Chuks

Arsenal fan🔴⚪ MS 🩺

[Alhaji @yeankhar]

I don’t think I want Arsenal to sign Vini Jr anymore. I’m scared of the man I might become 😂

[gst @wearegst]

In the first half of 2026, 5 top military officials were killed.

[gst @wearegst]

Nigeria is losing its senior officers at an alarming rate.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

When a Government Declares War on the Truth

President Donald Trump of America recently described Nigeria as “a now disgraced country.” The painful reality is that Nigeria’s challenges continue to deepen. Each passing day reveals deeper signs of decline, especially when a government becomes increasingly intolerant of truth and hostile to those who speak about the suffering of the people.

The Catholic Church has never functioned as an opposition party in Nigeria. Across military regimes and successive democratic administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has maintained a principled voice on national issues and the nation’s conscience, commending governments when they deserved commendation and speaking the truth whenever national conscience demanded it. Its interventions are driven by a moral obligation, rooted in Christian social teaching, to defend truth, justice, and the common good.

The same applies to Nigeria’s major religious organisations. Bodies such as Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have repeatedly raised concerns over economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Living among the people, religious leaders often encounter the suffering of citizens firsthand. They speak because they witness families struggling with rising food prices, unemployment, and the fear created by kidnappings and insecurity.

As leaders, we should be gracious enough to listen to people and organisations that speak the truth to us and genuinely criticise us when things are not going in the right direction. As Governor, I had the opportunity of working with a very strong Council of Traditional Rulers, led by the Obi of Onitsha, and religious bodies that consistently criticised me and offered suggestions. This contributed greatly to our success in Anambra State, especially in critical areas like education and health.

Against this background, the attacks on the CBCN, and especially on His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, are deeply troubling. Even in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and told General Abacha some hard truths, including about the incarceration of Chief Moshood Abiola, nobody vilified him.

During the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, to demonstrate his purported commitment to and respect for the Catholic Church, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome days before the event, ahead of most other visiting dignitaries, including Catholics such as the U.S. Vice President, JD Vance. He participated in the liturgy, queued with other world leaders to greet the Holy Father, and displayed deep respect for the moral authority of the Church. Back in Nigeria, however, that posture has now changed completely.

What is playing out today also reveals how political leaders sometimes exploit religion and ethnicity to divide the people. Even when it was obvious that the CBCN was speaking on issues affecting Nigerians across religious and ethnic boundaries, aides to the President immediately reduced it to a “religious affair.” The question is: are insecurity, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and hardship problems exclusive to a particular faith? Do these challenges recognise religious or tribal boundaries?

The bishops merely expressed what millions of Nigerians experience daily: insecurity has worsened, poverty is deepening, inflation is crippling families, businesses are struggling, and hope is fading. These are realities echoed by religious leaders across the country, to whom successive governments gave thanks and promised to look into their observations.

Rather than address these concerns or explain the measures in place to ameliorate them, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s aides and supporters responded with vicious attacks, particularly against Cardinal John Onaiyekan, with little regard for his age, stature, and accomplishments.

[High_chief Ogbuagu👨🏽‍✈️ @UMykeal]

Bruno ✅

Off to Rock Nation and Spain
Vini has a Community Shield to Win

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔴⚪️ BREAKING: Bruno Guimarães to Arsenal, HERE WE GO! 🇧🇷

Agreement in place with Newcastle after long talks and personal terms in place with Bruno since July. Fee worth £75m.

New midfielder for Mikel Arteta. 🔜

[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

This purported letter circulating in the name of the National Catholic Youth body bears several obvious errors that cast serious doubt on its authenticity.

1. The letterhead reads Catholic Youth Association of Nigeria (CYAN). That is incorrect. The official body is the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON).

2. The official CYON motto is "Let Your Light Shine," not "Christ Our Light" as written on the letterhead.

3. An official national correspondence of CYON would ordinarily bear the signatures of the National President, National Secretary, and National Chaplain (a priest). It would not be signed by a single individual identifying himself as the "National Executive Council."

4. The expression "National Executive Council" itself sounds more like governmental terminology than the established structure of a Catholic lay organization.

5. There is an important distinction between speaking on national issues and being partisan. The Church has both the right and the duty to address matters affecting the common good without becoming an arm of any political party.

Finally, people should stop using the names of Catholic organizations to spread misinformation. Truth matters.

