In the Caliphate with a Message of Hope for the Poor and Unity in Nigeria.
Today, ahead of our town-hall engagements in Sokoto, Sokoto State, I had the privilege of paying a courtesy visit to His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, alongside my brother and running mate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and members of our team.
We used the opportunity of the visit to condole with him on the recent death of the Sardauna of Sokoto.
In my remarks, I emphasised the urgent need to unite and secure our nation, tackle poverty, create employment, and rebuild confidence in our country.
His Eminence warmly received us and spoke with the wisdom of a father and national leader. He recalled that he has known me for almost 46 years, since 1980, when I was in my first year at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and has maintained a cordial relationship since then.
He reminded us that leadership comes from Almighty Allah and carries a responsibility for which we will ultimately be held accountable. He also mentioned three critical priorities for Nigeria: security, poverty, and employment.
He additionally reminded us that our diversity of tribes, tongues, and faiths is part of God's creation and should be our strength, not our weakness. We do not seek to Islamise or Christianise anyone. We seek to build a Nigeria where every citizen can live safely, prosper, and have a genuine sense of belonging.
May Almighty God continue to bless His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, the people of Sokoto State, and our beloved Nigeria.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Upon our arrival in Sokoto today, I had the honour of accompanying our Presidential Candidate, His Excellency Peter Obi, on a courtesy visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Royal Eminence Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, CFR.
We are deeply grateful to His Eminence for his warm reception, exemplary leadership, and gracious hospitality. - RMK
PRESS STATEMENT
NDC CONDEMNS PRESIDENT TINUBU’S THIRD CONSECUTIVE ABSENCE FROM UNGA: AS HIS WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN.
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) expresses profound disappointment and grave concern over the absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
This is the third consecutive time since his assuming office in 2023 that President Tinubu has failed to show up at the world’s largest gathering of heads of state and government. For weeks, Nigerians were told by Nigeria’s Permanent Representative, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, that the President would attend and would be seated close to President Donald Trump, even when that looked totally improbable, going by the conventional sitting arrangements at UNGA. Only for the presidency to announce on Sunday, 20th September 2026, that Vice President Kashim Shettima had been “mandated” to lead the country’s delegation.
This pattern of disappearing acts, compounded by his unexplained more than three-week absence from Nigeria on a so-called vacation in Europe, is unpresidential, unconstitutional, and unacceptable.
1.CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION AND GOVERNANCE VACUUM:
Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is clear: when the President is proceeding on vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he shall transmit a written declaration to the National Assembly. President Tinubu left Nigeria on August 30th, extended his stay in Paris indefinitely, and never formally transmitted power. Nigeria was left adrift – no president at home, no president at the UN. Why is the president always afraid of transmitting a written declaration to the National Assembly? At some point, the country was on autopilot with the absence of the president, vice president, and senate president from the country.
2.DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC LOSSES:
UNGA is not a jamboree for 15-minute speeches. It is where presidents look other presidents in the eye, sign off on concrete decisions, secure direct foreign investment, negotiate debt relief, climate finance, and security cooperation.
While over 130 heads of state were present for direct presidential-level bilateral talks, Nigeria sent a proxy. Investors do not sign billion-dollar deals with proxies. You can not outsource presidential diplomacy.
The cost is enormous:
- Loss of direct FDI engagements
- Loss of leverage on global financial reform, which Nigeria itself champions
- Loss of strategic security partnerships at a time Nigeria battles terrorism
- Diminution of Nigeria’s stature as Giant of Africa
This is made more painful by the contrast next door. Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama delivered a sterling, statesmanlike performance at UNGA 81 – articulating Africa’s position on debt justice, climate reparations, and restoring trust in multilateralism While Ghana commanded attention, Nigeria’s presidential seat was empty. Mahama spoke for Africa; Nigeria was spoken for.
3.THE PRESIDENCY’S EXCUSE IS AN INSULT:
To say the President can not fly to New York “to speak for just 15 minutes,” as Ambassador Ibrahim said, betrays a fundamental ignorance of diplomacy. Every world leader gets 15 minutes. What matters is what you do with the other 10,000 minutes of high-level corridor diplomacy. That is where the world is run.
We in the NDC demand:
1. Immediate full disclosure of the president’s whereabouts and health status.
2. Compliance with Section 145 henceforth – no more informal, unconstitutional rule from abroad.
3. An end to this imperial presidency that treats accountability as an afterthought.
A nation of over 200 million people can not be run by delegation and press release. Nigeria deserves a president who is present.
Signed:Osa Director Esq
National Publicity Secretary
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC)
September 28, 2026
For Inquiries: @DirectorOsa
On 29 May 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said security would be the top priority of his administration and promised to reform Nigeria’s security architecture.
Three years later, kidnapping, terrorism, and banditry remain major security challenges across the country.
Regardless of whether security operations are taking place or not, the question is whether Nigerians are experiencing the security they were promised.
The record should be examined against the standard that was set.
We must RESET the security architecture.
#ResetNigeria #NigeriaFirst #MakindeDaura2027
It was a pleasure connecting this evening with our young and increasingly inquisitive people on the Kwankwasiyya-Obidients X Space.
