An interesting collection of recent titles in International #HumanRights Laws & in comparative public law at the inaugural conference of the Human Rights Initiative at @Princeton.
NYSC Corps Members Abducted On Independence Day
Gunmen abducted 19 prospective NYSC corps members on the Anambra-Imo border on Independence Day while they were travelling from Ibadan to orientation camps in Akwa Ibom and Abia States.
One mother revealed that her daughter's last message before going silent simply read kidnappers.
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I like Rufai Oseni, and I get why Reuben Abati does not like him.
He is blunt.
He said Tinubu performed the cancer surgery and killed the patient.
😂😂😂😂
“Wike I’m telling you that Abuja is Obi the last time,
THIS TIME, we will win and APC will not get 25% in Abuja…..”
— Isaac Fayose boasts back at Wike.
All the threats of violence from the APC camp are indicators that they know that the 2027 presidential election is lost. There's no path to victory for Tinubu.
AK-47 will not save Tinubu.
Update: We are glad to announce that the United States is already assessing a potential post-Tinubu scenario ahead of Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election. In our opinion, it has become clear to everyone in D.C. that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu (@officialABAT) cannot win the upcoming election unless undemocratic tactics (rigging) are employed by the Tinubu government.
Our objective now is to ensure that the United States communicates clearly to President #Tinubu and his allies at @inecnigeria that it is monitoring developments and that there will be consequences for any actions that silence the will of the Nigerian people and adversely affect U.S. interests in the region.
Let us be clear: the United States is not taking sides. The next Nigerian president will be decided by the Nigerian people, and the Nigerian people alone.
@realDonaldTrump@SusieWiles47@WhiteHouse@HouseForeignGOP@HouseForeign@SenateForeign@SFRCdems@StateDept@AsstSecStateAF@PressSec@CNN@BBCAfrica@AP@FoxNews@Politico
‘Foolish Provocation By APC And Nigeria Police Must End Immediately,’ Obidient Group Condemns Attack On Peter Obi Supporters By APC-Backed Police https://t.co/tSTXjpAQQp
If the word “President” matters so much to them, then they must ensure that the process that creates the office of the Presidency is itself presidential.
The APC Chairman in Edo State has now invoked “AK-47 fire” against anyone who stands in the way of delivering 2.5 million votes for Tinubu in 2027.
As PO has often said, if you want to answer the title of “Excellency,” the process that brought you to power must itself be excellent.
As for me, Atiku can call him whatever name he likes.
Unlike Other Presidential Candidates, If Peter Obi Becomes President, He Won’t Steal And People In His Cabinet Won’t Steal — Amaechi https://t.co/lMos6B5onj
‘Your Peace Accord Is Useless When APC And Police Keep Harassing Opposition While You Watch In Silence,’ Nigerians Tell Bishop Kukah Following Edo APC Chairman’s Threat To Kill Anyone Who Tries To Stop Rigging For Tinubu In 2027 https://t.co/AjJnMpWkZb
What the Edo State APC chairman is indirectly saying is deeply troubling: that violence may become part of the 2027 electoral strategy in Edo State.
For years, inflammatory rhetoric by political leaders has helped normalise the idea of elections as battles to be fought and won at all costs. The 2023 rhetoric that “power is not served à la carte; you fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it” and the earlier “dogs and baboons” remark are disturbing examples of this political culture.
Tenebe’s declaration reflects a deeper national malaise where thuggery and violence risk becoming instruments of political competition. Elections are constitutional processes for choosing leaders and not theatres of war.
Nigeria deserves elections where citizens choose leaders without fear, and where political power is won through ballots, not bullets. As Goodluck Jonathan demonstrated, no political office is worth the loss of a single human life.
Sani Abacha was a brutal dictator who killed people, after all.
Thank Nigerian God you people collaborated with a benevolent foreign power to murder him and now we have dEmoCrAcY🫶🏾