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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
“If I do not provide steady electricity in four years, do not vote for me for 2nd Tenure,” -BAT
Thirty-two months after being incharge and instead of living by his powerful words, he now dumps National Grid that has been performing abysmally under his watch.
Those were the powerful words then that inspired hope among Nigerians who longed for light in their homes, stability for their businesses, and growth for their nation. Yet, while Nigerians are still grappling with that unfulfilled, categorical electoral promise - and without clear communication on the obstacles, if any, we read of provision in 2025 budget about the ₦10 billion for solar power at Aso Rock, and in 2026 budget another humongous amount for upgrade and maintenance and now we are being scarcitically told that Presidential Villa has planned to be disconnected from the national grid to rely entirely on solar.
It is a gross neglect and deeply worrisome when the seat of power abandons the national grid. One would expect government institutions to lead efforts to strengthen and expand the grid so that other establishments, and ultimately, citizens can benefit. If those in authority disconnect themselves from the system, who then will connect the ordinary Nigerian to reliable power?
Promoting renewable energy, as solar systems do, is commendable and necessary for the future. However, this situation reflects a deeper concern: governance lacking compassion and commitment to the governed. You cannot tell the people to fast while feasting yourself, securing yourself while Nigerians remain unsecured.
Nigerians do not expect 100% fulfilment of promises, but they do expect 100% effort, accompanied by measurable improvements and clear explanations when gaps exist. Leadership must serve the people, not isolate itself from their daily struggles. -PO
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Here is a Christian village that lost over 500 people and there are no Muslim names here
Farewell to a Great Evangelist: Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai
I have just received with deep sadness the news of the passing on to glory of one of Nigeria’s most revered clerics, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, Founder and President of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association.
My heartfelt condolences go to his family, friends, and the entire congregation of his ministry. May God’s peace and comfort be with them during this difficult time.
Dr. Uma Ukpai devoted his life to preaching the Gospel, healing, and uplifting souls across Nigeria and beyond. Through the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, he organised large-scale crusades, healing services, and leadership conferences that brought hope and transformation to countless lives.
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones. -PO
Viral judge Frank Caprio has passed away at 88.
Ending a busy weekend
After celebrating the 75th birthday of the great industrialist, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, in Umuahia, Abia State yesterday, I journeyed to Asaba, Delta State, to commission a restaurant - a modest but inspiring micro-business that I was very happy to be part of.
A year ago, the twin sisters who work with Air Peace at Asaba Airport and usually greet me whenever I pass through, told me they were planning to start a small restaurant. They prayed it would succeed, and I encouraged them. I reminded them that starting a business in Nigeria is never easy, but with focus and the right practices, they could thrive.
About three months ago, they sent me a message saying they had finally begun. They admitted it was difficult, but they were coping, and things were looking promising. They then informed me that after one year, they would like to unveil their restaurant formally, and it would be their greatest joy if I could be part of the event and commission it. I promised them I would, to support and encourage their endeavour.
To my surprise and delight, shortly before the commissioning yesterday, I discovered that they now employ over twelve people. What began as a dream in the hearts of two determined sisters has blossomed into a source of livelihood for many others.
What I witnessed is a clear testimony to what production and enterprise can do for a nation. Imagine if we had one million such small businesses, each employing ten people - that alone would provide ten million jobs.
Small businesses remain the greatest employers of labour in every economy - from the largest, such as the USA and China, to the fastest-developing ones like India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Nigeria, too, can multiply such success stories if only we create the right environment and support micro and small businesses.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Again our President moves as the Nation bleeds
Amid the deplorable state of our nation in all ramifications, we have a virtually indifferent President who has continued to display insensitivity to our situation.
How can anyone explain that a President who came from Brazil recently and met with the President is returning to the same country, leaving the various degrees of challenges at home unresolved?
The latest itinerary of the President shows he will depart Abuja on Thursday, August 14, for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil.
The President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before proceeding to Japan. In Japan, President Tinubu will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the City of Yokohama from August 20 to 22. The itinerary is silent on the President's return date to his visibly troubled nation.
The situation we find ourselves in is deeply worrisome. Our President, who has not found it worthy to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in travelling to foreign countries at the slightest invitation or excuse. Often departing several days even before the events he’s invited to.
In his last trip, for instance, he had a one-week State visit to St lucia before attending the BRICS Summit, where Nigeria was merely invited as an observer, though the role was dressed up as “partner” to the invitation, which was more significant. The leaders of actual member countries who attended only arrived a day or two at most for the event.
