My grave matters more to me than my bed. I can always lay my bed, or have it laid for me. I have no say as to my grave, and it matters more to me, than my bed. I will die happily, knowing that I NEVER betrayed my purpose. Take it to the bank..😊
#Enikure!🖐🏿🤬
The most frightening part of this video is not just the threat.
It is the apparent confidence that nothing will happen afterward.
“Na police officer wey tell una to dey video go bury una and nothing go happen.”
Guess who the police officer is? The IGP, @TunjiDisu1 , his boss. And the Court.
That statement alone should alarm the Nigeria Police Force @PoliceNG
Because when an officer openly threatens civilians with death while confidently implying institutional protection, it raises serious concerns about accountability, discipline, and abuse of power.
No civilian should be threatened with death for recording a public officer on duty.
How ₦1,450,000 of my hard-earned money disappeared from my Kuda account @joinkuda@kudahelp_ng and nobody is helping.
I am a recent graduate of the University of Ibadan.
An AgroPreneur.
Recognized as one of the most outstanding student AgroPreneurs in 2024 by NAAS South-West.
I built my businesses legitimately; selling men’s fashion items, sneakers, and supplying day-old chicks across Nigeria.
I don’t smoke.
I don’t drink.
I don’t do fraud.
I hustle. Legitimately.
On April 13, 2025, I received an email from Kuda Bank stating that a lien had been placed on my account due to a “fraudulent inflow.”
Fraudulent?
I was shocked.
The money in question ₦2,450,000 came from a transaction on Bybit (a crypto trading platform where I had saved and sold assets) but met #1,450,000 in my Kuda @kudahelp_ng@joinkuda
The buyers paid me.
I had receipts.
I had transaction evidence.
I released my assets only after confirming payment.
Yet my account was frozen.
When I contacted Kuda @joinkuda , I was told there was a court order linked to something called “Pyramid Bank” , a name I have NEVER heard of in my life.
It’s Nigeria, you people will say snake swallows money! How did money get from the bank in the first place?!
The payments I received were from Moniepoint accounts. I was only a second beneficiary.
Still, my money was locked.
I was told to get a lawyer.
The first lawyer asked for a percentage of the ₦1.45M immediately, money I did not even have access to.
At that time, I had just resumed my final year in school.
I had already lost my father after secondary school.
I lost my mother in 300 level.
I had no parents to run to.
Only myself and my brothers.
So I focused on graduating.
Then one day, during my semester exams, I checked my account.
The ₦1,450,000 was gone.
Not on hold.
Not pending.
Gone.
No transaction history.
No reversal trail.
Just gone.
I contacted Kuda again.@kudahelp_ng@kudabusiness
They said receipts were not enough.
They said I should get a court order.
How does a victim get a court order to recover his own legitimate earnings?
Another lawyer later told me quietly:
“Forget the money. Many people are in court already. No progress.”
So this is Nigeria?
Where criminals walk free…
But innocent youths lose their hard-earned money?
Where a young entrepreneur can trade legitimately, provide evidence, and still be punished?
I reported to the Central Bank of Nigeria on October 5, 2025.
No response.
I have:
– All receipts
– All emails
– The alleged court order copy
– Evidence of Bybit transaction
– Payment confirmations
I am not asking for sympathy.
I am asking for justice.
₦1,450,000 is not small money.
It represents sweat.
Late nights.
Legitimate hustle.
Nigeria should protect its honest youths ,not exhaust them.
I am calling on:
Kuda Bank @kudahelp_ng@kudabusiness@joinkuda
Central Bank of Nigeria @cenbank
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission @fccpcnigeria@SaharaReporters@PremiumTimesng
Please investigate this.
Return my money.
Let Nigeria be a country where the innocent do not suffer for crimes they did not commit.
If you believe in fairness, please retweet, please retweet, please retweet 🙏🙏🙏
African Stream CEO Ahmed Kaballo On Niger, Anti-Imperialism And The Brilliance Of Nigerians
In this excerpt from a 2025 interview with West Africa Weekly, African Stream CEO and Founder, Ahmed Kaballo, comments on Niger’s revolution, how the Sahelian country’s record economic wins provide irrefutable evidence that anti-imperialism is the only true way forward for Africa, how Africa’s youth deserve better leadership, and how the sore lack of such good leadership has robbed the continent of its best and brightest.
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, and active across all major social media platforms, African Stream pushed an unapologetically Pan-Africanist and anti-imperialist perspective into the global information space, awakening minds across the Motherland and its diaspora. It was forced to close down in 2024 after being deplatformed across YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and Threads, based on false accusations from the U.S. Department of State.
Rest in Peace, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu
I am deeply saddened by the tragic and untimely death of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a brilliant young anchor with Arise News, who was killed in the most painful circumstances during a robbery attack in Abuja.
