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[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

A President and the Endless Question of His Past

As a citizen of no other country, who has never sought foreign citizenship even when doing so became fashionable, my loyalty to Nigeria and my faith in her destiny remain unshaken.

Yesterday, 30th of August, being Sunday, I fervently prayed for our nation and for those entrusted with the solemn responsibility of leadership. I found myself deeply saddened by the direction in which our country is heading.

It is profoundly embarrassing that we have reached a point where a sitting President is asking a foreign court to withhold records concerning his past, particularly records relating to matters of legitimate public interest.

Leadership, in my humble view, demands the courage and humility to confront one’s history — to acknowledge mistakes, provide candid explanations where questions arise, and, where necessary, apologise and seek forgiveness. True authority is strengthened, not diminished, when a leader accepts responsibility rather than seeks to shield uncomfortable aspects of the past from legitimate scrutiny.

This becomes particularly important when questions concern educational credentials. Issues surrounding foundational schooling — primary and secondary — should not remain unresolved or be addressed primarily through legal proceedings. Nigerians deserve clear, credible, and verifiable explanations, especially when such had been submitted in the past.

My deepest concern is the example this sets for more than 200 million Nigerians, particularly the over 30 million young people in schools. The nation’s highest office should exemplify integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.

An imperfect past is part of the human condition. What matters is the willingness to confront it with humility, honesty and deep apology, to make amends where necessary and, when circumstances so demand, to place the interests of the nation above personal ambition.

When will our political class fully appreciate that individual ambitions are temporary, while the nation endures? The Presidency is an office held for a season; the moral standards established by those who occupy it can influence generations.

Nigeria is greater than any one person, and the integrity of the Republic must always come before the interests of the individual.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

“This is day 4 my sister and other corps members were taken away by kidn@ppers, up till now, NYSC and the government are yet to do anything.”

~ sister of abducted NYSC corps member cries out

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@HighChiefOkoro Source: Trust me naa...I go lie for you.

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[iOccupyNigeria @iOccupyNigeria]

🚨 WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE TINUBU FBI FILES & WHAT WE MUST DO 🚨

A critical milestone has just been reached in the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case regarding historical law enforcement records concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Greenspan v. EOUSA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01816).
The FBI has submitted sensitive investigative files to U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell under seal and in camera (privately).

Meanwhile, President Tinubu’s legal team filed motions asking the court to block public release, citing individual privacy rights under FOIA Exemption 7(C).

230 million Nigerians deserve complete, unredacted transparency—not secret reviews behind closed doors.

DO NOT CALL THE JUDGE’S CHAMBERS

Many people want to call U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell’s office to demand the release of these records. Calling chambers will not work:

Judges Do Not Take Public Votes: U.S. federal judges hold lifetime appointments. They do not have constituents or voters, and they do not tally phone calls or public opinions to make legal rulings.

Ethics Rules Block Private Messages: Under U.S. federal court rules, staff are legally prohibited from passing off-the-record phone calls or emails to a judge (ex parte communication limits).

Phone Lines Will Be Blocked: If thousands call, court staff will disconnect the line or set it to an unmonitored voicemail. It will not reach the judge or impact the case.

WHAT WE MUST DO INSTEAD: PUT PRESSURE ON THE MEDIA

Federal judges do not check phone logs, but they do evaluate public interest standards, and global newsrooms monitor public demand.

Under U.S. FOIA law, privacy claims can be overridden if there is a compelling, documented public interest in disclosure. We show that public interest by making international media cover this court battle.

Over the next 24 to 48 hours, email newsrooms and legal reporters. Force mainstream outlets to pay attention to this judicial review and report on the global demand for transparency.

COPY & PASTE EMAIL TO SEND TO NEWSROOMS

Subject: MEDIA TIP: Public Interest in U.S. Court FOIA Suit Over Nigerian President's FBI Dossier (Case No. 1:23-cv-01816)

To the Newsroom / Foreign Desk / Legal Desk,
I am writing to alert your desk to an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit before Senior Judge Beryl A. Howell in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Greenspan v. EOUSA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01816).
The FBI has submitted sensitive 1990s investigative records concerning Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the court under seal and in camera. Simultaneously, legal interventions have been filed to block their public release under FOIA Exemption 7(C) privacy protections.
Over 230 million citizens have a fundamental right to unredacted transparency regarding the documented history of their Head of State. We urge your outlet to report on this ongoing proceeding, investigate the public interest standard for unsealing, and bring global media scrutiny to this critical FOIA review.
Case Reference: Greenspan v. Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys et al. (Case No. 1:23-cv-01816, D.D.C.)

