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Fellow Nigerians,
When we began this journey of reform in 2023, I promised that the difficult decisions we were making would serve the purpose of building an economy that works better for you and a country that is stronger for our children.
Today, your government presents The Reforms Scorecard. It sets out what our reforms have achieved, what they have cost us, and the greater costs and harms we have prevented by acting when we did.
I have therefore directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele @taiwoyedele, to give an account to Nigerians, to explain the numbers, the choices we have made, the progress recorded, and the work that remains.
You deserve to see the numbers. You deserve to know what has changed and what these reforms mean for you, your family, your business and our country.
This is your government.
This is your country.
This is our account to you.
Watch The Reforms Scorecard livestream here: https://t.co/q4Bun9o0sr
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Nigerian troops assigned to Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) once again foiled a terrorist abduction attempt, rescuing 31 civilians during a successful operation along the Buratai-Kamuya Road in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State on July 31, 2026.
At approximately 3:45 p.m. on 31 July 2026, troops of the 135 Special Forces Battalion, Dutsen Kura, detected Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists through real-time surveillance after the insurgents intercepted four civilian vehicles and abducted their occupants.
Acting immediately on the intelligence, the battalion deployed a Quick Reaction Force to pursue the terrorists as they retreated toward the Mangari–Dora general area.
The troops made contact with the fleeing insurgents and engaged them with effective fire, forcing the terrorists to abandon both the abducted civilians and the four civilian vehicles before fleeing into the surrounding bush in disarray. During the operation, the troops also recovered motorcycles abandoned by the terrorists.
The successful operation resulted in the safe rescue of all 31 abducted civilians without injuries, while all four civilian vehicles were recovered intact.
Updated: in the course of the rescue operation, eight of the kidnappers were arrested and are now in DSS custody, while some of them were neutralised. There was no quid pro quo in the rescue as one of the terrorists, a kingpin, that the kidnappers demanded his release, is being prosecuted for his atrocities. The security agencies will give full account soon.
In 2017, only 30 something percent of us passed.
Not because the people that failed were not intelligent, but because the exam had no structure, no scope.
It was also a fail one section, fail all the exam then.
As someone who had written licensing exams in 4 different countries where their doctors are respected globally, I can say Nigeria is the Worst.
For the objective, I believed I pulled through because I made friends with final year medical student of University of ilorin- we wrote the exam in Ilorin. I reviewed their syllabus. A lot of their past questions was repeated because it was their lecturers teaching us that set the questions.
Based on what we were taught, that exam was abstract.
Also I need to add that I probably passed because I understood how the system works, because I had a degree in Nigeria earlier.
The reviewing of past questions is Illegal in other countries. They don’t give them their exam questions to go home with.
So someone that never had a university experience in Nigeria won’t even think of that.
The oral was one question, if you fail it, you’ve failed the whole exam
The OSSCE was also 1 question in parts; you don’t know the diagnosis, you’ve failed it all.
In other countries I’ve been to, when a large percentage of people fail an exam, it’s a call for review of the exam and the processes to see what’s wrong.
In Nigeria, people failing makes the examiners think they’ve done an amazing job.
There’s a lot of things wrong with that country and I’m glad I could take a fresh breath.
PS: A number of people that failed Nigeria Medical IMG exam passed USMLE 3 steps within 6 months.
They weren’t the problem, the system they were trying to excel in was.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE POWER SECTOR IS FELT, NOT TOLD.
Maybe, just maybe…
Nigeria’s electricity problem is no longer simply about “more generation.”
Yes, there are genuine ongoing projects: OB3, AKK, ELPS expansion, transmission substations, SIEMENS UPGRADES, STATE ELECTRICITY MARKETS etc. Nobody paying attention can honestly say nothing is happening.
But we also need to stop treating “ongoing” like an achievement.
In Nigeria, some projects have been “95% complete” since the time of Adam.
A power project cannot be “almost ready” for 7–10 years.
