𝙰𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚘

Will read anything. Hoping to retire soon.

[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

We don’t have Presidents in Africa. We have supervisors of slave plantations.

[𝙰𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚘 @john_obono]

We should be out on the streets

There are millions of us who are unemployed so I struggle to see why we cannot organize en masse

Even a Saturday or Sunday protest march should not be so hard

I wonder when this cup will fill up

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others change their principles for the sake of their party." Winston Churchill

Today, May 9th, I attended the 1st convention of my latest party, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Abuja, Nigeria. The convention was successful and continued to show the resilience of Nigerians to change

I express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the NDC family, led by the distinguished Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, for inviting us and for the generosity of spirit with which they have accommodated us at this critical moment in our national journey.

I also wish to express profound gratitude to the African Democratic Congress(ADC), particularly Distinguished Senator David Mark, for providing a democratic platform and showing uncommon understanding when the ongoing litigation forced us out of the Labour Party and the New Nigeria People's Party, NNPP respectively. That spirit of solidarity must remain the foundation upon which a better Nigeria will be built.

Today, the most painful aspect of our political existence is that many who once benefited from democratic governance have now become willing accessories to the destruction of democracy itself. Those who once fought for justice now openly celebrate electoral injustice. Those who once spoke against impunity now defend coercion, manipulation, intimidation, and outright political gangsterism, especially against opposition voices. What we are witnessing is not politics; it is a systematic assault on democracy and the will of the people.

Nigeria today stands at a dangerous crossroads. Our democracy is under severe threat. Our nation is drifting without direction, and our people are passing through immense suffering. Across the world, Nigeria is increasingly described as a failing and disgraced nation. This is not the destiny God ordained for our great country. It was not always so, and it must never be allowed to remain so.

Across virtually every recognised indicator of good governance - accountability, political stability, rule of law, control of corruption, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and the separation of powers - Nigeria continues to record alarming failures. The institutions that should protect the people are weakening daily, while the burden on ordinary citizens grows heavier with each passing moment.

Today, over 140 million Nigerians live in multidimensional poverty. Tens of millions of young people remain unemployed or underemployed. Inflation continues to crush families. Businesses are shutting down. Farmers can no longer safely access their farms. Communities live in fear. In this month alone, hundreds of innocent Nigerians have lost their lives to insecurity, while many others have been kidnapped, displaced, or thrown deeper into poverty.

The most heartbreaking question confronting us is this: Who consoles the grieving mother whose child was abducted on the way to school? Who speaks for the father who can no longer feed his family despite working every day? Who defends the young Nigerian whose dreams have been destroyed by a nation that rewards connections over competence and corruption over character?

Our present tragedy is not accidental. It is the direct consequence of years of deliberate sabotage by a political class that prospers by dividing the people and weakening the nation. Nigeria is not a poor country; rather, we are being looted into poverty. We have abundant human and natural resources, yet we remain trapped in deprivation because leadership has failed to place the common good above personal interest.

Our choice as a people is therefore clear: whether to surrender to despair and national decline, or to summon the courage to rescue our country and rebuild it on the foundations of unity, equity, justice, competence, and productivity.

[Richard Medhurst @richimedhurst]

Tried watching a BBC doc on Russia.

Already in the first mins: "Russia arrests journalists and threatens them with decades in prison!"

As opposed to what? Me being threatened w/ 14 years in the UK, or 10 years in Austria for my reporting?

Hypocrisy at its peak.

[𝙰𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚘 @john_obono]

😂😂😂

[BIGGEST VIRG @StudentByNature]

So this APC supporter asked me to go and hug transformer because I said I would not vote for Tinubu.
I hugged the transformer for 12 hours straight, nothing happened. No light.
Please everyone should get their PVCs

[Adedayo Agarau @adedayoagarau]

INEC is so incompetent. And Amupitan is not fit to lead INEC. Amupitan, we did not forget. Resign!!!!!!!! Resign, you terrible liar!

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

They were not intercepted. They were abducted in international waters.

This is piracy - and is a flagrant violation of international law.

[Ferdy @Burmese_Tyga_]

When you are serious....you will start visa bans, revoking resident permits, seizure of properties and putting a lien on bank accounts of politicians and government officials implicated in the insecurity in Nigeria. Until then we know you are just playing to the gallery. 🤷‍♂️

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

The best thing you can do for yourself as a Nigerian is to use that internet connection of yours while you still can, and follow/read/watch information from a wide variety of sources from all over the world.

Your Nigerian media is a Europe-US information cage. When I say "Nigerian media", I'm not just talking about news platforms. I mean your popular social media bloggers. Your big content aggregators. Your online discussion and image boards. Everything is bought and paid for, and the money is always European or American.

Do yourself a favour and unplug.

Look for news, web content, TV series, movies and discussion forums from Asia, Latin America and other parts of Africa. Watch Brazilian TV shows. Watch Chinese documentaries. Watch Vietnamese movies. Follow social media content creators from Indonesia and Russia. Lurk on Pakistani message boards. Gain a wider picture of the world while you still have access to a relatively open internet that allows you to do so.

