🗣️Dear fellow Nigerians,
The 2026 Federal Government budget is the biggest in our history. N68.32 trillion approved. Let that number sit for a second.
But here is what they did not lead with. Nigeria is only expected to earn N36.87 trillion this year. That means the government can only fund 53.9% of its own budget from actual revenue. The remaining 46.1% will come from borrowing. And debt service alone will consume nearly 45% of everything we earn. That is N15.81 trillion going straight to paying back what we already owe, before a single road is fixed, before a single school is built, before a single hospital gets funded.
Every year, Nigeria sets revenue targets. Every year, we fall short. In 2025, the government projected N36.35 trillion in revenue. By June, only N10.92 trillion had come in. Yet the 2026 projections follow the same pattern, the same optimism, the same numbers that history tells us we will not meet.
Our full analysis of the 2026 Federal Government Approved Budget drops tomorrow. Do not miss it.
#FollowTheMoney #2026FGBudget #2026FGBudgetAnalysis
The NSA and Gov. Radda both attended the burial of Minister Musawa's late mother.
They missed the burial of Late Major General Rabe who died in captivity of bandits
His death is not more important than that of all others but his service to the Nation deserves more.
- Dr. Shadi
They hit this elderly woman on the head with a gun until she started bleeding. This is how these animals treat their captives.
I watched this video and felt deeply saddened by what these women are enduring at the hands of these bandits.
So, the late Major General Rabe was buried today after the terrorists released his corpse. Now be pertinent question is, who was the body released to and why?
Nigeria is a country of particular concern indeed.
⚡️Gaza sources:
Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured,, in an Israeli drone bombing on the entrance of Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza.
No security. No steady light. No money in circulation.
PMS ₦1,400 | Kerosene ₦4,000 | Gas ₦2,000 | Cement ₦12,000
Inflation: 19%
Call Tinubu out and leave Peter Obi alone
The Nigerian government has done something impressive.
They have convinced millions of people that struggling to eat, struggling to pay rent and struggling to survive is a personal failure instead of an economic one.
That's genius.
While Kannywood celebrities were busy celebrating Democracy Day and appearing at political events, innocent people across Northern Nigeria were still paying the price of insecurity with their lives.
On the same day as the celebrations, 17 farmers were reportedly killed in Zamfara. Many others were abducted, attacked or displaced. Today, we wake up to reports of a Major General dying in captivity in Katsina. Families are grieving, communities are living in fear and countless people can no longer farm, travel or go about their daily lives safely in northern Nigeria.
What makes this even more painful is the contrast. In other parts of the country, many celebrities have consistently used their platforms to demand action on insecurity, speak up for victims, pressure leaders to act and at times, distance themselves from political gatherings while their communities face serious challenges. They keep conversations about security and public welfare alive both on the streets and across social media.
Yet in the North, where the scale of suffering has been devastating for years, many of those with the biggest platforms remain largely silent. Instead of amplifying the cries of victims and demanding urgent action, they are seen celebrating with politicians while ordinary people continue to bury their loved ones.
The people of Northern Nigeria do not need silence. They need voices. They need advocacy. They need influential figures who will stand with them, speak for them and demand an end to the insecurity that has stolen so many lives and livelihoods.
Major-General Rabe Abubakar: The Wounds We Share
I have just read the statement by the Katsina State Government confirming the passing of Major-General Rabe Abubakar, rtd, a former military spokesman, while in captivity. Even though the statement says that “the deceased… died a natural death from complications of diabetes and hypertension,” this does not erase the horror of the circumstances in which he spent his final days. What haunts us is not only the manner of his passing, but the tragedy of a life of service ending in the hands of criminals who have exploited the dysfunctions of our society.
What happened to the General is a tragedy of immeasurable dimension. To return from a career that required putting one’s life on the line for one’s country, only to become a captive of ragtag criminals, is a fate no patriot deserves. It is a cruel reminder that this weather of insecurity is one we all breathe and feel. It bears our names, our faces, our families, and the histories of service behind its victims.
There is no dignified way to avoid the truth that, as a nation and as a government, we have let down the General and many others who have met similar fates. This does not take away from the efforts I know were ongoing to secure his release or rescue, nor from the renewed operations and proactive steps being taken to confront these criminal networks. But grief must never be managed with denial. Something more radical, more coordinated, and more sustained must be done to break this chain of tragic events. Contrary to the assumptions of some, nobody is immune.
What happened to the General is a cautionary tale for all of us in government today. The General, who once served in one of the most protected institutions in the country, could never have imagined such an ending. That is why it remains baffling when anyone assumes that those in public office are insulated from the failures and fractures of the nation. The same roads, the same communities, the same future, and the same consequences await us all.
As a northerner, I am doubly troubled by the direction in which our region has been dragged. No honest person can claim ignorance of how we got here. If we are even more honest, we must admit that the untrained, abandoned, and hopeless children on our streets are being turned into cannon fodder for present and future dysfunctions. Even if banditry and terrorism are defeated, a vulnerable demographic left without education, discipline, opportunity, or hope will remain available for other invidious agendas against the Nigerian state.
This is the part that should frighten us most. We once spoke of building human capital. Today, too many of our people are trapped in the desperate arithmetic of survival.
The government has the primary and non-negotiable responsibility to protect lives and property. But no government policy, however well designed, can fully overcome a society that refuses to confront parental irresponsibility, the abandonment of children, hostility to education in some communities, and the casual normalisation of neglect. Security is not sustained by bullets alone. It is sustained by schools, families, values, livelihoods, justice, and a population civilised enough to reject the temptations of nihilism.
And yet, we cannot afford to lose hope. Despair is exactly what these criminals want to manufacture. They want citizens to stop believing in the possibility of order, to stop trusting the state, and to stop imagining a country that can still be rescued. We must refuse them that victory. We must mourn the dead, demand better from the living, and insist that the Nigerian state still has the duty and capacity to reclaim every inch of its authority.
May Allah forgive him, grant him Aljannatul Firdaus, and comfort his family. My condolences also go to all families who have lost loved ones to this madness. May their grief not be in vain, and may our country find the courage to end this tragedy.
It takes a commissioned officer in the Nigerian Army a minimum of 25 to 30 years of active, uninterrupted service to reach the rank of Major General. 30+ active years of service to his country, but look at how the system neglected him in those hard times.
This is someone that dedicated his whole life in service to Nigeria, who contributed more than those currently in Government, whose only contribution is looting our resources and buying their ways to power.
This is really heartbreaking 💔
Whole two star general abducted for weeks and the govt fail to secure his release.
Major General Rabe Abubakar rtd died in bandits captivity
This country is scary man!
All of them are gone.
This photo captures one of Gaza’s countless stories of collective loss. Every person in this picture has been killed. The last was Muawiya, killed this morning when an Israeli strike hit him while he was working at the Bureij municipality landfill.
In Gaza, ask anyone how many loved ones they have lost, and most will answer with a two-digit number.
Shocking images leaked from satellites reveal the city of Gaza completely wiped off the face of the Earth, with not a single building left standing.
This scene must never be erased from the world’s memory.
This right here is Dawakin kudu Science College kano.
Everyone knows how good and standard this school used to be, but it's very unfortunate to see how the students are currently living right now.
I was terribly pained when i saw this video posted in our kassosa group because it's the school that i attended.
One ex member volunteer to renovate two classrooms the moment this video was aired two days back. May God bless him.
In Kano it’s individuals that are taking care of schools now.
@ie_Mooh
#AbbaIsNotworking