Chibuike Damian Ani

MSc Marine Biology and Aquaculture, MAECI Scholar, Oxford School of Climate Change MT23, , Gradstudent, Data analyst, Catholic, UniNa , FUTAkure Alumnus.

[Cádiz CF 🇳🇬 @Cadiz_CFNG]

👕🇳🇬 Today, our colleague Dani came to the office wearing a Nigeria jersey

𝘾á𝙙𝙞𝙯 𝘾𝙁 🤝 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖

[Chibuike Damian Ani @damian_ani]

@andelineanekwe Happy birthday🎊🎂

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

ON THE ANAMBRA DEBT QUESTION

I have remained silent over the past few days because I have been grieving the loss of my very dear elder brother and friend, Chief Okey Ezeibe. However, the time has come for me to address some of the matters that have occupied public discussion in recent days.

I respectfully urge everyone to concentrate on the existential challenges confronting Nigeria and the hardships endured by its citizens, rather than on the needless distractions that have become widespread in our politics.

I wish to assure the public that I have no disagreement with my dear elder brother, Governor Soludo, or with any governor in Nigeria. I am not seeking the office of governor in any state, and I will not seek that position again, even if the Constitution is amended.

Accordingly, I appeal to governors to support whichever presidential candidate they choose while also permitting and assisting other presidential candidates and contenders for other offices to campaign freely and without interruption in their states. Ultimately, voters should be allowed to determine whom they wish to serve them.

Regarding the multilateral funding inaccurately described as “debt owed by Peter Obi” in Anambra State, I wish to state unequivocally:

As Governor of Anambra State, I did not approach any financial institution to borrow funds or issue a bond on behalf of the state. Indeed, at his farewell ceremony, the then Director-General of the DMO, Abraham Nwankwo, appointed me chairman and declared that, during his 10 years in office, I was the only state governor who had not approached him for a loan facility.

When I left office, the Anambra State Government owed no unpaid salaries, gratuities, or pensions. Neither did it owe any contractor or supplier who had completed work that the government had verified and certified.

Regarding development financing from the World Bank, these are concessionary development-support funds secured by the Federal Government for states selected by it to address specific needs. Repayment is spread over 25 to 30 years.

The Anambra State Government must therefore differentiate among three separate figures: the total amount approved for the multiyear development program; the amount Anambra State actually drew during my tenure; and the funding balance outstanding when I handed over on 17 March 2014.

The government has combined these distinct categories, added them together, and described the resulting US$123.77 million as “loans left by Peter Obi.” That is an incorrect application of public-sector accounting.

The eight facilities identified were primarily World Bank and IFAD development programs negotiated by the Federal Government, with participating states receiving access to the funds through subsidiary arrangements. They were not conventional commercial loans that I personally secured during my tenure.

This does not suggest that Anambra had no repayment responsibilities; rather, each facility must be examined in light of its approval, effectiveness, drawdown, and repayment record.

The clearest contradiction appears in the government’s own figures. It states that the original facilities amounted to approximately US$123.77 million and that US$92.35 million remained outstanding in June 2026. However, the DMO’s published records showed Anambra’s total external debt at approximately US$18 million when I began my tenure in March 2006, about US$30 million in March 2014, when I left office, and approximately US$45.15 million as of 31 December 2014, nine months after my departure.

The Anambra State Government must therefore clarify how a state whose recorded external debt was about US$30 million in March 2014 and US$45.15 million in December 2014 could supposedly have inherited US$123.77 million from Peter Obi, who left office in March of that same year.

[Odegaard @Martin08fanpage]

What am I watching? 😂 https://t.co/dd1YmpZe64

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

"Watching more matches creates more connection." ❤️

Why Arsenal are so well-supported across Africa 👇

[SensibleTakes @SardarGooner]

This was Manchester City as defending champions

[Burna Boy @burnaboy]

🔥💯

[Adika @Adikastakes]

Let's give this more visibility!!! People must see the truth

[NTANetwork @NTANewsNow]

Anambra Governor, Peter Obi, launches a N1 billion Senior Citizens Welfare Scheme

[NTANetwork @NTANewsNow]

Peter Obi pays over N2Bn to make a total of N37Bn spent by his govt to clear arrears of Pension&Gratuity owed by successive govts since 1996

[Sam/FIFA Brit @FIFABrit]

Yeah, it’s so obvious that this is something they’ve cooked up to try and win pens

Ballard initiates the contact, and then when the defender instinctively grabs on, he goes to ground

Fair play, it fooled the refs in the Arsenal game. It just clearly shouldn’t be a pen 😂

[Real Betis Balompié @RealBetis_en]

Dani Ceballos: once a Gunner, always a Gunner 👊

[Gidado_10 @10Gidado]

PEOPLE OFTEN ASK: WHO KNOWS THE FUTURE? 💭 ONLY GOD. ✝️

Few years ago, I was playing football in the streets of New Nyanya and some pitches in Abuja.
Around those same New Nyanya streets, I would stand outside sport bars watching players like N’Golo Kanté, Mason Greenwood,Romelu Lukaku, Nathan Ake, Matteo Guendouzi and the Fenerbahçe players on television, wondering what it would feel like to one day to play on the big stage or share the same pitch with them.
Then came yesterday.
Life has a funny way of turning the things you once watched from a distance into moments you get to live. I’m a testimony of God’s grace.
From New Nyanya to Europe.
From watching them on TV to competing against them on the pitch.
For me, this is more than football for me. It is a reminder to everyone that where you start doesn’t determine where you finish.
My name is Victor Ntino-Emo Gidado and my journey is still being written. 📝🇳🇬⚽️

#GaziantepFK #Fenerbahçe

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔵🔴 Anthony Gordon: “For a while, I didn't believe Barcelona deal was real. I told my agent: yea, yea, ok…”.

“I didn't show much interest because I didn't think it was that serious. Then I had a phone call with Hansi Flick, and that's when I knew it was real!”, told RAC1.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Happy 71st Birthday to #PopeLeoXIV!

Pope Leo was born on September 14, 1955 in Chicago, USA. Let's wish him a blessed and joyful birthday, praying for his ministry.

Ad multos annos! 🙏

[Chibuike Damian Ani @damian_ani]

@LekeOlofinniyi Baba nla, happy birthday Monsieur❤️

[Chris @chijiokechuwa]

Gameweek 4

[Football Matter @footbolmatter10]

🚨 Post Match Reaction on Arsenal vs Sunderland

When Burnaboy sang Zero signs of weakness, He was referring to Arsenal

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Forza.

[The 3rd Man @_Pomasi]

Wenger joined Arsenal in 1996. He didn't lose a Premier League game to Chelsea until 2005. Arsenal went 9 years without losing a single league game to Chelsea. Nine.