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[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

JEFF POWELL MBE: Why unapologetic imposter Lionel Messi is now not even in the top five players of all time - and will forever be tainted as the leader of Argentina's brutes in ugliest World Cup final ever https://t.co/cFA1EteYJU

[Abdallah @Naijafamous]

@samadegoke_ My name is on the final list. I have been trying since 11am. I have used different browsers. I have deleted my browsers history. I have sent the shortcode. I have contacted the help desk. I have been refreshing my mail box since morning. I'm yet to cast my vote. NBA, I'm angry!

[Abdallah @Naijafamous]

@adeyanjudeji I'm still at lost and feel disenfranchised for the fact that OPT cannot be sent to my email box, but only to a phone no. If one lost his mobile between the period and not able to do a swap, is automatically disenfranchised. This is very bad! One way authentication is suppression

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

A Must Do Directive From The Attorney General Will Be Unacceptable For The Bar To Carry Out — Osigwe

The directive’s came from attempts by the attorney general to organise an amicable resolution of the matter. We had a meeting and a sub committee was appointed to deal with the narrow issue upon the agreement of the parties to that meeting that the suits were frivolous, politically motivated, and there was no reason to go to court in the first place.

Afam Osigwe SAN
President, Nigerian Bar Association

[Abdallah @Naijafamous]

😅😅😅

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

Drama erupts after a man left a bar with someone he mistook as a woman

[Bolaji Abdullahi @BolajiADC]

17 JULY 2026

PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

APPOINTMENTS FIASCO: TINUBU HAS LOST CONTROL
-NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST ESTABLISH WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS STILL FIT TO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deeply alarmed by yet another bizarre episode in the affairs of the Federal Government, where a man publicly removed from office by presidential directive reportedly continues to occupy that same office and still hold meetings with senior officials of the same government .

If the reports concerning the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) are true, then this is no longer about one disputed appointment. It is about something far more disturbing: who is actually in charge of the Nigerian Presidency? When a President announces the appointment of one person and another simply ignores that directive and carries on in office, Nigeria is no longer witnessing administrative confusion. We are witnessing a struggle for control of the Presidency itself.

The BCDA episode cannot be dismissed as an isolated incident because it follows a growing and disturbing pattern. Nigerians are still watching in bewilderment, the embarrassing spectacle of the so-called phantom Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), a government agency that officially did not exist, yet somehow operated at the highest level of government, and conducted itself with the confidence of a legitimate institution until issues arose relating to his alleged collaboration with the President’s Chief of Staff.

Taken together, these episodes reveal a Presidency steadily losing its monopoly over one of the most fundamental powers of government: the constitutional authority to appoint and remove public officers. Today, Nigerians no longer know whether an appointment announced by the Presidency is final, whether a dismissal actually takes effect, or whether someone somewhere possesses a superior authority capable of overruling presidential decisions without explanation.

Effectively, Tinubu administration has become a place where official announcements compete with unofficial power, where competing interests fight over appointments and patronage. Under President Tinubu, the Nigerian Presidency, like the Nigerian economy and Nigeria’s security situation has started to resemble a system governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest.

This is made even worse by a disturbing pattern of public reversals that has become the defining feature of this administration. From the hurried suspension of the Cybersecurity Levy after nationwide outrage, to the withdrawal of the Expatriate Employment Levy following resistance from investors, to repeated policy summersaults and contradictory government announcements across several sectors, Nigerians have become accustomed to a government that announces first, retreats later, and explains afterwards.

A government that cannot consistently stand by its own decisions gradually loses not only credibility, but authority. Investors become uncertain. The bureaucracy become confused. Public institutions begin to test the limits of because they no longer know whether today's directive will still exist tomorrow.

At this point, Nigerians deserve answers that go beyond carefully managed press statements. Who is exercising the constitutional powers of the President? Who authorises appointments? Who countermanded the President's directive at the BCDA, if indeed it has been countermanded? Who permitted a fictitious agency to masquerade as an arm of the Presidency? These are not opposition questions. They are constitutional questions. They go directly to the integrity of executive authority and the stability of our nation.

[Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai @B_ELRUFAI]

‘’The continued imprisonment of outspoken politician and Tinubu critic shines a spotlight on ‘lawfare’ in Nigeria, writes El-Rufai’s wife. ‘For 150 days, Nasir El-Rufai has been detained. Nigeria’s partners must speak up.’ Nigeria’s friends must understand that this case is larger than Nasir @elrufai. It is about whether a citizen can fall out with power and still be protected by law. It is about whether courts will be places of justice or theatres of intimidation.”

Written by courageous mother, Aunty @AsiaAhmad El-Rufai. https://t.co/3zo1M7OVqu

[Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 @emmaikumeh]

Moment Rufai Oseni of Arise News cried on live TV over the state of the economy in the 70s and today and miss-management and looting of resources by politicians.

