Jonah Ibiamagabara

... in an iterative process of development

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

@Sentletse If Israel is somehow behind the scenes engineering the xenophobic attacks this time, were they also the ones pulling the strings during past outbreaks of xenophobic violence in South Africa?

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

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[Ziyad Yakubu @Ziyad_yakubu]

The politicians from southern Nigeria need to be deeply studied.

In fact, a whole department in our universities should be set up just to study those people.

Because the way they have managed to convince many southern youths, some of the most intelligent youths in all of Africa, that their real problem is not the politicians who govern them, but “the North,” is almost a political miracle.

That the reason a pothole in Abakpa Nike is not fixed is because of Hisbah breaking alcohol bottles in Kano.

That the reason they have youth unemployment and underemployment is because of a Sharia court in Sokoto.

That the reason their electricity is unstable, state hospitals are weak, courts are slow, police are corrupt, refineries are not working, and local industries are dying is because the North is too religious.

Not the governors.

Not the senators.

Not the local government chairmen.

Not the contractors who collected money and disappeared.

Not the political families who have controlled the same states for decades.

Not the state assemblies that behave like extensions of the governor’s office.

No. The problem is somehow Kano Hisbah.

This is the genius of southern political deflection.

They have built a system where they can fail locally and outsource the blame nationally.

Meanwhile, the same southern politicians control budgets, collect allocations, appoint commissioners, award contracts, borrow money, tax citizens, control state institutions, and still somehow escape the anger of the same people they govern.

That is the part that fascinates me.

The North has many problems and deserves serious criticism. Nobody honest can deny that. But the way northern dysfunction has been turned into a universal excuse for southern elite failure is a political miracle, second only to democracy itself.

The governor no longer needs to explain why the roads are bad.

The senator no longer needs to explain what he has done.

The local government chairman no longer needs to show where the money went.

The people simply look northward and rage.

And the politicians smile.

As a southern youth, know this: every minute you spend shouting about Hisbah, Sharia, almajiri, or the north is backward, is one less minute spent asking why your own state budget keeps producing nothing.

Nigerian politicians have not only failed many of their people. They have also mastered the art of giving them a convenient enemy.

This is the oldest trick in politics.

Divide the people, make them suspicious of each other, then govern both sides badly while they fight over identity.

There is nothing I would want more than a coherent Nigeria.

Notice I said coherent, not uniform.

I am not talking about this fake “One Nigeria” slogan where everyone pretends we are one people, one culture, one worldview, one moral community, and one historical experience.

That is childish.

Nigeria does not need to become one tribe.

Nigeria does not need to become one culture.

Nigeria does not need everyone to eat the same food, marry the same way, worship the same way, dress the same way, or organize society the same way.

What Nigeria needs is coherence.

A country where different regions can govern themselves according to their values, compete with each other, cooperate where necessary, and still stand together as a serious bargaining bloc in the world.

Because in the international system, small fragmented African states will be eaten alive.

So we must ask ourselves whether we can build a political arrangement where our differences do not become a weapon in the hands of failed politicians.

And this is where both sides need to hear the truth.

If you are a southern youth and you believe the North must become exactly to your taste before you can accept it as part of the political arrangement, then you are not serious.

You may not like Hisbah.

You may not like Sharia courts.

You may not like how conservative northern societies are.

You may not like the way we vote, dress, worship, marry, or organize our communities.

Fine.

But if your idea of a working Nigeria is that Kano must first become Lagos, or Sokoto must first become Enugu, or Katsina must first become Port Harcourt, then you are not yet tired of the state of Nigeria.

A coherent Nigeria must allow Kano to be Kano, Lagos to be Lagos, Enugu to be Enugu, Sokoto to be Sokoto, and Rivers to be Rivers.

What Nigeria needs is restructuring that makes every region carry more responsibility for the choices it makes.

And this is where the North itself must also face its own contradiction.

It is not enough to say, “Leave the North alone. Let the North live by its values.”

That argument only becomes serious when the North also accepts the financial responsibility that comes with political and cultural autonomy.

If the governor of Kano wants to subsidize mass weddings for 2,000 couples, that is his right. But it will make more sense if Kano is generating the money for it.

