"When Peter Obi was governor of Anambra State, if your child was caught hawking during school hours, the child would be taken to the police station. When you came to secure the child's release, you would be arrested and asked to explain why the child was not in school because education was free."
— Lady recounts.
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
I find it strange that every few years, some Africans argue about whether their own native language is “useful.”
A language is not valuable because it gets you a job.
A language is valuable because it carries the memory of a people.
English connects you to the world but your mother tongue connects you to your identity, your history, your grandparents, your culture, and a way of thinking that cannot be fully translated.
The future belongs to people who can preserve who they are while engaging the world.
The real advantage is raising a child who can think, dream, and express themselves fluently in their local language, while also communicating confidently in English and other global languages.
Meet Igbo American Chaz Ogbu The CEO and Co- Owner of The Continent Restaurants, Which one of the biggest West African restaurants in Washington DC !!!! Igbo to the world 🌍
Dangote invested $688 million in education.
0 patents.
Femi Otedola invested ₦5+ billion in education.
0 patents.
Cosmas Maduka.
0 patents.
Now pause.
Walmart (a supermarket): 8,841 patents
Tesla: 7,000 patents
Apple: 116,000 patents
Meta: 24,000 patents
Shell: 12,500 patents
All from university research pipelines.
So what exactly are Nigerian universities doing?
We are not running universities.
We are running glorified secondary schools with professors.
Globally, universities are judged by research output, patents, grants, and industry impact, not convocation gowns, social media noise, or strike press conferences.
No patents.
No serious research.
No industrial relevance.
Until our universities become research engines, Nigeria will keep importing ideas and exporting talent.
This must change. Now.
Am an Igbo man from Rivers state, Rivers is Igbo. Everybody in present day Rivers were all part of Aro Confederacy except Ogonis. We are Igbos, you cant tell me that am not an Igbo man. Igweocha was renamed Portharcut just in 1913. I can not deny my heritage.
~~~~~ Ikwerre man
Just In: The DSS has arrested Samaila Ibrahim Kaigama following this interview on Channels TV, in which he boldly claimed to have evidence that Tinubu was paying Boko Haram and bandits, while also blocking media coverage of it.
JUST IN: The Abia State Government has commenced the first phase of distributing 50 electricity transformers to communities across the 17 Local Government Areas as part of efforts to improve power supply and strengthen electricity infrastructure.
The exercise is in line with Governor Otti's directive to reconnect communities affected by faulty or unavailable transformers and expand access to electricity, especially in rural areas.
50 communities are benefiting in the first phase, while another 50 communities will receive transformers in the second phase scheduled for the third quarter of the year.
Beneficiary communities were selected based on need.
Dear benefiting Abians, please take ownership of these facilities because vandalism could plunge you back into darkness.
#InvestInAbia
If other regions could replicate the likes of Aruma Ote, NOI, Akunyili, Ezekwesiri, Peter Obi, Alex Onyia, Alex Otti, Ihejirika, Humphrey Nwosu, etc. Nigeria would have been a lot better but sadly, everyone else is just waiting for the catalytic intervention from the East.
The igbos lost interest in the army and the result is what everyone knows now and the same follows for every aspect of the political life of Nigeria.
Igbo marginalization is exactly 💯 the case of one cutting one's nose to spite his face!
Nigeria should wake up because if they succeed in their demonic injustice against the igbos and they exit, Nigeria won't last one hour later.
A stitch in time saves nine.
When we are done making jokes.
Let us remember that a plane crashed in Edo State Nigeria.
There was no emergency evacuation.
There was only 1 fire truck, No ambulances in sight, No airport police, nothing looks like if anyone was hurt with serious injuries they had a chance at survival.
People were seen walking on muddy road paths to get away from the wreckage.
This is Nigeria.
This is our reality.