Destiny Omo-efe

Fullstack developer | python| Javascript | django | html | css | Chelsea fc 💙

[Vanguard Newspapers @vanguardngrnews]

In South Africa, someone I buy petrol from threatened to unalive me if I did not leave by the 30th

- South Africa returnee recounts

Video Credit : Arise News // X

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Worsening Leadership Crisis in the Country Now Evident

The ultimate cost of uncompassionate leadership, as evident in the country today, is turning citizens’ frustration into deep, volatile resentment. It is even more traumatising when the leader presiding over that collapse demonstrates clear incapacity and a lack of compassion.

The government and people of Oyo State, more than 50 days after the abduction of the schoolchildren without any tangible effort toward their rescue, should rightly feel bitter and abandoned.

Since this unfortunate incident, I have spoken publicly about it twice, including appealing directly to the kidnappers to release the children. I also called the Governor twice to assure him of my solidarity, understanding that this issue is not just an Oyo problem but a Nigerian tragedy.

On Friday, July 3, I decided to travel to Ibadan with Prof. Pat Utomi to express solidarity with the Governor, as more than 50 days had elapsed without the rescue of the children and with numerous others still being held captive across the country.

During our two-hour meeting, I shared my experience in addressing insecurity as Governor of Anambra State. I recalled how President Olusegun Obasanjo, and later Presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, would personally call us several times whenever we faced major security challenges.

But, to my utmost shock, I discovered that, contrary to my assumption that they had been in regular communication over the matter, Governor Seyi Makinde had not received a single call from President Bola Tinubu.

I remember the only case of a school kidnapping during President Goodluck Jonathan’s era - the Chibok girls. It drew local and international attention. Even though the security agencies provided almost daily updates on their efforts, Nigerians and the rest of the world were outraged that it took President Jonathan over two weeks to call the then State chief Executive.

I vividly recall that the current President, Bola Tinubu, led a team of vocal critics who called for President Jonathan’s immediate resignation over the incident, citing his delay in calling the state governor. That call for IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION should actually be the case in this matter.

Today, under President Tinubu, there have been more than 13 school kidnappings, yet the President has found it difficult to call the affected state’s chief executive after more than 50 days (over 7 weeks). This is outrageous. I suspect the same may also have been the case in other school kidnapping incidents.

I cannot imagine any issue more important than the lives of our kidnapped children, their teachers, and the many other Nigerians being held captive across the country. It is now an indisputable fact that governance has completely collapsed under this administration.

The situation reflects a total lack of capacity and compassion, compounded by glaring insensitivity.

Amid such an apparent display of incompetence, the President should either resign or, at the very least, abstain from seeking re-election for the sake of our dear country. This call is patriotic, not political. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Grand Corruption: Nigeria’s Greatest Threat.

The recent report from the IMF consultation further raises concerns about the scale of grand corruption under the Tinubu government. The IMF now reveals that about N8.83 trillion in expenditure undertaken in 2025 is not reflected in the budget. This expenditure is not budgeted and is therefore not under legislative oversight or administrative scrutiny. This is horrible.

N8.83 trillion is as follows:

1.About 2% of our GDP.

2.Over 35% of Nigeria’s 2025 N23.96 trillion capital project budget. In fact, the amount is more than the actual released capital funding for 2025.

https://t.co/Hta3LViCB8 is more than the entire combined budget for education (N3.52 trillion) and health (N2.38 trillion).

If such an amount is properly used and accounted for, it could transform Nigeria’s public health and education sectors. It could create hundreds of cottage industries that can provide jobs for thousands of graduates and build a solid foundation for economic development. But we cannot account for it. This is not an isolated incident.

This is a pattern of grand corruption that has become part of this administration.
We have a lot to worry about regarding the state of corruption under President Tinubu. The sort of corruption that is ingrained in total disregard of elementary rules of public finance management poses a grave danger to national security and the stability of the Nigerian state. The capture of the Nigerian state and the plunder of its resources are actions that undermine the basis of state stability and deepen poverty and state failure.

This recent revelation proves that the APC government is grossly corrupt, incompetent, and insensitive. With the growing poverty and the urgent need for significant upgrades to social and physical infrastructure, a responsible and responsive government would ensure that N8.83 trillion is prudently utilised to address these gaps. But not the Tinubu administration.

