Kenneth Oghene Walker

A Nigerian.
A Civil Engineer
#Progressive
#Democrat

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. #Team Arsenal

[Kenneth Oghene Walker @kenneace]

@HenryAdidi1 @YusufMBuhari Dear Henry,

Indulging you will justify your uncouth upbringing.

Receive healing.

[Kenneth Oghene Walker @kenneace]

@Orezyxx @YusufMBuhari Receive healing.

[Tokunbo Wahab @tokunbo_wahab]

The flooding currently being experienced in some parts of Lagos is largely attributable to a significant rise in the lagoon water level, which has increased by approximately one-metre.

This elevated lagoon level is impeding the effective discharge of stormwater from drainage channels into the lagoon, resulting in temporary flooding in some areas. As rainfall subsides and the lagoon water level gradually recedes, the accumulated stormwater on affected roads and streets is expected to drain off.

We appeal to Lagosians to remain patient and exercise caution while the situation normalizes. Relevant government agencies are closely monitoring developments and will continue to implement appropriate measures to mitigate the impact.

#AGreaterLagosRising

[Olufemi AWOYEMI @OlufemiAwoyemi]

'In Nigeria’s private sector, whistleblowing is meant to expose misconduct that internal controls, audits and boards fail to catch.

Its limits are clear: retaliation, weak anonymity, selective investigations, reputational damage and abuse by vested interests.

Rewards may help, but stronger alternatives are needed, including independent reporting channels, legal protection, board accountability, compensation for victimisation, credible investigation, correction of process-design gaps and removal of the incentives that make breaches attractive or easy to conceal.'

[Alli-Balogun H.Lekan @allibaloo]

One critical reform I would like President Tinubu to champion is in the area of budget appropriation.

The Executive and the Legislature should agree on a clear cap for constituency projects, perhaps 1–2% of the annual appropriation and create a dedicated budget line, such as a National Assembly Constituency Development Fund (or a similar name), under which all constituency projects are consolidated.

Every project should be listed in one schedule, with the sponsoring legislator, project description, location, and cost clearly disclosed for public scrutiny.

Implementation, however, should remain decentralised and be carried out by the appropriate ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), depending on the nature of each project.

This would be far more transparent and orderly than the current practice of scattering constituency projects across the budgets of agencies, many of which have little or no direct relationship to the projects being inserted.

Nigeria can borrow a lesson from the United States’ earmark system: not necessarily by copying it wholesale, but by adopting its emphasis on transparency, clear disclosure, and defined limits. Such a reform would make constituency projects easier to track, strengthen accountability, and improve the credibility of the federal budget.

[Alli-Balogun H.Lekan @allibaloo]

Again and again, the Nigerian opposition, some of their supporters, and those who fail to read the room make the same political mistake. They often do not know when to put politics aside and stand with Nigerians.

For the second time in the build-up to a major election cycle, they appear to be repeating the same error.

The first was during the 2023 elections. The naira redesign policy brought untold hardship to Nigerians. It disrupted lives, crippled businesses, and left millions frustrated. The ruling party had its back against the wall, and public anger was palpable. Many Nigerians were ready to vent their frustration at the polls.

That was the moment for the opposition to align completely with the suffering of ordinary Nigerians. Instead, many chose to defend a policy that was visibly hurting the people. The ruling party’s candidate saw the opening, distanced himself from his own party’s handling of the policy, and successfully changed the narrative. That unexpected move earned him sympathy and ultimately worked to his political advantage.

Today, history seems to be repeating itself.

For nearly two months, the opposition rightly criticised the government over insecurity, demanded the President’s resignation, visited affected communities, and consistently called for the release of kidnapped victims. That is the role of an opposition in any democracy.

But when the Nigerian security forces eventually rescued the victims, the narrative suddenly changed. Instead of acknowledging the success of the operation, commending the gallant officers who risked their lives, mourning those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, and even arguing that sustained public pressure contributed to the rescue, some immediately resorted to suggesting the kidnapping was “arranged” or casting doubt on the operation itself.

That is where the line should have been drawn.

You can oppose a government without undermining the credibility of the institutions that serve Nigeria. Governments are temporary; our military and security agencies are national institutions. Presidents will come and go, but these institutions will remain.

Politics should never blind us to the sacrifices of the men and women who put their lives on the line for our safety. Whether one supports the government or not, those who rescued innocent Nigerians deserved appreciation, while those who died in the operation deserved honour.

There is a time to score political points, and there is a time to stand with Nigeria. Knowing the difference is what separates responsible opposition from opposition for opposition’s sake.

