Nigerians paid over ₦2.3 trillion to kidnappers in one year.
Our entire federal education budget was about ₦2.18 trillion.
Think about that.
We invested more in fear than in learning.
More money went to criminals than to educating our children.
No nation can develop when kidnapping becomes a bigger industry than education.
Building a Healthier Nigeria Through Stronger Healthcare Systems
As part of our desire and commitment to building a healthier Nigeria, I met with some healthcare professionals and experts in the United States on Friday, June 5, 2026. The meeting was essentially to deepen my understanding of how successful health insurance systems deliver improved healthcare, especially in the areas of primary and emergency care.
One of our key health objectives remains unchanged: to expand health insurance coverage, strengthen primary healthcare across our electoral wards, train more healthcare workers, and make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for all Nigerians.
A New Nigeria must be a healthier Nigeria.
A New Nigeria is possible. -PO
After the ₦2 million ransom was paid to the second group, on December 2, 2025, something unexpected happened that changed everything.
The young errand boy who delivered food and ran errands for the kidnappers was given just ₦15,000 from the ₦2 million ransom. Feeling cheated and angry, he became frustrated with them. In a moment that would change our lives, he dropped the keys to our chains and handcuffs and walked away, carrying only his gun and the clothes on his back.
The moment we noticed the keys, we quietly struggled to reach them. With trembling hands and pounding hearts, we managed to unlock our chains and handcuffs. We knew this was our only chance. Without looking back, we ran into the thick forest.
For three days, we trekked through the wilderness with little strength left in us. We were exhausted, hungry, dehydrated, and terrified of being caught again. Every step felt like a battle between hope and fear.
On the third day, we finally came across a farmer and his family harvesting beans on their farm. Desperate and weak, we explained what had happened to us. Moved by our condition, the farmer immediately called his son to help us get to the nearest village, Esanlu Esa in Kogi State.
By God's grace, there was an Army base in the village. The soldiers received us, listened to our story, and provided assistance. Later that same day, they helped us reach Ado-Ekiti.
That was the day my nightmare finally ended.
After everything I endured the chains, the hunger, the beatings, the fear, and the uncertainty, I escaped the kidnappers' den alive. It is a day I will never forget for the rest of my life. 💔🙏🏽😭
The abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014 triggered a global movement. One school abduction was enough to unite Nigerians, attract international attention, and place enormous pressure on the government through the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
Yet, what has happened since then should trouble every Nigerian.
Under President Buhari's eight years in office, Nigeria witnessed about ten school abductions. Under President Tinubu's administration, in just three years, we have already recorded over ten school abductions.
Despite these repeated tragedies, there has been neither sustained national outrage nor significant international attention comparable to what followed Chibok.
This raises an important question: have we become so accustomed to insecurity that what once shocked our national conscience is now treated as normal?
At a time when millions of Nigerians are grappling with insecurity, poverty, and hardship, it is deeply troubling that those in power appear more focused on political calculations and preparations for the next election than on addressing the urgent challenges confronting our people.
It is, therefore, no surprise that some observers have labelled us a "Now Disgraced Nation". While we do not agree with any attempt to define our great country by its present difficulties, we must acknowledge that persistent insecurity, economic hardship, and leadership failure have damaged our reputation and standing among nations.
The answer is not denial, propaganda, or political distraction. The answer is leadership that is competent, compassionate, accountable, and genuinely committed to the welfare and security of the Nigerian people.
The Nigerian youth must not become indifferent. We must all refuse to normalise failure.
Young Nigerians - Take back your country!
A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO
Now that these blood sucking demons are requesting for Sharis laws to be implemented in Oyo State. You can see why Islamic clerics are so dead silent about this kidnapping!!! Can they call their people to order??
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Dear Young Nigerians,
One lesson from the 2023 elections, particularly in Lagos, should never be forgotten.
In the period following the presidential election and leading up to the governorship election, we witnessed a troubling shift in public discourse. Conversations that should have focused on competence, governance, development, and the future of our nation were gradually diverted towards tribal sentiments, ethnic divisions, and unnecessary suspicion among citizens.
Many sincere and well-meaning Nigerians participated in these conversations without realising that they were being drawn into narratives carefully designed by others.
Throughout history, whenever politicians find it difficult to compete on ideas, performance, character, or vision, some resort to exploiting the fault lines of ethnicity, religion, and identity. Their calculation is simple: a divided people are easier to manipulate than a united people.