A few days ago, I called on President Tinubu to resign from office for incompetence, lack of capacity, lack of compassion, and failure to improve on his campaign promises. Some people thought perhaps the call was excessive. But with the daily revelations of pervasive corruption in this administration and its total lack of commitment to the welfare and security of Nigerian citizens, the only reasonable action is for President Tinubu to resign from office. The collapse of elementary forms of due process under Tinubu and the increased evidence of rampant looting of Nigerian public finances reinforce the need for greater accountability. It is now time for Nigerian citizens to rise within the law and hold this administration to account.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Ose Anenih, CPM @ose_anenih]

“The PFIPC scandal can happen anywhere. It can happen in America. It is like 9-11.” - APC Chieftain.

A new bar has been set for the worst public spokesman to come on national TV. @charlesaniagolu wan slap am. 😂😂😂

Dr. Taofiq Raimi, come collect your medal. 🥇

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Leo Messi: “Thanks to this team and these teammates, I can be at another World Cup today and I can keep competing”.

“I know they make an extra effort so that I can keep competing and they do it from the heart because they truly feel it”.

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

Amid the controversy over the existence of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), official documents have shown that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) approved the redeployment of some staff members from federal ministries to the agency last year.

The documents surfaced amid public outrage that trailed the federal government’s denial of the agency’s existence and the appointment of its director-general, Adeniyi Adeyemi.
A circular dated August 28, 2025, and signed by Dauda Abdulhamid, Director of Administration at the OAGF, showed that some treasury officers from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments and agencies were also posted to the agency.
The permanent secretaries and heads of key federal institutions, including the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), were among the recipients of the circular approving the postings, which the OAGF said was intended to strengthen service delivery.
Affected officers were directed to submit their assumption-of-duty certificates to the Office of the Accountant-General on or before Thursday, September 11, 2025.
The OAGF had also warned that failure by affected officers to comply with the posting directive would attract sanctions under the Public Service Rules.
“I am further directed to reiterate that all officers are to note that failure to comply with this posting instruction shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Public Service Rules PSR 020602 (iv),” he wrote.
Omeh Amarachukwu Henry, a principal auditor on Grade Level 12, was posted from the foreign affairs ministry to the audit unit of the Office of the Director-General, Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), specifically to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
Also redeployed from the foreign affairs ministry to the PFIPC account unit were Wakili Saidu Lampo, a senior auditor on Grade Level 10, and Ojo Akinpelu Victor, an accounts officer on Grade Level 13.
Bawa Salihu Mokwa, the spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), could not be immediately reached for comments.
Earlier, the president’s chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, denied that the agency existed under President Bola Tinubu’s administration and that Mr Adeyemi had never been appointed to head it.
Reacting, Mr Adeyemi, at a press conference, alleged that Mr Gbajabiamila had collected N400 million through a proxy and demanded an additional N200 million to secure his appointment.
The PFIPC chief questioned how the agency appeared on pages 50 and 51 of the 2026 appropriation budget and how it secured a space at the federal secretariat if it did not exist.
However, the federal government has maintained that the agency does not exist and that Mr Adeyemi is an impostor, despite documents indicating that the PFIPC had been operating. The development has generated outrage among Nigerians, who have questioned the authenticity of the Tinubu-led government’s claims.

[Esther Umoh @EstherUmoh10]

Continuing his efforts to encourage more citizens to register for their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), Peter Obi made a brief stop at Loyola Grammar School alongside Pat Utomi, an alumnus of the school. He interacted with those registering for their PVCs and commended the INEC officials for their dedication and the work they were doing.

He also stopped at a mart along the way, where he purchased a few items and had a brief conversation with the manager about business, including how sales had been and the general state of operations.

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Documents from both chambers of National Assembly suggest official communication with the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council despite Presidency disclaimers. https://t.co/Sw4pEWTFl7

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

🚨JUST IN: Argentina fans have taken over Miami

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Chance Visits to INEC Registration Centres

On my return to Anambra State yesterday, and on my way to attend some scheduled engagements, I made impromptu visits to the INEC voter registration centres at the Civic Centre, Nibo, and Nrijiofor Primary School, Nri.

