Fellow Nigerians, good morning.
I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.
Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.
We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.
More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.
We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.
Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.
Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.
However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.
Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.
And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.
There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?
Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.
Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
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The House of Lords have voted narrowly in favour of allowing abortion up-to-birth in England & Wales.
This is so bad. Eagle eggs are now protected more than the human baby.
#stopabortion
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to switch off their cellphones during Lent to create room for silence and prayer, while also calling Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine as the war approaches its fourth year.
“Let us create space for silence by turning off televisions, radios, and cellphones for a while,” the pope said during his Angelus address. “Let us meditate on the word of God, approach the sacraments, and listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit, who speaks to us in our heart. Let us also listen to one another — in our families, workplaces, and communities.”
The pope invited the faithful to view Lent as “a luminous path” of “prayer, fasting, and almsgiving,” saying these practices can renew cooperation with God “in the crafting of our lives as a unique masterpiece,” allowing the Lord to “cleanse the stains and heal the wounds of sin” until life reaches “the fullness of love — the only source of true happiness.”
Leo warned that Lent is “a demanding journey” and that there is “always the risk of discouragement or of being drawn to easier paths to satisfaction, such as wealth, fame, and power.” Such temptations, he said, “are merely poor substitutes for the joy for which we were created,” and ultimately leave people “dissatisfied, restless, and empty.”
He cited St. Paul VI’s teaching that penance, “far from impoverishing our humanity,” instead “enriches, purifies, and strengthens it,” guiding believers toward a horizon that has “as its aim love and surrender to God.”
The pope also urged care for those on the margins: “Let us dedicate time to those who are alone, especially the elderly, the poor, and the sick,” he said, adding that by giving up what is superfluous, “we can share what we save with those in need.”
After the Angelus, Leo turned to Ukraine, marking four years since the start of the war. “Peace cannot be postponed,” he said, calling it “an urgent necessity that must find a home in our hearts and be translated into responsible decisions.”
“My heartfelt thoughts remain focused on the tragic situation unfolding before the eyes of the whole world: so many victims, so many lives and families shattered, such immense destruction, such unspeakable suffering!” he said, adding: “Every war is truly a wound inflicted upon the entire human family.”
He renewed his appeal “that the weapons fall silent,” that “the bombings cease,” and that “an immediate ceasefire be reached,” urging dialogue to be strengthened “to pave the way toward peace.” He invited prayers for “the embattled people of Ukraine” and for all who suffer from war, “that the long-awaited gift of peace may shine upon our days.”
He concluded the Angelus by entrusting the Lenten journey of the faithful to Mary: “We entrust our Lenten journey to the Virgin Mary, our mother who always assists her children in times of trial.”
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Stop Fasting.
Abraham and Sarah had the problem of childlessness, they didn't fast before God answered their prayers for fruit of the womb. Same goes for Elizabeth and Zachariah, Hannah, Rebecca, Rachael and the Shunemite woman.
Jabez didn't fast before God answered his prayers. Hezekiah didn't add fasting to his prayers before God answered him. The woman with the issue of blood, the paralytic, the Syrophoenician woman, and the list goes on. I'm trying to see anyone that received special favor from God because they fasted.
When Jesus was asked; "why are we and the disciples of John the Baptist fasting but yours are not"? Read up Jesus's answer and see if it agrees with your mindset about fasting. David fasted for the child he had with Bethsheba to live, God didn't grant that petition.
In all the places Jesus taught about prayers, he never mentioned fasting as an ingredient or requirement for answered prayers. He didn't for once ask his disciples to fast, but he taught them to pray. This is not accidental, it is intentional.
Your petitions and prayers to God for breakthrough, fruit of the womb, job, life partner and any other material favor is not made more powerful or appealing to God by fasting. 50 days fast and prayer for husband? Only a Temu husband can come from such. Don't ask me what a Temu husband is because I don't know either.
The people of Nineveh fasted for God's mercy and as a sign of repentance. They weren't fasting for any material favor.
Our Lord Jesus Christ fasted for 40 days and nights. He wasn't fasting for power or any material needs, he fasted to tame the flesh and overcome the inevitable temptations.
Stop fasting if you are doing it for material needs, especially those of you who are still struggling with poverty. You barely eat enough to survive and you want to fast to thrive, haba na.
Spiritually, fasting is a discipline to control the flesh and put our carnal desires in check. It is not an extra incentive to God to make him answer prayers for material needs. Stop fasting if your reason is so that God will see how hungry and starved you are and give you child or job or financial breakthrough or any of sorts.
Fasting for self discipline and for health benefits should be a weekly routine and ritual for you, not a season of marathon hunger strike for quick answer to your prayers for material favors.
I have seen people go demented and mentally deranged from such marathon fasts, yes. Many more get manipulated by those exercises, but let's leave these dimensions for another day.
I'm waiting for those who will cite the instances of Esther, Daniel and Mk 9:29 .
I dey wait.