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When God said He made everyone in His own image, He was probably referring to Hausa girls. 🥹😩😭❤️

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BREAKING: After a closed-door meeting with six northern APC governors, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, and President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Ibrahim Masari, over 500 Islamic scholars, preachers and clerics from across the country have endorsed President Tinubu for a second term.

The meeting was held in Jigawa State.

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Yari Accepts Appointment as APC Presidential Campaign Council DG

Senator Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has accepted his appointment as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections.

In a statement released on Saturday in Abuja, the Zamfara West senator expressed deep gratitude and seriousness over the responsibility.

“I accept this responsibility with deep gratitude and full seriousness. My sincere thanks go to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party for the trust placed in me, and to our party leadership for the confidence. I do not take it lightly,” Yari said.

He described a campaign as more than an election, calling it “a conversation with the Nigerian people in every state, every language, every faith about the future we are building together.”

Yari pledged that the campaign would be conducted with discipline, unity and respect for all.

He said the work begins immediately and there is a place for everyone. To Nigerians of every political leaning, he urged a choice of progress over division, adding that the party would earn public confidence through its record rather than noise.

“By the grace of God, and with the effort of us all, we will deliver victory in January 2027,” he concluded.

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The North Deserves Answers.

Between 1999 and 2007, @atiku Abubakar served as Vice President of Nigeria. During that period, several major industries in Northern Nigeria struggled, collapsed or became moribund, including key textile companies in Kaduna.

So before Northerners are asked to trust him again, a simple question deserves a clear answer:

Name FIVE major projects Atiku personally helped deliver in Northern Nigeria between 1999 and 2007.

Not promises.
Not campaign speeches.
Not projects he merely supported from Abuja.

We want five concrete, verifiable projects that left a lasting industrial, economic or infrastructural impact on the North.

This is not about ethnicity or hatred. It is about performance, accountability and evidence.

If Atiku had eight years at the very top of government, the North deserves to know: what lasting legacy did he leave behind?

Dear Atiku supporters, the floor is yours. Five major Northern projects. Let’s see the list.

May PBAT succeed. ❤️🤲🇳🇬

@ishaqsamaila5

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They say they dare not say they will return the subsidy. Now we are saying we will return the subsidy. Let us debate it in front of Nigerians.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

- ADC National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi

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BREAKING: Peter Obi starts his campaign today with a powerful Press Conference

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Man accused of impersonating Nigerian businessman Blord on TikTok has been taken to court today over allegations of impersonation and defrauding people.

According to Blord, the suspect allegedly scammed more than 100 people of millions of naira by creating multiple bank accounts bearing his name.

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Absolutely adorable! 🥰❤️ “Pawpaw and his beautiful daughter” — pure father-daughter love. 👨‍👧💕

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Wike: I’d have been in Osun if Tinubu wanted APC victory at all cost.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he would have gone to Osun State to help the All Progressives Congress (APC) secure victory in the governorship election if President Bola Tinubu had wanted the party to win the poll “at all costs.”

Wike made the statement on Tuesday while speaking with journalists during an inspection of flood-prone areas in Maitama, Abuja.

The minister was responding to questions on the outcome of the Osun governorship election, which was won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Governor Ademola Adeleke.

Wike, who remains a member of the PDP but has continued to support the Tinubu administration, said the APC could have won the election if the President had been determined to secure victory irrespective of the circumstances.

He said, “If the President had wanted to win the Osun State election at all costs, I would have been there and we would have won it, and there’s nothing the governor can do.”

The minister’s comment came against the backdrop of the APC’s defeat in the election, with Adeleke declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, has been a prominent member of the G5 group of PDP governors who opposed the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election.

Since Tinubu appointed him FCT minister, Wike has maintained his membership of the PDP while publicly supporting the President and some policies of his administration.

His latest comment underscores his claim that the APC could have secured victory in Osun had the President chosen to deploy greater political effort towards the election.