Nigeria’s insecurity situation, economic hardship, and human suffering have reached their peak. We are now counted among the most insecure nations, the most fragile economies, and the hungriest countries in the world. This dire reality demands the full attention of Mr. President, and his travels should be more within our troubled states and communities, spending time on the ground, and taking decisive action to alleviate the people’s suffering rather than these overseas conferences that contribute little or no tangible value to our nation's woes. And where the trip is necessary at all, it could be attended in just a few days rather than indulging in prolonged, unnecessary absences from a country that requires 24/7 attention.
What our nation needs now is security of lives and properties, economic stability and ensuring that our people have food on their table.
Our President's planned trip of 12 days departing today, if necessary, should have been at most a 5-day trip as the event he was invited to in Japan commences on the 20th.
Nigeria today demands competent leadership with capacity and compassion to start dealing with the problems besetting it with the presence and sacrifice required.
Mr. President must, as a matter of urgency, commence tours of our states with the same enthusiasm he shows for jetting out of the country every month. These visits will enable him to see, listen and learn more about what Nigerians are going through.
Though Nigerians know that our huge problems cannot be solved overnight, they want to see 100% effort and tireless commitment to solving them.
Most importantly, our President must know that he's not a tourist, but the Chief Executive of a troubled nation, so he must have consciousness, strict work schedules and a strict travelling schedule to show that he has a troubled country to quickly return to.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
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Not just the first to get it done, but the best to ever do it.
A big congratulations to our outstanding Super Falcons of Nigeria for becoming the African Women’s Football Champions and winning the 2025 WAFCON! 💚⚽️🇳🇬
I watched as our girls never gave up. Just as I said before the game, it was an exemplary display of the indomitable Naija spirit.
This is more than a win—you have shown true dominance in African football.
From every Nigerian heart across the world, we say thank you for making us proud.
Today, history bows to your greatness. Congratulations, Super Falcons. Mission X—done and dusted.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
I have consistently maintained that our underdevelopment is due to Leadership failure.
It is heartbreaking that our President, who is the leader of a country with the highest number of out of school children in the world and with the students in the capital of his own nation Abuja presently not attending schools, would travel to St. Lucia and offer scholarships to children there, while his own country’s education system is in ruins, and even currently his nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory, the supposed seat of governance, have public schools shut down and closed for months.
This is not leadership, it is negligence at its peak. It is an act of betrayal against the Nigerian child.
Nigeria has approximately 20 million children out of school, according to UNICEF, the highest number globally, with a literacy rate of under 60% far below the global average of 87%. Similarly, the life expectancy stands at a mere 54 years, out of the global average measurement of above 70 years, one of the lowest in the world.
On Human Development Index (HDI), which is the most critical measure of development, Nigeria is ranked in the "Low Category" at 161 out of 193 countries measured, while St. Lucia, a Caribbean nation, has a literacy rate of over 90% which is above the global average of 87%.
In life expectancy of more than 72 years, which is within the global average.
On HDI which Nigeria is in the Low category, they air in the "High Category"
So tell me, what sense does it make that a president of a country with such terrible and dire statistics would travel to a country with better indexes of development especially in education and still offer them scholarships funded by Nigerian taxpayers when Nigeria children are largely out of school and the teachers not yet paid for months?
Mr. President, by offering St Lucia students a scholarship, shows he knows how important education is, while depriving Nigerian students of the same access to education.
We must, as a nation, reject these continued normalisations of misplaced priorities and build a better nation for us and our children.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
My People,
Stop engaging their tweets. Don’t comment, don’t quote. They need the engagements for Twitter payouts, & as PROOF for credit alerts from the Cornfield. Starve them of engagement & they will fade away. Give them the Segalink Treatment. Leave them in their echo chamber.
From learning to lamentation: The Crisis in Oko
I am deeply saddened by the tragic attack on the learning environment of the Oko community in Anambra State, near the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, which reportedly claimed some lives and left several others injured. Also distressing are reports that some staff members of the academic institution were abducted during the same incident. This horrifying act is yet another painful reminder of the growing insecurity that continues to endanger lives across our nation.
My heartfelt condolences go to the families of the deceased, and my thoughts are with the injured and the entire Oko community during this difficult time. I also stand in solidarity with the students and staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, who must now cope with the trauma of this violent disruption to their lives and academic pursuits.
It is disheartening that educational institutions, places meant for learning, growth, and safety, are now targets of such violence. We must, as a matter of urgency, make the safety of our citizens a priority, especially the youth and educators who play a vital role in shaping our future. The government and security agencies must act swiftly to apprehend the perpetrators and secure the release of those kidnapped.
This tragedy underscores the urgent need for a more proactive and people-focused approach to security. May the souls of the departed rest in peace, and may God grant comfort to their families and healing to all who have been affected. -PO
What has happened to our compassion as a People ?
