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I COUNT MY GAINS, NOT MY LOSSES!

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@Onsogbu So an APC supporter can still discuss anything related to Tinubu's educational background even with his widely publicised 'bags and baggages'? Honestly, this is extraordinarily shameless!

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@SolomonInbox @sowore @PeterObi @atiku DRONE - That's his deputy!

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@obemaropharrell @sowore @PeterObi @atiku DRONE - That's his running mate!

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@biodun1977 @WOkene Where have you visited in Anambra?

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@WOkene Many governors do a lot in the cities because it takes more to construct rural roads, forgetting that that's where the food come from. But @PeterObi did a lot there and also in the urban areas. This I know for sure.

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@HBMayana_ Unfortunately, some of you posting 100% can't afford school fees for your children, let alone decent family upkeep. Sometimes, I wonder if a curse of TRIBE-AND-RELIGION-BLINDNESS was placed on some Nigerians. God forbid!

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@HBMayana_ Unfortunately, some of you posting 100% can't afford school fees for your children, let alone decent family upkeep. Sometimes, I wonder if a curse of TRIBE-AND-RELIGION-BLINDNESS was placed on some Nigerians. God forbid!

[Oseloka H. Obaze (OHO) @OselokaHObaze]

Fact File:

"We will move the economy from consumption to production. The first target is to start pulling people out of poverty. In Nigeria, we don't have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem." -Peter Obi

"Leadership is meant to solve problems and not to give people excuses." - Peter Obi

"You cannot ask people to fast while you are feasting." -Peter Obi

"To you the young people, take back your country. It is your future they are toying with." -Peter Obi

"I'm not desperate to be president; I am desperate to see Nigeria work."
- Peter Obi

"Security measures must be proactive and holistic, more so in areas close to ungoverned rural and urban communities." - Peter Obi

"As Commander in Chief of Nigeria, I pledge our part to pursue policies that sustain inclusive growth and development." -Peter Obi

"People will say my plans are lofty. But country after country has done it. So it is doable." -Peter Obi

"If a man has not created wealth, he cannot manage wealth." - Peter Obi

"But for bad governance, Nigeria has no business with poverty and unemployment." -Peter Obi

"If you must be referred to as Your Exellency, then the process through which you arrived in the office must be excellent." -Peter Obi

"Nigeria will be OK." - Peter Obi

#TeamOHO

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@WOkene SYSTEMS THAT OUTLIVED HIS ADMINISTRATION, you said. How many will you count? Is it the rural road networks that has greatly improved trade? Is it the the teaching hospital that is saving lives as we speak? Please go to Anambra and ask questions? STOP WALLOWING IN FATAL IGNORANCE!

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@OlayinkaLere Honestly, it puzzles me! What do you APC guys have against free and fair elections? As a popular political party with 32 governors, you should be the loudest voice clamouring for free and fair elections. Or is there any other thing you you're afraid of?

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@aonanuga1956 Omor, see celebration! ₦1,290 by the end of this year, 2026! Don't you think this news should aggravate Nigerians' agony? Na wa ooo! Mickey mouse progress! Honestly, with this government, it is indeed not well with Nigeria and Nigerians!

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@aonanuga1956 Omor, see celebration! ₦1,290 by the end of this year, 2026! Don't you think this news should aggravate Nigerians' agony? Na wa ooo! Mickey mouse progress! Honestly, with this government, it is indeed not well with Nigeria and Nigerians!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

A President and the Endless Question of His Past

As a citizen of no other country, who has never sought foreign citizenship even when doing so became fashionable, my loyalty to Nigeria and my faith in her destiny remain unshaken.

Yesterday, 30th of August, being Sunday, I fervently prayed for our nation and for those entrusted with the solemn responsibility of leadership. I found myself deeply saddened by the direction in which our country is heading.

It is profoundly embarrassing that we have reached a point where a sitting President is asking a foreign court to withhold records concerning his past, particularly records relating to matters of legitimate public interest.

Leadership, in my humble view, demands the courage and humility to confront one’s history — to acknowledge mistakes, provide candid explanations where questions arise, and, where necessary, apologise and seek forgiveness. True authority is strengthened, not diminished, when a leader accepts responsibility rather than seeks to shield uncomfortable aspects of the past from legitimate scrutiny.

This becomes particularly important when questions concern educational credentials. Issues surrounding foundational schooling — primary and secondary — should not remain unresolved or be addressed primarily through legal proceedings. Nigerians deserve clear, credible, and verifiable explanations, especially when such had been submitted in the past.

My deepest concern is the example this sets for more than 200 million Nigerians, particularly the over 30 million young people in schools. The nation’s highest office should exemplify integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.

An imperfect past is part of the human condition. What matters is the willingness to confront it with humility, honesty and deep apology, to make amends where necessary and, when circumstances so demand, to place the interests of the nation above personal ambition.

When will our political class fully appreciate that individual ambitions are temporary, while the nation endures? The Presidency is an office held for a season; the moral standards established by those who occupy it can influence generations.

Nigeria is greater than any one person, and the integrity of the Republic must always come before the interests of the individual.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

By Making Excuses for Unverified Certificates, We Are Planting Poison in the Soul of Our Society

A nation that tolerates unverified academic credentials at any level of leadership, regardless of who is involved, risks destroying the very standards upon which a society is built. The issue is not about an individual. It is about standards, accountability, and the values we choose to pass on to the next generation.

We cannot continue to excuse blurred, missing, questionable, or unverified credentials simply because they belong to someone we support. The process through which people attain positions of responsibility matters greatly. How we get into leadership is as important as what we do with leadership.

If we normalise the abandonment of basic verification today, tomorrow we may have professors who never attended a university, doctors who never studied medicine, and judges who never studied law.

