Chinonso Okafor

Constantly evolving. #MUFC

[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

They hate Ibrahim Traore. They hate Assimi Goita. They hate General Tchiani. They hate the AES. But they love Bola Tinubu. They love Paul Biya. They hate every revolutionary and love the sellouts.

[Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso @KwankwasoRM]

I am deeply concerned by the comments made by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir at an event in Kano this weekend.

At this critical moment in our nation’s history, statements that promote division and disunity must be firmly discouraged. It is particularly troubling to hear such rhetoric from a religious leader of Sheikh Jingir’s stature and influence.

Let it be clearly stated: the good people of Kano do not endorse or support these divisive remarks.

Political and religious leaders alike carry a solemn responsibility to uphold truth, foster unity, and advance reconciliation. We must not lend our voices to utterances capable of undermining the very foundation of our nationhood.

The 2027 general elections will be an opportunity for Nigerians to reward good governance with resounding support and to reject poor performance at the polls. This administration has earned the latter.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. - RMK

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

A senator is in a video asking that voters in his own State be killed

Not a Boko Haram member but a sitting senator

I wait for the reaction of the President and DSS

[Channels Television @channelstv]

"The abuse we are allowing today will take its revenge on our children."

NDC Presidential Candidate Peter Obi speaks on the state of Nigeria’s judiciary and electoral system at the Goodluck Jonathan Democracy Dialogue in Bauchi State.

#GoodluckJonathanDemocracyDialogue

[Davido @davido]

This was a statement by Senator Fadahunsi now on video. Translation

"From now on, whenever you see Accord members, kill them. I authorise you to kill them. They have wives and children too. This is a Federal Government election. On election day, even if they come with voters card, we wont allow them to vote" - Senator Francis Ade Fadahunsi, Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly a whole sitting senator !!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

SENATOR FRANCIS FADAHUNSI’S INCENDIARY RHETORIC AHEAD OF THE OSUN ELECTION

I wish to express my deep regret, and profound concern regarding the recent inflammatory comments and threat-laden rhetoric attributed to Senator Francis Fadahunsi in the lead-up to the Osun State election on Saturday.

As a high-ranking lawmaker representing the people in the National Assembly, Senator Fadahunsi carries a solemn constitutional and moral responsibility to promote peace, uphold democratic norms, and foster unity. It is therefore alarming and unacceptable that a distinguished senator would deploy intimidation, incendiary remarks, or political threats capable of heightening tensions, instilling fear in voters, and potentially inciting electoral violence in Osun State.

Elections are meant to be a celebration of democratic franchise - a peaceful exercise through which citizens freely choose their leaders without intimidation, harassment, or coercion. Resorting to threats of force or disruption undermines the integrity of our electoral process, disrespects the electorate, and threatens the fragile peace of the state.

I therefore respectfully demand that Senator Fadahunsi retract these harmful statements and tender an apology to the peaceful people of Osun State.

All political leaders, stakeholders, and party loyalists across party lines must exercise the utmost restraint, moderate their language, and recommit themselves to peace and democratic decorum.

The relevant security agencies must closely monitor inflammatory statements and ensure equal protection for all citizens, election officials, and voters before, during, and after the polls.

The democratic mandate belongs to the people, and no individual, regardless of status or political office, should attempt to subvert the will of the people through fear or coercion.

I urge the good people of Osun State to remain calm, peaceful, and resolute as they exercise their constitutional civic duty at the polls.

Getting elections right is a necessary step towards a New Nigeria that is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

By Making Excuses for Unverified Certificates, We Are Planting Poison in the Soul of Our Society

A nation that tolerates unverified academic credentials at any level of leadership, regardless of who is involved, risks destroying the very standards upon which a society is built. The issue is not about an individual. It is about standards, accountability, and the values we choose to pass on to the next generation.

We cannot continue to excuse blurred, missing, questionable, or unverified credentials simply because they belong to someone we support. The process through which people attain positions of responsibility matters greatly. How we get into leadership is as important as what we do with leadership.

If we normalise the abandonment of basic verification today, tomorrow we may have professors who never attended a university, doctors who never studied medicine, and judges who never studied law.

That is the dangerous precedent we must never allow. Nigeria cannot sacrifice its future on the altar of today's transactional politics. We must build a society where truth is not partisan, standards are not negotiable, and accountability applies equally to everyone.

