₦100m and someone says he owed ₦10m, will you go to the market and say he left you with debt? That would be unfair. Even if there was a debt, there was enough left to pay it, and the state (Anambra) would still be financially stable.

- Peter Obi

[Extraordinary oma 🫶 @OOdocha]

Peter Obi is truly a gift to Nigeria
He has his handover note 13 years later , well documented
He didn't borrow any money, no debts and rather he left Savings
Peter Obi is who Nigeria truly need !

[Greg Nwoko 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 @nwoko_greg62705]

The Fulani Man Who Defeated His Own Party To Rule Enugu Again

Malam Umaru Altine was a Fulani man from Sokoto Province. He was not from Enugu but he made history there.

He came to Enugu as a cattle dealer and settled at Coal Camp where the coal miners lived. There he married an Igbo lady named Esther, and that made him even closer to the people.

He entered politics through the Zikist Movement where he served as Secretary General and later became Vice Chairman of the NCNC Youth Association in Enugu. He was a loyal member of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe's NCNC party.

Because he was loved by the ordinary people at Coal Camp, the NCNC nominated him to contest for Mayor. He won the election in 1952 and became the first elected Mayor of Enugu Municipal Council. He served from 1952 to 1956.

When his first term ended, some leaders in the NCNC decided they wanted an Igbo man as Mayor.

They asked Altine to step down and they brought out a new candidate named D.T. Inyang to replace him.

Altine refused to step down.

He resigned from the NCNC and contested as an Independent candidate. To the surprise of many, he defeated the NCNC candidate and won his second term.

He was re-elected as Mayor and served from 1956 to 1958.

He was known for wearing his babban riga and turban to office, sometimes a suit, and for going to church and football fields whenever his duty as Mayor required it. He grew up in the palace of Sultan Siddiq Abubakar of Sokoto who reigned for 50 years.

He is remembered today as proof that Nigeria once practiced politics without tribe.

[Omo Barca⚽️🖤 @Tobs_fc]

There is a million reasons why this is the best World Cup final football has ever seen. Here is one of them. 🥹❤️

[Manjul Vic🦅 @VictorManjul]

Peter Obi knows more than a lot of us do

He knows why he chose Kwankwaso as his running mate

He knows why he left the ADC and joined the NDC

He knows why he's running for President

He cares more about Nigeria’s progress than a lot us do!

He genuinely Wants Nigeria to work, not because he'll get richer becoming President.

He has invested in Nigeria more than any of us.

He has sacrificed his Peace, his freedom, his time, his energy, his resources, his pleasure, and leisure for NIGERIA.

Peter Obi knows more than we do!!!

I believe in Peter Obi, and I trust absolutely in his judgment ⚠️‼️

That is why I'm supporting PETER OBI FOR PRESIDENT🫡

[MisterQuigley33 @MisterQuigley33]

People have given me pushback about sharing Ms. Rachel clips. Upon further consideration, I have decided to double the fuck down.

[charles aniagolu @charlesaniagolu]

During my interview last night with the former senate president, Anyim Pius Anyim, the crucial question emerged: when politicians say it’s the south’s turn, which south are they talking about?

He talked about "the south's turn" and I challenged him to tell us: which south?

Because Nigeria’s south is not one political bloc. Obasanjo came from the south-west and had eight years. Tinubu, also from the south-west, is now being asked to take another eight.

So where, exactly, does this “south’s turn” leave the south-east? If “south” has effectively become shorthand for “south-west,” let’s have the honesty to say so.

And if Atiku can run in 2027 despite the supposedly sacred “south’s turn,” then perhaps we should stop pretending this is an equity argument. It’s a free-for-all.

Let every region produce its candidate. Let Nigerians decide. But please, let’s stop calling political preference “zoning” and selling it to Nigerians as equity.

Now, pour forth the torrent and set off a firestorm!