One thing for sure is the more ransom you pay terrorists, the more future attacks you have inadvertently funded.
It is really sad to say but at some point, we will have to deal with collateral damage. It's terrible but it's our current reality. Especially, if we hope to send a deterrent to potential terrorist hoping to deploy the same format. Whatever approach the government decides, they need to send a strong message to terrorists, FAFO.
Last Thursday night I ran out of fuel on Third Mainland Bridge.
11pm.
Phone at 2%.
No powerbank.
I want to tell you what happened next.
I pushed the hazard lights on and sat in the car.
Trying to think.
Cars were flying past me.
Nobody slowed down.
Not one person.
Lagos at night on that bridge is a different kind of alone.After about 15 minutes I saw headlights slow down behind me.
A danfo bus.
Old. Battered. One headlight slightly dim.
The driver came down.
Big man. Rough looking. Dirty shirt. Chewing something.
My first thought was fear.
My second thought was I had no choice.He looked at my car.
Looked at me.
Said "fuel?"
I nodded.
He didn't say anything else.
Just went back to his bus.
I thought he was leaving.
He wasn't.He came back with a small gallon.
Maybe two liters.
Old plastic container with a rubber pipe attached.
Like he kept it specifically for situations like this.
He poured it into my tank without being asked.
Without negotiating.
Without even looking at me for approval.I started the car.
It came on.
I came down immediately and opened my wallet.
I had ₦15,000 on me.
I held it out to him.
He looked at the money.
Then looked at me.
And shook his head.I thought he wanted more.
I told him it was all I had.
He said "keep am."
Just like that.
Keep am.
I stood there confused.
This man just helped a stranger on a bridge at 11pm and didn't want anything.I asked him why.
He leaned against his bus.
Took a long breath.
And said something I have not stopped thinking about since.He said in 1998 he broke down on that same bridge.
Night time.
Pregnant wife in the passenger seat.
No phone. No money. No fuel.
He said he sat there for almost an hour crying and praying.Then a man in a big car stopped.
Suit and tie.
Looked like someone who had no business stopping for a danfo driver.
But he stopped.
Bought fuel from somewhere.
Came back.
Filled his tank.
Refused every kobo he offered.
Said only one thing before he drove off."Pass am forward."
That was it.
Pass am forward.
The man in the suit drove away and he never saw him again.
25 years he carried those three words.
Third Mainland Bridge.
Waiting for his own turn to use them.I stood on that bridge and didn't know what to say.
This man had been holding onto someone else's kindness for 25 years.
And he chose me to give it to.
A stranger in a car he had never seen before.He got back into his danfo.
Gave me one nod.
And drove off into the night.
I stood there watching his one dim headlight disappear.
Holding ₦15,000 I couldn't give away.I sat back in my car for a long time before I drove off.
Thinking about the man in the suit in 1998.
Who had no idea what he started.
A chain of kindness that crossed 25 years and found me on the same bridge.I don't know who that danfo driver is.
I don't know his name.
But somewhere in Lagos tonight he is driving that old bus.
With one dim headlight.
And a heart that has been quietly changing lives since 1998.
Pass am forward.
*What are you passing forward today*?
Karma!!!!!
You will definitely reap something some day.
Depends on what you have been sowing!!!!
There was an AI-doctored video with an altered voice of Tinubu wrongly claimed to be posted by VDM- and within 2hours the presidency responded calling for arrest. Even tho the said video was clearly doctored and never posted by VDM.
Yet the same presidency will wait for days - after terrorists kidnap, behead and slaughter Nigerians. And sometimes they will never even say anything.
Human lives mean nothing to these heartless animals in power. They only bother about politics and campaign.
This is an evil satanic government.
The value Nigerian government place on human lives is alarmingly insignificant. For a government that is so keen on milking the masses dry, one would expect that the least they would do is provide security but No, that is the never on their minds. Year in, year out with each successive government, nothing changes, just rinse and repeat. What a shame!!!
@OurFavOnlineDoc This is disheartening. For everyone in a position that could have helped in securing Nigeria but handled our security affairs with kids gloves or wanton greed, may posterity judge you all. This man didn't deserve this. No one deserves this kind of brutality.
Well done, Mr. Governor. Good initiative.
It would have been more beneficial if this and other security policies have been set in place years ago when Amotekun was setup. However, better late than never. Now, let's bring our people back home and secure Oyo state and its people. Ire o.
In my opinion, Desmond goofed.
If you practice a craft for 12 years, you should be a professional at it. What good did he think coming to the public will do for him in this case? Was he expecting people to stand and fight for him? Same people he has been nonchalant about the entire time? Its a shame.
