@Adikastakes Tribalism is only activated during conflict and co-operation
Conflict - Contests for scarce resources / during election E.g GRV is not Yoruba he is Igbo don't vote for him
Co-operation E.g Tinubu's son married an Igbo woman so Igbos should vote for him
@instablog9ja Lmao. He will rig. It is now the events that will happen after he rigs I am eager to see.
You are Looking at someone willing to burn down everything and rule over the ashes.
Drama as youths who gathered at PTI Junction in Delta State for a 5KM Independence Day Run were reportedly surprised when organisers began distributing “Soft Nigeria” T-shirts bearing the image of President Bola Tinubu.
Some participants expressed their displeasure, with footage showing some of them tearing the shirts while others reportedly threatened to boycott the run.
The crowd was also heard chanting “Obi! Obi! Obi!” in the footage.
This is the Cordinator @elijahnoah8 being arrested by more than 5 fully armed police officers on Independence day. His only crime was coming to check out the start off point for the march. This is how undemocratic AkwaIbom state government under the APC has become.
Whenever we see some of the damage done since 2015 in Nigeria, we scream “APC MUST GO!” The question we don't ask ourselves deeply is how this will realistically happen?
APC has mutated from being a parasite that can be removed with an election after 16 years, the way the earlier parasite PDP was displaced, because they learned from the host (Nigeria) and are now a deadly virus.
First, they killed PDP from the inside, something that PDP could never have achieved with the APC, and have advanced state capture from both the grassroots and the top in a pincer movement while taking advantage of the favorable headwinds created by a frothy oil market. They now have much more money than they could imagine. The host is sustaining and strengthening them.
They have also successfully captured the leaders of industry as opposition from them at this stage when you have something at stake is suicidal. My visit to Lagos last week opened my eyes; nobody who has anything of value in Nigeria that can be threatened by policy or regulation is acting against the APC.
America is also now like that, or even worse with Trump, so I don't blame anyone. They do what they must to survive. I can't forget what one of the big guys in Nigerian tech and payments told @OoTheNigerian in Edo pidgin many years ago: “You don see reesh activist?” There are indeed no rich activists except those pursuing the interests of the regime in power. I even have relatives doing that.
I still believe that all of this is on the surface and something must give in the end. We survived Abacha; we survived PDP; APC is different, but not invincible. They will, however, not be displaced by shouting and activism but by subversion from within. The same playbook they used to kill the PDP.
The only thing that keeps APC together now is money and a hint of tribalism, or regionalism; it is not ideology. Those ties aren't strong enough because they contain further divisions. Classism and intra-ethnic divisions are inevitable sources of schism, but it seems they are playing that game against the Southeast already.
The North will decide Nigeria's fate and the APC's, as they likely won't be swayed by largely superficial divisions. The long game of the APC is Northern irrelevance and the leaders there see the handwriting on the wall. All of the turf wars there over solid minerals are not helping them. Feudalism is also in the end stage. Religion on the other hand is a stronger bond in the North than in the South.
The Middle Belt have been used as the scapegoat by everyone and they also have a hand in APC’s potential irrelevance. I am still amazed at how people like Saraki were checkmated easily because the people had enough, but now that same region is where someone supposedly wanted by the authorities for corruption is running for the Senate.
I don't want to use the “R” word but people in the Middle Belt are more likely to lead a revolution against the APC that will free Nigeria and it will likely spread from there to the North. The South-South is gone to the APC and sadly that is where most of our national wealth is originated. The risk of any political revolution is a national schism.
The more I think of it, the more I realize that we are in a deep hostage situation with the APC. Slogans won't dislodge them. Biology may be our eventual intervention. All of these leaders will age and leave the earth. The next level is where the real battle will be fought. That is where I am sure Nigeria may likely break up unless things change.
There is no daylight as tribalism without benefits has now be strangely entrenched by aging polititicians. I see things here daily and worry about Nigeria’s future. What we thought was a nation is now far gone. We now have cults of personality and ethnicity.
I hope to be proven wrong but I don't see anyone’s hope being renewed in the next decade. Maybe ideology will eventually enter Nigerian politics but it may be too late.
@eureka_seamless I am of the belief that Nigerians are using this game to cure the PTSD wey Lagos traffic don cause
Person don talk say him no go stop say him jam all the Agbero wey dey road
One don talk say him go carry all him passengers go Ibadan
I just off 😂😂
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His eyes have seen unspeakable bloodshed. His feet have grown weary from funeral after funeral — burying his own church members slaughtered by Fulani jihadists seizing ancestral lands and imposing mini-caliphates in villages south of Jos.
