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Don't be fooled, "he who live by the sword dies by it"

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Depressing visit to helpless citizens of a country of plenty.

Yesterday, after the funeral mass of Most Rev Obiora Akubeze in Benin City, I travelled to Enugu to meet nearly 1,000 kidney patients. It was one of the most disheartening visits I have had.

I encountered people facing the most difficult moments of their lives, helplessly, in a country of abundance, among them children.

Nigeria has over 25 million people with kidney disease. We have fewer than 200 kidney centres and barely 500 functioning dialysis machines, when we ideally need about 5,000 functioning dialysis machines. This is completely unacceptable.

I must commend the organiser of the charity project, Emmanuel Onyeka Okoh (Okwuluora), for his selfless humanitarian service to Nigerians who cannot help themselves. I assured him of my ongoing support, starting today with my initial donation to his work with the kidney patients.

The Federal Government, and Government at all levels must take the lead in actively investing in health to guarantee a healthier population for all.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Tony Ajah @tonyajah]

Behold the incoming President of Nigeria, HE Peter Obi. Nigeria will be OK ✌️

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

By Making Excuses for Unverified Certificates, We Are Planting Poison in the Soul of Our Society

A nation that tolerates unverified academic credentials at any level of leadership, regardless of who is involved, risks destroying the very standards upon which a society is built. The issue is not about an individual. It is about standards, accountability, and the values we choose to pass on to the next generation.

We cannot continue to excuse blurred, missing, questionable, or unverified credentials simply because they belong to someone we support. The process through which people attain positions of responsibility matters greatly. How we get into leadership is as important as what we do with leadership.

If we normalise the abandonment of basic verification today, tomorrow we may have professors who never attended a university, doctors who never studied medicine, and judges who never studied law.

That is the dangerous precedent we must never allow. Nigeria cannot sacrifice its future on the altar of today's transactional politics. We must build a society where truth is not partisan, standards are not negotiable, and accountability applies equally to everyone.

History will judge us not only by those we defended, but by the principles we were willing to defend. We must choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiments, and the future over political expediency.

A New Nigeria is possible, but only if we are willing to do the right thing, even when it is inconvenient. -PO

[Caeser @j_jay000]

I'm ducker for these kinda woman, she's not paranoid with her thoughts, sign of intelligence for me

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Instagram and TikTok and all the rest spend all day showing you finished jobs.

The one who transformed and lost a hundred pounds to get a six-pack.
The one who got out of debt and built a business worth millions.
The one who met the love of their life after years of being alone.

They’re showing you the whole house while you are staring at an empty plot of land with one brick in your hand wondering how you’ll ever get there.

That’s the problem with social media. Most of it isn’t about the work. It’s about the result.

Whether it’s meant to be bragging or meant to be inspirational, it ends the same way for you.

It makes you feel like you’re too far away to even start. Fitness, finances, work, love. All of it.

It’s time to stop comparing and start laying your own bricks.
I want you to develop a bricklayer’s mindset.

Every day, lay one brick.

One workout.
One meal where you have protein and fiber. 
One bill paid.
One job application submitted.
One chapter of a book read.

Each decision you make is a brick you can build on.

When you stop comparing and start laying bricks, no matter what goal you are building towards, you will feel a sense of accomplishment. 

Or, at the very least, you will be so worn out at the end of the day that you stop worrying about the finished job and start focusing on the job itself.

You just keep working. One brick at a time.

The only way you won’t build something is if you walk away when the job isn’t finished, and we know most people do exactly that.

So here is the second half of it, and this is the part I don’t want you to skip.

Do the work every day. Then once a week, count your bricks.
Pick a night. Sunday works. Take five minutes and write down what you actually did. Four workouts. Twelve meals with protein and fiber. One bill paid. Sixty pages read. Not how you felt about it. Not whether it was enough. Not what you meant to do and didn’t.

Just what you did.