At only 29, Somtochukwu had already distinguished herself as a gifted broadcaster and trained lawyer whose voice engaged, informed, and inspired many. Her loss is not only a personal tragedy to her family and colleagues but also a huge blow to journalism and to our nation, which continues to lose its brightest to insecurity and violence.
This heartbreaking incident once again highlights the urgent need for us as a country to prioritise the safety and security of every citizen. No Nigerian should go to bed fearful of what the night may bring, or lose their life in such senseless ways.
My thoughts and prayers are with her grieving family, the Arise News family, and all who mourn her. May her soul rest in peace, and may we, as a nation, work harder to build a country where lives are valued and protected. -PO
TRAGIC DEATH : SOMTOCHUKWU CHRISTELLE MADUAGWU
December 26, 1995 - September 29, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that the management and staff of the ARISE News Channel announce the passing of our beloved colleague, News Anchor, Reporter and Producer, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu. Sommie tragically passed away in the early hours of Monday, September 29, 2025 following an armed robbery incident in her residence in Katampe area of Abuja that is being investigated by the Nigeria Police.
Sommie, 29, was not only a cherished member of the ARISE News family but also a vibrant voice that engaged and connected with our viewers.
Beyond the airwaves, Sommie was a lawyer who was a professional and supportive colleague and a friend to many.
We extend our deepest condolences to Sommie’s parents, siblings, extended family, friends, and loved ones at this difficult time. Sommie’s voice is now silent but her spirit, passion and legacy will endure as part of our collective memory. We remain in shock and call for a speedy investigation, apprehension and prosecution of the culprits.
Hadiza Usman-Ajayi
For Management
“I was given food at the back door for ten years, not knowing that the girl they called ‘orphan’ would one day own the school.”
My name is Amarachi.
When I was six years old, I lost my parents to a fire. Our landlord said, “Your people are cursed. I can’t keep the daughter of a witch.” So, from Owerri to Port Harcourt, I lived under a bridge. I begged for food.
One morning, I saw a group of students wearing green uniforms entering a school: Royal Kingsway Academy. Their food smelled like glory. So I waited by the back door. A woman—the kitchen cleaner—passed me a nylon bag of jollof rice.
That became my routine. Every lunch hour, Mama Risi would sneak me leftovers—sometimes bones, sometimes breadcrumbs, but always with kindness.
I sat on a rock behind the school wall, listening to lessons through the cracks. I memorized poems, answered math questions aloud. They called me “Radiohead.”
One day, a teacher overheard me recite Shakespeare from the other side of the fence. He asked, “Who is she?” I ran away.
The next day, he brought me books, a notebook, a pencil. In a low voice, he said to Mama Risi, “Start letting her sit at the back of Classroom 3. No one has to find out.”
So I started attending school unofficially—barefoot and invisible. After class, I swept the classrooms and mopped the hallways with Mama Risi. But I never missed a class. Not even when malaria tried to stop me.
When I was seventeen, the director asked, “Who registered this girl? She’s not on our list.”
Mama Risi lied, “She’s my niece.”
They let me sit for the WAEC exam using their surname. I got eight straight A’s. No celebration. No pictures. Just me, under the handle, holding my result and crying.
Years of silence followed, as I prepared my place in the world.
A few missionaries gave me a scholarship to study Business Administration in the UK. I graduated with honors. I started a logistics company in Nigeria, then expanded into agriculture and education.
Ten years later, my company bought a property in Port Harcourt.
The address?
Royal Kingsway Academy.
The school was bankrupt—salaries unpaid, buildings in ruins. I said nothing during the negotiation. I just signed the check.
The former principal greeted me at the door with a forced smile.
“Madam CEO, welcome.”
I looked at him and said, “I used to sit behind that wall… with jollof in a nylon bag.”
His smile faded.
We renovated every block, fixed every broken desk, raised teachers’ salaries, and invited the community to the reopening.
When the fabric on the new sign fell, gasps filled the air:
“Amarachi Risi Academy: Where Every Child Has a Seat.”
Mama Risi was by my side, crying like a baby.
I whispered, “They gave me bones. I made them a throne.”
Today, hundreds of students—some orphaned, some abandoned—study for free at our school.
No child eats alone.
No child learns outside a fence.
Because sometimes, the girl who was fed through a hole in the wall…
Comes back to buy the whole building—
and feed generations.
Analyzing the video: Omojuwa misinterprets Peter Obi's "consumption to production" as ending all consumption, leading to poverty. Obi's actual policy (per his manifesto and speeches, e.g., ARISE TV, Vanguard) aims to shift from import reliance to local production for jobs and sustainability—not zero consumption.