I am excited by the new possibilities for connection and communication that technology continues to open up for us. - RMK
His Excellency Mr. @PeterObi and His Excellency Sen. @KwankwasoRM, PhD, FNSE, NDC Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, respectively, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, this morning, Monday, 28th September 2026, as they set out for their next engagement.
“Free education, free healthcare that Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande never saw has an achievement, we don't buy books, both text book and big notes, but in your life time you now see, student loan is seen as an achievement, when are you going to put an end to your f00l!shness and your st00p!d!ty? your oppressors have damag£d your bra!n you can't think very well again, it a sham£ on you”
- Nollywood Actor Laide Olabanji’s caption on IG
You are talking about NDA passing out parade, the guy attended only one Independence Day event, in 2024. He ran to Lagos in 2025, and he is visiting Nigeria again today and will land in Lagos, to avoid October 1st in Abuja, again! The guy clearly doesn't believe in Nigeria.
Twice in recent weeks, Obafemi Hamzat and the APC have given us insight into how they see you.
In August: can't afford rent? Move back in with your parents.
This week: Lagos traffic is "not a problem, it's just a lifestyle."
Daily soul-crushing traffic is not a lifestyle. It is governance failure.
Vast numbers of Lagosians leave home before 5am and get back after their children are asleep. They lose hours of work, money on fuel and fares, time, health and wellbeing they will never get back. That is a cost to every household and every business in this state.
Housing, public transportation and traffic are closely related problems. You cannot fix one without planning for the others. But the first step to fixing them is to acknowledge them.
This government has ignored the pains of Lagosians for years. This is just the latest example. Lagos needs a government that acknowledges problems and uses its resources to solve them, not one that celebrates them.
Inefficiency is not culture, it’s failure
FD
#OTiya
Where Is Nigeria’s President?
The dynamic President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, delivered a remarkable address at the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The international community has commended his leadership and the substance of his address. It is a reminder of what leadership can produce when competence, capacity, compassion, commitment and character come together in the service of a nation.
Against this background, many are asking: Where is the President of Africa’s most populous nation, a country of more than 200 million people - more than Ghana - whose leader has been absent from the global stage for three consecutive UNGAs?
Nigeria’s President, who ought to be representing the country and providing leadership for Africa at the international level, has not attended any of these three global gatherings. Where is he, particularly at a time when the country faces significant challenges, both domestically and internationally?
Although our Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was present, the question remains: Where is the President? Let us continue to pray for his return and for his leadership in addressing the many challenges confronting the nation.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Check out this video, "ghana president at un" https://t.co/p4LsxEPiOq
I cried so much last night and this morning. I have seen lots of messages from different people about things I did for them at different times most of which I don’t even remember.
The truth is I have always believed in my heart that the only reason God has given to me is to give it back.
I think this is God’s way of telling me to also be thankful!!! I have been thinking too much about what I lost instead of thanking God for seeing me through one of the hardest moments of my life.
I am used to always giving and hardly ever receiving because everyone thought I had in abundance. I have also always found it difficult to ask for help. Even if I had to borrow from anyone, I would always return with interest, even without them asking. But I was tested in ways I couldn’t understand these past few years. I asked for help everywhere and anywhere I could think of and I was on the verge of giving it all up!
I would mention his name but he would be really upset. God used one person to settle all that I owed! And this help came over and over again! I don’t think any sane person would do what he did for me without God’s intervention!
So this is me also saying thank you Brother! And I will continue to do so again and again, privately and publicly! Thank you for giving me hope when I thought it was all over. I can’t help but think I have taken your love and kindness for granted but I want you to know that I am forever indebted to you.
To my closest people in the World (Mr Macaroni & Friends) Thank you for not neglecting me even when you had every reason to. Thank you for saving me 😊
To Don Jazzy, who has been giving me since my university days up till now, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do, not just for me but for so many others!!! To my brother Victor Osimhen and Pastor Bolaji!!! Thank youuuu. 🤍
I am in a better place! I am learning and doing things that make me happy. I don’t and will never regret anything I have ever done in my life to make the lives of others better in even the smallest way possible. However, I have learned a lot of lessons these past few years and I am grateful even for the trials and tribulations for which without them I wouldn’t have the clarity of mind I now have.
May the love in our hearts be forever greater than the hate in the world.
Thank you with all my heart. 🤍
MY VISIT TO DELTA STATE
On Thursday, 24th September, I joined our Governorship Candidate in Delta State, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, other Delta State candidates, our party leaders, and members of our party for the launching of the NDC campaign office in Asaba, Delta State.
It was another opportunity to continue to spread our message and commitment to a better Nigeria. We must unite, secure our dear nation, and move it from consumption to production, create jobs, and pull our people out of poverty.
I sincerely thank our Governorship Candidate, other leaders, and members of our party in Delta State for their commitment to a better Delta State and Nigeria. I also sincerely thank the good people of Delta State for the wonderful reception and hospitality accorded to us.
A New Nigeria is Possible, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO