I want it to be on record that I never have, and never will, support state police in Nigeria, because of what the governors would do with it.
I will be here to listen/read your complaints.
May God bless Nigeria.
VAR’s first-ever mistaken identity intervention brought drama: Tim Ream was booked for a ‘challenge’ on Paraguay’s Almiron. After play resumed, referee Makkelie reviewed the monitor, rescinded Ream’s yellow, and instead booked Almiron for diving.
Julián Quiñones etches his name into history.
The Mexico forward opens the scoring at the 2026 World Cup, finding the net in the 9th minute against South Africa. The first goal of the tournament belongs to El Tri.
wha moment to kick off the global spectacle.
PRESS STATEMENT
In the last 24 hours, social media has exploded over my interview with Mehdi Hassan, albeit with varied opinions. Let me set the record straight.
When I signed on to the privileged job granted to me by Mr. President, I was well aware of its implications. Selling ice cream, looking fine, and seeking the praises of men were never part of it. Some of the fiercest critics of my interview can not even stand local TV anchors. But the task of promoting and defending the President and his administration is what I do with ease and joy. I am prepared to appear before any interviewer, anywhere in the world, any day and at any time, to defend this government and its policies.
I have never, and will never, subscribe to ducking or dodging interviews on matters that concern promoting and defending the administration I was appointed to serve. It is the least of what is required of me.
Head to Head contacted me requesting an interview, stating that they wanted to challenge our government on security, the economy, and corruption. Nowhere in our almost six months of communication did they mention that they were going to challenge my past. If that had been their plan, ethically and professionally, they were supposed to inform me so I could prepare my response. But that’s okay, ethically, that is on them, not on me.
I refused to swallow the pill of Mehdi’s “opposition research-style journalism,” and even today, if you carefully compare what he read as quotes from organisations and groups, you will see that many were inaccurate and some were outright fake news. But I will leave that for another day.
As for what I said about President Tinubu in the past, I am glad those were things I said when I was in the opposition saddle with such zeal. It is all politics. Half of Donald Trump’s cabinet is made up of people who once spoke against him, and quite a number of people in our own cabinet also spoke against President Tinubu in the past. Those things do not bother him if you care to know.
The majority of the naysayers are members of the opposition and their sympathisers. It does not bother me one bit. Their temporary excitement over the interview has not lasted and will not last, because it does not take away their obvious problem of lack of vision, mission in conducting and managing a political party; yet they seek to manage Nigeria. Clearly they have no path to victory and no alternative policies or program for the Nigerian people. And if they say they do, they can as well go to head to head and be interrogated on that; as the saying in Hausa goes “Ga fili Ga doki”
I conclude by thanking the many Nigerians and non-Nigerians who sent in their commendations over my brave defence of our government in an interview where the anchor would hardly let you answer a question unless it suited his narrative.
I still have admiration and respect for Mehdi Hassan as arguably the best debater on the planet. I look forward to part two of the Head to Head interview, and I am glad that by then questions about my past will no longer be news so that we can focus on our administration’s policies, programs and what we have achieved so far.
Stay tuned.
– D.H Bwala
Special Adviser to President on Media and Policy Communication
(State House)
Saturday March 7, 2026
Last year, a friend of mine started feeling off. Nothing dramatic, just one of those moments where your body feels strange and your mind won’t rest. So he decided to run a full body check.
My younger brother, Dr. Mo, helped him with a list of tests to do. The following weekend, he went to a reputable hospital in Abuja. Blood samples were taken, and the only test left was a semen analysis, so he went home to provide that.
A few hours later, he returned.
But the moment he walked in, something felt….. off.
They told him to sit and wait for the doctor because “only doctors give HIV results”. He said he understood, since he regularly checks himself anyway, but he couldn’t ignore the subtle shift in how the nurse and receptionist were behaving around him. The silence felt heavy.
Then he pressed them.
That’s when one of the nurses asked, almost coldly,
“Why don’t you use protection?”
That was the moment his heart dropped.
He called me immediately.
“Slim, where are you? Where is Dr. Mo?”
I told him I was about to board a flight for a seminar and that my brother was at his office. He put both of us on a conference call and explained everything, his voice shaking.
We told him to calm down and wait for the doctor.
A while later, he called back crying uncontrollably. Real tears. Mucus. Panic. The kind of cry that comes from deep fear.
He said the doctor told him he was HIV positive.
They explained that the test had been run twice. The first showed faint visibility, the second was bold and “confirmed”. The doctor consoled him and immediately prescribed antiretroviral medication. He paid ₦300,000 upfront for a three month supply since it wasn’t in stock.
When he asked why it was so expensive, they told him global funding had changed and drugs were now costlier.
That evening, he called me again and told me everything. This was a man preparing for marriage. His whole future felt like it collapsed in one afternoon.
Within a week of emotional breakdowns, he told his family and his fiancée. She cried endlessly at first, then after testing herself and confirming she was negative, she stopped picking his calls. Eventually, her family cut off communication too.
But through it all, one person never stopped pushing, my brother, Dr. Mo.
He kept insisting, “We need to repeat these tests somewhere else.”
My friend resisted at first. He believed the hospital was one of the best. But Dr. Mo drove to his house himself and took him to a diagnostic centre.
They ran the test.
Negative.
He didn’t even know how to react. Relief felt suspicious. So another test was done. Same protocols. Same careful confirmation process.
Negative again.
Dr. Mo looked at him and said calmly,
“Right now it’s one positive, one negative. We need one more to be sure.”
The next day, they went to a government hospital. Two different testing methods were used.
Both came back negative.
That was the moment the weight lifted. Joy, disbelief, anger, relief all mixed together. He said he wanted to call his fiancée immediately.
We told him to call only to inform her of the wrong diagnosis, not to ask for anything back. Some things happen to reveal more than they take.
Because sometimes the real test isn’t medical. It’s life showing you who stays when fear enters the room.
On the brink of elimination, they refused to break. First, they stunned Mancity. Then, they conquered Atlético Madrid. Against all odds, they clawed their way into the playoffs. They just pasted Inter Milan home and away to secure a spot in the Round of 16.
Tunji Disu is a core gentleman and a better police officer. He can clean up the Nigerian police if allowed.
I wish him the best in this new appointment.
Your level of stupidity is so nauseating. That you can ignorantly mix it with falsehood and share in the public, deserves a Tomfoolery award.
That girl was with Rivers Angels last season, before she moved over to Abia Angels prior to the new NWFL season.
@Okon__Isong @chaplinez70 That's why you should always leave a decent life. Her inclusions are suspicious. This is Abuja runs girl now. She was training in Abuja last year when she was without a club. Suddenly, she's now with the club and national team. Not even under age teams. Very suspicious
I heard Senator Ireti Alias Kingibe saying on Channels TV that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is lawless. Issorite.
Who can be more lawless than @IretiKingibe, who is IMPERSONATING as wife of Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, a man she is no longer married to?
Person wey dey bear the name of a man she is not married to as her surname... That one no be lawlessness?
A 2-0 win over City marks a brilliant start for Michael Carrick.
The team's setup, energy & game management were all top-notch.
From start to finish, this was the best I've seen from Man Utd in years.
Keep this up, and maybe that fan will finally get his haircut. 😂😂
Encouraging first half from the Carrick's team. If they had taken their chances they should have been 3-0 up now.
Let's see what happens in the second half.
#MUNMCI
I have just been reminded that it’s not 2026 everywhere in the World:
Ethiopia it’s 2018,Saudi it’s 1447,Isreal it’s 5786,Iran it’s 1404,Thailand it’s 2569,India it’s 1947…etc.
2022: No salary increase
2023: No salary increase
2024: No salary increase
2025: No salary increase
2026 :
Employee: Please accept my resignation.
Boss: You’re doing great. Why are you resigning?
Employee: I accepted an offer with a 95% base salary increase and guaranteed yearly salary cycles as long as I meet my performance goals set by my manager.
48 hours later...
Boss: We will match the 95%, please stay, we need your work!
Employee: Unfortunately, it’s too late. Friday is my last day.
Leaders of organizations need to understand their teams’ motivation every month. Every employee is motivated by different things in different periods. Take care of your good employees before it is too late
Eberechi Eze felt insulted that Spurs tried to sign him, he gave them a Master Clas.
Zubimendi played GG, no body go tell me anything.
This dismantling has sent shockwaves to those other boys from West London. Next Sunday is not too far again.
#WeAreTheArsenal#COYG#ARSTOT
Did he expect the officer to obey him instead of his boss?
Did he need to rant like that?
Why not reach out to the person that gave the order immediately the officer told him?
I can't imagine how many litres of ethanol he dropped there.
If you think US doesn't know the the camps of these terrorists, remember the Navy Seal operation of 31/10/2020. Nigerians were sleeping when it happened.