If the governor of Sokoto wants to subsidize Hajj or support pilgrims, that is his political choice. But it will carry more moral weight if Sokoto is funding it from its own productive economy.

If the governor of Zamfara wants to negotiate with bandits, grant amnesty, or offer concessions in the name of peace, that decision should be borne mainly by the people and resources of Zamfara, not hidden within the comfort of national allocation.

If Kano decides it does not want alcohol sold openly in its society, that should be its cultural and religious right. But it becomes a contradiction when the same political system benefits from VAT and federal revenue that partly comes from products and lifestyles those same states publicly reject.

This is why restructuring matters.

It protects the South from blaming the North for everything.

It protects the North from being constantly insulted for choosing its own values.

And it forces every region to face the cost of its own political choices.

Because right now, Nigeria is structured in a way that encourages hypocrisy.

Southern politicians can fail their people and blame the North.

Northern politicians can defend cultural autonomy while depending on a central pool funded by economic activities they sometimes condemn.

A serious Nigeria should say: live according to your values, but fund the consequences.

[Lit! @JusttLit]

Many of you Nigerians are so ridiculous. Sending your account numbers to terrorists because they are doing giveaway. You have zero shame and even fear. Blood money and you’re scrambling for your share. Embarrassing.

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

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[Sai Ishaya @Sai_Ishaya_]

Lol there will be no revisionism.

The truth is that the smoke reached the South b/c the North refused to put out the fire. We don't get to look down South & smirk, "it's finally happening to you,"to say that requires a level of blindness we can no longer afford.

The Northern establishment spent yrs coddling this crisis. How many people even admitted there was a "Northern problem" in the first place? For a long time, the strategy wasn't to confront the rot, but to mask it under the guise of political correctness & regional solidarity using religion as a mesh.

There's no form of insecurity in the North that didn’t find a significant Northern bloc of politicians, clerics, & natives defending, justifying, and supporting it. We literally watched active, decisive attempts at destroying Boko Haram get sabotaged from within under the banner of "you're killing our brothers."

Ironically, Southerners were often some of the most vocal voices sounding the alarm against Northern insecurity. They understood a fundamental truth that our leadership chose to ignore : you cannot be part of a single body & watch a limb rot with gangrene, expecting the rest of the organs to stay safe. Eventually, the sepsis spreads to the heart. We are in "SIRS" now.

The Northern elite silenced the alarms and coddled the arsonists. We are not going to pretend even for one second about this reality because if we do, we will not find any way forward.

[MANCHI @AlexManji]

Professor Goni Abraham Dogo and other Researchers from the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UNIJOS developed JUTVAC-NG — a groundbreaking polyvalent anti-tick vaccine for livestock (Cow, goats & even dogs etc).

It uses recombinant DNA technology by engineering E. coli bacteria to produce tick proteins that trigger an immune response in livestock.

When vaccinated animals are bitten, their immune system produces antibodies that attacks and disrupts the tick’s biology, reducing infestation across multiple tick species (that’s what “polyvalent” means).

It protects livestock from ticks that spread deadly diseases like babesiosis, theileriosis, and anaplasmosis.

These are common illnesses that affect herds and cripple farmers’ livelihoods.

Unlike chemical acaricides (which ticks are increasingly resistant to), this vaccine offers a sustainable, science-based solution with no toxic residues in meat or milk.

The Federal Government of Nigeria awarded UNIJOS a 20-year patent (Special Licence) — giving the university exclusive rights to the invention.
It was funded by two TETFUND National Research Fund grants.

It is not yet on shelves; but plans are underway to partner with private pharmaceutical manufacturers for mass production and nationwide distribution.

Veterinary training and public awareness campaigns will also accompany the rollout.

[dele osunmakinde @deleosunmakinde]

There is a story in history that sounds almost unbelievable.

After World War II officially ended in 1945, there were Japanese soldiers scattered across remote islands and jungles in Asia who refused to surrender. They became known as the “Japanese holdouts.”

These men had been trained with one overriding conviction: Never surrender. Never believe enemy propaganda. Keep fighting until your commanding officer returns.

So when leaflets were dropped from airplanes announcing: “The war is over.” Many of them believed it was a trick.

