When people who earn monthly salaries were having that akara and kulikuli argument, these are the kinds of reality they ignored.
The world of those who use their capital to earn daily profit is diffrent & full of growth opportunities.
Is Lagos State for Everybody or Only a Selected Few?
Around 3:20 a.m. last night, our 7-month-old baby girl started crying with a very high fever. She had been running a temperature for the past two days, but it became worse during the night. When I checked with the thermometer, her temperature had risen to 38.5°C.
My wife and I were worried. It was raining heavily, and without a car, we didn't know how we would get her to the hospital.
We used a towel soaked in water to gently wipe her body and help reduce the fever while we waited for the rain to ease.
Then I remembered the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency-LASEMA number, 112. I called at about 4:07 a.m., hoping they could help. A lady answered and asked about the emergency. I explained that my 7-month-old baby had a high fever, it was raining heavily, and we couldn't get to the hospital. She could hear my baby crying in the background.
I asked if they could send an ambulance. She immediately took my address and a nearby landmark.
At about 4:27 a.m., I received another call from the Lagos Emergency Response Call Centre. The officer informed me that an ambulance had already been dispatched. He asked how the team could locate my house because it was still dark and there might not be anyone outside to direct them. I asked if I could send my live location, but he explained that he was calling from the control centre and was not with the ambulance team.
By 5:07 a.m., the rain had stopped. I received another call informing me that the ambulance was waiting at Checkpoint Bus Stop. My wife, our baby, and I quickly took a motorcycle there, and to my surprise, the ambulance was already waiting for us.
The medical personnel welcomed us into the ambulance and asked about our baby's condition. They asked which hospital we normally used. I mentioned the new Primary Health Centre at Ilepo, but explained that it does not operate 24 hours a day. They agreed and advised us that the best option was to take our baby to GeneralHospital Badagry where she could receive proper emergency care.
I believe the ambulance couldn't reach our house because of the heavy rain and the poor condition of the Ibiye–Checkpoint–Magbon road to our street. This is another reason why that road needs urgent attention from the Lagos State Government and the local government. Good roads save lives during emergencies.
One thing that amazed me was that the ambulance came all the way from Badagry General Hospital about 24 kilometres to Checkpoint Bus Stop just to respond to our emergency. Wow. Honestly we are still shock. I only see this happen in developed countries.
For that, I sincerely commend the Lagos State Emergency Response Team. They proved that the emergency service is working and that lives truly matter.
The journey to the hospital was smooth. The Lagos–Badagry Expressway from Agbara Junction to Badagry is now a modern six-lane road with no potholes. Credit goes to former President Muhammadu Buhari for starting the project, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for continuing it, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ensuring the reconstruction around Badagry, including the road leading to the General Hospital. Good roads make emergency response faster and more effective.
At the hospital, we were asked to open a new patient file because records from the Primary Health Centre could not be accessed there. I believe Lagos State should work towards creating a unified electronic medical record system so that patients' records can be accessed at any government hospital. I no there is existing smart card, we have that with our Lagos health insurance but had expired. I'll renew it.
We paid ₦2,000 to open a new file. The doctor attended to our baby immediately and requested a Full Blood Count (FBC) test and a malaria test, which cost ₦8,000. We also bought the prescribed injections and medications from the hospital pharmacy for about ₦4,000.
PETER OBI MUST APOLOGISE TO AIRPORT STAFF AND PAY THE FINE FOR WRONG PARKING
As the Minister of Aviation, I felt a moral duty to investigate and authenticate the claim made by opposition candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, a few days ago that the tyres of his car were ‘unjustly’ clamped at the airport, suggesting a ‘persecution agenda’ against him by the Federal Government. Politics aside, every Nigerian is entitled to fair treatment under the law.
I therefore instituted an internal inquiry over the issue.
Luckily enough, the entire Abuja airport is covered by CCTV cameras, real-time, 24/7. But apparently, this fact was unknown to Mr. Peter Obi. Otherwise, perhaps he would have been more circumspect before rushing to the media to cry ‘persecution’.
From the recordings, these are the facts:
1. On Saturday, July 4th, 2026, Mr. Obi arrived at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at exactly 20:28 pm, driven by a Policeman. He alighted with two other occupants and went into the terminal building.
2. The Police driver then parked the vehicle, almost blocking the entrance and came out himself and went into the terminal building too. The airport rule is that, apart from the fact that it is a drop-off zone, a driver must remain behind the wheels of the vehicle for it to be tolerated for some time within that zone. Still the vehicle tyres were not clamped.
3. The Policeman came back to the vehicle at about 20:32pm and collected something from the vehicle and went back into the building again, leaving the vehicle unattended to.
4. At this point, the dutiful airport security staff came over and clamped the tyres of the car. In doing this, contrary to the claims by Peter Obi, nobody was inside the car and so nobody knew whether it was his car (not that it should matter, anyway).