Every major project should have a clear completion date, public milestones and accountability if timelines fail.
A few uncomfortable truths:
1. The privatisation may need revision.
The DisCos likely need a mandatory recapitalisation exercise: something similar to what Soludo’s CBN did with banks. Electricity is too important for operators who cannot sufficiently invest in infrastructure, metering and network upgrades.
2. Regulation has to become enforcement.
NERC and state regulators cannot continue operating mainly through statements and guidelines yet when a citizens reports an issue; it dies off somewhere,somewhere without resolution. Compliance should be proactive, measurable and enforced.
3. We should judge the sector by outcomes, not announcements.
Since 2023, the messaging has largely been the same: improve electricity supply, stabilise the grid and increase delivered power.
Yet reality has been mixed.
2023: Better electricity supply was promised. Some may argue that they are currently worst off in terms of supply experience.
2024: Major focus shifted to grid stability and transmission improvements. Yet grid disturbances still happened repeatedly.
2025: Nigeria recorded generation highs close to 6,000 MW: genuine progress that deserves acknowledgment. But sustained supply still remains far below meagre 5,000 MW.
Now the official ambition is 8,000 MW by 2027.
Possible? Yes.
Achievable? Also yes.
But Nigerians have heard enough projections since NEPA era.
The hard questions remain:
What project will be completed? By when? What exact MW will it add? And how do Nigerians measure success beyond press statements?
Else, propaganda runs amok.
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
PRESS STATEMENT
RE: ALLEGED MISUSE OF AUTHORISED ACCESS CREDENTIALS AND UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSION’S CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION (CVR) DATABASE
The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to allegations currently circulating on social media and in some sections of the media regarding the alleged unauthorised access to the Commission's Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database and the subsequent publication of information on a candidate in the recent primaries of a political party in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Commission takes this allegation seriously and has immediately commenced a thorough investigation to establish the facts surrounding the incident.
As part of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise nationwide, authorised INEC Registration Officers were granted controlled access to specific components of the CVR system to enable them register new applicants, process requests for transfer of registration and update voter records where necessary. Such access is restricted to official duties only and is withdrawn at the conclusion of the exercise.
The audit trail from the preliminary investigation has enabled the Commission to identify the user account through which the information was accessed. Accordingly, relevant personnel have been questioned, and all units connected with the incident are cooperating fully with the investigation.
The Commission is also examining all technical, administrative and operational factors associated with the matter in order to establish individual responsibility and determine the circumstances surrounding the use of those credentials and identify any breach of internal access-control protocols before taking appropriate action against anyone involved.
Preliminary findings from the Commission's audit trail so far, however, indicate that there was no external breach of the CVR database, no hacking incident, and no unauthorised external access to the Commission's ICT infrastructure. Rather, the information in question was accessed through valid user credentials assigned to personnel participating in the ongoing CVR exercise but released without authority.
The incident under investigation relates to the retrieval of a specific voter record and does not indicate any compromise of the Commission's broader voter registration infrastructure or the personal data of over 90 million registered voters.
The Commission wishes to state categorically that it takes the security, confidentiality and integrity of voter data with the utmost seriousness and remains committed to transparency, institutional integrity, and the protection of voters' personal information.
Furthermore, the Department of State Services (DSS), on its own accord, has commenced an independent investigation into the matter. The Commission will continue to cooperate fully with all relevant security agencies and will not hesitate to refer any person found culpable for appropriate legal action.
Members of the public and the media are therefore urged to disregard unfounded speculations while investigations remain ongoing. The Commission will continue to keep the public informed of its final findings and any measures taken in response to the incident in due course.
Mohammed Kudu Haruna National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC)
2nd June, 2026
In my 15 years of Sports Journalism - I have covered five National Sports Festivals, and there has never been a time that Team Anambra missed any edition.
Not in the last decade, and certainly not when Peter Obi was Governor. They have always participated.