That is the dangerous precedent we must never allow. Nigeria cannot sacrifice its future on the altar of today's transactional politics. We must build a society where truth is not partisan, standards are not negotiable, and accountability applies equally to everyone.

History will judge us not only by those we defended, but by the principles we were willing to defend. We must choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiments, and the future over political expediency.

A New Nigeria is possible, but only if we are willing to do the right thing, even when it is inconvenient. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Yesterday, I was in Bauchi to honour, for the fifth time, the invitation of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation to its dialogue themed: “Beyond Elections: Can Political Parties and the Judiciary Save African Democracy?”

I thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his selfless sacrifice and unwavering commitment to building a better Nigeria and a better Africa. I also commend the Chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his enduring contributions to peace, unity and justice across Africa. My appreciation also goes to the host, the Governor of Bauchi State, for his good work and for providing the platform for this important conversation.

My modest contribution at the event was to highlight my concern that African democracy, using Nigeria as a case study, has deteriorated to such an extent that we are approaching a point where we may no longer be able to meaningfully say that democracy exists.

I recalled how I approached the courts when I believed my mandate had been stolen in Anambra. At that time, the judiciary demonstrated the independence expected of an arm of government. It upheld the law and restored the will of the people, without any relationship whatsoever between me and the judges who handled the matter. That was democracy at work.

Today, however, those who break the law are often the first to tell you to “go to court.”

Our electoral management body, staffed by highly educated Nigerians, including many professors, is increasingly accused of enabling electoral malpractice and the emergence of people who are not qualified or do not possess the mandate of the people. Our lawmakers have removed forgery as an electoral offence, while some senior advocates appear to defend or normalise actions that should ordinarily attract condemnation. Our religious leaders sometimes pray for blessings upon political actors accused of misappropriating the commonwealth. And, most troubling of all, we now hear allegations of judges chanting, “On your mandate we shall stand.”

When the very institutions established to protect democracy begin to accommodate its destruction, we must stop pretending that everything is normal.

I earnestly call for sober reflection and honest thinking. Socrates said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” A nation, too, must examine itself if it intends to survive.

We must halt this drift towards institutional decay and redirect our attention towards building a country that we and the generations that come after us, can be proud of.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Ola Olayemi @kunleolayemi]

@PeterObi VDM and Peter Obi have same thing in common - Integrity

Very simple. If you've ever given him money, or you know someone who has, just post the receipt. Then we'll take you seriously. It's as simple as that.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

When a Government Declares War on the Truth

President Donald Trump of America recently described Nigeria as “a now disgraced country.” The painful reality is that Nigeria’s challenges continue to deepen. Each passing day reveals deeper signs of decline, especially when a government becomes increasingly intolerant of truth and hostile to those who speak about the suffering of the people.

The Catholic Church has never functioned as an opposition party in Nigeria. Across military regimes and successive democratic administrations, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has maintained a principled voice on national issues and the nation’s conscience, commending governments when they deserved commendation and speaking the truth whenever national conscience demanded it. Its interventions are driven by a moral obligation, rooted in Christian social teaching, to defend truth, justice, and the common good.

The same applies to Nigeria’s major religious organisations. Bodies such as Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have repeatedly raised concerns over economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Living among the people, religious leaders often encounter the suffering of citizens firsthand. They speak because they witness families struggling with rising food prices, unemployment, and the fear created by kidnappings and insecurity.

As leaders, we should be gracious enough to listen to people and organisations that speak the truth to us and genuinely criticise us when things are not going in the right direction. As Governor, I had the opportunity of working with a very strong Council of Traditional Rulers, led by the Obi of Onitsha, and religious bodies that consistently criticised me and offered suggestions. This contributed greatly to our success in Anambra State, especially in critical areas like education and health.

Against this background, the attacks on the CBCN, and especially on His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, are deeply troubling. Even in 1998, when Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and told General Abacha some hard truths, including about the incarceration of Chief Moshood Abiola, nobody vilified him.

During the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in Rome, to demonstrate his purported commitment to and respect for the Catholic Church, President Bola Tinubu arrived in Rome days before the event, ahead of most other visiting dignitaries, including Catholics such as the U.S. Vice President, JD Vance. He participated in the liturgy, queued with other world leaders to greet the Holy Father, and displayed deep respect for the moral authority of the Church. Back in Nigeria, however, that posture has now changed completely.

What is playing out today also reveals how political leaders sometimes exploit religion and ethnicity to divide the people. Even when it was obvious that the CBCN was speaking on issues affecting Nigerians across religious and ethnic boundaries, aides to the President immediately reduced it to a “religious affair.” The question is: are insecurity, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and hardship problems exclusive to a particular faith? Do these challenges recognise religious or tribal boundaries?

The bishops merely expressed what millions of Nigerians experience daily: insecurity has worsened, poverty is deepening, inflation is crippling families, businesses are struggling, and hope is fading. These are realities echoed by religious leaders across the country, to whom successive governments gave thanks and promised to look into their observations.

Rather than address these concerns or explain the measures in place to ameliorate them, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s aides and supporters responded with vicious attacks, particularly against Cardinal John Onaiyekan, with little regard for his age, stature, and accomplishments.

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@firstladyship I had always held Bishop Kukah in high regard until I listened to his interview after Tinubu was declared winner by INEC and the Supreme Court. Alas! I couldn't imagine that my acclaimed voice of the voiceless sharply turned partisan, and became Tinubu's ardent supporter! So sad!

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@firstladyship I had always held Bishop Kukah in high regard until I listened to his interview after Tinubu was declared winner by INEC and the Supreme Court. Alas! I couldn't imagine that my acclaimed voice of the voiceless sharply turned partisan, and became Tinubu's ardent supporter! So sad!