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[Afoke Igwe @afoke_igwe]

Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage”

By Farooq A. Kperogi @farooqkperogi

“As a Tinubu-supporting friend pointed out to me on Friday, “This is a government of the elite, for the elite, and by the elite.”……”

https://t.co/WA4BESHyK2

[Farooq Kperogi @farooqkperogi]

ADC's Deregistration is Pure Judicial Banditry https://t.co/yMmNGz3heX

[HumAngle_ @HumAngle_]

Those suspected of helping the military may be abducted or killed by the terrorists. Those suspected of helping terrorists may be arrested, detained, displaced, or punished by security forces. As a result, civilians often face impossible choices, with serious consequences regardless of whom they cooperate with.

https://t.co/mF1HjWIiEp

[Rashid Abdi @RAbdiAnalyst]

I have stopped going to South Africa for any international conferences for mainly 3 things.

1. Border police rudeness: Some years ago I was invited for a conference on conflicts in the Horn in South Africa. I showed email invite to the border policeman at the desk. He rudely asked: "but why can't you people hold your peace conferences in your homes. Why always come to South Africa?" - I think he had a point. Why must we?

Second time it was worse - "But why are you Zomallis and Ethiopians always here."

I reminded him I was actually Kenyan, and I was only in the country for 2 days for an international conference

Reply: "Sheh, um, eh. But what is the difference"

2. As soon as locals figure out you are a black person, possibly African from another country, the automatic assumption is that you are an illegal migrant. You see immediate hostile reaction. Honestly, I found SA one of the most miserable places on earth in terms of peoples' attitude to foreigners. The visceral hatred towards fellow Africans is unnerving. Still one of the most beautiful geographies in Africa.

3. The state bureaucracy and departments filled with people who actually know very little about the outside world. Most of the best people who made South Africa an outward-looking African power are gone. All remaining are small-time apparatchiks stealing from the state and fat toads serving as diplomats. I feel sorry for South Africa.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

https://t.co/1NG3mptFpg

[BusinessDayNG @BusinessDayNg]

Barely 24 hours after the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar in an armed bandits' den in Katsina State, another armed group has reportedly imposed a N20 million levy on residents of Kwandawa Community in Malumfashi Local Government Area, threatening them with eviction from their ancestral homes if they fail to comply.

https://t.co/vpkdGMySRq

[Robert Spencer @jihadwatchRS]

If this is even close to true, it’s the most breathtaking betrayal in American history (after Trump’s promises to the Iranian people), a new lease on life for the Islamic Republic, likely ensuring it remains in power for decades to come, and the most humiliating and unnecessary defeat in American history.

[Nigerian Tribune @nigeriantribune]

Children abducted, teachers beheaded, where is government protection? https://t.co/xBGHyjUCLd

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

All the US politicians speaking today couldn't send US astronauts into space.

The US was leasing seats on Russian rockets to reach space until a private company arrived.

Those same politicians, I can assure you, own shares either directly in SpaceX or in a company or index that supplies SpaceX.

It's all performative.

Millionaire legislators complaining about a wealthy private citizen.

[Amnesty International Nigeria @AmnestyNigeria]

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and his government must urgently address the country’s horrifying spate of abductions targeting rural communities and internally displaced persons (IDP) in the northern part of the country, as at least 1,100 people have been abducted in three months – from January to April 2026: https://t.co/PxnKDSN3HH

[Itsede Okhai @Senior_Sley]

Why do kidnappers succeed in collecting ransom from their victims?

Based on my job, I learnt something special this week from Security Agents in Mali that we went on a rescue mission together. I don't know if the Nigerian Security Agencies are in collaboration with kidnappers to take ransom and share together, if not no kidnapper can succeed in taking any ransom where security formation is effective.

The story is that, I received a message from Nigeria concerning a 16 year old girl that was trafficked to Mali for sex trade. This victim called her parents about the situation and they passed the message to me from government agency for an urgent rescue.

When I called the number that the victim used to call her parents and I asked the traffickers to send the victim to me so that she can go back to Nigeria, they refused. Later they remove the line from their phone, now the number is out of use. I now informed a security agent about the situation because what is important is to rescue the 16 years old girl from sexual exploitation.

Now, the number I used to contact the traffickers is no more in use. I don't know the name of the village the victim is. I sent the number that they have removed and brake to the security agent. After two hours, they notify me the name of the village and the current new number the traffickers are using. We went on a mission without calling the new number. We arrived at the village in the midnight because it was about 15 hours journey. The second day, Information reach us the exact location the phone number was last used before they switched off the phone. After an hour, information came again that the person is having appointment with somebody by 11:00am. We hang around the place. When the person came around, there was a vibration from one of their security gadget to know the person coming with the number. We monitor her entry to the house. We were able to rescue the victim on 20/12/22. No call. Nothing.

So ransom collection in Nigeria could be between the kidnappers and security agencies. If not, no Nigerian should pay ransom to any kidnapper if really our policemen have the necessary security gadgets.

