Ovoke

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@DrAkuamaka I can bet N1 million that the man who contracted a 17-year-old to kill his fellow Indian brother, who happened to be chairman of their company, is not in prison anywhere in Nigeria.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@EstherUmoh10 All is fair in Politics - said the BAT

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

MY ADDRESS TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2027 PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS

21 August 2026

Dear Compatriots,
Members of the Press,

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,

Wednesday, 19 August 2026, marked the official start of the campaign period for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

There is no doubt that this is a defining moment for our democracy. This moment gives Nigerians the opportunity to assess the records, ideas, and plans of those seeking their mandate to lead their country at a time of grave uncertainty in our rapidly changing world.

I consider myself quite privileged to be one of those seeking your mandate to deal with these challenges facing our country.

I enter this contest with one firm conviction: Nigeria can work, and Nigeria must work.

Nigeria faces several serious challenges. Some of them are indeed of existential proportions.

According to the IMF, 63%, or over 140 million Nigerians, live at or below the national poverty line, while humanitarian agencies estimate that 35 million people will need food assistance during the 2026 lean season. About 3.6 million Nigerians remain internally displaced, largely because of conflict and insecurity. Each year, millions of young people enter the labour market, yet too many struggle to find productive opportunities. Weak infrastructure, unreliable power, insecurity, and the excessive cost of doing business continue to burden households and constrain enterprise.

These are more than statistics. They reflect the daily realities of Nigerian families, farmers, workers, students, and businesses.

Yet I do not believe Nigeria lacks the ability to overcome these challenges. We have the people, resources, market, talent, and enterprise. What we must do now is turn these strengths into security, productivity, and shared prosperity.

LEADERSHIP MUST DELIVER RESULTS

My successful private-sector experience, studies in institutions of repute on policy and business matters, and my service as Governor of Anambra State have shaped my understanding of public leadership. Government must manage resources responsibly, set clear priorities, and measure the outcomes of its decisions. Public office is not a reward; it is a responsibility to the people.

In Anambra, I prioritised the foundations of long-term development: education, healthcare, infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and institutional capacity. I do not present that record as perfect, but as an experience from which Nigerians can draw their own conclusions.

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso brings a different but complementary governing experience.

As Governor of Kano State, he focused strongly on education, technical training, scholarships, infrastructure, and human-capital development. His administration’s investments in education and skills showed an understanding that the people are a state’s most important long-term resource.

Our experiences are different, but our conclusion is the same: Nigeria must invest in its people and manage public resources with discipline.

BUILDING AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS

Nigeria needs more than reactive reforms. We must focus on the questions that matter:

Are Nigerians better off than they were four years ago? Can they afford food, education, and healthcare? Can businesses produce, expand, and create jobs? Can young people find productive work? Can farmers work safely and get their produce to market?

[Ovoke @laughinson]

Congrats to him… Another shot at the top then Retirement. Those Egomaniacs are in for a brutal awakening.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 BREAKING: José Mourinho back to Real Madrid, HERE WE GO! 💣🤍

All terms have been verbally agreed between José Mourinho and Real Madrid, waiting to sign all documents.

Plan for initial two year deal, JM to travel to Madrid after Real-Bilbao game.

The Special One is back.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@General_Somto If anyone is foolish enough to think that’s Jennifer Aniston voice and she would request a $50 gift card then that person should not be using a phone in the first place and society where they reside should look for a way to protect them at all cost from the internet.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@CrownprinceCom2 The prophets are telling lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I give them any order or speak one word to them. The visions they talk about have not come from me; their predictions are worthless things that have imagined.
Jeremiah 14:14

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@yinkanubi @HenshawKate @Funke_Treasure @zumamalicious @Ekene4reel @KayodeAkintemi @Gbenga_Aborowa Lately the only group of people in Nigeria that requires bundles of cash for transactions are Politicians and kidnappers. Cumulative inflation is over 600% since 2005 so the solution, let’s shoot it up to 1200%. They should redesign the N1k note and put BAT face there.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@officialABAT We lost 2 Brig Gen and countless officers to insurgency in the last 6 months. Not a single word of comfort from the president. Atiku did an interview on Arise and this wicked man is gun blazing. Politics is the only language he understands.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

2 years today. I married the most beautiful girl in the world. Happy Anniversary to us Baby ❤️

[Ovoke @laughinson]