[Vanguard Newspapers @vanguardngrnews]

Onaiyekan to Presidency: We’re done talking, govern better

https://t.co/etHxxGOR1F

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

"The reason Tinubu uses tribal and religious sentiments as campaign strategy is because he's incompetent and has nothing to offer Nigerians" —Peter Obi

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

The Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria has released a press statement about the appalling disrespect meted out to His Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan by the brainless attack dogs of the presidency after the highly respectable bishop spoke truth to an incompetent delusional govt.

[Dee Macé @frmarcellinus]

The worrisome fact about this is that the attack was not reported by the media. Yet some very wicked people expect the Catholic Bishops to visit the president and tell him bravo. Not gonna happen.

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

Ife Ibrahim of Arsenal posted this on IG.

These boys feel connected to home. Saka visits Nigeria every year, many of them do even if they represent other countries.

Their parents instil that Nigerian culture in them. The food, the music, everything.

…but wait, how do we integrate them? What set ups do we have? Where do we go from here?

Do we have a camp for u18s or u20s, where we invite players like that during international breaks or is it only when there are tournaments?

I believe this is how we should get them in very early.

[Bureau of African Affairs @AsstSecStateAF]

The United States condemns the early morning July 27 attack on a village in Nigeria’s Kaduna State that reportedly killed at least 30 people, including children. We express our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the deceased. We will continue to urge the Government of Nigeria to address rampant violence against Christians in the Middle Belt.

[Harry Da Diegot @trigottista]

Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan didn’t go to Aso Rock to say “Nigerian Catholics are suffering”

Instead he told Tinubu that “Nigerians are suffering”

If you like let them use propaganda and make you fight a bishop that is fighting for you

[Alhaji @yeankhar]

Catholic clerics told the president to his face that he’s not doing well. They didn’t hold a press conference; they went straight to the villas to tell the man directly.

Actual adults with pubic hair who are spokespersons of the president still found a way to make it about Peter Obi.

[Dele Farotimi. A victim of Nigeria @DeleFarotimi]

Because money does not cure the kind of poverty afflicting them..

[Pablo Alakobar @the_popemichael]

Apparently people don't know who a Cardinal is and the amount of influence they yield.

Most of these guys have diplomatic passports, have trained at the highest level of philosophy, theology, and a major discipline. They write books, they act as local imprimatur to people who also write. I'm talking big people who write. And above all, people listen to them — Big & important people listen to them.

Korol Wojtyla (John Paul III), as a cardinal was then Polish government enemy number as he opposed a communist Poland. Poland owes whatever it is today, democratically, to him — at least to a large extent. Wait till you hear about Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the one who mentored Karol.

Jaime Sin of Philippines literarily tumbled a dictatorship by leading peaceful protests and human barricades of millions of people. His intervention was pivotal in one of the world's most successful nonviolent democratic transitions.

Same with József Mindszenty of Hungary, a fighter against Communist Hungary who was popular with the phrase — communism kills the human identity. They even tortured him, and that led to unrest and protests. There's also Thomas Wosley of England. Maybe a little research on Cardinal Sarah and how he became one of the few national figures willing to challenge Sékou Touré's authoritarian regime publicly in Guinea.

A Cardinal does not engage in partisan politics. It's beneath them. However when it comes to the need to intellectually be at the defense of human rights, youth engagement, poverty eradication, and moral empowerment, they'd never be quiet.

So all these Tinubu boys are just mere humans. Dimwits who are controlled by money — a sad way to live.

[Senator Shehu Sani @ShehuSani]

From the era of Military rule and throughout the period of civilian Governments,the Catholic Bishops have a consistent history of telling truth to power.They have never been partisan.Every President they visited,they bring him a gift of Bitter Kola instead of Olive Oil.

[Maxvayshia™ @maxvayshia]

Good day @MDCNOfficial . Medical Doctors are dying almost on a weekly basis due to stress and work overload. We keep losing friends and colleagues. We all await an answer to this pertinent question raise by this handle.

Doctors on the TL, do you know any colleague who has been a victim of stress induced illness from work overload? Kindly speak out and tag the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to your responses.

[Ilemona @I_Am_Ilemona]

Nothing highlights hypocrisy like this statement. A few weeks ago, you people held up a pastor speaking in the US as a gold standard. Now a cardinal doesn't speak for Christians, just because he didn't say what you want to hear.

You're the very Pharisees & Sadducees Jesus preached against