Because the voice in your head is a liar. It knows only one way to measure you: against the finished house.

It will never volunteer that you laid eighteen bricks this week. You have to tell yourself, and you have to see it written down in your own handwriting, or that voice wins by default.

A wall being built doesn’t have the flash of a TikTok post. It gets built by the guy who showed up on a Tuesday when nobody was watching and laid forty bricks and went home.

That was Franco and me. That can be you.

You can change your life.

One brick at a time.

Now tell me: what is the one brick you’re laying today?

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I was a bricklayer.

It was how I paid the bills when I first moved to America. Even the biggest title in bodybuilding, Mr. Olympia, only paid a thousand dollars back then. 

It makes me proud that in March, the winner of our Arnold Classic and our Arnold Classic UK took home more than a million dollars. He can focus on bodybuilding.

But in our day, that wasn’t an option. Some guys were teachers. Some sold insurance. Franco and I laid bricks.
We put an ad in the paper and sold ourselves as European craftsmen. We figured if people heard the accents, they would picture old-world masonry instead of two bodybuilders with a wheelbarrow. 

It worked. 

The phone rang. And then we had to go out and actually do the job, which was the part nobody could fake. Luckily, Franco knew what he was doing.

The work was simple. Mix the mortar. Set the brick. Tap it level. Scrape the edge. Then do it again. And again. Nobody claps for you. There is no crowd, no music, no trophy. There is just the next brick sitting there waiting for you.

You can still find some of the walls we built in Venice.
That’s where my lesson today comes from.

One brick doesn’t look like anything. Ten bricks don’t look like anything. A hundred bricks, you’re starting to see something, but it doesn’t impress anyone.

You just keep laying bricks until the job is done.

And you know what happens after four or five hours on a wall?

You are so damn tired, or you feel so great that you stop measuring.

You are not standing back every ten minutes asking how far from finished it is. You are covered in mortar, your hands are raw, you’re schvitzing, and you are happy. The work took the question away from you.

That is the part nobody tells you about hard work: It doesn’t just build the wall. It terminates the voice that keeps asking when the wall will be done.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

'I Never Said Military Should Reject Salary Increase'.

I wish to address a recent
report that falsely attributes a statement to me, suggesting that Nigerian soldiers should refuse any salary increments until after the elections. This assertion is entirely untrue.

My profound respect for our security forces, particularly the Nigerian Army personnel who diligently serve and protect our nation under challenging conditions, is unwavering. I have consistently advocated for the adequate provision of equipment, motivation, and protection for our security personnel.

My concern was palpable when soldiers were lost to insurgents due to a delayed rescue effort, prompting me to question how those defending us could be left vulnerable in their time of need.

Should I be elected President, the well-being, resources, safety, and honour of our soldiers will be a paramount priority. Those who ensure Nigeria's security must never be relegated to a secondary concern. Our soldiers are deserving of our utmost respect, unwavering support, and a government that will unequivocally stand by them. Under my leadership, scenarios where our servicemen and women are left unprotected in the face of peril will be eradicated.

I implore the Nigerian populace to dismiss this misleading report. I remain committed to articulating a clear and consistent vision for a secure and prosperous Nigeria. The realisation of a new and secure Nigeria is indeed POssible. -PO

[Osamudiamen @OSAS4l]

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[Soar Africa! @SSE_NGA]

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[Caeser @j_jay000]

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[Caeser @j_jay000]

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[ISB (World President) @isokoboy12]

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[Sir Eazi @mreazi]

Thank You God For Keeping Things Running Smoothly

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Here is a man who had the best Higher School Certificate result in the old Northern Region in 1962 and who rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church to become a Cardinal, a position that places him among those eligible to be considered for the papacy. Yet he is no ordinary cleric. He is one of Africa’s most respected churchmen, known for decades of service to peace, dialogue, scholarship, and national unity. Resorting to personal attacks against him weakens public discourse and reveals an unhealthy intolerance of criticism in today’s Nigerian political space.

