Mr_AMiner19

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

ENDSARS LEKKI TOLL GATE: NEVER FORGET OCTOBER 20, 2020

Today, October 20, 2026, marks the sixth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings, a painful reminder of the price Nigerian youths paid in their demand for a better country.

On that fateful night, peaceful #EndSARS protesters were met with gunfire. Lives were lost, many were injured, and the nation was left with questions about justice, accountability, and the sanctity of human life.

We must never forget. We must never normalise injustice.

As we remember the victims, I reaffirm my belief that a New Nigeria is possible—a country where citizens are protected, not brutalised; where young people are heard, not silenced; and where government power is exercised with responsibility and respect for human rights.

Nigeria must become a nation where no citizen is punished for demanding good governance and a better future.

May the souls of the departed continue to rest in peace. May their sacrifice strengthen our resolve to build a Nigeria where this tragedy will never be repeated.

A New Nigeria is POssible. A Nigeria where every life matters. -PO

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@Emarged But can’t they do both simultaneously?

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Nigerians Must Not Be Abandoned to Disaster Risks

As the global community observes the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction today, we must acknowledge that millions of Nigerians confront not only natural hazards but also avoidable crises resulting from governance failures.

Throughout the country, citizens face flooding, insecurity, displacement, hunger, malnutrition, deteriorating infrastructure, increasing poverty, and the loss of livelihoods. Inadequate planning, fragile institutions, insufficient emergency preparedness, and the failure to place citizens’ welfare first have made everyday existence a disaster for many people.

Although disasters cannot always be prevented, their effects can be limited through accountable leadership, early warning mechanisms, responsible land-use planning, durable infrastructure, efficient emergency services, and prompt humanitarian assistance. When governments fail to identify risks in advance or respond effectively to emergencies, the most vulnerable citizens bear the greatest burden.

The success of governance should be judged not by revenue totals, economic indicators, or official ceremonies but by the people’s safety, dignity, and quality of life. No government can credibly claim progress while citizens are displaced by floods, abducted by criminals, forced into hunger, or left without protection from predictable threats.

I urge governments at every level to pursue a people-focused approach to reducing disaster risks by investing in prevention, enhancing emergency response, ensuring accountability in the administration of disaster funds, and delivering prompt relief and lasting rehabilitation to affected communities.

Nigeria must not accept avoidable suffering as normal. Protecting the safety, security, and welfare of our people is a core responsibility of government. We must create a nation in which sound governance limits risks, safeguards lives, and affords every citizen a fair opportunity to live in safety and dignity.

Nigerians thoroughly insulated from the most severe effects of disasters is OK and POssible. -PO

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@FaraiMazhindu Great Zimbabwe was impressive, no doubt, but one remarkable achievement doesn't automatically represent the level of development across an entire region. We need to look at the bigger picture.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

One Month Discount on Petrol: From Reactive Policies to Flawed Outcomes!
The announcement by the APC led Federal Government offering a 30-day discount on price of petrol to relieve the acute hardship and hunger caused Nigerians by its unplanned removal of subsidy can only be described as another very reactive and confused approach to governance that is now the culture of the Tinubu Government.

I had delayed in reacting to the announcement just to give the benefit of doubt and watch the outcome of the policy. Now, having assessed the outcomes, the policy is a substitution of political optics for sound policy.
As Nigerians will recall, President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023, most carelessly removed fuel subsidy without any consultation or proper assessment of the negative impacts of such policies on our economy particularly on the livelihood of ordinary Nigerians.

Moreover, the careless removal of fuel subsidy was followed by other very badly sequenced policies such as the floating of the naira and tax reforms, all implemented in a very disorganized, incompetent and insensitive manner in addition to using three budgets at the same time with the attendant lack of transparency and accountability. Collectively, these policies stoked inflation in all sectors, pushing in most cases unbearable price hikes across board which placed severe shocks and other adverse consequences on Nigerians.
Expectedly, the outcomes are what they are- increasing multi-dimensional poverty, skyrocketing costs of goods and services, shrinking opportunities, exit of many businesses, mounting unemployment, disturbing insecurity, widening inequality, forced migration of our youths and general decline in the well-being of Nigerians.
Most unfortunately, rather than engage in detailed and published regulatory impact assessment of their reactive policies, the President Bola Tinubu’s led government has again demonstrated their well-known incompetence and insensitivity to governance.
With a detailed and published regulatory impact assessment of policies, a competent government would have pursued robust and sincere engagements and consultations with key stakeholders and ordinary Nigerians to recraft and implement inclusive and sustainable socio-economic growth strategies and policies.
What really does the President Bola Tinubu led government want to achieve with a one-month discount of less than 5% on fuel cost. Will it reduce poverty, unemployment, insecurity, and inequality? Will it increase productivity and exports? Is it a test to ascertain if subsidy should be restored? Is it another political gambit in the face of threats of electoral loss in the 2027 election? Too many questions, no answer!

