I can't get it, the lawyer are you trying to say is good and justifiable as VDM was present at the conference not even as witnesses but as a speaker to the learned people, one of the professions people have high regards for. VDM that has disrespected rule of law(which they are the custodian )several times
I am not angry and he’s evidently angry. It’s crazy how people can’t separate their personal dislike for someone from issues😂😂 even as he is, what can he point to have done for people? Again, I find it funny that even me as much as I claim not to like VDM, I can’t resist the urge to defend him against these people
“CHEAPER FUEL MUST MEAN CHEAPER TRANSPORT FARES”: PRESIDENT TINUBU, GOVERNORS MOVE TO CUT TRANSPORT FARES NATIONWIDE
I am pleased with my discussion with the Governors’ Forum this afternoon. The Governors have, on their own initiative, resolved to take immediate measures to bring down the cost of transportation in their states, with a strong focus on leveraging the cost benefits of CNG and electric vehicles.
The Federal Government is already investing significantly in this energy transition. Through the Presidential CNG Initiative, over 120,000 vehicles have been converted nationwide, with more than 100,000 additional conversion kits in the works. At the same time, we continue to expand conversion centres and refuelling infrastructure nationwide.
The Federal Government, through the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, is currently financing more than 100 gas projects across the country, including 15 CNG mother stations and 86 daughter stations. In May, I commissioned four of these projects in Lagos, Abuja and Owerri, including a 15-station refuelling network in Lagos and an Abuja facility that can serve 1,000 cars and tricycles and 50 trucks and buses a day.
I have also directed the additional rollout of another 500 CNG refuelling stations nationwide in addition to the 500 stations ordered earlier in the year by the Fund, bringing the programme to 1,000 stations across the country.
Intra-state transport is where Nigerians feel the cost most directly, and it is where the states hold the levers. I am encouraged that our Governors are moving to bring these benefits closer to the people they serve.
We have agreed to set up a joint Federal and State committee to begin implementing these measures immediately. A vehicle running on CNG spends 60 to 80 per cent less on fuel than one running on petrol.
From October 1, our goal is that Nigerians begin to partake in those savings through lower transport fares.
We have agreed that cheaper fuel should result in cheaper fares!
Each tier of government must keep doing its part and work together for the benefit of every Nigerian.
Nigeria First.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Aso Villa
Abuja
27 August, 2026
@NigeriaGov@NGRPresident
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a full reform of Nigerian football after years of missed tournaments and weak results from the national teams.
The president instructed the National Sports Commission to work with the Nigeria Football Federation and other stakeholders to fix governance, administration, youth development, domestic leagues, and accountability.
President Tinubu said football gets more public support and attention than any other sport in the country, yet it keeps falling short because of structural problems. He said Nigeria has the talent and resources, but the institutions behind the game have not been strong enough.
Authorities were also told to engage FIFA and CAF as part of the process, while staying within international football rules. The NSC chairman is to work with the NFF secretariat so day-to-day football administration continues during the transition.
The president asked football stakeholders and Nigerians to support the change and help build a more accountable system.
The order came on the same day NFF President Ibrahim Gusau and members of his board resigned, following the Super Eagles’ failure to reach the 2026 World Cup and other recent setbacks.
RE:STATEMENTS MADE AT THE NBA CONFERENCE, PORT HARCOURT, REGARDING POLICE COMPLICITY IN KIDNAPPING INCIDENTS
The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to comments made by Mr. Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as “VeryDarkMan(VDM),” at the recent Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference in Port Harcourt, in which he alleged that police officers manning checkpoints along major highways relay information to kidnappers and bandits regarding the identity and movement of travellers, thereby facilitating abductions for ransom.
The Nigeria Police Force takes all allegations concerning the conduct of its personnel seriously. We wish to state clearly:
1. On the Nature of the Allegation
The Nigeria Police Force firmly rejects these allegations as unsubstantiated and unfairly damaging to an institution entrusted with the protection of millions of Nigerians. Allegations of this gravity demand a corresponding standard of evidence, and that standard has not yet been met.