Throughout history, religious leaders have challenged political authorities. Biblical prophets confronted kings, and modern faith communities continue to hold governments accountable. Nigeria has a similar tradition. The Catholic Church criticised military governments and successive civilian administrations, including those of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, and Buhari. Muslim organisations have done likewise. Governments respectfully disagreed at times, but they generally recognised the right and responsibility of religious bodies to speak. Why, then, does the truth provoke such anger today?

The problem often begins when leaders surround themselves with voices that tell them only what they want to hear. Napoleon Bonaparte was reputed to have preferred hearing bad news because problems were where leadership was required. During my tenure as Governor of Anambra State, I maintained a similar philosophy. I expected cabinet members to bring me problems, not compliments, because only honest feedback could lead to solutions.

Good governance depends on truth. When governments punish truth-tellers and reward sycophants with appointments, honest advisers withdraw, sycophancy thrives, and leaders become disconnected from reality. This is our situation today.

The CBCN did not insult the President and can never do so, given the calibre of the people who make up the Conference, some of the finest among Nigerians. It gave voice to the suffering of Nigerians. The proper response was to thoughtfully address the issues raised, not attack those who raised them. When respected figures like Cardinal Onaiyekan are vilified for speaking the truth, the message sent to citizens is that silence is safer than honesty. No democracy can flourish under such a culture.

Religious leaders should continue to speak because silence in the face of suffering would betray their moral responsibility. The greatest service those around President Tinubu can render him is an honest appraisal of the situation. A leader who hears only praise will never fully understand the pain of his people or find the clarity needed to correct what is wrong.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

When a Government Declares War on the Truth

President Donald Trump of America recently described Nigeria as “a now disgraced country.” The painful reality is that Nigeria’s challenges continue to deepen. Each passing day reveals deeper signs of decline, especially when a government becomes increasingly intolerant of truth and hostile to those who speak about the suffering of the people.

The Catholic Church has never functioned as an opposition party in Nigeria. Across military regimes and successive democratic administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has maintained a principled voice on national issues and the nation’s conscience, commending governments when they deserved commendation and speaking the truth whenever national conscience demanded it. Its interventions are driven by a moral obligation, rooted in Christian social teaching, to defend truth, justice, and the common good.

The same applies to Nigeria’s major religious organisations. Bodies such as Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have repeatedly raised concerns over economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Living among the people, religious leaders often encounter the suffering of citizens firsthand. They speak because they witness families struggling with rising food prices, unemployment, and the fear created by kidnappings and insecurity.

As leaders, we should be gracious enough to listen to people and organisations that speak the truth to us and genuinely criticise us when things are not going in the right direction. As Governor, I had the opportunity of working with a very strong Council of Traditional Rulers, led by the Obi of Onitsha, and religious bodies that consistently criticised me and offered suggestions. This contributed greatly to our success in Anambra State, especially in critical areas like education and health.

Against this background, the attacks on the CBCN, and especially on His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, are deeply troubling. Even in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and told General Abacha some hard truths, including about the incarceration of Chief Moshood Abiola, nobody vilified him.

During the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, to demonstrate his purported commitment to and respect for the Catholic Church, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome days before the event, ahead of most other visiting dignitaries, including Catholics such as the U.S. Vice President, JD Vance. He participated in the liturgy, queued with other world leaders to greet the Holy Father, and displayed deep respect for the moral authority of the Church. Back in Nigeria, however, that posture has now changed completely.

What is playing out today also reveals how political leaders sometimes exploit religion and ethnicity to divide the people. Even when it was obvious that the CBCN was speaking on issues affecting Nigerians across religious and ethnic boundaries, aides to the President immediately reduced it to a “religious affair.” The question is: are insecurity, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and hardship problems exclusive to a particular faith? Do these challenges recognise religious or tribal boundaries?

