This is where Nigeria's problem with banditry really started. The moment a religious cleric visits Bandit commanders in the forest and start talking about their grievances and demanding blanket Amnesty, all he has done is give them legitimacy. Nigeria could have nipped this ridiculous notion in the bud years ago, but concerns over religious sensitivities prevented decisive action.
Today, the banditry and kidnapping networks have not only infiltrated the southwest region, these militants are making audacious requests for changes to existing state laws as part of the condition to release the kidnapped school children and teachers.
Some problems cannot be solved at the negotiating table. Only military force can address them. All talks of negotiations and their grievances have done is incentivize further attacks and provide the militants with a platform to expand their operations.
I made a video about the people who are dropping account details from giveaways from bandits and some people are defending it, citing poverty. If poverty can push you into doing that, then, that poverty can surely push you into killing people or becoming a bandit yourself. The poverty can push you into harbouring criminals for a few coins or even giving out information to kidnappers.
There has to be a limit one cannot cross for money, no matter how poor they are.
This country is beyond repair
So Yesterday, a bandit went live on Tiktok & did Give Away & Many Nigerians dropped their accounts & were credited with ransom money....
Listen Up....
If You dropped your account, You are an accomplice..
If You were credited, You are a Bandit!!!
What kind of a God forsaking country is this.
No sympathy for baba Ijesha, he’s a renowned pedophile and he deserves everything he went through, I hope he was registered has a sex offender in Lagos state so the stigma should be with him for life.
Na today I happy pass say I no be ardent tweep(not that I have any irki*g dark things to tweet sha o). Better to be silent than tweet rub*ish. BTW, I believe those Ezra's old tweets are confessions not random "dark" tweets kankan! God will keep exposing you all!
Brilliantly articulated.
We’ve conflated eccentricity with excellence, and it’s created a toxic permission structure where mediocrity hides behind “unconventionality” and genuine pathology masquerades as genius.
In my book “Creative Thinking for Dreamers and Leaders” (Chapter 1 - Seeking), I discuss how “Creative thinking is flexible, original, fluid and synthesizes opposites into one solution but that doesn’t mean chaos equals creativity.
Einstein wore suits. Marie Curie was methodical. The Wright brothers were bicycle mechanics. Excellence doesn’t need a costume or controversy to validate itself.
You people don't know how demonic those women are.
If this broke out & Ezra wasn't their favourite boy.
They wouldn't have stopped at just him. They would have roped Shola, his cofounder in.
They'd scavenge every single person he has ever interacted & call them apologists.
CCTV footage shows the moment one of the armed røbbers, who was later arrested by the FCT Police Command, was operating; he was one of the suspects involved in the røbbery att@ck that claimed the life of Arise TV anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu.
According to the news,they called the police during the robbery but didn't show up.When rushed to the hospital,they weren't attended to and were requesting for I.Ds till it was too late. How many more lives need to be cut short before the system is put right? R.I.P Sommie
TRAGIC DEATH: SOMTOCHUKWU CHRISTELLE MADUAGWU
December 26, 1995 - September 29, 2025
'Delectable', 'intelligent', and 'bold' are adjectives which hardly qualify Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu’s persona.
The 29-year-old barrister first graced the ARISE News screen as a guest when she participated in and won the Miss Tourism Nigeria pageant.
Sommie went on to represent Nigeria at the Miss Tourism World pageant in Quanzhou, China, in 2023.
In September 2024, she joined the ARISE NEWS team, where she has made her voice count as a News Anchor, News Producer, and a Reporter.
Through a blend of her legal dexterity and reportorial vigour, Sommie advocated for out-of-school children and campaigned energetically against sexual and gender-based violence.
One of her most recent coverages was the Submission of a Memorandum for the Reserved Seats for Women Bill held on the 21st of September.
There, Sommie, alongside millions of other Nigerian women, advocated for a stronger representation for Nigerian women at the National Assembly.
Sommie’s voice is now silent, but her spirit, passion, and legacy will endure as part of our collective memory.
@JAMBHQ From the handler all the way up to the Registrar,may you and your generations be paid in the same coin when it matters most!So you can't recall the scripts and mark again?Students should go through that physical,financial and psychological stress again because of your anyhowness?