It's the best thing you can do for yourself.

[Ambassador  🇳🇬 @sir_balemoh]

I swear to God, APC wants to be the only viable party on the ballot. They are playing dirty games in the realm of justice. Nigerians must resist them or we’re all finished in this country.

[Ogechukwu OnyeLife💯 @kingsleynovich]

This is so embarrassing to watch.

You don't have funding for literally all security apparatus in the country and you're downplaying it like it's a side comment.

Things really need to change.

[Ike God @IkeGod_]

JUST HAPPENING: In one breathe, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in October 2025, dismissed the suit filed by Dumebi Kachikwu against the Senator David Mark-led ADC leadership, citing lack of jurisdiction. In another breathe, same Justice Joyce Abdulmalik following a suit brought before her Federal High Court Abuja by one Obinna Norman, has today issued an order restraining INEC from recognising state congresses conducted by committees constituted by the David Mark-led ADC caretaker committee, citing that her court now has jurisdiction over internal affairs of political parties?

Before our very eyes, these people are about to collapse Nigeria's fragile and nascent democracy, thereby morphing that country into a one-party state with Bola Tinubu coronated as the Ayatollah of Nigeria?

Dear Mazi @afamosigwe, will the NBA stand akimbo while Nigeria's fragile and nascent democracy collapses?

[Everest @novieverest]

Tinubu is using every element of the state to remain in power.
INEC
Judiciary
The uniformed men and women.
The Legislature.

Tinubu is not interested in an election.

[Zekeri Idris Jnr @IdrisZekeriJnr]

We must fix leadership to fix the policing in our country. Otherwise we will keep crying for justice. #nigeria #politics

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

Politicians are not celebrities.

They are public servants and they’ve forgotten their place.

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

Just see this barbarism.

Armed animals suspected to be policemen from the Nigerian police force in delta state tied up a man in broad day light and shot him to death.

No prosecution. No court trial. Just jungle justice by Nigerian police.

WIlD ANIMALS.

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

Dear Nigerians,

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has borrowed more than ₦71 trillion in 3 years. But what did he do with the money? @realJudebela deserves our massive following for always breaking the numbers down. This will break your heart. 💔

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

A decaying Nation Crying for Leadership.

What we have witnessed across our country in just the past 48 hours is not only tragic, it is utterly unacceptable and a damning indictment of our collective failure of leadership.

From the reported killings in Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna and Benue States, to the gruesome murder of an entire family in Plateau State, and the heartbreaking abduction of innocent children in Kogi State, one of the incidents involves children conveying their mother's dead body for burial. Nigeria is bleeding. We are fast becoming a nation where human life is treated as expendable, where citizens live in fear, and where the basic duty of government, to protect lives and property, is repeatedly neglected.

11 innocent Nigerians were killed in Katsina State. 7 more in Benue State. 23 in Adamawa State in just one day. An entire family was brutally murdered in Plateau State. 24 children were abducted from an orphanage in Kogi State, and 10 more children were taken in Kaduna State, all within 48 hours.

These are not mere statistics; they are our fellow Nigerians, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, whose lives have been brutally cut short or violently disrupted.

This cannot continue. A nation cannot develop under the weight of such persistent insecurity and human tragedy. The normalisation of these horrors is itself a crisis. We must ask, with all sense of urgency and responsibility: where is the leadership? Where is the coordination, the competence, and the compassion required to confront this menace decisively?

My heart goes out to all the grieving families across these states. I pray for divine comfort for those who have lost loved ones and for the safe and immediate return of all abducted children.

A New Nigeria is not just a slogan; it has become an urgent necessity.

A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO

[𝙰𝚕 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚘 @john_obono]

Wtf

[Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 @SavvyRinu]

TRENDING VIDEO: Nigerian police SARS officers seen shooting a suspect in brutal execution style in Delta State.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

> be Alexandra Elbakyan
> be born in Kazakhstan in 1988
> start coding at 12
> hack your internet provider at 14
> hack MIT Press at 16 to download neuroscience books you can't afford
> get a CS degree from Satbayev University
> intern in neuroscience at Georgia Tech
> speak at Harvard on brain-computer interfaces
> notice researchers can't read the papers they need
> notice academic publishers charging $30 a paper
> notice peer reviewers worked for free
> notice editors worked for free
> notice universities funded the research with billions of dollars of public money
> build Sci-Hub in 2011
> upload nearly every paywalled research paper ever published
> give it away for free
> get sued by Elsevier
> get hit with a $15 million judgment
> don't give a flying f*ck
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get domain after domain seized
> register a new one
> keep Sci-Hub up
> get investigated by the US Department of Justice
> don't give a flying f*ck
> get accused of working for Russian intelligence
> don't give a flying f*ck
> have the FBI subpoena your iCloud
> get named one of Nature's ten people who mattered in science
> get a parasitoid wasp named after you
> get a deep-sea snail named after you
> get the Electronic Frontier Foundation Award for Access to Scientific Knowledge
> become a legend