1. My son, currently in 400 Level Medicine and Surgery scored 333 in JAMB but his name did not even APPEAR on the Admission List. I was later told by the Institution that, my son could be offered Micro Biology. I told the Registrar of the institution POINT BLANK that, "I have spent HUGELY (Several Millions of Naira) to get my Son to this Point of Entry (PoE) to become a Medical Doctor and not to become a Biology Teacher through her offer of Micro Biology. This Registrar was so MEAN. She simply told me, we are very sorry, Micro Biology is the BEST we can OFFER your son.
2. At this Juncture, I proceeded to JAMB Headquarters, Abuja to meet with Prof. Oloyede who swiftly asked for my son's JAMB details, punched these details into his laptop and everything concerning the university came up on his screen.
3. Prof. Oloyede said and I quote: "Dr. Muyiwa Kayode, please go back home and sleep with your two eyes closed. From what I am seeing on my screen, your son is No.3 on the List of Medicine and Surgery of this institution with a JAMB SCORE of 333 which comes behind two other JAMB scores of 348 & 334 respectively. Unfortunately, none of these chaps, including your Son (i.e JAMB Score 348, 334 and 333) made the Admission List"
4. Prof. Oloyede continued and I quote: "Dr. Muyiwa Kayode, in SANE countries, this Institution should have sent the College Driver with an official vehicle to go and fetch your son from Ekiti to campus having projected himself into the MERIT LIST of this Institution but unfortunately, the endemic corruption in these institutions will just not allow them to follow Due Process"
5. Right in my presence, Prof. Oloyede put a call through to the Vice Chancellor of this Institution, setting his phone on speaker and spoke angrily at the Vice Chancellor, lamenting on the endemic corruption under his nose as it concerns university admission. This Vice Chancellor apologized to Prof. Oloyede saying what has just happened must have been an ERROR of OVERSIGHT on the part of his Management Team & promised Prof. Oloyede that he will personally ensure the Error of Oversight is corrected.
6. Within 24 hrs of that conversation between Prof. Oloyede and the Vice Chancellor, my son checked the university's Admission Portal and discovered his name has been INCLUDED as Number Three on the admission list while the names of the other chaps that scored 348 & 334 also appeared on the admission list as Number One and Number Two respectively.
7. The good news in all of these is that, my son that would have been CRIMINALLY denied admission ab-initio now TOPS his class with a G.P.A of 4.85
This is neither Federal nor State government doing... Every sector of the economy in Nigeria is corrupt.
Photo: Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board ( JAMB )
This is indeed the opportunity created by 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.
This young man has taken advantage of that provision, which gives individuals, businesses, estates, factories, and communities the ability to generate up to 1 megawatt (1MW) of electricity without obtaining a license from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
As a stakeholder in the sector, this could be another opportunity for the government to reduce its over-dependency on the national grid.
Kudos to this young man, he has surely gotten the grip on his house network, with a proper metering and monitoring system for his neighbours.
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
A memo to Mr onanuga from Nigeria observes
The receipts are in. And they are damning.
On Friday May 17, 2024, Nigeria’s Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu announced at the 8th Africa Energy Marketplace in Abuja that President Tinubu had approved part payment of all power sector debts estimated at N3.3 trillion.
Same figure. Same announcement. Same government. Different date.
May 17 2024: N3.3 trillion approved.
July 2025: N4 trillion bond approved.
May 2025: $122 billion policy approved.
January 2026: N501 billion bond issued.
April 6 2026: N3.3 trillion approved again as “full and final settlement.”
The Association of Power Generation Companies confirmed that most GenCos refused to sign the government’s settlement agreements because they conflicted with existing power purchase agreements. Only five generating companies signed, largely government-affiliated ones.
So the 2024 announcement didn’t work. The debt kept growing.
From 2015 to December 2024 the debt grew to N4 trillion. By March 2026 it had reached N6.8 trillion, growing by N200 billion every single month.
They announced N3.3 trillion in May 2024. The debt grew by N2 trillion more between then and now. And the solution is to announce N3.3 trillion again.
Tinubu visited Jos to condole with massacre victims in April 2026 and told the audience he was leaving in 10 minutes because the airport had no electricity.
The President approving billions to fix electricity cannot stay 10 minutes at a Nigerian airport because there is no electricity.
This is not governance. This is a press release recycling programme. 🇳🇬
DUGURI TRAP: The Day We Turned the Hunters into the Hunted 🔥🇳🇬
It happened in Duguri, Abadam Borno State one of those places in Nigeria where everywhere just looks quiet… but the ground itself knows war.
