Dear IGP Disu (@TunjiDisu1): Kindly investigate this incident where, during a stop & search, the policeman identified here, allegedly said to a citizen: ‘If you were Igbo, I would’ve detained you’. Such remark constitutes a hate crime that portends danger to all Igbos in Nigeria.
The Biggest Threat to Nigeria is not Bad Politicians. It’s a Citizenry that Has Been Taught to Believe it Has No Power.
By Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu (Ugonecheora)
Please hear me out before you throw that punch.
My experience in politics so far has given me deeper perspectives about the problems we face. We spend a great deal of time blaming politicians, and many deserve every criticism they receive. But we must also ask ourselves a difficult question: can a political system succeed when millions of citizens do not understand how power works? I do not believe it can.
Too many Nigerians have been conditioned to believe they are powerless. We hear it every day: "Nothing will change." "Our votes don't count." "They're all the same." Once people begin to think this way, they surrender the most powerful weapon they possess, which is their voice. A people who believe they are powerless eventually become powerless.
Politics is not something that happens only in Abuja. It determines whether your child attends a good school, whether your hospital has medicine, whether your business has electricity, and whether your community has roads and security. Those who ignore politics do not escape its consequences, they simply allow others to make decisions on their behalf.
The consequence of not being involved, as we can see, is a political environment where those who are loudest, most disruptive, or best funded often dominate public space. When civic knowledge is low, misinformation spreads easily, political manipulation flourishes, and violence becomes an effective political tool. Hooliganism finds fertile ground where informed citizenship is weak. Democracy was never designed to function on ignorance or intimidation, it depends on citizens who ask questions, demand evidence, scrutinize policies, and refuse to be bought or bullied.
Western-style representative democracy that Nigeria borrowed assumes a politically aware population capable of making informed choices and defending democratic institutions. Elections alone do not make a democracy. Ballot boxes, political parties, and constitutions are only as strong as the people who use them. Perhaps our greatest failure is that civic education has almost disappeared. We teach people how to pass examinations, but not necessarily how to hold public officials accountable. Many citizens do not fully understand what each level of government is responsible for, yet we expect democracy to flourish.
The solution is not simply to elect better leaders. Better leaders matter, but they are not enough. We also need better-informed citizens, people who read, ask questions, challenge falsehoods, organize peacefully, and understand that politics is not a spectator sport.
The day the average Nigerian becomes informed, engaged, and impossible to deceive is the day our politics will begin to change. Vote buying will become less effective, hooliganism will lose its market, and public office will once again become a place of service rather than exploitation.
The future of Nigeria will not be decided only by those who govern. It will be decided by whether those who are governed finally realize that power has always belonged to them.
Dr. Ikokwu aspires to lead Idemili North and South Federal Constituency of Anambra State in the House of Reps
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#TakeBackYourGovernment
Portugal's right-wing leader André Ventura said it clearly:
"If you want to wear a burqa? It's really simple! Pack your stuff, catch a flight, and go. Go to Pakistan, go to Saudi Arabia, go to Morocco... Go wherever the hell you want. Just not here!"
Outrage Over FG N8.05BN Budget for Churches and Mosques
Nigeria are outraged over the discrepancies In the 2026 budget which includes ₦8.05 billion for churches and mosques.
Public accountability organisation “Tracka” revealed ₦1.91 billion for seven church projects and ₦6.14 billion for fifty-two mosque projects buried inside ministries that have nothing to do with religion.
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This man spotted a carpenter working under heavy rain beside his house and advised him to wait until the rain subsided. After he shared the video online and it went viral, kindhearted social media users raised ₦100,000, which he gave to the carpenter yesterday. Wait for the carpenter's heartwarming reaction.
Nigerians, APC Vice Chairman Lukman has said Bola Tinubu can only win in 2027 through rigging. It is now time for us to mobilize and stop Tinubu from rigging the election.
Today, the EFCC invited Peter Akah (Randy Peter) and Mama Pee to its Abuja office for questioning. As responsible Nigerians, they honored the invitation.
As of now, they have not been released, and they have been unreachable.
EFCC, please do the needful.
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Hey @Sistaliano in as much as I'm begging everyone not to discriminate against you, but should encourage you to take your drugs regularly.
But what I wouldn't support is you intentionally spreading the virus, as claimed in this post.
The Lagos State Government is busy repatriating northern beggars back home, but conveniently ignores the agberos who terrorise roads, extort citizens, and cause daily chaos in the state.
Why deport one group of Nigerians while shielding another that is even more disruptive? This selective enforcement is unfair, hypocritical, and smacks of ethnic bias.
If Lagos truly wants order, it should clean up its own backyard first — not just target outsiders while local touts run riot.
The same government criticising South Africa for Afrophobia should look in the mirror.
And we Nigerians should never allow such to happen. We are not South Africans.
“Police officers accompanied thugs sent by the governor to disrupt a political gathering of the NDC governorship candidate.”
-A Lady has raised an alarm over the attack on the NDC governorship candidate by armed thugs, in the company of police officers, in Delta State.✍️
For those asking and want to know why Ms KoiKoi has been crying up and down X.
She made a false statement about Peter Obi's son and people responded but guess who's crying?
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Her statement the response
@instablog9ja Burden the poor to make more money, then beg Davido, Burna boy, Wizkid and others to feed the poor. What Tinubunomics cannot do does not exist.