This is just a trafficking issue and not that some criminals will hide somewhere and calling people twice to pay ransom. You cannot call three times before being caught in Mali.

That is the reason I said, Nigerian Security Agents could be in collaboration with the kidnappers to take ransom from people.

P. Michael.
Global Anti Human Trafficking Organization (GAHTO). MALI.

[Rep. Riley M. Moore @RepRileyMoore]

One year ago, Fulani Islamic terrorists stormed Yelwata, Nigeria, slaughtering more than 200 Christians.

Most were women and children sheltering at a local Catholic mission.

Today, we remember the martyrs. The world must not forget the Christian genocide in Nigeria.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

"𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄" — 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄

A criminal defense attorney cut straight to the heart of the Karmelo Anthony trial with one line: “𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦”. That single sentence may be the whole case.

The facts are not in dispute. Anthony, now 19, is charged with m∗rder in the April 2025 stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Texas high school track meet (NBC News). Metcalf died in his twin brother’s arms. Anthony has pleaded not guilty and insists he acted in self-defense — but the attorney walking through the law explained why that defense is in serious trouble.

By the account presented in court, this was a verbal altercation in which the defendant appeared to provoke the confrontation himself, allegedly saying “𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴” while reaching into his bag. He was then touched. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞. As the attorney put it, you are not justified in plunging a knife into someone’s chest unless they are coming at you with a weapon capable of deadly force — “𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘯, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯”.

The evidence keeps cutting against the self-defense story. Prosecutors showed jurors surveillance video of a confrontation that lasted only about four minutes, and a 17-year-old witness testified that Anthony was asked to leave the other team’s tent roughly fifteen times before anything happened (ABC7 / 11Alive). 𝐀 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭, and bringing one is not the behavior of a frightened kid defending his life.

None of this is complicated, which is exactly why activists have worked so hard to make it about everything except the facts. A teenager is dead. Another teenager brought a blade to a school sporting event and used it. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, and the jury is now being shown the difference.

𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭.

[HumAngle_ @HumAngle_]

Amid the ongoing armed violence, farmers are among the worst hit as terrorist attacks disrupt farming activities, despite being subjected to extortion payments to armed groups.

https://t.co/lYQajeBdvI

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Kidnapped Nigerian retired general dies in captivity https://t.co/WAvtPlKsO1

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

Austin Metcalf is dead.

Let’s stop dancing around the obvious.

Austin Metcalf received the death penalty.

Karmelo Anthony received 35 years.

One of them lives.
One of them gets a gravestone.

Save the faux outrage.

The real victim in this case is NOT the convicted killer.

The real victim is the young man who will never come home again and the family that will spend the rest of their lives grieving a loss that can never be undone.

This was a track meet.

A place for competition, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

NOT violence.
NOT murder.

And spare us the racial narratives.

Murder is wrong regardless of the race of the victim or the perpetrator. Any decent society should be able to agree on that.

Austin Metcalf lost everything.

His family got a life sentence of grief.

And while some are busy turning this tragedy into a racial debate, the Metcalf family is looking at the empty chair at the dinner table and remembering who actually paid the highest price.

Austin Metcalf got the death penalty.

Never forget that.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Maturing is realizing that Africa would have been MUCH better off with $0.00 humanitarian aid from the USA and Europe being sent the past 75 years.

Via our "kindness" we have destroyed many of the price signals and incentives in African countries. We created a culture of dependency that has ruined Africa. All that has been achieved is 100x more human misery in Africa, which is now spilling over into other continents.

Africa would have been better off allowing the evolutionary process to continue without interruption.

[Daily Trust @daily_trust]

BREAKING: Abducted General dies in captivity
https://t.co/7tjS5YAm1v

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

There you go. The United States is built on a limitless ethos of entrepreneurship, innovation, and excellence. Canada is built on feminized and "empathetic" parasitic taxation fuelled by envy and resentment toward those who produce.

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Multimillionaire paid by multibillionaires very angry at trillionaire

[Perma Banned ထ🔨 @GiveMeBanHammer]

Actually, about this:

Elon once offered the UN $6 billion for World Hunger in 2021 - on the condition that the UN provided Open Source Accounting and allowed him or anyone else to track and audit exactly where the money was spent on.

Which I think is a fair request considering that UN had multiple high-profile embezzlement cases such as what happened in Somalia in 2010 and Ethiopia in recent years. There's even one being actively probed right now in Sudan.

UN has not have a good track record of monitoring where other people's money go to, and that's an understatement.

The UN's response? They said they would at best, offer summaries and high-level category reports...which is not very helpful. It was also not going to be an open ledger, so no one outside of UN leadership could see where the money would go to.

So...the offer fell through because the UN was unable to provide trackable details on where the money goes to, making auditing extremely difficult. The rest is history, which is now being actively memory-holed by you OP.

Sure hate Elon that he bought Twitter, at least be fair.