[APC Nigeria @OfficialAPCNg]

ABUJA, FCT

JULY 12, 2026

PRESS STATEMENT

OPPOSITION PARTIES' FAILURE TO MEET INEC DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF 2027 ELECTION CANDIDATES EXPOSES THEIR UNPREPAREDNESS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is pleased to announce that it successfully met the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of its candidates for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Our great Party satisfied this requirement despite the large number of Party candidates contesting on the Party's platform for the various elective offices.

At the request of opposition political parties that had failed to meet the July 11 deadline, @inecnigeria granted an extension of the deadline to July 14, 2026.

While INEC acted within its statutory powers and administrative discretion in extending the deadline for opposition parties to upload names of their candidates, it is noteworthy that the extension was necessitated by the stark failure of opposition parties to manage their internal processes to comply with INEC’s submission deadline despite having fewer candidates to manage compared to the APC.

This development provides yet another clear indication of the opposition's chronic inherent weakness and raises legitimate questions about their operational capacity. Political parties that cannot efficiently conclude their own internal nomination processes cannot possibly be trusted by Nigerians to possess the competence, discipline, or readiness to govern our great nation or it subnational governments.

It is starkly ironical that the same opposition parties have repeatedly peddled false, malicious and unfounded tales that the APC controls and dictates INEC’s decisions. Yet, as they failed to meet the submission deadline, they shamelessly turned to the same INEC for respite, and were granted an extension. And the same APC that would have been the obvious beneficiary if INEC had stood firm on its original deadline, kept its distance, having met the deadline and completed its submission. Again, this underscores the oppositions’ hypocrisy, and true character as peddlers of fake news and merchants of blackmail.

With the successful upload of particulars of all its Presidential, Vice Presidential, Senate, and House of Representatives candidates on the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal, APC has, again, demonstrated its leadership and superior organisational capacity, discipline, and solid commitment to due process.

As we conclude this important phase of the electoral process, we call on all Party leaders, stakeholders, members, and supporters to turn their full attention to the task ahead. We must remain focused and continue to strengthen our structures at all levels, increase awareness of the massive achievements under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, deepen grassroots mobilisation, and prepare for a vigorous, issue-based campaign that will earn our great Party a renewed mandate in the 2027 general elections.

SIGNED:

Felix Morka, CON
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🇦🇷 First player ever to deliver 10 World Cup career assists. Lionel Messi, again. ✨

[Nigerian Air Force @NigAirForce]

NAF SUSTAINS COUNTER-TERRORISM GAINS AS FRESH STRIKES SHATTER TERRORIST ENCLAVE IN BORNO

[Tolu Ogunlesi @toluogunlesi]

The bar is so low (non-existent in fact) for fake news.

You just have to allege it, and virality is assured. No burden of proof whatsoever.

Earlier this week we saw fake news (originated by a national TV station) about the alleged singing of the old national anthem at FEC -- on a day that FEC did not even hold. Nobody asked any (basic) questions before running with the news.

Also, the most unrepentant fake-ists NEVER retract or apologise.

[Abdulaziz Abdulaziz @Abdulfagge]

Glimpses of the frontline...the operation to free Oyo school children and their teachers

[Kenneth Oghene Walker @kenneace]

@OluwatobiAjayiJ Happy Birthday, Oluwatobi!

As you celebrate today, I pray for continued wisdom, good health, and many more impactful years ahead.

BE BLESSED!

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

Tonight, our nation has reason to give thanks.

The children and teachers abducted by Ansaru terrorists in Oyo State have been rescued by our security forces, alive and unharmed. No ransom was paid. No concession was made.

I salute every officer and operative whose courage, discipline, and professionalism made this possible.

To those who seek to spread fear through terror, know that the Nigerian state will pursue you relentlessly. We will protect our people, defend our communities, and never relent until peace and security prevail across our country.

BOLA AHMED TINUBU
President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria

[TallJohn🌍 @JohnFanimokun]

"Since 2023, I have seen this president push out five bills that, to a large extent, are transitioning Nigeria toward a more truly federal system by devolving powers to the states. In three years, the president has achieved what we could not in the previous 27 years of the Fourth Republic." — Political Scientist, Obafemi George

[Ayọ̀dèjì Aládéjánà @AladejanaDeji]

I am convinced that the editorial judgment of the management of @ARISEtv is fundamentally flawed. No reasonable editorial adviser should sign off on inviting Ehud Barak to comment on the issue of state policing in Nigeria, or in any multiethnic and multicultural society. Barak’s opinion should not have been sought, let alone presented as relevant to the subject matter.
For those who do not know, Ehud Barak was Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001 and was Israeli Defence Minister from 2007 to 2013. During his time in government, Israel operated, and is still operating, a single centralised national police force under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Security, headquartered in Jerusalem and operating uniformly across the country. Israel has never operated a state police, and there is no decentralised policing architecture of any kind. So Ehud Barak has never governed, designed, managed, or operated a state police system in his life.

