Reporter of China State Television CGTN, broadcasting in front of Gaza Shifa Hospital:
"I saw with my own eyes that there were at least 10 Palestinian children under the age of 5 without heads
Yesterday, I joined my dear brother, Governor Seyi Makinde, and faithful members of the Methodist Church from across the country and beyond at the opening of the 50th/15th Biennial Conference of the Methodist Church of Nigeria in Ibadan.
I thank God for His faithfulness to the Methodist Church over the years and reflect on the immense potential Nigeria possesses as a nation.
I encourage the Church and its delegates to remain steadfast in speaking truth to power, standing with the suffering masses, and continuing to advocate for justice, good governance, and a better Nigeria for all, especially in these challenging times. The Church remains one of our nation’s strongest voices of hope, conscience, and moral leadership.
I thank the Methodist Church for its invitation and ask that they continue to remember our nation in their prayers. I urge them always to pray that God Almighty would touch the hearts of politicians and leaders, so that they will always think and use public resources for the public good.
I wish them a fruitful and successful conference.
A New Nigeria is POssible – PO
“Do not record another person’s votes as mine, and do not transfer my votes to anyone else. Give me exactly what I earned at the polling units.”
- Peter Obi tells INEC
A former inmate said drugs are smuggled into prisons by Ghana police officers themselves.
Prisoners pay police officers, and the officers bring in weed. He said if there's no weed in the prison, inmates fight. So weed actually maintains peace.
Prisons need drugs to prevent riots. Ghana justice system is completely broken.
A country called Ghana 🇬🇭
Former Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu signed a law entitling former governors to:
• A police orderly
• Two DSS operatives
• Lifetime medical care
• 100% of their salary for life
• Two police officers to guard their residence
• Allowances for a cook, steward, driver and gardener
•Official vehicles worth ₦20 million, replaced every four years
The same benefits also applied to former deputy governors.
After assuming office, Governor Alex Otti scrapped the law, describing the five-star retirement benefits as an unnecessary burden on public funds.
Before some of the intellectual lilliputians now attempting to denigrate our revered Catholic Archbishops in defence of the bunker-trapped Forger-in-Chief masquerading as an illegitimate President were even born, the Catholic Bishops were already speaking truth to power.
This is from March 1996. The Church’s prophetic voice did not begin today, and it certainly will not be silenced by hired propagandists or political opportunists.
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.
I commend the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for demonstrating courage and patriotism by drawing attention to the realities confronting our nation.
Their concerns regarding the rising cost of living, worsening insecurity, declining public confidence, and the hardship faced by millions of Nigerians are neither partisan nor isolated; they reflect the daily experiences of ordinary citizens across every region of our country.
Nigeria is blessed with abundant human and natural resources, yet millions of our people continue to struggle under the weight of economic hardship, unemployment, insecurity, poor access to quality education and healthcare, and diminishing opportunities. These challenges demand urgent, sincere, and people-centred responses from those entrusted with leadership.
I encourage all well-meaning Nigerians to continue constructively engaging the Federal Government and other leaders at all levels whenever the opportunity arises, advocating for good governance, accountability, and policies that prioritise the security, welfare, and prosperity of our people.
It is through such collective commitment and responsible leadership that we can build a more peaceful, united, and prosperous Nigeria.
May Almighty Allah continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. - RMK
2 more videos (from both camps) have come out since I made this tweet.
Some of my positions have changed & I have new positions, so I think it necessary to addendum.
I'll start by revising all the statement of probabilities I made.
Did Jude plant the early seeds of discord? Yes.
Does Peter hate Paul? No. He just doesn't think he deserves to be cheated.
Is Jude weaponising their broken bond for his own personal benefit? Yes.
Is Paul complicit in cheating Peter? Yes.
Did Jude use the fact that Paul is the better talent to drive a wedge between the twins so he can tweak legalities as he pleases? Yes.
Was Peter cheated? Based on evidence, Yes.
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Is Jude the problem? Yes.
Is Jude the problem? Yes.
Is Jude the problem? Yes.
Is it possible that the genesis of Peter being strategically cut out is tied to his choice of a life partner? Most likely Yes.
Did they dynamics of the group worsen because Peter decided to marry out of love and not for their approval? Most likely Yes.
Does Peter still want his twin brother back? Yes, as long as the musical brand as a duo ceases to exist, especially with the involvement of Jude.
Does Paul still want his twin brother back? Most likely Yes but more for commercial reasons.
Should P-Square come back together as a musical group? No. That ship has sailed.
Is family everything? Not everytime. Blood isn't always thicker than water. There are situations that warrants you knifing out family, this is one of those.
Is Jude the problem? Yes.
Is Jude the problem? Yes.
Is Jude the problem? Yes.
You say your brother is going down & it gladdened you. You asked your brother to buy his coffin. You threatened him with guns. Jude, you are a mad man.
And Paul, you are the one who is a shameful.
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For new interview, cardinal say “well meaning Nigerians are taking care of the attack dogs, I don’t have to respond to them”….
E mean say cardinal they Twitter they observe 😎, he they confirm doings real time.. 🥷