Wike has also remained politically active despite serving in an APC-led federal administration, maintaining that his support for Tinubu does not amount to abandoning the PDP.

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ALI AHMED YUSUF: "There are moments in the life of a man, especially one who has held several public offices, when silence is not weakness, restraint is not surrender and sobriety is not an admission of guilt. They are, rather, the minimum requirements of dignity when the law has summoned one to account. For Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna state, such a moment ought to be now."

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Atiku made five bold statements that could shake Nigeria during his media chat:

1. Whether I win or lose, 2027 will be my final presidential contest.

2. I will restore the subsidy. I initially supported its removal, but where is the money? They are even borrowing more than when we paid subsidy.

3. I don’t care if Obasanjo supports me or not. Of what value is his support?

4. Tinubu forged his certificates, and I stand by that claim.

5. We will recover Nigeria’s stolen funds.,

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South Africans Reportedly Assault Chidimma, a World-Class Beauty Queen, as She Exits Court, Raising Fresh Concerns Over Xenophobia in South Africa💔😭

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“If you like, allow social media to destr0y your marriage for you, I will respect my husband to the fullest. Even if he needs my kidneys, I will give it to him”

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Black 🖤💜💜💛 on camera 📸

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS
OSUN GOVERNOR ADELEKE PRESENTS CERTIFICATE OF RETURN TO WIKE

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Reinstating Petrol Subsidies: Atiku’s Policy Reversal and the Need to Stay the Course

By Ishaq Samaila
Media Aide to the Special Adviser to the President .

Atiku Abubakar’s recent pledge to restore petrol subsidies if elected in 2027 represents a major reversal and raises important questions about policy consistency, fiscal responsibility and the direction Nigeria should take.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves credit for having the political courage to confront one of Nigeria’s most persistent economic challenges. The removal of the petrol subsidy was never going to be painless. It was, however, a necessary decision to end a system that placed enormous pressure on public finances while limiting government’s ability to invest sustainably in development.

The Tinubu administration inherited difficult economic conditions and chose reform over postponement. Rather than continuing to spend scarce public resources sustaining an inefficient subsidy regime, the administration has pursued reforms designed to strengthen government revenues, attract investment and create a more sustainable foundation for economic growth.

This is precisely why Nigerians should approach proposals to restore the old subsidy regime with caution.

The issue is not whether Nigerians deserve relief. They unquestionably do. The issue is whether permanent petrol subsidies are the most sustainable way to provide that relief. A responsible government must look beyond immediate political popularity and consider how policies will affect public finances, investment, infrastructure, employment and future generations.

Atiku Abubakar is entitled to propose an alternative economic direction. But Nigerians are equally entitled to ask why a policy that was previously presented as necessary should now be brought back, particularly as the 2027 elections approach.

President Tinubu, by contrast, has demonstrated a willingness to take difficult decisions even when those decisions carry significant political costs.

That is the kind of leadership Nigeria needs.

The Tinubu administration should not be judged solely by the immediate discomfort caused by reforms. It should also be judged by whether those reforms are creating a stronger and more sustainable economy.

This does not mean the government should ignore the hardship faced by ordinary Nigerians. The success of the reform agenda depends on ensuring that increased government resources translate into tangible improvements—better infrastructure, stronger security, improved healthcare, quality education, jobs and targeted support for vulnerable Nigerians.

There is a fundamental difference between reforming a difficult system and returning to it simply because the reform is politically unpopular.

Nigeria cannot build a prosperous future by repeatedly reversing necessary reforms whenever elections approach. What the country requires is policy consistency, fiscal discipline and the courage to stay the course while continually improving implementation.

Atiku’s subsidy proposal therefore provides Nigerians with a clear choice ahead of 2027: return to a costly and politically convenient system, or continue with the difficult but potentially transformative reforms being pursued by the Tinubu administration.

For me, the answer is clear.

Nigeria needs leadership prepared to make difficult decisions for the long-term interest of the country. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has demonstrated that willingness.

