@Richard11310002@Teeniiola And the next best thing to do is to padlock her in there? With no air, no light and probably no access to a place to ease herself if she needed to. If that were to be the case, he could have easily walked away without making a prisoner of her
@dolawanle@NEYOKI Happy 55th to your wife, and many happy returns in good health. God bless her. She’s my birthday mate. I will be turning 40 by God’s grace.
@DemoOfUK 😅 Your reaction is understandable. But there were nominations and voting you know. And most comments on the posts seemed like Bambam stood no chance
The Federal Government must come clean with Nigerians.
The quiet appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent is not an administrative decision, it is a dangerous resurrection of the Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during and after the Tinubu years. That model created a private toll gate around public revenue and funnelled state funds into the hands of a politically connected monopoly.
What we are witnessing now is the attempt to nationalise that same template, moving Nigeria from a republic to a private holding company controlled by a small circle of vested interests.
To introduce such a policy in the middle of a national tragedy, while Nigerians are mourning loved ones lost to the deepening insecurity crisis, is not only insensitive, it is a deliberate act of governance by stealth. When a nation is grieving, leadership should show empathy and focus on securing lives, not on expanding private revenue pipelines.
This latest move raises fundamental questions:
Why was this appointment rushed and smuggled into the public space without consultation, stakeholder engagement, or National Assembly oversight?
What value does Xpress Payments add that existing TSA channels do not already provide?
Who truly benefits from this? Nigeria or an entrenched political network?
This is not reform. This is state capture masquerading as digital innovation.
Let me be clear:
Nigeria does not need more middlemen between citizens and their government revenue. What we need is greater transparency, stronger institutions, and a tax system free from political capture.
I therefore call for the following:
1. Immediate suspension of the Xpress Payments appointment pending a public inquiry;
2. Full disclosure of the contractual terms, beneficiaries, fee structures, and selection criteria;
3. A comprehensive audit of TSA operations to prevent the creeping privatisation of revenue collection;
4. A legal framework, not executive shortcuts, that prohibits the insertion of private proxies into core government revenue systems;
5. A national security priority shift, recognising that a country under assault cannot afford economic governance conducted in the shadows.
Nigeria’s revenues are not political spoils. They are the lifeblood of our national survival, especially at a time when insecurity is tearing communities apart.
The government must abandon this Lagos-style revenue cartelisation and return to the path of transparency, constitutionalism, and public accountability. -AA
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This thing you people do whenever Christians are having a conference is really not cool.
You do it during Redemption camp, Hallelujah Challenge, NSPPD and so on. Some things are not supposed to make sense to you. You go to concerts, clubs, and bars nobody criticize or bother you, you go because it makes sense to you - Freewill.
People are going through different things and oftentimes, hope is what keeps them going. When there is hope, there is something to live for. There is a belief that no matter how bad things are today, everything will be okay. And prayer is comforting to most people.
If you don’t like the practices, ignore and move on. Allow people to be delusional if that will make them happy and sane. Allow people to believe in their whichever way they choose to.
Allow people to practice their religion without being shamed for it.
Why are you so obsessed with Christians and their practices since you don’t believe in the religion? Why are you always at the forefront of criticism every year? This is not a good way to live life. Let people be.
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.