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@Emarged They treat political party as if they are a fan of a football club smh!

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@PriesthoodEx @peter102435 Did the working laws and consequences fall from heaven? Come on, they were sensible enough to create a working environment. Why didn't the black man do the same?

[Arike Sugar Sugar❤️✨ @yettydlaw_]

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR: I WILL NOT ALLOW A LEGITIMATE CONSUMER COMPLAINT, A SERIOUS PUBLIC-INTEREST CAUSE OR THE WORK OF PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME PRO BONO TO BE REDUCED TO “ENGAGEMENT FARMING.”

The legal team were RIGHT afterall😂

Ordinarily, I would have ignored this because I genuinely have more important things to do. However just for the sake of the agenda you are attempting to cook with this particular narrative, and without in any way diminishing the tireless work the entire team, both legal and non-legal, has been putting into this cause, I will respond.

1. Firstly, I did not come online to “use you people” to farm engagement. I came online to express a genuine complaint arising from my own experience. It resonated with people because many could relate to the underlying concern, and it went viral organically. That visibility ultimately amplified the issue and brought the conversation into the REQUIRED JURISDICTION. That is very different from manufacturing a complaint for engagement.

2. Secondly, what started as the outcry of ONE has evolved into an outcry of ALL. That transition did not happen by magic. It has required countless hours of correspondence, research, analysis, consultations, calls and work behind the scenes. The legal and non-legal professionals involved have been working relentlessly, largely on a PRO BONO basis, because they believe the underlying issue deserves proper scrutiny. There is significantly more work happening behind the scenes than what you see on X.

3. Thirdly, this is a SENSITIVE MATTER. It cannot and will not be handled through ONLINE SENSATIONALISM. Do we need public support? Absolutely. Has the public conversation been instrumental? Yes, but are we also conscious that there is a very thin line between legitimate public advocacy and saying things that can prejudice, distort or unnecessarily complicate an ongoing matter? ABSOLUTELY YES.
Therefore,our silence should not be mistaken for inactivity. A reduction in public updates should not be mistaken for abandonment and the absence of daily online theatrics certainly does not mean that the work has stopped.

4. Fourthly, on Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 6:26 p.m., I put out a public call for EXPERT SUPPORT. If this were genuinely about farming engagement, that would be a rather strange way to go about it. 😂
The reality is that this matter requires people who are willing to contribute actual expertise, time and intellectual work towards a cause that has now grown beyond one person’s complaint. The invitation remains open to professionals who understand the seriousness of what we are trying to achieve and are willing to contribute meaningfully.

5. Fifthly, I will not tolerate people coming online to make baseless assertions about my intentions, character or conduct simply because they cannot see everything happening behind the scenes.

@big_keji99 , let me be very clear: DO NOT MAKE DEFAMATORY OR OTHERWISE UNFOUNDED PUBLIC ASSERTIONS ABOUT ME OR MY CONDUCT. If you have a genuine question, ask it. If you have evidence to support an allegation, present it but do not manufacture a narrative about my intentions and present it as fact.
I have deliberately exercised restraint because I understand the difference between responding to criticism and unnecessarily escalating matters online. I am therefore choosing to let this one pass, but I am putting you, and anyone else contemplating similar conduct, on NOTICE that my restraint should not be interpreted as consent, acquiescence or an invitation to continue. I take statements concerning my name and professional reputation seriously, and I reserve all rights in respect of any statement made concerning me that crosses the line from opinion or fair criticism into a false and actionable assertion.
THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A WARNING TO YOU AND EVERY OTHER PERSON COOKING A FALSE AGENDA‼️
I do not JOKE neither do I BLUFF

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

No Objection to Legitimate Scrutiny of My Certificates

My attention has been drawn to reports circulating on social media concerning a legal action by an individual or group seeking Certified True Copies (CTCs) of my Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, awarded to me in 1984 by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as well as other academic records and credentials relating to my admission into the University.

I wish to state clearly that I have absolutely no objection to the release of these records.

I respectfully request that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, within the limits permitted by law, make available, upon legitimate request, my academic certificates, records, and other official documents relating to my admission and studies at the University. I equally have no objection to other educational institutions, within and outside Nigeria, which I attended, making my academic records available in accordance with applicable laws and procedures.

I believe strongly in transparency and accountability, particularly for those who seek the privilege of public office. Public scrutiny must, however, be fair, lawful, and applied consistently to everyone who seeks to lead our nation.