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ON THE ANAMBRA DEBT QUESTION
I have remained silent over the past few days because I have been grieving the loss of my very dear elder brother and friend, Chief Okey Ezeibe. However, the time has come for me to address some of the matters that have occupied public discussion in recent days.
I respectfully urge everyone to concentrate on the existential challenges confronting Nigeria and the hardships endured by its citizens, rather than on the needless distractions that have become widespread in our politics.
I wish to assure the public that I have no disagreement with my dear elder brother, Governor Soludo, or with any governor in Nigeria. I am not seeking the office of governor in any state, and I will not seek that position again, even if the Constitution is amended.
Accordingly, I appeal to governors to support whichever presidential candidate they choose while also permitting and assisting other presidential candidates and contenders for other offices to campaign freely and without interruption in their states. Ultimately, voters should be allowed to determine whom they wish to serve them.
Regarding the multilateral funding inaccurately described as “debt owed by Peter Obi” in Anambra State, I wish to state unequivocally:
As Governor of Anambra State, I did not approach any financial institution to borrow funds or issue a bond on behalf of the state. Indeed, at his farewell ceremony, the then Director-General of the DMO, Abraham Nwankwo, appointed me chairman and declared that, during his 10 years in office, I was the only state governor who had not approached him for a loan facility.
When I left office, the Anambra State Government owed no unpaid salaries, gratuities, or pensions. Neither did it owe any contractor or supplier who had completed work that the government had verified and certified.
Regarding development financing from the World Bank, these are concessionary development-support funds secured by the Federal Government for states selected by it to address specific needs. Repayment is spread over 25 to 30 years.
The Anambra State Government must therefore differentiate among three separate figures: the total amount approved for the multiyear development program; the amount Anambra State actually drew during my tenure; and the funding balance outstanding when I handed over on 17 March 2014.
The government has combined these distinct categories, added them together, and described the resulting US$123.77 million as “loans left by Peter Obi.” That is an incorrect application of public-sector accounting.
The eight facilities identified were primarily World Bank and IFAD development programs negotiated by the Federal Government, with participating states receiving access to the funds through subsidiary arrangements. They were not conventional commercial loans that I personally secured during my tenure.
This does not suggest that Anambra had no repayment responsibilities; rather, each facility must be examined in light of its approval, effectiveness, drawdown, and repayment record.
The clearest contradiction appears in the government’s own figures. It states that the original facilities amounted to approximately US$123.77 million and that US$92.35 million remained outstanding in June 2026. However, the DMO’s published records showed Anambra’s total external debt at approximately US$18 million when I began my tenure in March 2006, about US$30 million in March 2014, when I left office, and approximately US$45.15 million as of 31 December 2014, nine months after my departure.
The Anambra State Government must therefore clarify how a state whose recorded external debt was about US$30 million in March 2014 and US$45.15 million in December 2014 could supposedly have inherited US$123.77 million from Peter Obi, who left office in March of that same year.
On the day I left office, I left more than US$150 million as the dollar component of my investment in Anambra State as governor. I hereby provide documents that can be verified with the various banks. Had it remained untouched, this investment was expected to provide Anambra State with approximately US$10 million in annual income.
Even if their assertion were accurate—which it is not—that Anambra owed US$123 million, the government could have used the US$10 million generated annually from my savings to reduce the debt. It has now been 13 years since I left office, which would amount to US$130 million. The debt should have been fully settled by now.
Had they retained the funds I left in the bank, including the compound interest on the principal and the additional income, the total would be approximately US$335 million today. If they had chosen to repay the US$92.35 million funding, the entire amount would have been covered, leaving approximately US$242 million to be reinvested. That sum would have generated about US$20 million annually for Anambra State.
Let me reiterate that, when I left office, I left Anambra State in a strong financial position—the strongest of any state in Nigeria—and I stand by that position.
Through this clarification, I wish to state categorically that I will neither engage nor trade words with anyone regarding my tenure in Anambra State. My focus will now be on issues affecting the suffering Nigerian masses, which is the reason for my presidential ambition.
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@Harvestmeagain@itumasunny2496@ayomairoese Lol. Go to his page and type Tinubu or APC
He is angry because Ayo constantly calls out the hypocrisy of the people he supports so normally he will be angry
I want the whole world to see this.
Within just 8 weeks, two Nigerian police officers have been captured on video making derogatory ethnic remarks about the Igbo’s.
This is deeply concerning and deserves public attention!
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