5. When the Policeman returned again and discovered the tyres were clamped, he was directed to an office and upon getting there, he called Mr. Peter Obi on his phone and gave the phone to the manager. Mr. Peter Obi then introduced himself and spoke with the manager, peddled his ‘influence’ and requested for the release of the vehicle. His vehicle was then released without him paying the necessary fine.
6. It is important to note that the time the vehicle was parked unattended to in that prohibited zone was about 30 minutes, which constitutes a security risk at an airport by global best practices.
What has emerged from this is a clear case of an opposition candidate trying to whip up unnecessary sentiments for a wrong he committed with his driver. The excuse which Mr. Peter Obi gave that there were other offenders too on that day (which is completely false) cannot be an excuse for an individual aspiring to be President of Nigeria. He must live above board.
This is a matter that was not even mentioned at all by the airport authorities and had been put to rest. But ever determined to milk any situation to score cheap political points, Mr. Peter Obi decided to go on air to render a false narrative.
Therefore, he must also face the consequences of his actions. (I have attached the CCTV footages to this statement for the public to clearly see what transpired.)
In the circumstances, consistent with the principle of equality before the law, as Minister of Aviation, I make the following demands on Mr. Peter Obi:
1. That he tenders an unreserved, public apology to those hardworking, ordinary Nigerian workers at the airport, just doing their jobs dutifully and whom he sought to blackmail as his ‘persecutors’.
2. That Mr. Peter Obi voluntarily goes back to the airport and pay the appropriate fine of N25,000 for wrongful parking at the airport for which he used ‘influence peddling’ to bully his way out on that day. He cannot be bigger than the law.
If these demands are not met within one week, I will be giving the necessary directives to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to take the next steps against him.
Before Tinubu became President....
He organized Birthday Colloquiums where he debate critical national issues and he did it for over 14 editions..
I followed many editions..and it moulded my impression of him....
Even before 2015.... I have always wished he leads Nigeria one day....
He is a man on a mission.....
A man who can wake up from sleep and tell you everything structurally wrong with Nigeria and the practical solutions
When he declared for president...I was much interested in getting his manifesto..to get a glimpse of what I should expect from him...
.....Even when the content creator contesting with him claimed he doesn't need manifesto to lead Nigerians...
A politician vying for office without manifesto owe you nothing.... because he promised nothing ....
Since 2023... I have been meticulously ticking Tinubu promises in his manifesto...he has clearly shown he is keeping his promises...
Forget his critics.... they were busy dancing kere renke during the campaigns to know that governance is a serious business
One of such business I have been looking up to was the Reform of NYSC....
For over 50 years...the scheme was merely for national integration.... I don't think it still achieves that aim going by how divided the country is today...
Almost N500 billion was spent on the scheme in 2025.... that can't ..keep being wasted on fruitless integration...
The Tinubu Reform is redirecting the scheme from wasteful integration to national productivity...
Graduates will be assigned to
organizations related to their degree and career interests.
This gives graduates relevant work experience that employers value....and can equally makes them employers of labor...
I have been a strong advocate of these for decades...
The new Reform is subject to national assembly approval enacting the existing act of the scheme...
I hope they give it accelerated hearing...
If Tinubu complete 70% of what am seeing in this manifesto in 8 years..
Nigeria would be a country where even all the modern day winches would renounce evil...
As for the never do well anarchists...
The will continue to wail
Tinubu and his family don't pretend. They tell you exactly what is coming and they stick to it.
Go back and watch his campaign videos. He said the reforms won't be easy.
He said people may protest.
He said he won't reverse it.
His wife said Nigerians should learn trades and everyone mocked her but she wasn't wrong, there are people in this country who genuinely need that push and need that grant she was talking about.
That is a man who respects your intelligence enough to tell you the truth even when the truth is hard to hear.
Now look at Peter Obi. The man is a master of playing on emotions. He will stand on that stage and tell you he has another way that subsidy will go, naira will float and you won't feel any pain.
Anyone with a smartphone and a functioning brain knows that is a lie. You cannot restructure a broken economy without the people feeling it. It has never happened anywhere in the world.
But Peter Obi knows Nigerians.
He knows we prefer a sweet lie over a bitter truth. So he keeps selling the sweet lie and the emotional ones keep buying it.
One man is building a country. The other is building a fanbase.
I got a text of ADC’s press release to President Tinubu, where they said they won't eat road alone. Beautiful, ADC has agreed that President Tinubu has done very well in road infrastructure. Let us start with that first. Without roads, you can't go to hospitals, schools, and farms.
Let me say to the ADC National Chairman. I don't know which of the factions, but I know David Mark is the chairman of one of the factions. He was Senate President for 8 years uninterrupted. The road from Agwanga-Makurdi was awarded when he was Senate President in the ruling government then. Poor people couldn't go back home to Makurdi, but Mark, as the then Senate President, was flying with helicopter to his village. But today, under this administration, we can now drive to Makurdi freely.