As a presidential candidate seeking the trust of Nigerians to lead our country, I welcome legitimate public interest in my background, qualifications, and record. I am prepared to subject myself to the level of scrutiny that should reasonably be expected of anyone seeking the highest office in our country. Those who seek to lead must be willing to demonstrate, through both their words and actions, that they have nothing to conceal from the people they aspire to serve.

In that same spirit, I encourage every presidential candidate to make their educational qualifications and relevant records available for legitimate public scrutiny. Doing so should not be regarded as an inconvenience or an attack. Rather, it is an opportunity to strengthen public confidence, promote accountability, and rebuild the trust of Nigerians in those who seek to govern them.

Leadership must reflect the values we expect from the society we hope to build. If we desire a Nigeria founded on transparency, integrity, accountability, and respect for institutions, those values must begin with those who seek to lead it.

I therefore welcome the scrutiny of my academic background and remain committed to the principle that those who ask Nigerians for their trust must also be willing to earn that trust through openness and accountability.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Arike Sugar Sugar❤️✨ @yettydlaw_]

In furtherance of my earlier correspondence, my legal team, @losensolicitors & @KinandCounsel, have also written to MTN Nigeria regarding the material discrepancies identified in the two documents supplied by MTN in response to my complaint.

What makes this particularly interesting is that these are not discrepancies arising from my/our own calculations or assumptions. They are inconsistencies identified within the records MTN itself provided.

Let the data speak.
Let the records speak.
And, ultimately, let the facts speak for themselves.

[𝔾𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℤ𝕖𝕣𝕠 @DreadHound0]

The most dangerous Nigerian is the one who supports the APC and Bola Tinubu from the comfort of the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

PRESIDENT TINUBU GOES ON HOLIDAY AGAIN

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again left Nigeria for another holiday, this time beginning a three-week vacation in Europe.

Nigeria is in deep crisis. Nigerians can barely afford food and transportation. Insecurity is ravaging communities, and thousands of children are unable to access education because of insecurity.

Just days ago, about 600 Nigerians, predominantly women, children, and the elderly, were reportedly abducted during Juma’at prayers in Niger State.

Yet, at this critical moment, the President has left the country for another holiday.

According to reports, government expenditure on presidential trips and related travel expenses between June 2023 and April 2026 amounted to about ₦37.64 billion, with the President spending approximately 261 days outside Nigeria.

Meanwhile, only ₦36 million was reportedly released to the Federal Ministry of Health in 2025, despite a capital allocation of ₦218 billion, in a country of over 230 million people.

This is the calamity befalling our country today.

A government that can spend tens of billions on presidential travel while critical sectors remain starved of funds, and Nigerians are asked to endure worsening hardship, must not be allowed to continue.

Leadership is about priorities.

When citizens cannot feed their families, move safely, access healthcare, send their children to school, or sleep peacefully in their homes, the President should be more concerned about fixing the country than repeatedly leaving it.

I look forward to a Nigeria where our President can vacation in Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Cross River State, Bauchi, Ebonyi, and many other destinations across our country.

The President of Nigeria should be the chief marketer of Nigeria as a tourism destination, as other comparable countries do.

Imagine the economic possibilities if our leaders, celebrities, business communities, and citizens travelled within Nigeria more frequently.

Tourism creates jobs. It supports hospitality, transportation, agriculture, entertainment, crafts, and small businesses. It brings investment and foreign exchange and allows communities to benefit directly from their natural and cultural assets.

We cannot continue to export our wealth and import our pleasures while our own enormous potential remains neglected.

We deserve leadership that puts Nigeria first; leadership that cares and plans for a better Nigeria. That is the kind of leadership that the partnership between H.E. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and me will bring.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

A President and the Endless Question of His Past

As a citizen of no other country, who has never sought foreign citizenship even when doing so became fashionable, my loyalty to Nigeria and my faith in her destiny remain unshaken.

Yesterday, 30th of August, being Sunday, I fervently prayed for our nation and for those entrusted with the solemn responsibility of leadership. I found myself deeply saddened by the direction in which our country is heading.

It is profoundly embarrassing that we have reached a point where a sitting President is asking a foreign court to withhold records concerning his past, particularly records relating to matters of legitimate public interest.

Leadership, in my humble view, demands the courage and humility to confront one’s history — to acknowledge mistakes, provide candid explanations where questions arise, and, where necessary, apologise and seek forgiveness. True authority is strengthened, not diminished, when a leader accepts responsibility rather than seeks to shield uncomfortable aspects of the past from legitimate scrutiny.

This becomes particularly important when questions concern educational credentials. Issues surrounding foundational schooling — primary and secondary — should not remain unresolved or be addressed primarily through legal proceedings. Nigerians deserve clear, credible, and verifiable explanations, especially when such had been submitted in the past.