I was pleased to see Nigerians registering to vote. I took the opportunity to commend those who had turned out and to encourage every eligible citizen to do the same. I reminded them that the journey to good governance does not begin on Election Day; it begins with voter registration. Registering to vote is not just a civic responsibility — it is an investment in the Nigeria we all desire.

I urged everyone who is eligible but has not yet registered to do so without delay. I also appealed to those who have already registered to encourage their family members, friends, neighbours, and colleagues to take advantage of the ongoing exercise before the deadline.

Every registered voter strengthens our democracy and brings us one step closer to building the secure, united, productive, and prosperous Nigeria we all seek.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Fake Agency Gets N1.3B In 2026 Budget

A massive financial scandal is rocking the presidency following revelation that ₦1.3 billion was allocated in the 2026 budget to a completely fictitious entity called the "Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council."

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the arrest of the alleged Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who operated fraud rings from the Federal Secretariat for over a year and opened 34 fraudulent bank accounts before his capture.

Watch What’s Trending With @OjyOkpe

[Nigeria Democratic Congress @NigeriaNDCHQ]

PRESS STATEMENT: - NDC Demands Immediate Sack of Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila Over Massive Corruption Scandal Involving Fake Agency and Sale of Appointments.

[COUNTRYnotNATION @Taulpaul_X]

"Why are you acquiring what you don't need? It doesn't make sense. I have NO REASON...To steal public money" ~ Peter Obi

Sir, please increase the volume, uncle FEMI can't hear you. Infact, ALL our politicians need to hear you.

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

NDC Presidential Candidate Mr. Peter Obi Visits PVC Registration Centres Across The Country To Monitor the Registration Process, Ensure It Is Conducted Properly, and Encourage Nigerians Ahead of the 2027 Presidential Election.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria

Today, being the 1st of July, 2026, I wish to humbly recall that when I decided to contest for the office of President of Nigeria, I pledged to place Nigeria on the path of unity and national transformation. Now, as the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, I will, in the coming weeks and months, provide insights into the roadmap that I am confident will help curb abuse in government, halt the decline in the quality of life of Nigerians at all levels, and usher in an era of unity, peace, sustained progress, and prosperity.

This vision is anchored on a commitment to unity, inclusion, social justice, equity, and the freedom of every citizen to pursue lawful dreams.

Central to this proposed roadmap are significant reforms in education and healthcare, which are at the core of human capital development.

Robust human capital is indispensable infrastructure for national progress. It serves as the fundamental capital upon which daily life, economic expansion, and the delivery of essential public services depend.

These are foundational areas that we must reform with energy and determination if we are to reap the demographic dividend of our youthful population.

From the outset of my presidency, we will establish a task force dedicated to drastically reducing the menace of out-of-school children. We will place greater emphasis on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to support our drive for massive industrialisation, anchored on our agricultural endowments and value addition across value chains organised around industrial parks to be located in development zones across the geopolitical regions of the country.

Funding and improving the equipment of TVET institutions, through partnerships among government, the private sector, and social entrepreneurs such as faith-based educators, will facilitate apprenticeship opportunities in the private sector, similar to the German dual education system.

The situation in which unemployment remains high while Nigerian entrepreneurs establish businesses elsewhere because skilled labour is scarce must be confronted decisively. Doing so is essential for the common good and for facilitating our transition from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one.

Character and civic education, emphasising the values that foster trust - an essential ingredient for enterprise and leadership - as well as shared national values, will receive significant attention within the tripartite approach to governance that we propose.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[LEYE @leyeConnect]

That video was really difficult to watch, the framing, the impassioned comment, the subtle shielding of the president from his responsibility.

Is it tribalism or old age because I am lost for words. Same thing Wole Soyinka did too. Yoruba elders across spectrum really are not objective about this man’s leadership and Lord have mercy because the unraveling is unnerving.

What about people who have lost loved ones, what do we say to them, that the President has done his part and so should be absolved of any responsibility ?

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Doesn't matter how much talent you have. As long as you believe you don't have the right to be on the same pitch as your opposition, you're right. They ALL have a huge mental block that I've been watching for decades since my first world cup in 1994.