Less than a month after taking office in (March) 2006, following the removal of Chris Ngige by the courts, the transition did not impede Anambra from sending a team to participate at the 2006 Gateway Games in Abeokuta
In fact, the Local Organizing Committee (LoC) could not alter the brochure for the Games, which they had already prepared ahead of time; still showcasing Ngige as the Governor, one month after PO had resumed.
If he wasn't keen on sports, he could have used an excuse that he was still new in office, and not release funds. Anambra might not have fared so well at that Games, but they competed.
You just summarily tweeted that they never sent a team, when there's so much proof on the internet that they were at all the NSF when PO was Governor.
AN OPEN LETTER TO OTUNBA SEGUN SHOWUNMI
A Response to Your Cowardly Defence of Gilbert Chagoury
By Kio Amachree | Stockholm, Sweden | President, Worldview International
Otunba Showunmi,
I have been made aware of your published attack on me in the Punch newspapers, in which you chose to dismiss my documented exposé on Gilbert Chagoury as “misinformation” and to encourage the Chagoury Group to sue me. I am writing this letter to ensure that you understand, in terms you cannot misread, what you have done — and what will happen if you do it again.
Let me first establish who you are, so that Nigerians reading this can calibrate your judgment accordingly.
You are a man who spent years as the opposition spokesman for Atiku Abubakar, attacking Bola Tinubu and everything his administration stood for. Then, in June 2025, you walked into Tinubu’s private residence in Bourdillon on Sallah Day, took a photograph with him, and emerged to announce to Channels Television that “Tinubu is smarter than Peter Obi” and that his brain is “very alert.” You called yourself not anti-Tinubu. The same Tinubu whose government you were paid to oppose. The same Tinubu whose benefactor, Gilbert Chagoury, you now rush to protect.
This is the foundation on which your credibility rests: sand.
You hold an honorary PhD in “Narratology” — a word that apparently means the art of telling whatever story is most convenient for whoever is currently paying attention. You were recruited as Atiku’s spokesman after Reno Omokri reportedly interviewed you and negotiated your salary — a fact that both Omokri and former PDP national publicity secretary Olisa Metuh confirmed publicly, while you, in your characteristic style, dismissed it as “rubbish.” A man who cannot honestly account for how he got his own job is not qualified to audit the journalism of others.
Now let us turn to the substance of what you called misinformation.
Gilbert Chagoury was convicted in a Swiss court in the year 2000 for laundering funds stolen by the late military dictator Sani Abacha. This is not an allegation. This is a court verdict in a jurisdiction governed by the rule of law. The United States denied Chagoury a visa on terrorism-related grounds. This is a matter of U.S. government record. FBI and DEA intelligence reports link Chagoury to suspected financing of Hezbollah. These documents exist. The $12.7 billion in contracts awarded to Chagoury-linked firms — most notably Hitech Construction — without competitive public bidding under the Tinubu administration is documented in the public domain, including by BusinessDay, Sahara Reporters, and international investigative journalists. Leaked documents from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal that Seyi Tinubu held a majority shareholding in an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands alongside Ronald Chagoury Jr.
Not one word of this is misinformation. Every word of it is on the record.
So I ask you plainly: which part of a Swiss court conviction is misinformation? Which part of a U.S. visa denial on terrorism grounds is a lie? Which part of documented offshore corporate structures is fabrication?
You cannot answer that question. Because there is no answer. You simply chose the side of power over the side of truth — as you have made a career of doing.
You described me as a diaspora Nigerian encouraging a “Lebanese convicted criminal” to attack a prominent Nigerian. Let me be direct about what you actually did: you used language designed to make the telling of documented facts sound like an assault, and you called on a man with a money laundering conviction to use legal instruments to silence a Nigerian journalist and political commentator. That is not commentary. That is the action of someone who has placed themselves in the service of interests hostile to Nigerian accountability.
