A particular presidential candidate recruited 5 influencers, 4,000 social media attackers, imported 4,000 techno phones in 2023 to tear this country down. Much of what you see online are influenced to paint the country black. That online mob has grown to 11,000.
China did not pull 800 million people out of poverty in 3 years. Dubai did not do it in 3 years. No nation did it in 3 years. Tinubu cannot pull 230 million Nigerians out of poverty in three years. What is he doing is putting the nation on the path to that recovery and growth.
- Mr. George
How State Police Bill Is Designed to Prevent Governors’ Abuse of Power
For many Nigerians, this has always been the biggest concern about State Police.
What safeguards are actually in the bill?
I break down the oversight mechanisms, intervention powers, and protections designed to prevent abuse.
Do you think they are enough?
We have laws. Let's practise what we have first so that we can see the difference and we can see the gap. Whatever is in the law today has no meaning, has not been practised. What is the guarantee that any alteration, anything, can be practised?
- Garba Maidoki, Senator, Kebbi South Senatorial District, speaking on whether state police will address Nigeria's security challenge.
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Algorithms Are Colonising African Youths
Nigerian historian Iyo Obietonbara argues that social media algorithms are a tool of colonialism, influencing what African youths consider valuable. Instead of building organisations to struggle for liberation, many of our young people are making videos about trivial matters.
Do you agree? Disagree? Drop us a comment.
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Since YCee has awakened Nigerians to the “Olodo uprising” debate, here’s a report on how the big tech giants weaponize their algorithms to dumb down the Nigerian/African population.
It’s my favorite report for the @Spearhead_Af from last year, but evergreen. Make sure you follow the @Spearhead_Af for more of this every single day.
“To start Akara business doesn't take a lot of money. To start roasting corn and kuli-kuli doesn't take much. We didn't give them a loan, we gave them a grant. We have encouraged Nigerians as best as we could.”
- First Lady Remi Tinubu
These newly surfaced clips of my interactions with Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola are yet another reminder that my commitment to the struggle for justice, democracy, and the liberation of Nigeria did not begin today. Long before many of those now occupying positions of power found their voices, I was already on the frontlines of the June 12 struggle, standing with Nigerians against military dictatorship and demanding that the people’s mandate be respected.
The irony is striking: many of the opportunists, enablers, and pretenders who either opposed, ignored, or later hijacked that democratic struggle are now in positions of authority and seek to suppress those who remained faithful to its ideals. They may wield state power today, but history has shown repeatedly that repression cannot extinguish a just cause.
These clips are not merely historical artifacts; they are evidence of consistency. They show a young activist standing with the democratic movement when it was dangerous to do so, and they connect directly to the same principles that continue to guide the struggle today.
Those who now deploy the machinery of the state against dissent should remember that every generation produces its oppressors and its resisters. The oppressors enjoy temporary power; the resisters ultimately inherit history.
They will be defeated. The cause of justice endures. The struggle continues. #TakeItBack #Sowore2027 #SoworeForPresident
Deng Xiaoping's former interpreter, Prof. Zhang Weiwei:
"Chairman Mao laid China's foundation -- literacy, public health, women's liberation, land reform. India's problem is they did not have a Chairman Mao."
China: poorer than Zimbabwe in 1978, now leads US in 57 of 64 tech.
Episode 15 of Power and Plunder will come tomorrow, 25th June. Episode 16, which is the final episode for now, will come about a week later.
It’s been an incredible journey and I thank you all for sharing and interacting with this project. My team and I are grateful for your support. We hope it will continue to be helpful to anyone with the desire to learn a thing or two about Nigeria’s political history.
There are a few bonus episodes we’re working on that will shed light on some characters. We will release them as soon as they’re ready.
In the coming weeks, we will shift attention to other stories we have been working on from around the continent. But be rest assured that we are committed to telling our stories and this is just the beginning.
Thank you for your incredible support.
This was Tinubu calling out Funsho Williams of the PDP to explain how they arrived at N376 million for 4 kilometers of road. Today, Lagos-Calabar coastal highway is almost N20 billion per kilometer.