That morning no be normal patrol. Intel land correct one. Not that usual maybe-maybe info. This one clear. Clean. Actionable.
For the first time since I was deployed to that place, na dem go waka enter our own trap 🪤.
We set up sharp-sharp. No noise. No gra-gra. Everybody dey coded. You fit see am for everybody face this one na business. Even the usual cruise no dey. One of the guys just whisper, “Today go loud…” everyone smile 😊
We wait.
Time dey go slow. Sweat dey drop but nobody move. Then we sight them coming with full confidence, unprepared. Loose movement kind. As if na them get the land.
I just shake head “Una don enter one chance.”
We let them come in. Closer. Closer…
Then
CONTACT!
“Fire!!!”
Everything scatter.
But this time, no be us dey run helter-skelter. Na them. Confusion just jam them straight. You go see am the moment e click for their head say “we don fall inside trap.”
Too late.
We pin them down. Cut off their movement. Anywhere you turn na soldier. Fire discipline on point. Coordination clean. No panic.
One of our guys shout, “Press them! No give dem space!”
Na so we dominate.
They tried to escape no way. Tried to regroup impossible.
Before everything calm down… over 60 of them don drop.
Sixty !!!
No stories. No propaganda. Just result.
After the smoke clear, we sweep the area. That’s when we see abandoned weapons, their small “hospital,” and even burial ground. Fresh.
The beating we gave them earlier don already weaken them… this one just finish the work.
One of the boys look around and just say, “Omo… today sweet.”
And honestly? He no lie.
Because for once, na them carry fear. Na them run. Na them lose everything.
We stand there, catching our breath, dust everywhere, heart still racing… but deep down, one thing dey clear:
That day for Duguri, we no just fight.
We outsmart them. Outplay them.
And it's all thanks to our commander because we sure remind them say this land no be for terrorists.
Na for Nigeria. 🇳🇬🔥
This is sad and traumatic at the least. Beyond the expression of sadness towards this video, relevant authorities should take this up. No child should ever be subjected to this plight. The adults that were responsible for sharing that meal should be subjected to psyche evaluation. A child was literally shivering from the cold but the cameraman went on recording like it is a normal sight. What is wrong with human adults????
Dear Bashir,
This your post, and your reaction, is exactly why that man said what he said.
A man who has lost his entire family to barbaric bigoted murderers who kill in the name of your god, you are shocked that the man will call him a bloodsucking demon.
A young 22year old girl was hunted, beaten, stoned and burnt alive by demonic cursed animals in sokoto. All recorded live on video and broadcasted to the whole world to see. The pathetic demonic animals who committed this atrocity proudly did it in the name of allah. Yet you are shocked that allah is called a bloodsucking demon.
Week in, week out,
Villages are ransacked,
Communities are terrorised,
Children and women are raped,
Elderly people are kidnapped and killed,
All across many states in Nigeria,
Atrocities and barbarism done in the name of allah, yet you are shocked that someone who has buried hundreds and thousands of victims of these terrorists will refer to allah as a bloodsucking demon.
People have called Jesus a fraud, a scam, a lie, a demon, a false prophet and all sorts of offensive names yet even though he is God in the Christian belief, yet you don’t see christians write veiled death threats against the persons doing this. Because Christianity is not a bloodsucking cult.
Rather than seek to understand why the man said what he said or what will push a man to use such strong words to describe, you do the exact thing he is talking about by writing an online dog whistle to threaten him and signal to your barbaric terrorist animal brothers to attack him.
You say that:
“Such a statement is extremely offensive and the highest forms of provocation against the beliefs of billions of Muslims.”
“Now resorting to insulting the Almighty crosses the dangerous line.”
So what exactly do you plan to do?
You want to kidnap him? Torture him? Kill him? All for allah? Or what exactly are you threatening him for?
Many people have stated repeatedly that the version of Islam that some of you barbaric animal practise in northern Nigeria is bigoted, irrational, extremist, terroristic and quite frankly bloodthirsty.
Does your empty brain not see that even this your post full of veiled threats only confirms that you worship a bloodsucking demon? Even in Ramadan, the only thing in your depraved soul is full of is how to concoct threats and threaten violence.
Many of you terror apologists and bigoted barbarians still don’t get the simple point:
If you have to threaten violence, threaten harm, or actually harm people, all in a bid to “defend” your god, then your god is utterly useless, absolutely worthless and he is indeed a bloodsucking demon.
You can cry all you want, and you can respond with further threats to kill and harm more people but,
If your god needs you to harm and kill people to defend him, that your god is a bloodsucking demon.