We pleaded that the President should show Leadership and visit Benue and Niger States in the spirit of deep national mourning, to offer compassion and solidarity to families torn apart by the senseless massacre of over 200 innocent Nigerians in Benue State and flooding that killed similar number in Niger State.
But what we saw in Benue visit was instead of a solemn, reflective visit, a display that would have been more befitting for the commissioning of reconstructed Enugu-Makurdi highway, a critical road connecting South and Northern Nigeria which had become impassable for years.
The President arrived not in mourning cloth but in celebratory agbada attire, like it was an occasion for joy.
Even more heartbreaking is the role of the State. Rather than been in mourning mood and weeping declared a public holiday, not for reflection or prayer, but to organize fanfare. Schools were shut down. Children who should be mourning their slaughtered classmates, and parents were instead lined up under the rain, rehearsed to sing and dance for the President. In what kind of country does this happen?
We have tragically arrived at a point where condolence visits have become carnivals. A time that should be marked by silence and solemnity is now polluted by banners, music, and rehearsed spectacles. Precious Nigerian lives have been lost, yet we’re clapping, singing, and organizing processions, as though this were a campaign rally.
This is not how any compassionate nation behaves. The energy, resources, and logistics poured into this charade could have gone into food supplies, temporary shelters, medical aid, school support, and trauma counselling for grieving families. Instead, we chose optics over empathy.
Look elsewhere: When President Ramaphosa visited Mthatha after the floods in South Africa, there were no drums. No staged crowds. No rented cheers. Just presence, silence, and action. When Prime Minister Modi went to the site of a crash, no one lined up to welcome him. He came, he mourned, he acted. That is what leadership looks like in moments of pain.
We must ask ourselves: What kind of people have we become?
Enough of this culture of impunity. We are not at war yet our nation is bleeding, and we are clapping. It is not only insensitive, it is dangerous.
Let us not forget: These were human beings, children, mothers, fathers whose blood cries out for justice.
When very sad incidents like this turns to campaign or festival, our Nation Losing Its Soul.
A new Nigeria is POssible! -PO
Food basket to bloodbath.
Somebody please tell me this is a joke....?!
Ndi Enugu!!!
Like you all know, I have been at the forefront of supporting Ijele Sports Club as the Honourary President of the Men's Football
Doyin Okupe left. He didn't leave without a fight. He had to go on Channels TV to drag Peter Obi. Isaac Balami left. He didn't leave quietly. He had to throw punches atOkupe's funeral. Then it got to your turn, & you had to drag the entire SW into your personal vendetta.
Yours I’ll take personal. Why? "Because you are the one I had maintained was a mole from the start." We saw worse than this in 2022/2023.
There was no tactics we didn’t see, no antics we didn’t experience. Still, we won. But Bola Tinubu had other ideas. He did the most unthinkable. He bought INEC & the Judiciary.
Then he found additional change to buy the elders as well. Balami left, Okupe did, now you. But Peter Obi will always have millions in his corner. The Obidient Movement will continue to trudge on. You were never there when it all started. You didn’t start the movement, Nigerians (of immense goodwill did).
It all started here on Twitter. At first, it was Chude. Then there was Jack. I came along, & we became a triumvirate so close to greatness.
You know what that means? It says that Peter is incredible, we all are running through him.
No one is stopping you from leaving, & no one will notice if you leave. But leave quietly; do not make it about you. You didn’t leave because of what random folks did/said online; that’s a lie.
You left because it was your personal decision.
Don’t insult anybody, we are not the reason for your bitterness. None of us is paid to support. We are the future leaders you haven’t met.
Agbados have done & said worst things, still do. They attacked people who look a certain way in Lagos (at the polls). They attack even their own blood for choosing to support Peter Obi.
In 2011, Buharists attacked & killed many across the North. We saw the blood of baboon soak the streets. Yet, the Obidients have no single bone of violence in us. We remain calm, despite the provocation. But we are no Stoic, don’t take out inaction as cowardice.
You left not because Peter Obi is incompetent, neither did you leave because of what he said. You left because that’s your prerogative, & rightfully so. But some of you won’t leave quietly. You wanna make some noise & create quiet a buzz. You wanna rave mad (before & after you leave). The Obidients are no Stoic, we will match the energy. The same privilege you enjoyed can/will always be taken away.
Why? Because none of us were recruited by Peter. We joined because we want a New Nigeria that is POssible. It's a powerful dream, the noblest of idea; there is nothing better than that. You only need whisper it, & it'll come alive.
“He can’t win 2027!
2027 is now different!
He is no longer popular!
He has lost his voting bloc!
He succeeded because of sympathy votes.”
Do not arrogate to yourself, the powers you don’t have. The Obidients were here before you joined. We will be here long after you are gone. And when the time comes, we shall know who is who. A New Nigeria is Alive & POssible. 💪
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