Rebuilding Nigeria
Yesterday, Wednesday, 21 October, I arrived in London at 7 a.m. from Basel, Switzerland. It was one of my busiest days, filled with several engagements, including meetings with stakeholders in the UK.
I rounded off the day in the evening with a meeting organised by the COPDEM Chief and the NDC Director of Diaspora Affairs, bringing together other stakeholders in London.
All the meetings with British government officials and the Nigerian diaspora centred on our collective responsibility to rebuild Nigeria and free our country from the shackles of bad leadership, corruption, and the lack of accountability that continue to undermine our national development. These challenges have deprived millions of Nigerians of access to basic necessities, including quality healthcare, education, and decent employment.
Nigerians deserve a country where every life matters, where hard work is rewarded, and where every citizen has a fair opportunity to succeed, regardless of their background or connections.
We must build a Nigeria where the child of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody. A country that works for everyone, not just a privileged few.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Christian youth leaders in Plateau State, Nigeria, credit joint Nigeria-U.S. counterterrorism efforts for saving lives.
They disclosed that jihadist militants have seized at least 152 Christian hamlets and villages in the last two decades as part of a strategy to impose a caliphate in Africa’s most populous country.
“Since the commencement of joint operations by the DSS, Mobile Police Force and Operation Rainbow, it has become clear that grazing cattle with batches of militants and terrorists carrying lethal weapons to attack hamlets and communities is a strategy of war and forceful occupation being unleashed on Plateau communities,” said the Plateau Indigenous Youth Bodies coalition led by human rights lawyer Solomon Dalyop.
Today is a good day to remind you that the genesis akintollsnake's @akintollgate perceived social capital came from the death of #EndSARS protesters at the toll gate controlled by his friend.
Today, he has gone back to the killers while still benefiting from their deaths.
“Even while I’m currently abroad, whenever any of my family members asks me for money, I will stylishly ask who they intend to vote for in the 2027 election. If they say Atiku or Tinubu, that person automatically becomes my enemy. Not a dime for them.”
— Abroad-based Nigerian man
"Tinubu claims he's building a future for us but we are not even sure if we will survive today due to hunger"
This boy is speaking for all youths in Nigeria. This is the type of video we should trend.
FROM PARIS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: NIGERIA’S FUTURE IN FOCUS
Following our dialogue at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) office in Paris yesterday, we made a one-hour stop at a Nigerian restaurant, where we met and interacted with fellow Nigerians before departing for Strasbourg. We arrived at 12:15 a.m. today, Tuesday, 20 October.
By 9:30 a.m., we were at the European Parliament, where we held a series of constructive meetings with Members of the European Parliament representing various committees. Our engagements continued until 6:00 p.m.
Throughout these discussions, I reiterated that Africa is a continent of immense potential, the world’s second-largest continent by both land area and population, richly endowed with natural resources and blessed with a vast, youthful population capable of driving production, innovation and economic transformation.
I called for stronger European support for Africa’s development, particularly Nigeria’s, through partnerships that promote good governance, strengthen democratic institutions and protect the integrity of our electoral processes.
Africa needs leaders with the vision, competence and integrity to unite our people, confront corruption decisively, tackle insecurity and reduce inequality. These are essential foundations for building prosperous, stable and inclusive societies.
Africa must not be seen merely as a continent of needs, but as a continent of opportunities, solutions and possibilities. Nigeria, in particular, has the human and natural resources to play a significant role in global development.
Our future must be built on responsible leadership, productive partnerships and a shared commitment to human dignity and prosperity.
A better Nigeria is POssible. A New Nigeria is POssible! -PO
I was interviewing a young lady this morning who graduated with a Second Class Lower degree. She insisted that she was smart.
I then asked her, “If you are smart, why did you graduate with a Second Class Lower?”
She suddenly broke down in tears.
I asked her why she was crying, and she explained that she lost her mother in her first year at university and her father in her second year.
The emotional trauma affected her concentration, and she struggled to complete her education while dealing with the pain of losing both parents.