History will judge us not only by those we defended, but by the principles we were willing to defend. We must choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiments, and the future over political expediency.

A New Nigeria is possible, but only if we are willing to do the right thing, even when it is inconvenient. -PO

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

Cardinal onayekan spoke the truth, they attacked him

Jingir said something divisive

No words

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

Thank you John Cardinal Onaiyekan for speaking the truth where it’s a scarce commodity.

Thank you.

[Hon Henry Shield @HonShield]

A feud between a drug dealer and a Cardinal, and you chose the side of the criminal? Omo, some of you are not scared for your future?

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

"I hate African puppets more than I hate their foreign puppeteers because foreign interference can't work without local collaborators..."

This is a bullshit statement uttered by cowards and colonised people. What you really mean is this:

"Even though I know that my ultimate enemy is not really my idiot brother who has an outsider's hand up his ass, but the outsider who has his hand up my brother's ass, I am afraid to confront the powerful outsider who is the ultimate source of the problem, so I'd rather fight to the death against the easy target next to me."

It's just regular old African self hatred dressed up in pseudo-intellectual clothes, but some of us see right through it. It's the exact same cowardly behavioural pathology that leads Africans to carry out the most brutal street justice against people who steal phones and snatch purses, while genuflecting on the same street before people who steal entire budgets for hospitals, schools, and roads.

When you are too much of a bitch to tackle your real adversary and confront your own fear, you deflect that energy towards easy and more accessible targets. That's why many Nigerians will agree with me that Bola Tinubu is the spawn of Satan, but the minute I point out that Satan lives in Washington, Tinubu is really just his water carrier, and the US State Department is the actual mastermind behind the deadly assault on Nigeria's economy and security over the past 17 years, the number of retweets will suddenly reduce.

They want to drag Tinubu that looks and sounds like them, but not the CIA director in Langley that is Tinubu's boss.

It's also why some Nigerians completely lose their minds at the mention of the word "Fulani", but they are not interested in finding out how come a nomadic indigenous group of cattle herders suddenly began having access to weapons that even the Nigerian military does not have. They see news about Fulani militia ransacking villages in a mineral-rich region, and their only takeaway is "fuck Fulani people." It never occurs to them to wonder how come these semi-literate nomads came to possess weapons that cost more than Nigeria's per capita income, and why displacement of villages sitting atop mineral riches suddenly became a "Fulani" preoccupation after 2010. Nobody needs that information. Just "Fulani bad" is enough!

The ones who think that Muslim/Yoruba/Hausa/Fulani people are their biggest enemies in the world and that Netanyahu/Trump will give them "Biafra" are not interested in knowing how come what was supposed to be a 6-week "police action" in 1967 turned into a deadly 3-year civil war costing over 3 million lives. They're not interested in the fact that Israel provided arms to both sides, and that France armed "Biafra" not to win, but to make the war drag on and cause maximum suffering to Nigeria as retaliation for Nigeria's public opposition to French nuclear bomb testing in Algeria. All this important context is unimportant. All they know is "This black man that looks just like me and lives down the road from me is my biggest enemy in the world."

Same phenomenon in DR Congo where many Congolese nationalists will tell you that Paul Kagame is Satan himself and Rwanda is the source of all their security problems - but they will never acknowledge that Rwanda by itself can never destabilise a country nearly 100 times bigger without the active and ongoing involvement of a powerful foreign backer. Tshisekedi will loudly excoriate Kagame and condemn Rwanda, then he will enter a plane and fly to Washington to sign a "peace deal" with Rwanda brokered by the very USA that has carefully manufactured every crisis in DRC since 1962, and which is currently building a giant metal straw to suck cheap Congolese minerals from the Kolwezi mining district to Lobito port.

Always avoiding the necessary confrontation with the criminal masterminds by displacing the aggression toward fellow African bottom feeders! Look how well that's been working out for you!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Prosperity cannot come by taxing Poverty

As I travel the world and meet leaders who have transformed their nations, one lesson is clear: lasting economic and social progress begins with national consensus. Transformative leaders—those who successfully unite their people around a shared vision—share a defining quality: honesty. Government must be transparent and truthful because citizens deserve nothing less from those who lead them. True leaders do not exploit their people to enrich themselves and a few cronies; they build trust, unity, and shared purpose - the foundation of sustainable progress.