One of the most famous of these soldiers was a man named Hiroo Onoda.
Onoda was an intelligence officer in the Imperial Japanese Army stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines in 1944. Before leaving for the island, his superior officer reportedly gave him strict instructions: “You are absolutely forbidden to die by your own hand. It may take three years. It may take five. But whatever happens, we’ll come back for you.”

Those words became law in his mind.

Then the war ended.
Japan surrendered. The emperor announced the end of the war. Cities rebuilt. Governments changed. An entirely new world emerged.
But deep inside the jungle, Onoda did not believe it.

For years, planes dropped newspapers. Letters from family members were sent. Photographs were shown. Messages were broadcast through loudspeakers.
Still, he refused to believe.

Why?
Because his mindset had been locked into war. His reality had been shaped by conflict for so long that peace sounded suspicious.

While the world moved on, he remained hidden in the jungle. Armed. Alert. Suspicious. Fighting a war that had already ended.
For nearly 29 years.
Think about that.

Twenty nine years after peace had already been declared.
He survived on bananas, coconuts, stolen rice, and cattle from nearby villages. He slept in hiding places, carried his rifle everywhere, and constantly watched for enemies that no longer existed.
Several of the men with him eventually died. One surrendered. Another was killed.
But Onoda continued.

The tragedy was not merely that he was in the jungle. The tragedy was that he was sincerely committed to a finished war.

Finally, in 1974, a young Japanese traveller named Norio Suzuki went searching for him. Suzuki somehow found Onoda deep in the jungle and told him: “The war ended long ago. Japan has changed. Everyone has gone home.”
But Onoda still refused to surrender.

He said he would only obey direct orders from his commanding officer.
So something astonishing happened.
The Japanese government located his former commander, now an elderly man working in a bookstore, flew him to the Philippines, and brought him into the jungle.

There, standing before a weary soldier who had spent almost three decades hiding in fear and combat, the old commander finally gave the order:
“The war is over. You may stand down.”
Only then did Onoda lower his weapon.

Imagine the emotion of that moment.
A man giving up a battle he should never have been fighting for nearly thirty years.
A man waking up to discover that history had already moved on without him.

A man realising he had spent decades surviving under conditions that were no longer necessary.
And honestly, this story is bigger than history.
It is a picture of many people in life.

Many are still fighting wars that already ended. Still hiding from enemies already defeated. Still living in fear after victory has already been declared. Still trapped in survival mode while peace has already been announced.

Some people are emotionally fighting. Some are spiritually fighting. Some are mentally fighting. Some are fighting . Old guilt. Old condemnation. Old battles.
Like Onoda, they have received announcement but Peace sounds too good to be true. Rest feels suspicious. Victory feels illegal.

So they remain in the jungle of fear, religion, condemnation, and endless warfare.

But history teaches us something powerful: A war can end without a person knowing it.

Are you that man?

[oseni rufai @ruffydfire]

A teacher beheaded and a nation is silent

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

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[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

Overnight, Nigeria and the United States recorded a significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism.

Our determined Nigerian Armed Forces, working closely with the Armed Forces of the United States, conducted a daring joint operation that dealt a heavy blow to the ranks of the Islamic State.

Early assessments confirm the elimination of the wanted IS senior leader, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, also known as Abu-Mainok, along with several of his lieutenants, during a strike on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin

Nigeria appreciates this partnership with the United States in advancing our shared security objectives. I extend my sincere gratitude to President Trump for his leadership and unwavering support in this effort.

I commend the personnel involved on both sides for their professionalism and courage, and I look forward to more decisive strikes against all terrorist enclaves across the nation.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Aso Villa
Abuja
May 16, 2026

[Channels Television @channelstv]

“You just smell gas. The next thing, there’s fire.”

Residents of Bille community in Degema LGA of Rivers State are raising alarm over a possible gas seepage that has reportedly caused bubbling water, flames erupting from the ground, and growing fears over environmental and health risks in the oil-producing area.

#CTVMorningBrief

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

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[katya schwenk @ktyschwnk]

After an obscure defense vendor won a $12 million no-bid contract w/ ICE, I noticed something odd on its website: The firm was using a (still watermarked!) stock photo for the chief of its “development team.”