The case for decentralised policing in Nigeria has genuine, credible advocates who have relevant experience, including former governors, security experts, and constitutional experts who have lived and debated this issue for years. Arise TV did not deem it fit to invite any of them. Instead, they invited a former Israeli Prime Minister whose country runs the exact centralised model his soundbite was being used to argue against. The irony...

One thing that should bother you, as a Nigerian, is that Ehud Barak, whom Arise TV invited as an “adviser” on responsible policing and the protection of civilian lives, has a publicly documented record of overseeing the deaths of civilians under the security forces he commanded. As Israeli Defence Minister, Barak personally approved and oversaw Operation Cast Lead, the 22-day military assault on Gaza that began on 27 December 2008. By the time a unilateral ceasefire was announced on 18 January 2009, more than 1,400 Palestinians had been killed. These people, according to Amnesty International’s delegates, were unarmed civilians, including about 300 children, more than 115 women, and some 85 men over the age of 50.

The United Nations Human Rights Council established a fact-finding mission led by Justice Richard Goldstone, a former Constitutional Court judge and war crimes prosecutor, which documented 36 specific incidents where Israeli forces allegedly violated international humanitarian law, including the Samouni family massacre in which Israeli soldiers ordered approximately 100 family members into a single building before shelling it, killing 21 civilians. Human Rights Watch documented that Barak strongly opposed any independent outside review of these incidents, reportedly saying, “the Israeli military knows to examine itself better than anyone else.”

In 2010, this same Barak also supervised the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, in which Israeli security forces killed 10 unarmed international humanitarian activists in international waters. A man with this specific record, overseeing the deaths of hundreds of unarmed civilians under the forces he commanded, and actively resisting independent accountability for those deaths, is the person Arise TV invited to lecture Nigerians about responsible security governance and the importance of checks on policing power. @nbcgovng needs to investigate and sanction the editorial manager who signed off on that invitation, as well as Arise TV itself.

Patriotic journalism means holding a mirror to power with honesty and rigour. It means finding the best available expertise on a question and subjecting it to the scrutiny it deserves. What Arise TV did instead is what too much of Nigeria’s media does when it wants to project sophistication. They just reach for a foreign name, preferably Western or at minimum non-African, attach it to a domestic debate, and present the result as authoritative commentary. The message, intended or not, is that Nigerian voices, Nigerian scholars, Nigerian constitutional lawyers, Nigerian former security chiefs, and Nigerian governors who have actually dealt with this issue are not sufficient to have this conversation without external validation.

This is shameful, and Arise TV’s management owes Nigeria and Nigerians an apology.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Bernabéu stores its real grass underground so concerts can happen without killing the

[Woye @woye1]

Whether you are supporting Tinubu or not, help your neighbor abeg to share positive news to lift families from poverty by saying:

2: Help, help, help, help oooooo

-(a): Just buy your UTME form.

-(b): NO MORE NIGHT VIGIL AGAIN TO PAY SCHOOL FEES. NO DEMON AGAIN for SCHOOL FEES.

-(c): FG not Tinubu has created opportunities to make university education more affordable through initiatives such as the @NELFUND which provides eligible students with access to interest-free student loans.

-(d): Education should never be out of reach for any determined Nigerian.

[Olufemi AWOYEMI @OlufemiAwoyemi]

“The first scam often does no more than open the way. The greater danger lies in the second- and third-level deception that normally follows, as those who are street-wise know, in which even those who ran the first scheme can themselves be defrauded. But none is worse than a cover-up by any party involved. Someone is always going to snitch or get greedy.

Responsible institutions carry a duty to understand the weaknesses that allowed the first deception and to take deliberate steps to close them. Every system has gaps, and some people will exploit them for as long as those gaps remain. They must be identified and their advantage taken away.

In the end, greed and fear tend to deliver only a temporary advantage, and they often lead those who rely on them to their own undoing.”

Have a nice day!

[Kenneth Oghene Walker @kenneace]

To the father who sees his kid slipping away: Stay.

To the mother who feels out of her depth: Ask for help.

To the parent who thinks it's too late:
It isn't.

Discipline without love breeds resentment, but love without discipline breeds entitlement.
Find the balance.