🇧🇫🇫🇷Burkina Faso formally end all diplomatic relations with France:
In a news that is likely to send shockwave across the imperialist world, Burkina Faso announced it is ending diplomatic relations with France, following the EU resolution that was spareheaded by Paris.
The consequences of this decision is that the French embassy in Burkina Faso will will forced to close .
@officialABAT strategy to avoid electoral loss in 2027 seems extreme and desperate. I believe he will lose out. But it could lead to extreme response. The tragedy is that the current desperation and recklessness may destroy the entire edifice of Nigerian democracy even in their failure.
I hope there are enough patriots to step in and save Nigeria when that happens.
May Nigeria survive.
Six Years and Counting: Oil Well Fire Still Raging in Ondo State, Destroying Marine Life and Livelihoods
An oil well fire off the coast of Ondo State has been burning for six years, since May 2020, causing severe environmental and economic devastation in the Awoye community . The fire at the Ororo-1 well in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 95 has killed marine life, polluted water bodies, and increased ocean surges, with no end in sight .
Despite repeated appeals to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Chevron, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, the fire continues to burn . Chevron Nigeria Limited, which originally operated the well, had previously extinguished a 2019 fire within 74 days at a similar site . However, the Ororo-1 well has been left to burn for years after its ownership reverted to the Federal Government .
Residents of Awoye, once known for its cocoa production and thriving fishing industry, are now struggling to survive . Fishermen can no longer fish near the fire, and catches have drastically declined . The Health of Mother Earth Foundation has described the site as a "symbol of ecocide and outright neglect" by the Nigerian state . Stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to take responsibility and extinguish the fire immediately .
Governors who are puppets of the president will not use state police to save Nigerians from being killed and kidnapped. This is just noise and distraction.
A step towards peace between Israel and Lebanon was made today!
Israel's Ambassador to the US: "We put the train back on the tracks. And it is traveling in the right direction. The final destination - peace between our two countries"
🚨🇮🇱🇺🇸 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: "Israel's survival is not in the hands of any army or state, but in the hands of the Creator of the universe."
Jeffrey Epstein's top client, Leon Black, confidently walks out of his closed-door hearing from the Oversight Committee, which is being conducted by AIPAC-funded members of Congress.
Leon Black voluntarily showed up and is not expected to face any further criminal investigation.
He has been accused of r*ping and torturing multiple children with Jeffrey Epstein.
This is all theater.
Lokoja Judgment: An Unnecessary Serious Setback for Nigerian Democracy
Today was an exceptionally busy day. I left Lagos in the early hours for Emekuku, where I visited the School of Nursing Sciences, an institution I have consistently supported over the years. It was gratifying to inspect projects funded through my previous interventions, including the school’s computer laboratory. Such investments reaffirm my belief that education remains one of the strongest foundations for national development.
From there, I attended the 80th birthday celebration of the Emeritus Archbishop of Owerri, Most Rev. Dr Anthony Obinna, whose commitment to justice, peace, and the common good has inspired many, before proceeding to Madonna University for another engagement.
It was at Madonna University that I received the court news of the Lokoja court rulings through my brother, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Every Nigerian committed to the country’s progress should be deeply concerned. This judgment represents another setback for our democracy and the institutions upon which our future depends.
It is regrettable that some who claim to champion democracy now appear determined to weaken the very institutions that sustain it. In doing so, they are undermining public confidence and endangering the future of millions of Nigerians.
The legislature and the judiciary are increasingly being drawn into this pattern of institutional decline. Democracy cannot thrive where institutions lose their independence and credibility.
Those who seek to weaken Nigeria’s democratic foundations will not ultimately prevail. When a similar situation recently affected the ADC, I condemned it without hesitation. I do so again today because my position has always been guided by principle.
My concern is not about who becomes President. My concern is that Nigeria works. Our politics must move beyond the quest for power and focus instead on building a united nation founded on justice, strong institutions, the rule of law, and equal opportunity. That is the Nigeria we owe ourselves and the one we must leave for future generations.
I therefore urge all well-meaning Nigerians to rise above partisan interests and defend our democracy. The survival of our institutions is inseparable from the survival of our nation. It's when we work together that a new Nigeria of our dream is made POssible. -PO