You should know something about me before you go any further. My father was Chief Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree QC — Nigeria’s first indigenous Solicitor-General, first African Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, and the first African to serve as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. My grandfather presented the Niger Delta minority case before the Willink Commission in London in 1958. My family built institutions in this country before Ogun State politics existed in its current form. I did not arrive at this fight by accident. I arrived at it by inheritance and by choice.
I am warning you now — clearly, publicly, and on record — that if you publish one further defamatory statement about me, if you make one further false claim that my documented reporting constitutes misinformation, or if you encourage any legal action against me based on falsehood, I will sue you personally in every jurisdiction available to me. I will do so with the full force of legal counsel in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. I will name you, your publication, and any editor who chose to amplify your statements.
You want to talk about lawsuits? I welcome that conversation. But understand that in any court of law, the first thing that will happen is that every document I have cited will be placed into evidence. The Swiss conviction will be entered. The U.S. visa denial grounds will be entered. The ICIJ offshore corporate records will be entered. And then the court will ask you to explain, under oath, what was false.
You will not enjoy that day.
I have written about Nigeria’s governance failures for decades from Stockholm. I have been published by Vanguard, Sahara Reporters, Starconnect Media and elsewhere. I have never been successfully sued for defamation because I do not write defamation — I write documented truth. That is a distinction you would do well to study.
In the meantime, I suggest you return to what you are better equipped for: deciding which powerful man’s residence to visit next, and which principles to abandon on the way there.
Kio Amachree | Stockholm, Sweden | President, Worldview International
#KioAmachree #WorldviewInternational #TheKioSolution #NigeriaDecides2027
I promised actionable solutions and realistic expectations. so here we go:
we need to first first fix our economic vocabulary to understand the problem & the potential fixes!
People conflate “Cheap” with “Affordable”but in economics they aren't the same.
The Fuel Case: In the US, fuel is ~$1.18/liter (N1,593). In Nigeria, it’s N1,250–N1,330. Fuel is technically "cheaper" here, but it’s "unaffordable" because our purchasing power is low. Even at cost price (N1,153), most Nigerians still can’t afford it without a subsidy.
The Rent Case: Our rent is among the cheapest on the continent (lower than Ghana or SA), but it feels expensive to us bcos the wallet is thin. Average annual rent for a single family home in S.A is R110,00 equivalent to N9M meanwhile the average annual rent in Nigeira is N700k less than 10% of S.A rent, still cheaper but not affordable.
The Hard Truth: Populist slogans like "slash cost of governance" or “stop corruption” though morally ideal but in reality they are good for nothing but election sloganeering, they won't put more money in your pocket tomorrow. To move the needle, we have one job: Produce, This is a GDP-per-capita problem. We solve it with three pillars:
1. Massive Industrialization (Export or Die)
Purchasing power is tied to your Balance of Trade. We must move from a consumption economy to a production one. We need to export processed goods, not just raw materials, to capture the full value chain.
Nigeria became a net exporter of petrol for the first time in history yesterday when Dangote shipped 317k barrels of petrol to Mozambique, that is the blueprint. We need to replicate that in tech, cars, textiles, military hardware, processed food etc. We have too many people to rely on oil royalties like the Emiratis or the Saudis; we must diversify the economy from oil & become an Asian Tiger.
2. Energy Independence
High energy costs are a "hidden tax." When a baker spends 40% of revenue on diesel, bread becomes a luxury. Fixing the grid lowers the "cost of doing business," allowing for better margins, higher wages, and economies of scale that naturally lower prices.
3. Functional Consumer Lending (Credit & Mortgages)
Nigeria is a "Cash-and-Carry" economy. In the UK, a £300k house is affordable because of 30-year mortgages at 5%. In Nigeria, we expect 100% upfront payment. That is almost mathematically impossible for the middle class and the lower class are consigned to never owing homes. Affordability isn't just about the price tag—it’s about spreading the cost over time. Until we have single-digit mortgage rates, housing remains a 1% luxury. this doesn’t just apply to housing but every other thing nigerian buy from clothes to food to education to health etc. the USA Domestic credit to private sector stands at 198% of GDP while nigeria’s own stands at 20% by that token with a GDP of $250b Nigeria has a $500b+ consumer lending gap that needs to be closed for affordability problems to become history.
