I love how Pastor Tony Rapu is intentional about using the gospel as a means to improve the lives of people.
Iku Benny could have died in one of those street fights many years ago but 20 years later, look at him now…
Every man who has decided to serve the Lord Jesus is precious to him...When such a man dies or falls, we'll never be able to fully cost the loss.. For me, I have a duty in Jesus Christ, to protect, restore and uphold the ones I'm privileged to know. So help me God!
I was there live, they stole matchetes from a seller who displayed them just by the road
At least 10 matchetes were stolen while they kept shooting into the air to cause commotion
All of this happened just beside Dugbe Police Station, the police did not come out to address it
THERE WAS NO CLASH!
APC thugs came in, blocked the road, came down with pump action guns and started shooting INDISCRIMINATELY!
Stray bullets hit people, and my son was in the car while they were shooting right outside the fucking gate!
What are they feeding on? What are they giving them to drink? How are they sleeping? A clothes for six days?
How healthy are they now? For how long will they carry on?
Sleep eludes me.
#RescueOriire
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A drunk policeman shot me at a checkpoint in 2011.
The bullet tore through my car, through my right hand.
I lost my career as an animator. My marriage cracked. My mind still bleeds.
The twist?
I sued the Nigeria Police. Won in 2015.
Judge said: "Pay his medical bills."
10 years later. Zero naira.
I face permanent disability without help.
@PoliceNG_CRU@TunjiDisu1@UNDP@NhrcNigeria
#NigeriaPoliceNotYourFriend
As a teenage “rebel” I wrote articles criticizing Papa Oyedepo, Adeboye and everyone in their class. This is despite my parents being RCCG Pastors. Expulsion from SOD, Youth groups didn’t save me. Pastor’s messages did. I repented and now walk in honour towards men of God.
Why didn't Sowore fight when they peddled lies against Elumelu? You people are distorted. When the lies happened you were silent. Now they have been arrested you are all crying injustice. You expect the Man to be kind to idiots? Abeg dem go dey there.
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
There’s a phase you get to in life life,
all those hymns you sang in your childhood as mere songs , starts making total sense
Because what a friend we really have in Jesus ?