A beautiful day at home in Monaco with my bestie, Africa’s greatest industrialist. $200 billion man in the waiting @AlikoDangote
Friendship remains one of the greatest investments 🫱🏿🫲🏾… F.Ote💲
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby — a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist — to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
5. Ihsan with family - where barakah begins at home
“The best of you are those who are best to their families.” (Tirmidhi)
Sometimes richness is not more income - but more peace, patience, and mercy inside the home.
He’s not nonchalant, he just doesn’t like you enough. I think many women need to come to terms with the fact that “nonchalant men” often don’t exist, sometimes the interest simply isn’t there.
But why is Pantami being assessed differently, and attacked more harshly than even less experienced aspirants? There are people with uninspiring credentials and administrative qualifications running for various public offices, some with histories that are hardly praiseworthy, yet none of them is being subjected to this level of obsessive scrutiny.
Most of his critics have no idea who he is running against. They seem interested only in his takedown. Let us at least pretend that we are comparing him with other aspirants and faulting him based on where he ranks, instead of singling him out for exceptional treatment.
I understand the argument that his clerical activities may not align with his political adventure, especially since politics is often seen as a practice of double-speak and dishonesty. But since he is running for political office, we should assess him as a politician and not as a candidate for the Imamate.
I can’t promise I’ll never consider polygamy, but I’ve always preferred the idea of having my children from one mother.. quiet and serene family built on peace, stability and affection.
I wonder where Nigerians get this entitlement mentality from, as if running a business is based purely on emotions rather than strategy and profitability
I heard that this man is from Bauchi and owns one of the biggest pharmacy and supermarket in Abuja, yet he has not established even a small branch in his hometown. Sadly, many of our people forget their roots once they succeed.
“I’m not talking about the senior ones chilling in their offices” They didn’t just get there overnight , they also went through all kinds of sacrifices and tough stages before reaching that level. I think it’s more fair if we commend all their sacrifices
Nifa, I have always said it, the most patriotic Nigerians are those soldiers who go out to fight terrorists and bandits. I don’t mean the senior ones chilling in their offices, but those who leave their families behind, go deep into distant bushes, and face terrorists knowing fully well that they could be killed in the process and never return home to their families
I know we are all patriotic in different ways, but for me, this is the height of patriotism gaskia. Zuwa yaki ba abin wasa bane
I have much respect for people who do things that I know i cannot do. We should encourage them and pray for them. May Allah grant them success🙏🏽
You supported and defended that same system every day, so what made you think it would never turn on you too? Funny how people only notice injustice when it finally reaches their side
Why should we accept results that are clearly questionable? Why should anyone be asked to stay silent in the face of what they believe is injustice?
You cannot claim to stand for morality and fairness while expecting people to ignore what they see as wrong.
Our Politics of Self-Sabotage
The three-way de-marketing campaigns and cyber warfare among supporters of the three major opposition figures suggest that whatever allegations are levelled against the governing party for undermining the emergence of a robust opposition pale beside the opposition’s own apparent commitment to destroying itself.
Even with my allegiance to the party in power, I would be less than honest if I claimed not to desire a strong opposition capable of holding our democracy to account. Democracy itself requires a system of checks and balances, and it is not always practical to rely solely on the three arms of government to provide this restraint. They may, at times, be aligned in interest, especially the executive and legislative branches. This is why the vigilance of citizens and the strength of opposition parties remain among the clearest measures of a democracy. Citizens possess the moral authority to question power, while opposition parties possess the constitutional path to replace a government.
For those of us in advisory roles within government, a strong opposition also makes it easier to offer sober counsel to those in key administrative positions, because one can point to clear political evidence that X, Y, and Z constitute credible threats. But where X, Y, and Z are not only estranged and fighting among themselves, and where their supporters are more invested in tearing one another apart than presenting a coherent alternative, that persuasive leverage is lost. The opposition ceases to function as a warning signal and becomes, instead, a performance of avoidable self-sabotage.
As it stands today, even if we choose to flatter ourselves with denial, the opposition and its loudest online supporters appear to lack the logistical coherence and political foresight required to mount a disciplined challenge to the government. This is often what unrestrained ambition produces. Greed is not a strategy.
The same lesson applies, in a different but equally sobering way, to the northern political class within government today. Too many have pursued narrow self-interest at the expense of building a principled bloc capable of standing together when it matters. This is not an indictment of anyone, but a painful observation about the cost of political atomisation. It is truly sad to see how much collective influence can be diminished when personal calculations are allowed to outrun shared purpose.
Power, like opportunity, may take you as far as the river, but it cannot force wisdom upon you. Once there, it is your choice either to drink with gratitude and preserve the water for others, or to muddy it with greed, poison it with short-sightedness, and render it undrinkable for everyone, including your own thirsty self.
If I were to base my political support and opinions solely on personal benefit, by Allah, I would have been campaigning for Tinubu. I have never personally benefited from any presidency since the beginning of our democracy more than I do now.