Things only got more bizarre from there…

[Miracle Moore ⚕️🎙️🔥 @MAMooreOfficial]

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘆𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹, 𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱; 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

EFCC officers came in some minutes past 9 this morning looking for our dear Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

At the time, he was in surgery working on a patient and asked them to hold on, but they didn’t. Instead, they dragged him out, brutalized him, and dragged him on the ground into their bus.

Not only did they do that to him, but also to the CMAC of UUTH. He wasn’t even given a chance. The security at the gate locked the entrance, and doctors came out angrily, parking cars to block them from leaving the hospital.

These inhumane people, who honestly need proper training after the police and military, opened tear gas, fired bullets, and rained chaos everywhere. In fact, permit me to add that a senior officer among them was allegedly telling his teammates to shoot at the angry crowd.

In a hospital???

With patients and doctors around???

They broke the padlock, caused serious commotion and traffic in the area. I truly thank God for my life, but from what I later heard, a stray bullet hit someone and the person died.

Currently, UUTH is shutting down. We were asked to go home. Patients are being forced to leave. A strike is imminent. If you have any relatives there, please do well to check up on them immediately.

Things are getting serious, and it will not get better until we stand up and fight this injustice.

If it was a politician with the same years of experience as these professors, they would never have been treated this way.

I have attached evidence.

Please, this should spread everywhere.

Tag everyone.

Medical lives matter.

[INEC Lagos State @ineclagos]

📢 ATTENTION LAGOS RESIDENTS!

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[INEC Lagos State @ineclagos]

🗳️ YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION JUST GOT EASIER!

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[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

This is an opportunity for @Ojukwu_Bianca and @NigeriaMFA to start a necessary conversation with these foreign missions. The ask is not complicated. @UKinNigeria is already leading on this; the standard exists and it works.

I wish this also fell under @BTOofficial and the Ministry of Interior. Because they never miss opportunities like this. Fingers crossed on immediate actions.

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[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

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[Timilehin🇺🇦 @timihndrxx]

tech people must think banks run the graduate training schools because they like to teach. talking about scarcity of talent after 10 years of ops lmao.

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

If the state cannot show [other victims of extrajudicial killing] equivalent resolve, then what we have is not accountability, it is brand management by @policeng triggered by embarrassing footage.

https://t.co/mdhoz7v1o4

['Fisayo Soyombo @fisayosoyombo]

It will never make sense to me that policemen got a hold of a civilian linked with arms who repeatedly said the main man was in Sapele and he was willing to take them there, yet they executed him rather than follow the Sapele lead.

Sorry, it actually 'makes sense' to me why they would shoot him rather than attempt to find his accomplices. And I know it 'makes sense' to you too...

[Jonah Ibiamagabara @jilomes]

Yet another case of brazen murder

[Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG]

EFFURUN SHOOTING: POLICE ASSURE JUSTICE AS OFFICER FACES DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The Nigeria Police Force condemns the fatal shooting of a suspect, Mene Ogidi, which occurred on 26th April 2026 in Effurun, Delta State.

Preliminary reports indicate that operatives attached to the Effurun Area Command responded to credible information from Benin Motor Park along the Warri–Sapele Expressway regarding a suspect apprehended by members of a transport union while attempting to waybill a parcel containing a Beretta pistol with four rounds of ammunition.

While efforts were being made to take the suspect into lawful custody, the team leader, ASP Nuhu Usman, discharged his firearm in clear violation of extant regulations, resulting in the death of the suspect.

The leadership of the Nigeria Police Force has directed the immediate transfer of the officer and his team to Force Headquarters, Abuja, where they would face the Force Disciplinary Committee for summary disciplinary measures and prosecution.

The Inspector-General of Police extends his condolences to the family of the deceased and assures them that justice will be served in accordance with the law. He further urges members of the public to remain calm and law-abiding as the disciplinary and legal processes take their course.

The Nigeria Police Force maintains a zero-tolerance stance on extra-judicial actions, abuse of authority, and any conduct that undermines public trust.

DCP ANTHONY OKON PLACID, psc(+), mnipr, mni
Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters, Abuja
28th April 2026

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