lack of consequences is exactly what is fucking this country up.
you shouldn’t be able to say this kind of statement and go scot free whether legally or otherwise tbh.
“No rich man will open their door for poor people, that’s why many countries are denying Nigerian visas. By the time we are done reforming Nigeria, Nigerians won’t like to be travelling outside like now. Even when they apply for a visa, they can easily get it.”
~ Peter Obi says
“Off that generator!”
Protest erupts in Burutu, Delta State, as angry youths reportedly storm the local government facilities, switch off the generator and insist that since they do not have electricity, the Chairman does not deserve to have one. The youths also reportedly dragged a boat belonging to him ashore.
According to The Nation Newspaper, the protest was triggered by the de@th of an expectant mother and her unborn child after she allegedly failed to receive timely medical attention at the government-owned General Hospital in Burutu on Monday.
“Everything has cøllapsed in Nigeria. As of 1959, Nigeria’s National Shipping Line owned 6 vessels; by 1961, they owned 8 vessels, and it kept increasing. But today, they have no vessel.
I read today in the newspaper that when Emirates Airlines started in 1985, they started with two leased planes. At that time, Nigeria had over 20 planes. But today, Emirates Airlines has over 280 planes, while Nigeria’s own is now zero.
If today you’re critically ill in Nigeria and you go to the hospital, you might likely end up at the mørtuary. That’s why many Nigerians like taking ill people to church instead of hospital.”
— Mr. Peter Obi, speaking during a town hall meeting in Rivers State.
KWANKWASO get bad mouth🤣🤣
He said “If you compare the Presidential candidates of the three Top political parties “APC, ADC and NDC”
It’s only the Candidate of the NDC, PETER OBI, that can run from one corner of the building to the other🤣💀
BREAKING 🚨
Northern youths have just intercepted a Tinubu campaign truck, denying them access to campaign.
People are tired and frustrated.
How I wish APC knows what is coming for them in 2027!
FROM WHAT WE BUILT TO WHAT WE LOST: LESSONS FROM NIGERIA’S HISTORY
Today, I attended the Daily Times Newspaper’s 100th anniversary celebration in Abuja. The occasion brought back fond memories of my younger days, when I would visit the newspaper stand at 57 Old Market Road, Onitsha, opposite the General Post Office, simply to read the front pages of the newspapers.
I was particularly interested in stories about governance, our economy, and Nigeria’s development. Those early encounters with newspapers helped shape my interest in understanding our country and the choices that have shaped our journey as a nation.
At the exhibition, I took time to go through some of the old publications. What I saw was both fascinating and deeply sobering.
One of the most striking things I came across was an advertisement for the Nigerian Shipping Line. In 1959, it had 6 ships; by 1960, it had 8; and by 1961, it had grown to 10 ships.
Today, more than six decades later, the Nigerian Shipping Line has no ships.
I also read about Nigerian Airways, which began operations in 1958 and, by 1980, had grown into one of Africa’s leading airlines, with a fleet of over 30 aircraft and direct flights to London, New York, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, and other international destinations. At one point, it even operated a Boeing 747, one of the largest aircraft of its time.
Sadly, Nigerian Airways eventually ceased operations in 2003.
The comparison with Emirates is particularly instructive. Nigerian Airways had already developed a substantial fleet before Emirates commenced operations in 1985 with just two leased aircraft. Today, Emirates operates a fleet of more than 250 aircraft, while the Nigerian national airline of that era no longer exists.
These are not merely stories from old newspapers. They are reminders of what Nigeria once built, what our people were capable of achieving, and, most importantly, what we failed to sustain.
The tragedy is not that these institutions belonged to a different era. The tragedy is that a country blessed with enormous human and material resources allowed many of its once-promising institutions to decline and disappear through years of poor leadership, mismanagement, corruption, and weak accountability.
Even more painful is the fact that while many of our institutions have weakened or disappeared, corruption seems to have remained one of the few things that has continued to grow.
We must ask ourselves: Why did institutions that once worked begin to fail? Why have countries that started behind us overtaken us? Why have we repeatedly failed to preserve the institutions and investments created by previous generations? The answers must guide the choices we make today.
I commend Mr. Fidelis Anosike and his team for keeping the Daily Times legacy alive and, importantly, preserving an important part of Nigeria’s history for present and future generations.
A nation that forgets its history risks repeating its mistakes. We must remember where we came from, honestly examine what went wrong, learn from both our successes and failures, and build institutions that can outlive individual leaders and political administrations. Nigeria is not condemned to decline.
We can rebuild our institutions. We can restore confidence in government. We can create an economy that produces rather than merely consumes. We can build enterprises that compete globally. And we can create a country where the next generation inherits stronger institutions, greater opportunities, and a better quality of life than the generation before it.
The Nigeria we desire is possible. But it requires leadership anchored on competence, accountability, prudence, integrity, and service. We must stop celebrating what Nigeria used to be and start rebuilding what Nigeria can become.
The journey to rebuild Nigeria must begin now.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Tinubu campaign venues in the north is currently providing free firewood for angry northerners.
With this level of rejection, destruction of campaign venues, i guess they will soon deploy at least 1000 soldiers wherever they go to campaign for Tinubu in the North.
This is Kaduna ooooo.