Your name,

MEDIA CONTACT DIRECTORY
Send the email above to these newsrooms and investigative tip lines:
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP FOIA Desk): [email protected]
Politico Newsroom Tips: [email protected]
ProPublica Investigative Desk: [email protected]
The Washington Post (Foreign Desk): [email protected]
The New York Times (News Desk): [email protected]
BBC News / Africa Desk: [email protected]
Al Jazeera English Investigations: [email protected]

CC though they are aware and already covering it:
Peoples Gazette Investigative Desk: [email protected]
Premium Times Newsroom: [email protected]
Sahara Reporters Editorial: [email protected]

Pass this along. Do not waste energy calling the court—put the spotlight on the media! 🇳🇬

[gst @wearegst]

gst’s quick take: "Pablo" is UNFIT TO BE NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT.

Tinubu’s lawyers just filed a 16-page federal court motion in the United States to completely block the FBI, DEA, and DOJ from releasing hidden law enforcement files linked to a notorious 1990s drug trafficking investigation.

Let’s look at the facts they are desperate to bury:

1. In 1993, Tinubu forfeited $460,000 to the U.S. government following a massive white-powder narcotics and money laundering probe in Chicago.

2. The cash — linked by federal agents to heroin trafficking pools — was seized and confiscated. For decades, the full details have been locked away. Now that a U.S. court is forcing transparency, Tinubu is fighting tooth and nail to ensure the full backstory never sees the light of day.

3. To kill a valid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Tinubu’s legal team is scrambling behind Exemption 7(C). They are actually arguing that releasing investigative records about a sitting head of state would be an "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."

Think about the absurdity of that statement. The citizens of a nation of over 200 million people are being told they have no right to know the criminal background of the man running their country because it violates his privacy.

A man hiding from his own history cannot lead a nation forward. This man is unfit to be called “President”.

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@mamatii001 @PeterObi So you can search for him online and do your dirty politics.

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

Campaigning for you is the best thing ever. I don’t have to worry about fake certificates, fake school, fake bishops, fake age, fake background, or a drug trafficking case. You make my job easy & smooth sailing. I don’t have to feel ashamed or explain myself to people.

THANK YOU

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

SOS!

Corps members were kidnapped on their way from Bayelsa Camp to Abuja. @officialnyscng NYSC Bayelsa Camp has been silent about it.

OUR CHILDREN NEED URGENT HELP !!!

Please lend your voice, kindly retweet. 🙏

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

Dear Nigerians,

Fifteen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were kidnapped in Kogi State on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, while returning from their orientation camp in Bayelsa State.

They were traveling to Abuja with Peace Mass Transit. They were intercepted along the Ofu/Itobe–Onicha-Igo axis in Ofu Local Government Area. The passenger manifest is attached.

The person in the video is the sister of one of the abducted victims. Please lend your voice & kindly share or retweet. They need to be rescued & reunited with their loved ones. 🙏

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@nubiudodo @DanielRegha You think he does not like his freedom..

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@itsmrkemji Do you have a video of how it was built. Would be quite interesting to watch.

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@realemmyx @princewilluzoms @Cakelicious4 Same here.... some people just deserve our kind of leaders. No empathy at all.

[Usman Moderate @moderate_ustaz]

This content by Shehun Tiktok deserves an award.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Beyond Football: The Match for a Better Nigeria

This weekend, Europe comes alive again with football. Millions of Nigerian youths will be glued to television screens, streaming matches, debating tactics, celebrating victories, and admiring the organisation, discipline, and excellence that make European football the envy of the world. But here is a question worth asking: Why can’t Nigerian football be just as good?

The answer is not a lack of talent. Nigeria has produced world-class footballers who have excelled in Europe because they found systems that reward merit, invest in infrastructure, ensure security, and are governed with competence and accountability. Great football does not exist in isolation. It grows where there is good governance.

The stadiums, academies, transport systems, healthcare, security, electricity, and institutions that support football are products of leaders who make the right choices and citizens who insist on accountability. Nigeria has the talent. What we have lacked is leadership that creates an enabling environment for that talent to flourish.

As I have decided, in the next 150 days, to engage Nigerian youths wherever they gather—in town halls, campuses, online spaces, and even football communities—my message is simple: The future you admire in Europe can be built in Nigeria. But it starts with your vote.

Imagine a Nigeria where our local league is competitive, our stadiums are full every weekend, our clubs attract sponsorship, our coaches receive proper training, and young footballers no longer see emigration as their only path to success.

Nigeria will not emerge through wishful thinking. It will emerge when young Nigerians decide that elections matter as much as football matches. Every goal scored in Europe is a reminder that excellence is possible. Every well-managed league is proof that systems work when honest leadership is in place.

The 2027 presidential election is therefore more than a political contest. It is an opportunity for Nigerian youths to choose the kind of country they want—a nation that exports talent because it is respected, not because its citizens are escaping failed governance.

Cheer for Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter, AC Milan, or any club you support. Enjoy every match. But when the final whistle blows, remember that the greatest match awaiting Nigerian youths is not in Europe. It is in Nigeria.