The Bottom Line: No elected candidate can "decree" prosperity and slash prices of Fuel or Rent overnight not BAT, Atiku or Obi. We have to move from a cash-at-hand consumption system to a production-and-credit system. So when you go to the polls next year, I really don’t care who you vote for that’s your prerogative but if you really care make sure you compare their promises and their manifestos against these pillars and make informed choices across all strata’s of government from federal to state to local governments.
“I never said that.”
Here is the evidence for every quote Nigeria’s presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala denied saying in his appearance on Head to Head with @mehdirhasan.
▶️ Full episode https://t.co/PrWvGs9tkq
The “Multi-Engine” Mirage: A Reality Check
Oga SA, Make we start properly.
You no be random person tweeting vibes.
You be Special Assistant to the President on Social Media.
Inner team.
Official narrative machinery.
So when this kind reasoning come out, e no be private opinion.
Na window into how the Presidency dey frame healthcare performance.
And if this na the level of logic inside the inner circle, then Nigerian healthcare get deeper issue than money.
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1.The Shadow Budget Admission
Calling official capital release “pocket change” no be defense.
Na confession.
If Ministry of Health no dey depend primarily on official fiscal channels because e be “multi-engine” — donor funds, statutory pools, international support — then where the consolidated, transparent reporting Nigerians fit see?
Government ministry wey dey powered by scattered engines without one clear dashboard no be innovation.
Na opacity.
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2.The Budget Contradiction you Suppose Explain
And here be the strongest question.
If Ministry of Health na “multi-engine boom” wey no dey rely on budget releases…
Then why e get budget?
Why did government present federal budget with specific allocation for Health?
Why was ₦36 million released from that budget?
If that amount “no mean anything,” then why was the larger figure budgeted in the first place?
Budget no be decoration.
Budget na fiscal commitment.
If government say, “This is the allocation for Health,” but only crumbs come out, then wetin the rest represent?
Projection?
Paper optics?
Or something else?
Because government no fit say:
“This is our approved budget for Health.”
Then when citizens question small release, turn around and say:
“Oh, budget no matter, we get other engines.”
You no fit downgrade your own budget and still claim fiscal discipline.
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3.The BHCPF Math Problem
₦32.9 billion for 8,000 primary health centers.
Simple division:
32,900,000,000 ÷ 8,000 = ₦4.1 million per center.
₦4.1m.
For 2026 Nigeria.
₦4.1m no fit run one serious health center for one year.
E fit buy generator.
Maybe diesel.
Small repairs.
E no fit sustain:
• Doctors and nurses
• Drug inventory
• Lab consumables
• Equipment
• Maintenance
• 24-hour emergency reliability
Calling that transformation na PR acrobatics.
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4.Real-Life Consequences
Earlier this year, a young woman died after snake bite and was taken to Federal Medical Centre, Jabi in Abuja.
Not village clinic.
Federal Medical Centre.
Inside the capital.
One of the flagship public facilities.
That na practical, painful example that raised serious questions.
When emergency happen, grammar no save life.
Capacity save life, and capacity no dey.
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5.The Confidence Test
Now make we ask simple question.
If critical emergency happen for your own family tonight — wife, side chick, pikin, aged relative — will your first instinct be:
“Carry dem go nearest federal public hospital. We dey safe.”
No private backup.
No elite alternative.
No foreign plan if your pocket reach.
Just pure confidence.
If answer no be automatic yes, then all this “multi-engine” talk no solve anything.
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Bottom Line
You no fit call ₦36m “pocket change” while defending billions wey no translate into visible, consistent healthcare reliability.
And if this kind reasoning na how the President’s inner media team process national healthcare…
Then the problem no just be funding.