Today, I see similar efforts emerging again, sometimes in more subtle and sophisticated ways. Narratives are planted, amplified, and circulated, often by individuals who genuinely believe they are defending a worthy cause, without recognizing the broader agenda behind such campaigns.
Let me state clearly that Pastor Enoch Adeboye remains one of the foremost fathers of faith in our nation. For decades, he has consistently preached the virtues of peace, prayer, love, reconciliation, and national unity. Even when faced with provocation, his response has always reflected humility, restraint, wisdom, and grace.
At 84 years of age, it would be unfair for young and able-bodied Nigerians to transfer to him responsibilities that properly belong to them. The task of building a better Nigeria rests primarily on the shoulders of the younger generation. It is their duty to lead the conversations, champion the reforms, and drive the positive change our nation urgently requires.
We must be careful not to become instruments in the hands of those who secretly nurture division while publicly preaching unity. In most cases, their target is not the individual being attacked; instead, it is the person who is attacking. Their real objective is to weaken the bonds that hold us together as one people and one nation.
I therefore urge all young Nigerians: do not allow anyone to recruit you into hatred. Do not allow anyone to weaponise your ethnicity, your faith, or your admiration for respected leaders.
Question every narrative. Verify every claim. Follow the facts. Resist manipulation.
The Nigeria of our dreams can only be built by citizens who refuse to be divided, who choose unity over hatred, and who place our collective future above narrow interests.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
You people ask so very dumb questions.
There’s nothing that is going on in that country that the government is not a part and parcel of. Lots of you want to falsely hope that the government doesn’t want to do anything.
They are very much aware and aiding everything happening.
VIDEO: Fulani terror!st seen moving/exporting mined minerals out of the country through a Turkish Aircraft .…..
Why is the government not doing anything
Whenever you abandon good conscience, you have taken a step against God. You people should read the Bible very well. This kind of manipulative christianity we are practicing in Nigeria is weird o!
It doesn’t matter who you are, the moment you act outside of good conscience, you’ve done evil. Again, no one who is silent about the killings is doing so in good conscience. They are quiet because they don’t want to lose favours with evil and demonic men who don’t care for the lives of Nigerians. God will judge! And to those who blatantly support this evil regime, you will suffer from it!
What is happening in Nigeria is everyone’s business!!!!!!!!
Please release these children for the sake of our shared humanity
I am deeply shocked and heartbroken by the condition in which these abducted school children are, as seen from their flagellated bodies. It is a painful reminder of the depth of insecurity in our land.
I have always made it clear that the society we abuse today will take its revenge on our children tomorrow. When I first began making that statement, some of these children were not even born. This is a classic example of how the abuse of governance and society today can produce devastating consequences long after the abusers are gone.
It is on the same line that I argue that the loans our leaders take today will hurt our children in the future, as many of them will mature for repayment and consequences long after we are gone.
To those holding these children, I make a direct appeal to your conscience. Remember that these are innocent children - sons and daughters of people who have placed their hopes, dreams, and entire future in them. In every one of them, you will find reflections of your own children, your own family, and your own humanity.
No grievance, no hardship, no justification can ever outweigh the sanctity of a child’s life and innocence. Whatever path has led to this moment, there is still room for remorse, for humanity, and for a change of heart.
I therefore appeal to your sense of mercy: release these children immediately. Let them go. Return them safely to society to reunite with their families. -PO
It’s how politics and social issues expose our hypocrisy for me. This is because Christianity is tested with real life issues. Issues that happen when our “praise the Lord, hallelujah” is over. Issues of justice, fairness, equity and good conscience.
We then wonder why our prayers for Nigeria are not working. It’s simple.
Our prayers are futile because we pray, yet engage in unrighteousness. We are defensive and want to protect an image instead of directly speaking the truth to power.
We want to maintain our access to the evil people ruining this nation, so we cannot directly call them out and take a stand against the evil in Nigeria. It’s disappointingly shameful.
I had N3m before marriage, my wife had N2m before marriage too.
In marriage, that figure becomes N5m ideally. Our money.
We can set out N2m out of my N3m to gamble with it (if the venture no work, no wahala)...we both won't feel it like that.
We bank my remaining N1m as defence to be paying us small-small.
Her own N2m, we'll use it for rent and other miscellaneous (some that'd also bring in money).
In marriage, it's our money. The load reduces on both sides.