What Truly Should Be Our Priority Now as Leaders of a Nation?
This question has become necessary, given where we are today as a nation and where we are supposed to be.
While completing my INEC nomination form yesterday, Section E, Question 1 caught my attention. It asks: “Have you ever been adjudged a lunatic or been declared a person of unsound mind?” The answer is either Yes or No. That question got me thinking: Can we, as the political leaders of today’s Nigeria, truly say we are exhibiting the characteristics of a sound mind?
When Nigerians, including children and security personnel, are being abducted into the bushes, citizens cannot travel safely on our highways, several million Nigerians are uncertain where their next meal will come from, and several billions are being siphoned frivolously through non-existent agencies and projects, should politics really be our primary preoccupation?
A sound-minded leadership would have declared these existential challenges a national emergency and immediately mobilised all relevant institutions, security agencies, experts, community leaders, and other critical stakeholders to confront them with urgency and resolve. At a moment like this, the survival, security, and stability of Nigeria must take precedence over every other consideration. This is a time for decisive action, not political calculation or the pursuit of partisan advantage.
Further in the same Section E, Question 6, was: “Have you ever presented a forged certificate to INEC?” Again, the answer is either Yes or No. This raises another important question: Why shouldn’t INEC, in the interest of ensuring that our leaders are exemplary in following the rules and to strengthen public confidence in our electoral process, publish the academic certificates and credentials submitted by every candidate seeking elective office?
Transparency strengthens democracy and builds public trust. Nigeria’s problems are too serious for politics as usual. It is time for leadership defined by competence, character, capacity, compassion, and commitment to service.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Pili Hussein of Tanzania 🇹🇿 disguised herself as a man because women were not allowed to work in the mines.
After discovering two tanzanite clusters, she built homes for her father, mother, and twin sibling.
Her fellow miners only discovered that she was a woman after she was falsely accused of rape.
Today, she owns a mining company that employs more than 70 people, becoming one of Tanzania's most inspiring mining entrepreneurs.
Facts About Juneteenth
1. Juneteenth gets its name from a blend of “June” and “nineteenth.”
2. It marks the date in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of slavery.
3. General Order No. 3 declared “all slaves are free” in Texas.
4. This announcement came more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued.
5. Juneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday in the U.S.
6. The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas on June 19, 1866.
7. Early celebrations included church services, public readings, singing, and feasts.
8. Red foods and drinks—like red velvet cake and strawberry soda—are traditional in Juneteenth meals, symbolizing resilience and bloodshed.
9. Juneteenth was not recognized as a federal holiday until 2021.
10. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021.
🌍 AFRICANS WHO BECAME GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ICONS 🏆
🇳🇬 Hilda Baci — Cookathon Record Holder & Guinness World Records Icon
🇰🇪 Eliud Kipchoge — First Human to Run a Marathon in Under 2 Hours
🇿🇦 Marawa Ibrahim — Multiple Guinness World Records Holder and Official Guinness Ambassador
In June 2026, 🇳🇬 Hilda Baci became the latest African to be inducted into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame/Icon Programme, joining an exclusive list of global record-breaking legends.
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We don't outgrow childhood patterns overnight, we become aware of them. 💚
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Joseph Bolitho Johns, “Moondyne Joe," an Australian bushranger, escaped so many times from prison that a special cell was built to hold him in Fremantle prison, with his neck chained.
The cell was so strong that the Governor promised to forgive his crimes if he could escape again, which he did on March 7, 1867. Scofield. #HistoryVille
Tems set to perform at the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony this Thursday in Chicago. 🇳🇬🇺🇸
Other performing artists include Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and John Legend. 🔥👏🏽
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆
New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!
Things Nigeria 🇳🇬 did to help South Africa in their time of need :
In 1976, the Nigeria government imposed what was known as the Mandela tax on Nigerian civil servants. Nigerian workers gave 2% of their salaries to aid the liberation cause.
Nigeria 🇳🇬 government gave $3.7m in direct financial aid to support the anti-apartheid struggle.
Nigeria also provided free university education for thousands of South African students in exile and issued thousands of Nigerian passports to exiled South Africans, allowing them to travel and lobby internationally.
Nigeria students also protested for the end of apartheid in South Africa 🇿🇦
What Nigeria 🇳🇬 got in return h@te and maltreatment of its citizens in South Africa
Nelson Mandela of South Africa 🇿🇦 was hidden in Nigeria from the apartheid Govt for 6 months by former Nigerian Minister, Mbazulike Amaechi in 1963.
South Africans former President Thabo Mbeki lived in Nigeria from 1977-84.
🇳🇬 Jaja Wachuku saved Mandela from the death penalty in 1963/1964.
We remember 💔
Black artists are the foundational pioneers and primary architects of almost all modern Western music genres(country, pop, rock, R&B, Rap, Afrobeat etc.) From the invention of core instruments to the creation of the rhythmic and vocal blueprints, African Americans have done a great job in shaping the global musical landscape. #blackmusicmonth
Media Framing of Crime Along Ethnic Lines: Divisive.
As an Igbo man, I have endured stereotypes, judgment, and labelling solely based on my ethnic origins. This is not an isolated Igbo experience. Most Nigerians have, at some point, been reduced to their ethnicity rather than recognised for their true character.
I understand the pain of the ordinary Fulani man today, often unfairly judged by the actions of criminals he does not support, has never met, and who are not representative of his people.
Even in America, such unjust labelling fueled the civil rights movement and prompted Martin Luther King Jr. to declare that people should be judged by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin.
Every Nigerian ethnic group is known for its unique traditions, occupations, skills, and strengths. Crime, however, has no ethnicity. A thief is a thief. A terrorist is a terrorist. A kidnapper is a kidnapper. They are bad actors, not representatives of any people. They must be identified, arrested, and punished according to the law.
We must decisively abandon the dangerous practice of blaming entire ethnic groups for the actions of a few criminals. It is unjust, it breeds hatred, and it damages our national unity.
Let us proudly celebrate our diverse cultures, talents, and contributions, rather than falling prey to stereotypes and prejudices that politicians and divisive interests exploit for their gain.
A new Nigeria must emerge—one where no citizen is condemned because of tribe, religion, or birthplace. We can cherish our cultural roots while standing united by justice, mutual respect, and hope for a better future. We are capable of this.
A new Nigeria is within our reach. -PO
A little girl in Boston went home one day and asked her Nigerian mother if she could change her name to Zoe.
Nobody at school could say Uzoamaka.
Her mother was cooking. She didn't even turn around.
"If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky, Michelangelo, and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka."
That girl kept her name.
Then she went to Hollywood and won three Emmy Awards.
And now the whole world knows exactly how to say Uzoamaka Aduba.
Your name is not a burden. It's a prophecy.
FUN FACT: Nollywood veteran, Nkem Owoh, wrote some of Nigeria's biggest TV shows before moving to acting and filmmaking. 🔥
He wrote:
- New Masquerade (1983 - 1993)
- Tales By Moonlight (1984)
- Memorial Hospital (1980s)
- Basi and Company, by Ken Saro Wiwa (1986 - 1990)