I will give her a chance to prove herself.
But this experience has left me with a troubling question:
Does our education system make adequate provisions for young people who go through such devastating experiences?
How many brilliant young people have we written off because their grades failed to reflect their true abilities, without ever asking what they went through?
NDC @NigeriaNDCHQ handed over Cross River State to a card carrying member of the APC @OfficialAPCNg, who is also a serving special adviser to the current Governor, to be her State Party Chairman. 😭😭😭😭
He is 95 on the list of the Cross River state, APC campaign council. 💔💔
GODDY AKPAMA.
Moles planted everywhere to work against Peter Obi's presidential election. I have been shouting since about sellouts and betrayals within NDC, just as they did with Labour party in 2023 at state levels.
NDC, do you really want to win the 2027 presidential election as a party? From what i Pidom is seeing and unraveling, i am scared. Enemies within.
If they deny this information, i will post one of his recent salary payslip from Cross River State government, confirming him as a special adviser under her payroll.
Tag NDC, call out her officials until they explain to us, the meaning these betrayals by her State officials.
I have other states i will be unraveling if i have the means to go ahead. No matter their evil plans, Peter Obi must be victorious.
@ruffydfire@247IGBO The best way to get Justice and get your property back is by campaigning rigorously to remove Tinubu and APC in power. Support #RigandDie2027
Six years later, not much has changed. Same government, same playbook of fear and intimidation.
Today, right here at the Lekki Toll Gate, citizens gathered peacefully to honor the lives lost six years ago during EndSARS. And how did the authorities respond? By firing tear gas at us.
Let that sink in.
Six years after a generation cried out for basic dignity, safety, and accountability in policing, a peaceful memorial is still met with an unprovoked tear gas attack?
The message is loud and clear, they are still terrified of remembrance, they are still terrified of accountability, and they are still terrified of YOU speaking up.
Expressing grief and sympathy is not a crime. Peaceful assembly and solemn reflection should not be met with state brutality and repression.
Effective governance is not about silencing the streets. It is about building a system that listens, that protects, that includes and that provides for everyone.
To every young person and resident carrying the vision of a better Lagos, never forget that your voice is powerful, that your vote carries your voice and that the ballot is the vehicle through which you can speak loudest and change the story.
We remember, We rise.
FD
Ó Ti Yá.
#EndSARS #Lagos #FunsoDoherty #OTiYa #NDC
ENDSARS LEKKI TOLL GATE: NEVER FORGET OCTOBER 20, 2020
Today, October 20, 2026, marks the sixth anniversary of the Lekki Toll Gate shootings, a painful reminder of the price Nigerian youths paid in their demand for a better country.
On that fateful night, peaceful #EndSARS protesters were met with gunfire. Lives were lost, many were injured, and the nation was left with questions about justice, accountability, and the sanctity of human life.
We must never forget. We must never normalise injustice.
As we remember the victims, I reaffirm my belief that a New Nigeria is possible—a country where citizens are protected, not brutalised; where young people are heard, not silenced; and where government power is exercised with responsibility and respect for human rights.
Nigeria must become a nation where no citizen is punished for demanding good governance and a better future.
May the souls of the departed continue to rest in peace. May their sacrifice strengthen our resolve to build a Nigeria where this tragedy will never be repeated.
A New Nigeria is POssible. A Nigeria where every life matters. -PO
Just a few months ago, Islamic terrorists massacred an entire Christian community in Congo. Over 60 people slaughtered in an hour.
Thousands of Christians are slaughtered in Congo and the world remains silent. Thousands more Christians are slaughtered in Nigeria, Ethiopia and other parts of North and Central Africa, and the media say nothing.
The Pope continues to tell the world how Muslims are your friends and brothers while priests and community leaders cry over rivers of blood those “friends and brothers” leave in their path to wiping out non Muslims from existence.
We’re living in dark times. Possibly the darkest in memory. Because it isn’t just that these atrocities are happening in such frequency, but that half the non Muslim world seems to defend those perpetrating the mass killings.