Lol 😆

[Paul Ibe @omonlakiki]

PRESS RELEASE

NBA Election: Tinubu’s meddling is a test run of rigging 2027 polls

We are concerned that President Bola Tinubu has brought his state-sponsored toxic politics of coronation to bear on the election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

Curiously, this same strategy of imposition without allowing for free, fair and credible elections is what the Tinubu-led APC administration is working assiduously towards in the 2027 General Elections. To achieve this, the President is weakening opposition parties by instigating crises in the parties, destroying our democratic institutions and focusing on rigging the elections.

Sadly, the wild seeds of coronation that is being sowed all over the place, has found accommodation in the NBA Election.

There have been media reports of how this government and its agents have resorted to the use of the courts to railroad members of the Bar into settling for its preferred candidate. This, to say the least, is a dangerous precedent that is capable of widening our fault lines, which this administration's politics has turned into craters.

What is playing out in the NBA is clearly a confirmation that what Tinubu cannot compromise does not exist.

We wish to state that NBA Election remains the sole responsibility of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) appointed by the NBA NEC. This has been the practice under the NBA Constitution, 2015 (as amended).

By seeking to enthrone its preferred candidate by arm twisting the NBA to disqualify two of the prospective candidates, the Tinubu presidency was simply adopting its play book to have the candidates of the opposition parties disqualified through the instrumentality of the courts and the electoral umpire.

We wish to sound a note of warning to officials of the Tinubu government who are still desperate in achieving a preconceived result to give the NBA a break to organise a democratic election that will pave the way for a smooth transition of power. That is something that Tinubu may eventually learn from.

It is disgraceful and a negation of democracy that in spite of the failed efforts to shift the polls, even with the open support of the Attorney General of the Federation, officials of government are now deploying security agents to arrest service providers and frustrate the election.

This desperation shows how the Tinubu-led APC government plans to use government agencies to rig the 2027 general elections.

Signed:
Atiku Media Office
Abuja
16 July 2026.

[Abdallah @Naijafamous]

@Odumodublvck_ Your papa.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

JUST IN: IRAN PAIRED EACH DELEGATION AT GRAND AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI'S FAREWELL CEREMONY WITH A POLITICALLY TARGETED VERSE FROM THE HOLY QURAN:

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia received a verse about two armies meeting in battle, one believing, one not.

🇱🇧 Hezbollah was told "do not weaken or grieve you are superior."

🇱🇧 The Lebanese government received a verse about people refusing to sacrifice if asked.

🇵🇸 Hamas got a verse honoring men who fulfilled their covenant with God, "some have died, others are waiting."

🇾🇪 Houthis verse was about praising believers who fought without weakening.

🇶🇦 Qatar’s verse was about forgiveness and divine favor, read as a nod to its mediating role.

🇹🇷 Turkey got a verse elevating those who fight over those who "sit."

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

My boss, @Olufasan, accuses Isa Dashen, the generous judge of @FederalHigh who gives himself powers to do what a court cannot do, of #JudicialVandalism. His argument in this piece for @vanguardngrnews is compelling.

https://t.co/2iXYZlX84O

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Some people are alleging that Peter Lifu serves as SA (Judiciary) to a senior politician in Abuja. Today, I explore why he deserves this kind of appointment.

https://t.co/nlRytFSX3J

[SUOAZOFFICIAL @TalkRevolutionX]

Sowore replies a question about VDM after coming out of prison today.
Sowore is indeed a leader

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

In a career spanning 13 years on the bench (11 of which have bn spent at the @FederalHigh), Peter Lifu “has become one of the most discussed judges in #Nigeria’s recent judicial history”, no mean achievement for a serving judge in the lower reaches of the judicial hierarchy.

He has achieved this on the back of a reputation for what has been described as “a worrying willingness to disregard the very constitutional guardrails that hold our democracy together.”

#Lifusprudence

https://t.co/UcaX9m9vjX

[Ose Anenih, CPM @ose_anenih]

Crazy that on the day @inecnigeria announced it will give access codes to political parties to upload their presidential and National Assembly candidates, a judge randomly reverses his own judgement, orders INEC to reverse its registration of NDC thereby making it impossible for them to submit their candidates.

The submission window closes in 14 days on the 11th of July.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

So, @NGRSenate is so in a haste, they passed the #StatePoliceBill in a few minutes. This is the Committee Report apparently.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

Pls listen to Senator Garba Maidoki representing Kebbi South, describe the process that has just been undertaken by @SenateNGR on the #StatePoliceBill.

[Abdallah @Naijafamous]

Lol 😆 🤣

[carter🌚 @carter8f]

“I am not a nepo baby. Nepotism is when we make you a billionaire and you return your children to us as actors and DJs.”

— Seun Kuti

Omo, who Seun Kuti dey shade like this ?👀

[Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai @B_ELRUFAI]

The ever brilliant Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi Muhammad II, the Emir of Kano (our father), and King of the North. I have not enjoyed a public lecture such as this in a long time. Kudos to @NildsNigeria, the entire team under DG, Abubakar O. Suleiman and the whole team. The subject was on the proposed ‘Eco Currency and Monetary Integration in West Africa: Implications for Nigeria. I am attending as the Chairman of the Banking Regulations Committee of the 10th House of Representatives.