There are valid reasons to have sympathy for Amorim. But it is difficult to understand how the Portuguese coach ever arrived at the conclusion that his team was far better with Mainoo absent from it. https://t.co/fnmEvsBb0e

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@Joe_brendan_ Nigeria started in 1914. Breaking up is just a matter of time, it might happen in 5 maybe 40 yrs but surely. At the micro level Agriculture is the only way out of poverty for Nigeria. With series of successful coups in the Sahel, never say never. Finally you can’t trash history.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@omaakatugba Ronaldo is a gifted midfielder/playmaker with a goalscoring ability that can’t be equalled by any, he’s not a striker. About comparison with Messi, opinions differs greatly among football fans.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

God must truly hate Nigeria.

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE

President Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names.

In two separate letters to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu asked the Senate to consider and confirm expeditiously 15 nominees as career ambassadors and 17 nominees as non-career ambassadors.

There are four women on the career ambassadors' list and six women on the non-career ambassadors' list.

Among the non-career ambassador designates are Barrister Ogbonnaya Kalu from Abia, a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri (Delta), former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmud Yakubu, former Ekiti first lady, Erelu Angela Adebayo, and former Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

Others are Tasiu Musa Maigari, the former speaker of the Katsina House of Assembly, Yakubu N. Gambo, a former Commissioner in Plateau State and former deputy executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, a former senator from Plateau; Otunba Femi Pedro, a former deputy governor of Lagos State; Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister from Osun State; and Barrister Nkechi Linda Ufochukwu from Anambra State are on the nomination list.

Also on the list are former First Lady of Oyo, Fatima Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos Commissioner, Lola Akande, former Adamawa Senator, Grace Bent, former governor of Abia, Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, businessman, lawyer and Senator from Ondo State, and the former ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu from Benue State.

Among the nominees for career ambassador and high commissioner-designates are: Enebechi Monica Okwuchukwu (Abia), Yakubu Nyaku Danladi(Taraba), Miamuna Ibrahim Besto(Adamawa), Musa Musa Abubakar (Kebbi), Syndoph Paebi Endoni(Bayelsa), Chima Geoffrey Lioma David(Ebonyi) and Mopelola Adeola-Ibrahim(Ogun).

The other nominees are Abimbola Samuel Reuben(Ondo), Yvonne Ehinosen Odumah(Edo), Hamza Mohammed Salau(Niger), Ambassador Shehu Barde(Katsina), Ambassador Ahmed Mohammed Monguno(Borno), Ambassador Muhammad Saidu Dahiru(Kaduna), Ambassador Olatunji Ahmed Sulu Gambari(Kawara) and Ambassador Wahab Adekola Akande(Osun).

The new nominees are expected to be posted to countries with which Nigeria maintains excellent and strategic bilateral relations, such as China, India, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Kenya, and to Permanent Missions such as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the African Union. All the nominees will know their diplomatic assignments after their confirmation by the Senate.

Last week, President Tinubu sent three ambassadorial nominees for screening and confirmation. The nominees were Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo), Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa), and Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun). All three are in the pot for posting to the UK, USA, or France after their confirmation.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said more nominees for ambassadorial positions will be announced soon.

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President,

Information and Strategy,

November 29, 2025

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

I condole with the affected families and vow to end the scourge of insecurity once and for all in Nigeria if I am elected as the next President of this nation

#RenewedHope23

[Daily Post Nigeria @DailyPostNGR]

RCCG Pastor Adeboye leads protest against killing of Christians, insecurity [VIDEO] https://t.co/9085gr7aJr

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

The slaughtering of Christian worshippers is strongly condemnable. It calls to question the competence of Jonathan to protect Nigerians.

[Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT]

6. “Too many parents cannot properly feed and clothe their precious children, too many young adults exist in the void of joblessness, and too many of us do not have the resources to care for elderly parents who once cared for them. We must cure these wrongs.

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@inDrive @JustPaul332117 @inDrive This is another of your driver I mistakenly transferred N80,000 to instead of N8,000 for a trip. Phone is switched off till date, I contacted indrive and they never got back to me. If the passenger perspective was that she was robbed, I totally concur with her

[Ovoke @laughinson]

@inDrive @JustPaul332117 A company that don’t inspect their drivers cars if they are safe for client. The passenger was scared for her life and the driver’s behavior seem suspicious. I would also accuse the driver of robbery until he proves otherwise. What happens next if she hadn’t pay that N8k?