The bishops merely expressed what millions of Nigerians experience daily: insecurity has worsened, poverty is deepening, inflation is crippling families, businesses are struggling, and hope is fading. These are realities echoed by religious leaders across the country, to whom successive governments gave thanks and promised to look into their observations.

Rather than address these concerns or explain the measures in place to ameliorate them, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s aides and supporters responded with vicious attacks, particularly against Cardinal John Onaiyekan, with little regard for his age, stature, and accomplishments.

[Dee Macé @frmarcellinus]

The worrisome fact about this is that the attack was not reported by the media. Yet some very wicked people expect the Catholic Bishops to visit the president and tell him bravo. Not gonna happen.

[Dr Folaseye (ENT/Head &Neck Surgeon) @DrFolaseye]

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[Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo @ezekieldachomo0]

Earlier today, our hearts were shattered once again as we laid 27 innocent souls to rest. They were among the 30 people brutally murdered in Naridon village, Southern Kaduna, in yet another senseless attack. The remaining 3 victims had already been buried a few days earlier, their families forced to say goodbye in pain and silence.

There are moments when words fail, when grief is too deep to describe. Today was one of those moments. Tiny graves stood beside larger ones. Mothers wept for their children. Children cried for parents who will never come home again. Wives embraced the lifeless bodies of husbands who had left home expecting to return before sunset. The cries of broken families echoed across the burial ground, yet it seemed the world could not hear them.

The Bible says in Psalm 34:18, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Today, countless hearts were crushed. Entire families have been left with nothing but memories. Homes have become empty. Dreams have been buried beneath the soil alongside their loved ones.

Perhaps the most heartbreaking part was not only the burial itself, but the silence of those entrusted with the responsibility to protect these communities. Out of all the elected and appointed government officials, only the Councillor representing Kamaru Ward was present. No governor. No senator. No member of parliament. No commissioner. No meaningful government delegation. Not even representatives were sent to stand beside grieving families.

Think about that for a moment.

Thirty lives were taken. Thirty human beings created in the image of God. Thirty stories cut short. Thirty families forever changed. Yet those in positions of authority did not consider it important enough to simply show up and mourn with their own people.

The Scriptures remind us in Romans 12:15, "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." Today, those who mourned were left to mourn almost alone.

How painful it must be for these widows, these orphans, and these elderly parents to wonder if the lives of their loved ones mattered at all. To bury your family is already unbearable. To feel abandoned by your own leaders while doing so is another wound altogether.

Jesus Himself declared in Matthew 5:4, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." We pray that God Himself will be the comfort these families did not receive from those who should have stood with them.

The blood of the innocent continues to cry out from the ground, just as the blood of Abel cried out before God in Genesis 4:10. God sees every tear. He hears every cry. He knows every name of those whose lives were violently taken.

Please do not let these victims become just another statistic. They were fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, neighbours, and friends. They laughed, they prayed, they worked hard, and they dreamed of tomorrow. Today, those dreams lie buried beneath freshly turned earth.

Pray for the people of Southern Kaduna. Pray for the grieving families. Pray that justice will not remain silent forever. And pray that one day, no family will have to gather around another mass grave simply because they chose to live in their ancestral homeland.

May God comfort every broken heart, defend the innocent, and bring justice to those who have suffered. Amen.

[Trending Explained @TrendingEx]

“For 50 days the President did not call the Oyo Governor. Me? I will be there in 2 days. Is the bush not in Nigeria? Everybody in that bush will come out. Every-body! And it’s time to start parading the people they arrest, why are they always hiding them?”

— Peter Obi

[Rep. Riley M. Moore @RepRileyMoore]

Terrible news out of the Middle Belt in Nigeria.

I'm glad the joint US-Nigeria Security agreement is delivering results in the North.

But President Tinubu must do more to address the violence in the Middle Belt, including securing the safe return of this seminarian.

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