It is the match for good governance. It is the match for jobs, security, education, sports development, and national renewal. And unlike football, where only twenty-two players are on the pitch, every Nigerian youth has a place in this match.

Stand up. Mobilise. Vote. Defend your vote.

If Nigerian youths can passionately follow European football every weekend, they can also passionately build a Nigeria where our own football—and our nation—becomes a source of pride.

The journey towards better Nigerian football begins with the path to good governance. And the path to good governance begins with the decision of Nigerian youths to stand up and be counted in 2027.

Every weekend, starting today, I will come to you with a reminder of January 16, 2027, and our future. We can create world-class standards right here at home.

It’s in your hands, and that new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

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[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

MY ADDRESS TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2027 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS

21 August 2026

Dear Compatriots,
Members of the Press,

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,

Wednesday, 19 August 2026, marked the official start of the campaign period for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

There is no doubt that this is a defining moment for our democracy. This moment gives Nigerians the opportunity to assess the records, ideas, and plans of those seeking their mandate to lead their country at a time of grave uncertainty in our rapidly changing world.

I consider myself quite privileged to be one of those seeking your mandate to deal with these challenges facing our country.

I enter this contest with one firm conviction: Nigeria can work, and Nigeria must work.

Nigeria faces several serious challenges. Some of them are indeed of existential proportions.

According to the IMF, 63%, or over 140 million Nigerians, live at or below the national poverty line, while humanitarian agencies estimate that 35 million people will need food assistance during the 2026 lean season. About 3.6 million Nigerians remain internally displaced, largely because of conflict and insecurity. Each year, millions of young people enter the labour market, yet too many struggle to find productive opportunities. Weak infrastructure, unreliable power, insecurity, and the excessive cost of doing business continue to burden households and constrain enterprise.

These are more than statistics. They reflect the daily realities of Nigerian families, farmers, workers, students, and businesses.

Yet I do not believe Nigeria lacks the ability to overcome these challenges. We have the people, resources, market, talent, and enterprise. What we must do now is turn these strengths into security, productivity, and shared prosperity.

LEADERSHIP MUST DELIVER RESULTS

My successful private-sector experience, studies in institutions of repute on policy and business matters, and my service as Governor of Anambra State have shaped my understanding of public leadership. Government must manage resources responsibly, set clear priorities, and measure the outcomes of its decisions. Public office is not a reward; it is a responsibility to the people.

In Anambra, I prioritised the foundations of long-term development: education, healthcare, infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and institutional capacity. I do not present that record as perfect, but as an experience from which Nigerians can draw their own conclusions.

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso brings a different but complementary governing experience.

As Governor of Kano State, he focused strongly on education, technical training, scholarships, infrastructure, and human-capital development. His administration’s investments in education and skills showed an understanding that the people are a state’s most important long-term resource.

Our experiences are different, but our conclusion is the same: Nigeria must invest in its people and manage public resources with discipline.

BUILDING AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS

Nigeria needs more than reactive reforms. We must focus on the questions that matter:

Are Nigerians better off than they were four years ago? Can they afford food, education, and healthcare? Can businesses produce, expand, and create jobs? Can young people find productive work? Can farmers work safely and get their produce to market?

[ZedBro @ZedBro4]

@Whales2024 @MasterBolaji Tell him oo

[Dj SpoiltKid @spoiltkid]

It's so bad that we have a government campaigning after 12 years in office, and I ask for what exactly?

Listen to stranded travelers share their painful experiences: “We have spent more than five to six hours on this Benin City Bypass. Instead of fixing existing roads, they are busy emphasising the Lagos coastal road.”

[Omoyele Sowore @sowore]

The @officialEFCC under Ola Olukoyede is inherently evil.

I sat through two separate court sittings today in which two individuals, including Maryam Isa Shehu, a female student of Bayero University Kano (BUK), were arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (@officialEFCC) for allegedly “cyberbullying” the agency.

In each case, the defendants had already spent close to 30 days in detention before they were brought before the court. Yet, instead of being allowed to return home while their cases proceed, they were both remanded in prison custody, Maryam was sent to Suleja Prison, while the other defendant was sent to Kuje Prison, where they are expected to remain until August 31.

What makes Maryam’s situation even more disturbing is that she is a final-year university student who is due to begin her final examinations this Saturday.

None of that appeared to matter.

An anti-corruption agency should be fighting corruption, not turning itself into an institution for hunting down, detaining and prosecuting citizens over criticism or alleged “cyberbullying.”

What kind of institution detains a university student for nearly a month, arraigns her for allegedly cyberbullying the agency, and then seeks to keep her behind bars while her final examinations are about to begin?

[RUFAI ✞ @Rufai_Eko]

One year. No job. Nothing. 😭

I enrolled for a Master’s degree just to have something to say when people ask what I’m doing with my life.

I need a job, please. 🤲🏾

I know someone on this app knows someone. Let’s make something happen.