For the avoidance of doubt, police personnel deployed to checkpoints and other locations nationwide are there to prevent crime, detect criminal activity and protect citizens, not to facilitate kidnapping. Indeed, these same police officers routinely confront the very criminal elements alleged to be receiving such information. Police personnel have been ambushed, attacked and killed, while police stations, formations and operational assets have equally been targeted by terrorists, kidnappers and other violent criminals.
2. Our Officers Deserve Better Than Blanket Accusations
The Nigeria Police Force is made up of hundreds of thousands of officers who report for duty daily under difficult, underfunded, and often dangerous conditions, many of them at checkpoints exposed to the very criminal elements they are trying to keep off our roads. Sweeping public accusations that paint the entire Force as complicit in the crimes it exists to prevent are deeply demoralizing to these officers and unfair to the majority who serve with integrity. Where individual officers are found to have compromised their duty, they will face the full weight of internal discipline and the law. But an entire institution should not be condemned on the strength of a public statement made without evidence.
3. Invitation to Substantiate
Accordingly, the Nigeria Police Force hereby invites Mr. Martins Vincent Otse to produce, without delay, the evidence upon which he based these serious allegations, including any evidence that police personnel at checkpoints identify wealthy individuals and subsequently transmit information about them to kidnappers for the purpose of facilitating their abduction. Any such information will be treated with urgency and investigated thoroughly. We encourage any member of the public with credible evidence of officer misconduct to come forward through these channels rather than through public allegation alone, so that appropriate action can be taken.
4. On Resourcing
The Nigeria Police Force remains committed to transparency and accountability. We will continue to investigate all credible allegations of misconduct,however they arise, and we will not hesitate to act where wrongdoing is established.
However, the sacrifices of our personnel and the integrity of the institution will not be casually diminished by unverified allegations. Anyone with credible evidence of misconduct should bring it forward through the appropriate channels for investigation in accordance with the law.
The Force calls on members of the public to exercise responsibility in making and sharing allegations concerning national security institutions and to distinguish between legitimate criticism, which strengthens accountability, and unsubstantiated claims, which can endanger public trust and national security.
CSP Ani Iniedu, anipr
Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters, Abuja
27th August , 2026
I don’t think I’ll ever look at Nigerian lawyers the same way again.
Just look at them queuing up to take selfies with a retired porn star. The whole thing is honestly embarrassing.
I blame those that have him the medium, the way I give regards to law practitioners eee, they really fall my hands with this, maybe next year they should invite Portable, Sheik Gummi and may be Peller
When you hear utterances like "the military men are the unknown gunmen," followed by such simplistic, kindergarten level analysis in the presence of military officials, and the audience applauding, you begin to wonder whether the purpose of the event was genuinely to engage on security issues, or simply to smear and undermine the military.
When institutions that should uphold expertise begin rewarding ignorance with prestigious platforms, you know our society is being dumbed down. This is such a low point.
No matter the English, those who don’t buy the idea of subsidy removal would hardly change their mind.
Those who understand and buy the idea of subsidy removal need no explanation.
It has been the same English for the last 3 years, and the populist statement by Atiku has left the government in a state of “you go explain tire…”
What a lovely tribute!
This is beautiful. No one comes close to combining Ogogo's class, carriage, eloquence, action and gentleness! A great man is lost. 😭
May Allah accept his return
VeryDarkMan arrives now at the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Rivers State….. be like say na only online people no like VDM🌚
She has 7 trucks.
Built 105 boreholes
Built 120 houses for his staff
Sponsored 108 people to hajj
Has about 1000 students on schorlaship in private schools.
30 years in business
And lots more
In reality, no woman has ever qualified as a U.S. Navy SEAL.
No woman has been publicly confirmed to have completed British SAS selection and become a badged operator, and there is no publicly confirmed female Delta Force assault operator.
These are the facts based on publicly available records.