It is against this standard of honest leadership that Nigeria’s current approach to taxation must be measured. If taxation is to function as a genuine social contract, it must be rooted in sincerity, fairness, and concern for the welfare of the people. Every tax policy should be clearly explained, including its impact on incomes and its expected contribution to national development. Without this transparency, taxation becomes a tool of confusion and burden rather than a mechanism for growth and development.

Nigeria must rethink taxation if it is serious about economic growth, national unity, and shared prosperity. The purpose of sound fiscal policy is not merely to raise revenue; it is to make the people wealthier so that the nation itself becomes stronger. Yet today, Nigerians are asked to pay taxes without clarity, explanation, or visible benefit.

The solution begins with empowering small and medium-sized enterprises in every community. When small businesses thrive, jobs are created, incomes rise, and the tax base expands naturally. You cannot tax your way out of poverty - you must produce your way out of it.

This makes the ongoing tax fraud saga particularly alarming. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, a tax law has reportedly been forged. The National Assembly itself has admitted that the version gazetted is not what was passed into law. Yet citizens are being asked to pay higher taxes under this manipulated framework—without transparency, without explanation, and without corresponding benefits.

There is no virtue in celebrating increased government revenue while the people grow poorer. Taxing poverty does not create wealth; it deepens hardship. Any tax system that makes citizens poorer violates the fundamental principles of good governance and sound fiscal policy.

Nigeria needs a fair, lawful, and people-centred tax system—one that supports production, rewards enterprise, protects the vulnerable, and restores trust between government and citizens. Only then can taxation become a true tool for unity, growth, and shared prosperity. -PO

[Dele Farotimi. A victim of Nigeria @DeleFarotimi]

There is nothing merry about this Christmas, the APC has become the Grinch and stole Christmas and every single joy from the people..🇳🇬🤔

#WhoSoldNigeria

[Dele Farotimi. A victim of Nigeria @DeleFarotimi]

I am irreconcilably opposed to the enforcement of the fraudulent Tax Act, and I hereby place my position on public records for the purpose of mobilizing the public to peacefully resist the implementation. If you have ideas on what to do, please contribute them..

#WhoSoldNigeria

[Chinonso Okafor @Ogivor]

@MTNNG You can actually do better than sending customers random messages that their sim registration has expired. You are better than this. So annoying

[Hope You'll Vote Next Year? @Nedu64]

You failed to give people electricity, they use generators, you tax them.

Demons.

[Pablo Escobar @officialbat419]

Today marks 28 days abduction of Christian school children kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Minna by Fulani terrorists 💔🫩 💔

In no particular order these are the names of 265 students, teachers and non academic staffs in captivity.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Migrating from Padded Budgets to Forged Laws

Our national shame continues to unfold, evident in the decisions made by our leaders, even at the highest levels of government. This shame is highlighted by a deeply troubling—and frankly unacceptable—issue: the documented discrepancies between what the legislature passed and what was ultimately published as law by the executive. This is not merely an administrative oversight; it is a serious matter that strikes at the core of constitutional governance and reveals the extent of our institutional decay.

We have transitioned from a Nigeria where budgets are padded to one where laws are forged—changes that impact taxpayers' rights and, most importantly, access to justice.

Even more alarming is the introduction of new enforcement and coercive powers that the House of Representatives never approved. These include an outrageous requirement for a mandatory 20% deposit before appeals can be heard in court, asset sales without judicial oversight, and the granting of arrest powers to tax authorities.

Perhaps most disturbing is the silence of the Presidency on a matter involving allegations of forgery, institutional sabotage, and abuse of process. Who made these alterations?

All of this must be made public. Nigerians need to understand what was signed, what was passed, and what was formally recorded. We cannot continue to ask citizens to pay more taxes while trust in governance collapses.

We need leadership that follows due process, embraces transparency and accountability, and respects the rule of law. No nation can thrive where laws are forged and silence replaces leadership.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

The presidency has said nothing over the tax bill alterations

This silence is loud enough

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

“A police DSP can get an iPhone through a loan or gift. Police too are humans”

But a young hardworking Nigerian youth can not own an iPhone 17 Pro Max through a ‘gift’ or ‘loan’ or ‘savings’ right???

E reach your turn, you now remember police are humans.

NO. You are thieves.
That same brainless profiling you do to successful young people with iPhones is exactly what should be done to you also.

You are nothing but shameless dirty thieves.