My deepest concern is the example this sets for more than 200 million Nigerians, particularly the over 30 million young people in schools. The nation’s highest office should exemplify integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.

An imperfect past is part of the human condition. What matters is the willingness to confront it with humility, honesty and deep apology, to make amends where necessary and, when circumstances so demand, to place the interests of the nation above personal ambition.

When will our political class fully appreciate that individual ambitions are temporary, while the nation endures? The Presidency is an office held for a season; the moral standards established by those who occupy it can influence generations.

Nigeria is greater than any one person, and the integrity of the Republic must always come before the interests of the individual.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@techheroes_net @NigeriaStories BS! Are you saying other people stuck in the traffic ain't stressed too? Omo, una too dey defend rubbish, abeg.

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@Emarged The fact that they are allowing traffic to move is even crazy. Haba!

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@RickyRetardio @Mello3296 @iamNeare They are always quick to tweet with emotions. Very funny bunch.

[Mr_AMiner19 @Mickostical]

@Quickteller I paid ₦500 for electricity through your app with my Zenith Bank Mastercard, was debited, but never received my token. This isn't the first time either,I was also debited ₦1,500 in a previous failed transaction and I'm still waiting for a refund. Please investigate

[Chimama ❤️ Obi @Chima_Obi1234]

"While the Ekweremadus maintain that Sonia had no knowledge of the plan to illegally get a kidney donor, she responded to her father’s WhatsApp messages that had photos of new potential donors. To one photo of two young Black men, Sonia wrote: “OK, that’s fine. Thank you. Are they still more to test?”

Her father told her: “Yes, but by the end of the week, I will decide who to proceed with. We will get it right this time.”

Sonia wrote back: “I trust you, daddy, thank you ❤️”. Then she added: “The dark one looks better, the light one looks like he’ll run away 😂😂😂”.

(Culled from The Guardian's feature article on the full details of the Ekweremandu organ trafficking case).

That's how your rich people and their children talk about you.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

When a Government Declares War on the Truth

President Donald Trump of America recently described Nigeria as “a now disgraced country.” The painful reality is that Nigeria’s challenges continue to deepen. Each passing day reveals deeper signs of decline, especially when a government becomes increasingly intolerant of truth and hostile to those who speak about the suffering of the people.

The Catholic Church has never functioned as an opposition party in Nigeria. Across military regimes and successive democratic administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has maintained a principled voice on national issues and the nation’s conscience, commending governments when they deserved commendation and speaking the truth whenever national conscience demanded it. Its interventions are driven by a moral obligation, rooted in Christian social teaching, to defend truth, justice, and the common good.

The same applies to Nigeria’s major religious organisations. Bodies such as Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have repeatedly raised concerns over economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Living among the people, religious leaders often encounter the suffering of citizens firsthand. They speak because they witness families struggling with rising food prices, unemployment, and the fear created by kidnappings and insecurity.

As leaders, we should be gracious enough to listen to people and organisations that speak the truth to us and genuinely criticise us when things are not going in the right direction. As Governor, I had the opportunity of working with a very strong Council of Traditional Rulers, led by the Obi of Onitsha, and religious bodies that consistently criticised me and offered suggestions. This contributed greatly to our success in Anambra State, especially in critical areas like education and health.

Against this background, the attacks on the CBCN, and especially on His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, are deeply troubling. Even in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and told General Abacha some hard truths, including about the incarceration of Chief Moshood Abiola, nobody vilified him.

During the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, to demonstrate his purported commitment to and respect for the Catholic Church, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome days before the event, ahead of most other visiting dignitaries, including Catholics such as the U.S. Vice President, JD Vance. He participated in the liturgy, queued with other world leaders to greet the Holy Father, and displayed deep respect for the moral authority of the Church. Back in Nigeria, however, that posture has now changed completely.

What is playing out today also reveals how political leaders sometimes exploit religion and ethnicity to divide the people. Even when it was obvious that the CBCN was speaking on issues affecting Nigerians across religious and ethnic boundaries, aides to the President immediately reduced it to a “religious affair.” The question is: are insecurity, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and hardship problems exclusive to a particular faith? Do these challenges recognise religious or tribal boundaries?

The bishops merely expressed what millions of Nigerians experience daily: insecurity has worsened, poverty is deepening, inflation is crippling families, businesses are struggling, and hope is fading. These are realities echoed by religious leaders across the country, to whom successive governments gave thanks and promised to look into their observations.

Rather than address these concerns or explain the measures in place to ameliorate them, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s aides and supporters responded with vicious attacks, particularly against Cardinal John Onaiyekan, with little regard for his age, stature, and accomplishments.