Fellow Nigerians, good morning.
I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.
Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.
We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.
More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.
We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.
Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.
Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.
However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.
Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.
And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.
There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?
Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.
Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Yes.
The Dukamaje Formation up north has dinosaur fossils. It's saod that the region was underwater 70 million years ago, so most of what gets pulled out was marine reptiles.
Northern Nigeria was partly underwater covered by an ancient sea called the Trans-Saharan Seaway.
Before 1993, marital rape was still legal in some states
Before 1974, women couldn’t get credit cards, mortgages, or bank loans in their own name
Before 1920, women couldn’t vote
Before 1900, not all women could own property
Dumb men downplay their culpability in our oppression.
If a man rapes a woman and she gets an abortion, 48 states allow him to sue her or the clinic. The rapist gets more legal rights to that pregnancy than she does. Read that again…
The problem isn’t just the govt; the average Nigerian is sick to the brain.
They lack principles & integrity, they’re filled with too much greed & self-centeredness.
That’s why many are supporting corrupt politicians & criminals; they see a reflection of themselves in these pple.
And that’s exactly the point? Why are men allowed to be useless to their community while benefitting from the same community where women must work daily for inclusion, and for the community to run smoothly. Then men take all the credit for “building society” on the backs of women
A reminder that males, being simple creatures, and having developed as the secondary sex, are not meant to lead. They are bad at leading and dislike it.
They are much happier in simple drone roles, following instructions. Patriarchy is a failed experiment.
I am not sad anymore. I am VOLCANIC. A woman died today at the hands of a man she knew. Another one will die tomorrow. And the day after. And we will keep burying our sisters while men write think-pieces about false accusations. I have no more patience. No more grace. NONE.
So you’re basically admitting that men’s greatest fear is being treated the way they’ve treated women for centuries? Interesting. I thought being a stay-at-home mom was “easy,” “not real work,” and something “anyone can do.” But suddenly when it’s a man cooking and raising kids, it’s dystopia? Oh. Lord. 😂
Black women, it’s time to tighten up and stand together. Not everybody got love for us, and that’s clear. So stop letting them divide us and start having each other’s backs for real. Protect, support, and move smart.