- FCT Minister Nyesom Wike responds to ADC National Chairman David Mark over the party's recent press release criticising President Tinubu
The Ebi ń pawás brigade would rather stop road construction and demand instant food palliatives. Destructive Mentality!
Nation-building is not a magic show. Is a no pain - no gain affairs.
Check Frankie Ikemefuna on FB. This guy is serving wisdom. 👇🏾
How big do you think the informal economy in Nigeria you're disposing is?
$1 trillion economy in the informal sector.....Yes, Akara, Corn, Kulikuli, Iya Ologi, Iya Alata, Bida Muri Eleran.....
Five things the Tinubu Administration is getting right.
1. Fiscal reforms and revenue generation. The removal of the fuel subsidy has freed up significant resources, leading to a surge in federation revenues and more funds flowing to states and local governments for infrastructure, salaries, and development.
2. GDP growth and economic stabilization. Q1 2026 saw growth around 3.89%. The non-oil sector contributes the bulk, showing diversification momentum alongside oil recovery. Reforms like FX unification have supported trade surpluses and investor confidence.
3. Education access via NELFUND student loans & curbing ASUU strike actions. Over 1.5 million students gaining access to funding across hundreds of institutions. This marks a major expansion of access to higher education, reducing reliance on strikes and improving stability in universities
4. Strengthening foreign reserves and FX stability. External reserves have climbed to multi-year highs with reported $50 billion+ as of today , representing a 17 year peak. This reflects better management, inflows, and policy adjustments, contributing to greater exchange rate stability compared to earlier volatility. I ❤️this!
5. Infrastructure & resumption of abandoned projects. Ongoing road construction/rehabilitation (thousands of km), rail upgrades, new dams and aviation upgrades + expansions.
I will be dropping a post on 5 things they haven’t gotten right tomorrow. For now, what else have they gotten right ?
Nigeria Forward 🇳🇬💚
I remember when @NELFUND was launched. Some of the same naysayers now rallying against the newly launched FreeTV platform spoke badly about it. They mocked it, dismissed it and tried to frighten Nigerians. Then, students started seeing their school fees paid directly through NELFUND. They started receiving upkeep allowances. Families started feeling real relief.
The same thing happened with the Tax Reform Laws. A current VP candidate, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, even went to a public place to lie that government would automatically start taking money (25%) out of people’s bank accounts by January/February 2026 in the name of tax. Today, the truth is clear for all to see. Most Nigerians and small businesses are paying less, not more.
This is the pattern with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT. He does not just announce programmes. He thinks it through, implements, and builds ecosystems.
@FreeTVNg is not just about television. It is about opening up a whole new value chain in broadcasting, content, technology, jobs and local enterprise.
If you are a young producer, filmmaker, content creator, scriptwriter, camera operator, editor, animator, sound engineer, installer, technician, app developer, call centre agent, decoder assembler, advertiser, regional storyteller, or small business owner, this is what FreeTV portends for you.
1. Over 100 channels from day one.
2. National, regional and state channels all free-to-air.
3. Content in Nigerian languages.
4. Free Mobile access through the FreeTV app.
5. Regional studios in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Benin for you to utilise.
6. Jobs in production, installation, technical support, local content creation and customer service.
- For families, it means access to television without monthly subscription. You have been complaining about PayTV (e.g. DSTv) charges for too long.
- For rural communities, it means satellite coverage that reaches every part of Nigeria.
- For creatives, it means more platforms for Nigerian stories.
- For small businesses, it means new advertising windows.
- For young Nigerians, it means skills, jobs and opportunities across the broadcast value chain.
This is what President Tinubu is building. They are not isolated interventions, but full ecosystems that create access, expand opportunity and unlock value for ordinary Nigerians.
Remember this:
The naysayers will shout first.
The people will feel the impact later.
That has always been the difference.
Well done, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission and NIGCOMSAT for the partnership that brought this to life.
~ I am O’tega OGRA, ‘The Tiger’
The summary of that Peter Obi interview is, “just make me president abeg, stop stressing me.”
He had no clarity on any of the issues. He went as far as saying anyone who doesn’t like him doesn’t mean well for Nigeria. That’s the sort of delusion his followers thrive on.
I met some diplomats last year. Their issue with the opposition candidates, they said, is that whenever you ask what they’ll do differently, the answer is always, “that’s not the issue. Let me get there first.”
Peter Obi exemplifies that disconnect.
To become president, you must start by being in touch with reality. He is out of touch.
And no matter how many times he calls his interviewers by name or holds their hands in that psychological plea for mercy, as long as he keeps opening his mouth, he will keep showing why no sane Nigerian will ever consider him for president.
The presidency is not an experiment. And that’s a beautiful thing, because he would have made for a disastrous one.
[Newsletter 📩] — June 15, 2026.
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Marc Cucurella has completed a permanent transfer to Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid.
Everyone at Chelsea FC would like to thank Marc for his efforts during his time at the club and for the role he played in our recent achievements.