The task now is not to retreat from reform, but to make the reforms work better for every Nigerian.

Nigeria must stay the course.

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BREAKING: ADC Chieftain Innocent Alhamdu calls on ADC leadership to reverse the substitution of Omar Suleiman with Tukur Modibbo as the Adamawa ADC governorship candidate.

BEYOND PERSONALITIES: WHY IGNORING OMAR SULEIMAN’S 143,216 VOTES IS A THREAT TO NIGERIA By Innocent Alhamdu

The African Democratic Congress is selling Nigerians a new politics for 2027. Internal democracy. Inclusion. Rule of law.

That promise is dying in Adamawa — unless ADC chooses to save it.

In a governorship primary watched across the North-East, delegates spoke. Loudly.
- Engr Omar Suleiman: 143,216 votes.
- Hamman Tukur Modibbo: 56,801 votes.
- Ishaya Inuwa Durkwa: 20,343 votes.

It was not close. It was a landslide. It was a mandate.

Yet within days, whispers of “substitution” began. Of using influence to cancel 143,216 ballots and install another name.

If true, this is not about Adamawa. This is about Nigeria.

The 2026 Electoral Act was written for this exact moment. It says a party must submit the candidate who won a valid primary. INEC must recognize that candidate. The goal was simple: take power out of backrooms and put it in the ballot box.

Kill that rule in Yola, and you kill it everywhere.
If 143,000 votes can be erased in Adamawa, then no delegate in Kano, Rivers, Benue, or Zamfara is safe. The message to every party member will be brutal: _Your vote is decoration.

Why the resistance to Suleiman? Followers of Adamawa politics know. It is not about competence. It is about representation.

Suleiman carries the banner of the Gongola People’s Forum — a movement demanding that minority voices finally sit at the table. He is from Hong LGA, a community that has almost never produced a governor.

And that is Nigeria’s open wound. Millions of Nigerians from minority communities already believe the system is rigged to shut them out. When a primary that empowers them is overturned, it confirms their worst fear: _Your vote will never count._

This is ADC’s credibility test.
You cannot campaign as “the alternative” and practice “new faces, old methods.” You cannot preach internal democracy to Nigerians while murdering it inside your own house.

Party supremacy must mean supremacy of the constitution and the law. No godfather. No bloc. No “influential leader” should be bigger than 143,216 delegates.

We’ve seen this movie before. Primaries held. Results ignored. Decisions made in Abuja hotel rooms. The result? Voter apathy. Angry youth. Women who stay home. Communities that give up.

Adamawa is Nigeria in miniature. Over 80 ethnic groups. A history of center vs periphery. What ADC does here will be copied in Taraba, Plateau, Nasarawa, and beyond.

So the choice before the ADC National Working Committee is stark:
Option 1: Stand with the delegates, the law, and your brand. Become the party that proved democracy can work.
Option 2: Stand with influence, and prove you are just like every other party.

The judiciary must do its part. Interpret the 2026 Electoral Act without fear. Protect the right of party members to choose.
INEC must do its part. Reject pressure. Insist on compliance. Defend the ballot.

For Adamawa, this is also about survival. The state needs a governor accountable to teachers, farmers, and unemployed youth in Mubi, Numan, and Ganye — not to power brokers in distant capitals.

Democracy only matures when we obey the rules, especially when it hurts.

The delegates have voted.
The law is clear.
The world is watching.

Let the process stand.
Let democracy, not influence, decide who flies the ADC flag in Adamawa.

Innocent Alhamdu writes from Yola

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Ibrahim Masari: An Astute Political Adviser to President Tinubu

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SHOCKING! 😳

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke goes down on the floor in appreciation of his elder brother, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke.

Davido’s dad is truly the MVP! 👑🔥
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❤️🥹 A Moment of Gratitude!

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, goes down on the floor to appreciate his elder brother, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, for his unwavering support.

A touching display of love, respect and family bond. ❤️🙏

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