Na common sense and coherence.
And without sense and coherence, no amount of engines go move this system forward.
Honorable, congratulations on the appointment, but make we check the receipts small.
The Kogi Identity: For 2015, you be Deputy Governorship candidate for Kogi State (North Central) alongside Prince Abubakar Audu. You fight reach Supreme Court say na you be the rightful heir to the Kogi throne.
The Lagos Reality: For 15 years, you don represent Ikeja Federal Constituency for Lagos. Your political journey even start as Chairman of Ojodu LCDA for Lagos.
The Current Math: This letter talk say you dey represent the “South West.”
So when time reach to run for Governor, you be proud son of Ekinrin-Adde, Kogi (North Central). But when time reach for “Renewed Hope” appointment, you don turn representative of the South West?
As we dey talk am, “Na Tinubu you dey represent.” When e convenient, Kogi Yorubas na Northerners. When reality show, dem don become South West.
Pick one struggle, Sir. 🇳🇬
This APC “10 million members” announcement no be celebration.
Na pre-emptive justification.
Here be the full setup.
2015 Buhari get about 15.4 million votes.
Turnout about 44 percent.
2019 Buhari get about 15.2 million votes.
Turnout drop to about 35 percent.
2023 Tinubu "win" with about 8.8 million votes.
Turnout crash to about 27 percent.
Lowest participation since 1999.
So voting numbers dey FALL consistently.
People dey disengage.
People no dey vote again.
At the same time, economy don collapse.
Naira from ~₦199 to over ₦1,400 per dollar.
Inflation from single digit to over 28 percent.
Food prices dey suffocate families.
Over 60 percent of Nigerians now poor.
Youth japa everywhere.
PVCs dey abandoned.
Now, suddenly, APC tell us say dem get over 10 million MEMBERS.
Pause.
These are NOT voters.
These are PARTY MEMBERS.
Two different things.
Voters register with INEC.
Party members register with party offices.
No biometrics.
No independent audit.
No verification.
Just lists.
So what dem dey do?
Dem dey build a narrative AHEAD of 2027.
So when election results come out and numbers look insane.
When turnout magically jump.
When APC votes suddenly increase despite hunger and anger.
Dem go say.
“How you dey surprised? We get over 10 million members.”
That’s the alibi.
Never forget.
In 2023, APC presidential candidate "get" only 8.8 million votes.
Yet APC now claims MORE members than votes.
Meaning.
Dem dey deliberately create a paper population that can later “explain” inflated results.
This no be mobilisation.
This no be popularity.
This no be organic growth.
This na groundwork.
You inflate party membership today.
So you can inflate votes tomorrow.
And when people question am, you point to the register.
“That’s our base.”
Political rigging no start on election day.
E start with narratives.
Registers.
Lists.
Delegates.
Institutional cover.
This announcement no be random.
No be pride.
No be flex.
Na rehearsal.
2027 dem dey prepare.
There was a young man in a certain village who owned a small radio.
Every morning, the elders tuned the radio to hear news about land, weather, prices, and warnings of trouble ahead.
But when it was his turn, he turned the knob only when music played.
One day, the radio started showing pictures.
Beautiful faces, soft smiles, and smooth skin.
The young man sat for hours staring.
He forgot to eat, work, and listen.
When the rains destroyed his farm, he said, “Nobody warned me.”
When hunger came, he said, “Life is hard.”
When his mates moved ahead, he said, “God when?”
But the radio had been speaking every day.
He just tuned it only to what pleased his eyes.
An old man passed and said,
“If the thing that excites you does not educate you, correct you, or prepare you, it is quietly destroying you.”
Beauty is not the problem.
Attention is.
If most of what moves you are pictures of fine girls, while your life remains empty, then your future will pay the price for your appetite.
A man’s downfall rarely starts with bad intentions.
It starts with harmless interests that overstayed.
Story don end.
INALEGWU.