You can take Senegal or Nigeria with all their superstars and put them on that pitch against Uzbekistan and I promise you they will find a way to look like an inferior team next to Uzbekistan, even though that makes no sense.

I've seen one of the most absurdly stacked Nigeria teams of all time, where 7 of the starting 11 were starters in the Premier League or La Liga, and they found a way to not just lose to this shit Greece side, but also get completely dominated in the process, completely unable to move the ball and resorting to the usual long ball, hit and hope nonsense.

It makes no sense unless you realise that all African teams south of the Sahara suffer from a debilitating inferiority complex that has never been addressed. If you don't believe you can do something, you are correct.

[Jibrin Okutepa San @sanjsokutepa]

I have resisted the urge to comment on the ruling of Hon Mr Justice Dashen of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja on the NDC matter until I read the judgement. Having read the judgement I am just wondering why the learned trial judge agreed to set the judgement his lordship gave in December 2025 wherein INEC the only Defendant in that case was ordered to register NDC as a political party.

That order was obeyed and NDC registered as a political party. Now an association known as Peace Movement Party PMP was never a party to that judgement. So when an application was filed on the 5th May 2026, the application had two prayers. Praye on3 was for extension of time to apply to set aside the said judgement and an order setting aside the said judgment.

The learned trial judge in the ruling under review set out the two prayers in the motion in the ruling but his lordship did not consider at all prayer one that deals with extension of time to apply to have the judgment set aside. Why. Nobody can hadzard a guess. But was his lordship right. I do not think so. The principle of law is well established that where a person seeks extension of time within which to apply to set aside a judgment entered in his absence, the applicant must satisfy two conditions, namely good and substantial reasons for the failure to appear or defend the action; and show that there is a prima facie defence on the merits, usually by exhibiting a proposed statement of defence disclosing triable issues.

These two conditions are conjunctive, not disjunctive. In other words, both conditions must co-exist before the court can exercise its discretion in favour of the applicant. Failure to satisfy either is fatal. The Supreme Court in Williams vs Hope Rising Voluntary Funds Society held that an applicant seeking to set aside a judgment entered in default must: show good reasons for the default; and disclose a defence on the merits.

In fact the first hurdle must be crossed before a consideration can be given to the second question. The discretion of the court is exercised only where both requirements are met. In Nalsa & Team Associates vs. NNPC, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that the applicant must satisfy the court as to:
the reason for the default; and
the existence of a defence raising triable issues. In Skenconsult (Nig.) Ltd. vs Ukey,
even though principally dealing with judgments entered without jurisdiction or without service, the Supreme Court also distinguished cases where the court's discretion to set aside a regular judgment depends upon the applicant satisfying the recognised conditions.

In A.C.B. Plc vs Losada (Nig.) Ltd, the Supreme Court reiterated that a party seeking to set aside a regular judgment must explain the default and show a defence on the merits. In Macaulay vs. NAL Merchant Bank Ltd the court emphasized that both conditions are prerequisites before discretion can be exercised. Are these conditions conjunctive or disjunctive? The authorities consistently state that the conditions are conjunctive, not disjunctive.

The applicant must establish both: good and substantial reasons for the failure to appear; and a defence on the merits. The use of the word "and" in the Supreme Court decisions is deliberate. The courts have repeatedly refused applications where only one condition was established.A commonly quoted statement of the law is that the applicant must show good reasons for his absence and disclose a defence on the merits before the court can exercise its discretion in his favour.

In this ruling, his lordship left out most fundamental judicial function and did not interrogate the reason for failure to apply to have the judgment set aside before INEC obey it. The court did not give us the opportunity what informed its reasons to set aside the judgment when there is no finding on the point why the applicants waited till 4th May 2026 before they apply to set aside the judgment. It appears there are more the public did not know.

[Sam Amadi @SamAmadi]

@officialABAT strategy to avoid electoral loss in 2027 seems extreme and desperate. I believe he will lose out. But it could lead to extreme response. The tragedy is that the current desperation and recklessness may destroy the entire edifice of Nigerian democracy even in their failure.

I hope there are enough patriots to step in and save Nigeria when that happens.

May Nigeria survive.