"You can't slåught€r members of my family and expect me to pray for you. I will pray against you and your household. The government is pretending like they don't know what to do. I have been quiet for a long time, but the bubble is about to burst."
— Bishop David Oyedepo speaks.
"My fellow Nollywood actors and actresses, let's support our colleague, Actress Maureen Okpoko, who lost her sight years ago. She can see again with the right treatment; all she needs is our support."
— Veteran actor Harry B
Rehabilitate Existing Infrastructure Before Embarking on New Projects
I have consistently advised governments at all levels to prioritise rehabilitating existing infrastructure before embarking on new projects that may also end up abandoned or left unfinished. For expressing this position, I have often been criticised and called all sorts of names. Yet, it remains the most responsible approach to governance.
It is therefore noteworthy that President Bola Tinubu has now cautioned state governors against committing scarce public resources to constructing unnecessary flyovers in areas with little traffic while neglecting more pressing developmental needs.
The President is, in essence, saying what I have always maintained: government must prioritise projects that directly address the immediate needs of the people. I hope those ministers, officials, and supporters who have consistently attacked this position will now direct the same criticism at him.
However, this admonition must also apply to the Federal Government. There are several unrealistic and white-elephant projects being pursued by the current administration, even as much of our critical infrastructure remains in a state of disrepair. Given our present fiscal realities, priority should be given to rehabilitating and completing existing infrastructure rather than embarking on expensive new projects with limited immediate impact.
Across Nigeria, many of our major highways linking commercial centres and food-producing communities have deteriorated into death traps. Neglecting these critical roads while pursuing prestige projects is neither economically prudent nor people-centred.
This philosophy guided my administration as Governor of Anambra State. I prioritised completing viable projects initiated by my predecessors before embarking on new ones. Government is a continuum, and development should never be measured by who starts a project, but by whether it is completed and serves the people.
Leadership is about making the right choices: fixing what is broken, completing what has already been started, and investing limited public resources where they will have the greatest impact on the greatest number of people.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Idris Abdulrasheed Adeiza just shared his 200-level, 1st-semester result with me.
I discovered this star boy in a remote village in Okene, Kogi State in 2024.
I saw his zeal and determination and decided to take a bet on him. It worked out.
He is currently studying Software Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure.
We have lots of stars hidden in remote places like Idris that are yet to be discovered.
Hunger and the Insensitivity of Mr. President
I watched with deep concern the statement made by President Bola Tinubu to the Catholic Bishops who visited his office, that there has always been hunger in Nigeria, even before he was born.
While it is true that hunger has been a part of human life and has existed in our country for decades, such a statement appears insensitive to the plight of the millions of Nigerians who face worsening economic hardship today. More importantly, we must focus on the facts and the measurable outcomes of governance.
Before the present administration assumed office in 2023, an estimated 17 million Nigerians were facing acute food insecurity, primarily caused by insecurity, armed conflict, widespread banditry, and devastating floods. Today, less than three years later, that number has risen to about 35 million Nigerians. Instead of improving the situation, the crisis has worsened significantly under the current administration.
The same trend is evident in poverty. Before this government took office in 2023, Nigeria’s extreme poverty was estimated at 87 million people. Current projections suggest that this number is approaching 140 million people, making Nigeria home to the largest population of people living in extreme poverty anywhere in the world.
No one disputes that this administration inherited serious challenges. However, leadership is measured not by the challenges inherited but by the results achieved. The government must honestly acknowledge that its response has fallen far short of what the situation demanded, with millions more Nigerians pushed deeper into poverty and hunger.
The combination of persistent insecurity, poor economic management, fiscal indiscipline, wasteful public expenditure, and inadequate investment in productive sectors has compounded the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
A responsible government must prioritise investment in education, healthcare, agriculture, security, and small businesses while pursuing policies that create jobs, expand production, and lift people out of poverty. That remains my commitment to the Nigerian people.
A New Nigeria is Possible. PO
"Tyla is not South African government"
We are the only group of bastards who make excuses for others.
We saw the South African Presidency holding meetings with the nuisances organizing MarchForMarch.
The South African government sponsored the attacks on other Africans.
@258Capital The prices they bought them at is what’s shocking to me cause a brand new DA42 cost around $1.1M to $1.3M fully outfitted with advanced avionics, premium interior, and extra packages. But I’m seeing ₦7 billion plus. Even if customs were to be at 70% of the aircrafts price 😂
Earlier today, I met with the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Dr Richard Montgomery. We had a thoughtful discussion on the state of our democracy, the economy, the importance of strengthening our institutions, and the need to ensure that our elections remain free, fair, credible, and truly reflective of the will of the Nigerian people.
As Dr Montgomery prepares to conclude his diplomatic assignment in Nigeria next month, I thanked him for his service and for the role he has played in strengthening the longstanding relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. His time in Nigeria has been marked by constructive engagement and support for our democratic and economic development.
I wished him well as he prepares for his next assignment and thanked him for the friendship and cooperation he has extended to Nigeria throughout his tenure. I look forward to seeing the strong relationship between our two countries continue to grow.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Nigerian Students have won a Gold Award in the Middle School Group Category at the 2026 Spelling Bee World Cup in Shanghai, China.
The students include Adeolu Oluwadamilola Oreofe, Chinedu Great Okediachi, Abdurrahman Yusuf and Maryam Yusuf.
Hate South Africa because of how they treat other black Africans, but be nice to Argentina a country that systematically erased and murdered its black people.
Brainless bastards.
FIFA World Cup: A Gallant Finish
The FIFA World Cup concluded successfully today, with the best team emerging victorious.
This is yet another fitting birthday gift, further demonstrating that the youth have not only arrived but are proving that excellence, when given the opportunity, will always prevail.
Today, competence, capacity, character, and capability were on full display. It is a powerful reminder that when young people are properly nurtured, entrusted with responsibility, and given the opportunity to lead, they deliver outstanding results.
This is the spirit we must replicate across every sector of our national life. A New Nigeria is Possible, and it must be reflected in every endeavour that brings pride, progress, and honour to our nation. -PO
OUTCOME OVER INTEGRITY: The Nigerian Way.
Nigeria is perhaps the only country where the integrity of the process is treated as an inconvenience once a winner has been announced.
The formula is simple: let the system stumble, let technology fail, let transparency become optional, let legitimate questions pile up. Once a "winner" emerges, the chorus begins:
"Congratulations, learned silk!"
"Congratulations to the First Female President of the NBA"
"Move on."
"It is over."
Never mind how we got there.
The recent Nigerian Bar Association process is yet another reminder that, to many Nigerians, victory sanitizes every defect. We do not demand credible processes. We celebrate outcomes. We crown winners first and interrogate the process never.
A flawed process does not magically become credible because congratulations have started pouring in. Legitimacy is earned by integrity, not by applause.
When we normalize defective processes because our preferred candidate emerges victorious, we lose the moral authority to complain when the same defective process produces a winner we do not like.
The tragedy is not merely that our systems fail. It is that we have become so accustomed to failure that we now congratulate it.
Until process matters more than personalities, competence more than convenience, and integrity more than victory, we will continue to recycle the same national dysfunction while pretending each new winner is evidence of progress.
A victory secured through a process under serious question is not a triumph. It is simply another chapter in our collective addiction to outcomes over principles.