BREAKING! The Nigerian Police Force deployed tear gas to block determined civilians from searching the bush to flush out terrorists and kidnappers.
According to a local youth leader, a large crowd mobilized to pursue terrorists raiding their communities but was heavily confronted by police.
Rather than facilitating a coordinated sweep, police used tear gas to block the civilian search party from entering the bushes, sparking frustration among locals who feel abandoned to face ongoing violence without official protection.
Nigerians Must Not Be Abandoned to Disaster Risks
As the global community observes the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction today, we must acknowledge that millions of Nigerians confront not only natural hazards but also avoidable crises resulting from governance failures.
Throughout the country, citizens face flooding, insecurity, displacement, hunger, malnutrition, deteriorating infrastructure, increasing poverty, and the loss of livelihoods. Inadequate planning, fragile institutions, insufficient emergency preparedness, and the failure to place citizens’ welfare first have made everyday existence a disaster for many people.
Although disasters cannot always be prevented, their effects can be limited through accountable leadership, early warning mechanisms, responsible land-use planning, durable infrastructure, efficient emergency services, and prompt humanitarian assistance. When governments fail to identify risks in advance or respond effectively to emergencies, the most vulnerable citizens bear the greatest burden.
The success of governance should be judged not by revenue totals, economic indicators, or official ceremonies but by the people’s safety, dignity, and quality of life. No government can credibly claim progress while citizens are displaced by floods, abducted by criminals, forced into hunger, or left without protection from predictable threats.
I urge governments at every level to pursue a people-focused approach to reducing disaster risks by investing in prevention, enhancing emergency response, ensuring accountability in the administration of disaster funds, and delivering prompt relief and lasting rehabilitation to affected communities.
Nigeria must not accept avoidable suffering as normal. Protecting the safety, security, and welfare of our people is a core responsibility of government. We must create a nation in which sound governance limits risks, safeguards lives, and affords every citizen a fair opportunity to live in safety and dignity.
Nigerians thoroughly insulated from the most severe effects of disasters is OK and POssible. -PO
Celebrating Macroeconomic stability Amidst Increasing Poverty!
The recent World Bank report which noted improvements in few macroeconomic indicators such as economic growth and revenue generation should not be misinterpreted and mispresented by the incompetent President Bola Tinubu led APC Government as evidence that the standard of living of Nigerians is improving. Nigerians and even the World Bank know that the criteria for economic development is whether poverty is declining, whether jobs are created for our youths, and whether we are reducing acute inequality. In the case of Nigeria under President Tinubu the answer is no. So-called ‘economic stability’ has not resulted in higher living standards, improved employment opportunities, and reduction of poverty and inequality across Nigeria.
An economy is not truly stabilized simply because government revenue increases, foreign reserves strengthen, or GDP grows. Stability exists when citizens can afford food, obtain healthcare, provide education for their children, and live with dignity.
What comfort does higher revenue offer a mother who cannot provide her children with a nutritious meal? What does higher government revenue mean to a family forced to choose between purchasing food and paying for medicine? What benefit do celebrated reforms provide when ordinary Nigerians continue to bear intolerable costs and hardship?
In the report titled, ‘Beyond the Federal Purse: How Higher Revenues Reshaped State Priorities’, The World Bank noted that the Federal Government spent a whooping N7.7 trillion on debt interest payments alone in the first six months of 2026 from January to June. This represents about 124.2% of our total revenue of N6.2 trillion within the same period with debt interest payment exceeding revenue by about N1.5 trillion. How do you explain the unsustainable debt crisis even with exponential increase in revenue that we have had since 2023?
. Imagine a situation where borrowing and revenue have exponentially increased but expenditure on capital projects reduced by about N700billion in the first half of this year. In comparison, the APC led Federal Government spends about 11 times more on interest payment than on capital projects. The explanation is clearly attributed to reckless borrowing, corruption and incompetence of the President Bola Tinubu led APC Government.
President Bola Tinubu and his incompetent team must recognize that intentionally presenting and projecting incomplete economic statistics cannot replace the critical measure of how reform impacts on the welfare of the people. A government cannot expect citizens to applaud statistics while they struggle to survive the effects of its policies. How do you celebrate when about 140 million Nigerians are classified as multi- dimensionally poor with a recent UNDP report listing Nigeria as one of the countries where gains made in reducing poverty have been reversed.
Rufai Oseni is arguably one of the greatest journalists of our time. His courage, incisive questioning, and commitment to holding those in power accountable make him stand out. A true force in Nigerian journalism! 🎙️👏
“President Bola Tinubu imagine the kind of impunity you enabled in Nigeria all in the name of securing a second term,you have let power intoxicated clowns like the FCT minister to forget their place.”
~ Verydarkman says as he react to video of Wike
I am delighted to join The @EmirSirdam Show live this evening for an engaging conversation about Nigeria, our challenges, and the road ahead.
I look forward to sharing my thoughts and, more importantly, listening to Nigerians as we continue the conversation about building a New Nigeria that is POssible.
Join us live on TikTok: @theemirsirdamshow
Time - 8:00 PM WAT | Sunday, 11 October 2026
A New Nigeria is POssible. - PO
“I bought fuel worth ₦80,000 and worked all night yesterday as a Bolt and inDrive driver. All I made was ₦60,000, leaving me with nothing to take home to feed my family.
I have four children and a wife to take care of. I pay their school fees, provide food for them, and still have to service my car.”
~ A Bolt driver protests against low fares on the platform.
''I want to tell Aliko Dangote, please don’t rush to start the refinery because, when I’m sworn in as President of Kenya next year, you will be heading back to Nigeria. We Kenyans have business people who can start the refinery,'' EX-KDF Soldier Patrick Osoi says
If anyone explains Nigeria to you and you understand, there's actually something wrong with you mentally..
This is what you get when "fuck good governance" is your retort to conversations on policies that determine your livability.
"Joash Amupitan, the APC member heading INEC, we will announce our PRIVATELY COLLATED RESULTS for the 2027 election…..
If you like do conference from now till tomorrow….."
— Nigerian man clears Joash Amupitan
APC, Tinubu and INEC will surely refuse to DECLARE Peter Obi winner of 2027 election.
Dear Nigerians,
Prepare for this in January 2027!
Prepare your minds, body and souls!!
Ola Yomi Koiki, an investigative journalist, has exposed the $11 million mansion of Seyi Tinubu, located at 38 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, City of Westminster, London.
The mansion is the only one that is gated and fully closed off from prying eyes, so that no one can see what is inside.
THIS FAMILY REALLY DEALT WITH LAGOS STATE MONEY…
ONE DAY THE DAMAGE TINUBU IS DOING TO LAGOS WILL BLOW YOU UR MIND, AND THAT DAY IS FAST APPROACHING..
Do you know that Nigeria spends more money servicing the air fleet of the failed calamity Tinubu @officialABAT than it spends on maintaining the entire NAF @NigAirForce fleet?
2027 = End this CURSE❗️