5 - France in 2026 are the first team to have two players score 5+ goals in a single World Cup since Brazil in 2002.
🇧🇷 Ronaldo (8) & Rivaldo (5)
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (8) & Ousmane Dembélé (5)
Duos.
Whenever you hear Saraki say he was never a rubber stamp that accepted everything from the executive arm, believe him, because under his Senate leadership was the last independent Senate arm.
In 2015 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the majority in the Senate.
However, the party became deeply divided over who should lead the Senate.
The APC hierarchy preferred Senator Ahmed Lawan as Senate President.
But in a tactical political maneuver, Dr. Saraki outsmarted the party and aligned himself with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
On June 9, 2015, while many APC lawmakers were absent, with some attending a reconciliatory meeting with the President, the Clerk of the National Assembly convened the Senate Plenary.
With just 57 senators present, Saraki was nominated by Senator Sani Yerima and seconded by Senator Dino Melaye.
He was subsequently elected unopposed as Senate President.
From that moment, the battle line was drawn between the Buhari-led executive arm and the Saraki-led Senate.
Several attempts were made to remove Saraki as Senate President.
But Section 50(2)(c) of the Constitution would never allow it.
Because while Saraki only needed a simple majority to emerge as Senate President, removing him required a two-thirds majority of the Senate.
That constitutional protection stood firmly in his favour.
As Senate President, Saraki rejected several bills and resisted what he considered unnecessary encroachment by the executive arm.
When the Buhari-led administration recommended Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman, the Saraki-led Senate repeatedly rejected his nomination as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Their reasons was that Ibrahim Magu had adverse security reports from the Department of State Services (DSS), even though Buhari's government unconstitutionally retained him in an acting capacity.
In 2016, President Buhari submitted a massive $29.96 billion external borrowing plan for infrastructural development.
The Saraki Senate promptly rejected the request, citing the absence of technical details, a clear repayment plan, and specific information on the projects the loan was meant to fund.
On April 11, 2017, the Buhari-led executive aggressively pushed the controversial National Water Resources Bill, which sought to bring all trans-boundary water resources under federal control.
The Saraki-led Senate blocked the executive's move, aligning with widespread public opinion that the bill infringed on states' rights and existing land tenure systems.
When President Buhari withdrew $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to purchase military equipment without prior appropriation by the National Assembly, the Saraki-led Senate openly criticized the action as unconstitutional.
That was something you will hardly find in today's National Assembly.
In 2017, the National Assembly published its budget. It was the first time such disclosure had been made since 2010, when former Senate President David Mark blocked its publication.
Even though President Buhari set a record by withholding assent to more than 30 bills passed by the 8th National Assembly under Saraki, the Senate did not back down.
By the time Saraki was preparing to leave office, the 8th Senate had passed 293 bills, surpassing the combined records of several previous Senates since Nigeria's return to democratic rule.
The 7th Senate passed 128 bills, the 6th Senate passed 72 bills, while the 4th Senate passed 129 bills.
Whether one agreed with Saraki's politics or not, one fact remains difficult to dispute:
The Senate under his leadership demonstrated a level of independence that many Nigerians believe has not been seen since.
The question now is this: as the 10th National Assembly prepares to leave office next year, what exactly are the independent moves it will be remembered for?
I am Ekene Aninze Esq.
It might be an unpopular opinion, but what Peter Obi said the other day is correct.
I do not see any wisdom in spending ₦15.6 trillion to construct a new Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway while almost the entire federal road network in this nation is in a terrible condition.
Today, there is hardly any part of this country where anyone can boast of travelling across two states without encountering heavy potholes, some of them as wide as a church gate.
So why don't we focus on fixing all the existing roads and making them truly roadworthy before creating new road pathways?
A nation should first preserve what it already has before embarking on projects that will consume trillions of naira.
To be honest, constructing new roads while abandoning old ones simply raises questions about our priorities.
Most of the insecurity we experience on our highways today is worsened by roads that are badly damaged and perforated with potholes.
Vehicles are forced to slow down or stop completely, making travellers easy targets for band!ts and other cr!m!nals.
If we have very worthy roads, band!ts' interceptions on our highways will reduce significantly because motorists will spend less time trapped on bad sections of the roads.
If we can abandon old roads to start constructing new ones, what makes us feel we won't abandon those new ones too and begin constructing fresh ones again a few years from now?
Its an illusion to think that any cane used to beat an old wife will certainly not be used on the new wife.
It is only a matter of time.
I am Ekene Aninze Esq.
Please drink water today.
Always aim to take 3 litres a day.
Water protects your kidneys.
Water flushes toxin out of your body.
Water prevents constipation.
Water sorts out dehydration.
Water gives you fresh skin.
Water helps your brain function.
Pls go and drink water now.
The President is listening to poor advice.
1. They are telling him that the insecurity is political, which is code for “ignore it; it will automatically disappear after 2027.”
So, the US is bombing politicians?
2. Paying ransom, whenever you do so, only increases insecurity; bad incentives also have their effects.
Let's assume they are correct and that politicians are actually involved in insecurity.
Addressing insecurity will win votes and boost GDP, so go after the insurgents.
Suspend all spending unrelated to health and human services, and mobilise the entire armed forces and paramilitary groups, including the EFCC, into the forests.
Launch a massive three-month campaign to clear everything out.
Ignoring this as mere politics will only allow the problem to spread. A stitch in time saves nine.
3weeks ago,
39 little children and 7teachers were kidnapped by terrorists in Oyo state. One of the teachers was brutally beheaded on video.
TILL NOW,
AS I TYPE THIS,
THE KIDS AND TEACHERS ARE STILL HELD IN TORTUROUS BONDAGE BY THE TERRORISTS.
3days ago,
The sister of an ex-minister and her twin kids were kidnapped. And within 3days, the security forces have secured their release.
The kidnapped children of the poor, some of them 2year olds and 3year olds, are languishing in a terrorist hellhole for the last 3weeks with no hope of a rescue but within 3days the kidnapped children of an ex minister got released by govt forces.
Well, incase you need another reminder, YOUR LIFE, THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND THE LIVES OF ALL YOUR LOVED ONES is absolutely worthless to this government. These incompetent heartless lunatics in power will watch them kidnapped, killed, beheaded and do absolutely nothing.
Your life means nothing to this govt.
Just incase you have forgotten.
So I recently ported from GLO to @MTNNG. I had heard about MTN’s disappearing data, but I suspected they were just anecdotes and bad belle stories.
Omo! One week in and I’m spending more on MTN’s data bundles than I ever did with Glo. It finishes FAST!!!
@NgComCommission used to track data usage and stuff when I served there in 2004. I’m not sure they still do. Can someone do a test across all mobile networks to check if a 1GB bundle is actually 1GB?
@fccpcnigeria