Honored to have received His Excellency Ambassador Gholamreza Mahdavi Raja, the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria and my friend and brother Mr. Abu Ibrahim Ramzy, the leader of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, for dinner in my home.
We had a fruitful and productive discussion about international affairs, the peaceful resolution of complex internation conflicts and the importanceof diplomacy.
I thank them both for honoring my home with their highly esteemed prescence.
BAT brought him down on his way to a second term, and now he is here to do the same to BAT on BAT’s own journey to a second term.
At this point, every plan BAT has don scatter
"If anything happens to Mallam Nasir El Rufai we will hold you the ICPC Chairman responsible.
You are a Northerner and they are using you to fight Northerners.
This job will finish and you will come back home.
Even your boss that brought you, Tinubu has removed him"
Ikulu, Dar es Salaam, 16 Mei, 2026.
Nimekutana na kufanya mazungumzo na Mwanzilishi na Mmiliki wa Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote pamoja na ujumbe wake.
Alhaji Dangote ni mmoja wa wawekezaji wakubwa Tanzania ambapo kiwanda chake cha saruji (Dangote Cement) mkoani Mtwara kinakuza uchumi wetu kupitia biashara ya saruji, ajira kwa Watanzania na kukuza sekta fungamanishi.
I know some people will not be happy hearing this obvious fact, but the reality remains that there is no meaningful NDC presence in the North. Even with all the social media predictions and online noise, nobody can confidently point to a single Northern state and claim that the NDC has the upper hand there. The same situation applies in the South West as well.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office claimed that he made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates during the escalation with Iran and the UAE swiftly and categorically denied the reports, describing claims of any undisclosed visit as entirely unfounded.
WE ARE IN CHARGE.
Stay On Course: ADC Must Not Be Distracted
Nigeria is a democratic nation. Everyone is free to join or leave any association; political, ethnographic or religious.
However, in politics, intent is often revealed not by declarations, but by patterns. The recent movements around Peter Obi and the African Democratic Congress have followed a pattern that demands scrutiny, not sentiment.
When he made overtures toward the African Democratic Congress (ADC), many within the party approached the overtures with caution—and rightly so.
Political coalitions are not built on optics; they are built on alignment, discipline, and shared purpose. Yet, from the outset, there were contradictions. While engagement was being signaled at the top, a significant portion of his support base remained outside the fold, often antagonistic toward ADC structures and leadership.
That disconnect was not incidental—it was instructive.
Rather than consolidating, there appeared to be an attempt to probe, test, and perhaps reposition internal dynamics. But institutions that are grounded in process do not yield easily to transient ambition. ADC members held their ground. Solidly.
Then came the decisive intervention of the Supreme Court of Nigeria—a ruling that effectively reset the narrative and extinguished the manufactured turbulence within the party. With stability restored and no internal crisis left to exploit, the strategic interest quickly dissipated.
The exit was as telling as the entry.
Now, the relocation to another platform raises familiar concerns. Political migration is not inherently problematic—democracy allows for it. But when movement is frequent, opportunistic, and seemingly tied to where leverage can be maximized rather than where structure can be strengthened, Nigerians must ask hard questions.
We have seen this playbook before:
⬇️Enter where there is momentum
⬇️Attempt to influence internal levers
⬇️Exit when structure resists manipulation
➡️Re-emerge where disruption is easier to manufacture.
And accompanying this cycle is often the orchestration of perception—through elite endorsements, online bullying, curated narratives, or favourable projections that give a false impression of their strength. Figures like Atedo Peterside will now be invoked to lend technocratic credibility, with opinion polls or projections that conveniently elevate a preferred candidacy.
But Nigerians must distinguish between data and design—between genuine public sentiment, engineered and manipulated consensus.
Democracy is not a marketplace for inflated expectations.
A WORD TO ADC MEMBERS.
The temptation to engage distractions is real—but it is also costly. ADC stands today at a critical inflection point. With internal stability reinforced and judicial clarity established, the task ahead is not reaction—it is expansion.
🧊Build stronger ward-to-national structures
🧊Deepen grassroots engagement across all regions
🧊Recruit credible leaders with proven constituency value
🧊Institutionalise discipline and internal democracy
🧊Present a coherent national alternative rooted in policy, not personality
Noise will come—and it will grow louder as momentum builds. But political maturity is measured by focus, not frenzy.
The future of ADC will not be determined by who comes and goes. It will be determined by what is built—and how firmly it stands.
The Bottom Line
Nigeria does not need more political tourism or nomadic movements. It needs commitment, consistency, and character.
Let others chase platforms that bend easily.
ADC, the only credible alternative, must remain a platform that stands firmly.
Stay focused. Stay disciplined. Expand.
Firmly we stand. Arise and shine Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria.
Lauretta Onochie @Laurestar
National Coordinator
1ADC
@atiku@ChibuikeAmaechi@AWTambuwal@raufaregbesola@BolajiADC@aamalamiSAN@omonlakiki@CGD_ADC@dawisu@BalarabeRufai_
NDC National Chairman - South South
NDC National Secretary - South East
NDC National Leader - South South
Presidential Candidate - South East
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