Intellectual depth: Superficial; overlooks economic basics like trade deficits and import substitution. Confirms prior assessment of inconsistency and shallow analysis.
Our Engagement with General Abacha: Setting the Record Straight
In consonance with my established principles of defending everything I am involved in, and in the interest of all men and women of goodwill, especially those committed to the pursuit of truth, I hereby attach the letter which documents my co-opting, along with others, into the Taskforce on the decongestion of the Ports.
As I stated during my interview at the weekend and consistently maintained in the past, I had never met General Sani Abacha before that encounter. Our meeting with him was borne out of collective concern as traders and importers over the prolonged delays in clearing goods at the ports. We approached him not as political actors, but as concerned citizens seeking pragmatic solutions to a matter affecting economic activity and livelihoods.
Our intention was clear: to advocate for efficiency, and to propose practical steps towards restoring normalcy in port operations for the benefit of the wider business community and, ultimately, the Nigerian economy.
This clarification is offered in the interest of truth, to reaffirm that our actions were driven solely by a sense of civic duty and not political ambition.
I don't expect this copious evidence to bury this Abacha case because the mischief makers have ulterior motives, but it's being placed in the public space for posterity and in line with my transparency pledge to Nigerians on any issue I am involved in. -PO
This is good.
It means we are doing something right if this sort of character speaks negatively against us.
This is a good sign for me that we are doing something right and on the right path.
Any society where lawlessness overrides the rule of law is not destined to be a haven for investors. Recent reports showing that Nigeria’s human rights indicators have worsened merely highlight severe shortfalls in government protection for civil liberties, personal security, and basic living standards.
I know what I have been going through as a person in abuse of my human rights just because I contested a Presidential election which I have legitimate rights to do. So I imagine what small business owners, regular citizens, and vulnerable communities face every day. If this level of lawlessness can happen to someone with a registered company and legitimate means, what hope does the ordinary Nigerian have?
This morning, my youngest brother called me frantically, informing me that a group of people had invaded his company property in Ikeja, Lagos, and were demolishing the building. He had just come in from Port Harcourt and was denied entry to the property by security men who told him the building was being pulled down. They even informed him that this demolition had started over the weekend. As a peace-loving Nigerian, he quickly started processing to go to court immediately, not knowing what must have resulted in this, as they moved fast to destroy his home without any restraint.
I rushed to Lagos from Abuja after the call this morning and headed straight to the property. On arrival, I was met by security people who tried to bar me from entering the property. I humbly pleaded with them that the property belonged to my brother’s company, and from the records, the company had owned the property for over a decade. They told me they had a court judgment, and I immediately requested it. You would not believe that the court judgment they claim was issued against an unknown person, and squatters. I went further to ask about a demolition order or permit, and there was none.
How do you sue an unknown person? How does a court issue a judgment in such a farce of a case? No one was served. No name was written. Yet they showed up with excavators and began destroying a structure that had stood for over 15 years.
I immediately asked the excavators for the person who had sent them, and they said they didn’t know anyone, but they were only informed to come and demolish the house. I immediately told them to tell whoever it is that I would like to speak with them, if they can call my number, which I shared with the excavators, so that I can speak with whomever gave them the order to demolish the property.
I stood there from 10am to 2pm, waiting to get a call at least and nobody called or came. The contractor even said he didn’t know who sent him. Two men later came and said they would like us to go to a police station. I asked if they even had a demolition order but they had nothing. The whole situation screamed of coordinated lawlessness and impunity. Our country has become lawless.
I just started reminiscing about how just over the weekend, I had a meeting when someone told me how he has investments in Ghana, Senegal, and the Benin Republic, but won’t touch Nigeria despite his market being here. I asked him why. His answer was piercing: “Nigeria is a lawless country. Until we have laws that protect people, nobody will invest in Nigeria.”
I am just shocked. How did Nigeria get to this level of lawlessness?
What kind of country are we trying to build when the rights of citizens, their lives, their properties, and their voices are trampled upon daily?
I remain committed to a better Nigeria where lawlessness will be a thing of the past, protection of life and property, respect for human rights, care for the less privileged, and basic education for all children.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Today, I had the pleasure of meeting Emmanuel Oyeleke from Zen Archery. Emmanuel’s journey is truly remarkable. He began as a visual artist and, over the years, has carved out a place for himself in the world of archery.
Now the captain of Nigeria’s national archery team, Emmanuel has competed at the highest level, including at the African Archery Championship in South Africa, where his team took home the silver medal. He is also working hard to grow the sport here at home.
He founded Zen Archery to promote archery in Nigeria and support the next generation of athletes. I’m always encouraged when I see individuals like Emmanuel, who combine creativity, discipline, and vision to make a meaningful impact.