@ruffydfire The tribalist has hide his head in shame, after power minister he no dey talk again, mean while Peter Obi health care donations supersede that of FG
@SamAmadi Is not political smartness,is criminality,bribery to obtain,change the law from back door is high crime not smartness,diverted funds meant for infrastructure for political purposes is not smartness,stop baptism crimes in the name smartness,APC lead by Tinubu has damage the system
Tinubu is a smart politician
President Tinubu is unarguably a smart politician. He knows the game of Nigerian politics. He can beg and can draw blood when he needs to.
Yes, he has not been a good president in term of governance in the last 2-3 years. But he score above 70% in political scheming.
Ok, he lured federal legislators to come over to his party. Now he leaves them stranded. He rightly chooses the Governors who have what it takes for the ground operations of winning elections in Nigeria illegitimately.
Meanwhile, the legislators have delivered on a bad electoral law that helps him.
That is political smartness. Even if it self-serving
@SamAmadi I tell my friend, in Tinubu government dreams are shattered, visions killed, destinies destroys, those who supposedly make Nigeria proud by their ideas, visions and dreams were subjected to beggars, civilization has been cut off in Nigeria by vultures,wolves in sheep clothing.
Renewed Tragedy
I finished a TV analysis on the sack of the Ministers of Finance and Housing and a director in a federal ministry called me. It was one of the most emotional discussions I have had in recent time. This guy told me how many technocrats are destroyed by Tinubu’s government refusal to release money for projects. The budget goes to political funds as the World Bank reported. This director said he had never seen this level of state capture. He knew Doris would be downgraded the day she said the truth against official lie. And perhaps that is why a Squeler, an taxation evangelist without candor like Oyedele would replace Edu.
He wailed and prayed that somehow God would save Nigeria from Tinubu. His only consolation is that he is going on retirement so he does not continue to deal with hungry contractors and service providers whose bills are not paid because budgets have been tracked and trapped in political funds.
I was sobered by this conversation. I ask myself, “who really thinks this administration has done well? Well, only three class of people:
1. Social media influencers who are paid for gigs and are also monetizing,
2. Governors who are receiving windfalls and creating their own political funds,
3. Ethnic bigots who think “it is our turn to eat”, and
4. 1% business pirates whose businesses are part of the platforms for current Ponzi schemes of our economic casino and their accessories
I am yet to encounter any Nigerian outside this four categories who believes this government has done well. Let me know if you have.
@PeterObi Peter Obi is versatile to global community, which if elected,it gives Nigeria advantage of quick development in infrastructure, healthy relationships and cooperation with foreign companies,our FDI bring more GDP. If Nigerians misses to elect Peter Obi,our recovery will be hard.
Today, Wednesday, I had the honour and privilege of hosting the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Gautier Mignot at my residence in Onitsha. It was an enriching meeting as we shared some useful conversations. -PO
Iran is playing cheap politics and propaganda.
After the second negotiation failed, Trump informed Iran that the US blockade would be in effect till Iran send across a proposal. And Friday possible deadline.
As usual, Iran tried to threaten their way out of the dilemma.
First, they threatened to destroy the global energy supply structure; Trump did not shake.
Second, they threatened to destroy global underwater data cables; Trump did not even look their way.
When threats failed, Iran now claimed to have captured 2 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and went ahead to release a video of the alleged capture.
But the video is simply a staged stunt and not a realtime vessel boarding operation.
When threats failed, they resorted to propaganda.
Just as they used AI war videos to win the war in the first 3 days of the escalation. 😂
@FoxNews Iranian leaders was terrorist regime, practices religious fanatics,these people are murderers, barbaric, worshipping Satan always on his objectives, Trump should end the regime and make name for himself
BREAKING: President Trump calls for the release of eight women being held by the Iranian government as a first step of peace negotiations with the United States:
"I would greatly appreciate the release of these women. I am sure that they will respect the fact that you did so. Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!!"
@shanaka86 Iranian leaders was terrorist regime, practices religious fanatics,these people are murderers, barbaric, worshipping Satan always on his objectives, Trump should end the regime and make name for himself
Trump’s post about eight women is not a humanitarian appeal. It is a wedge driven into the one visible fault line inside Tehran’s command, hours before ceasefire expiry, on the raw nerve the regime has. Nobody has named the mechanism yet.
Tuesday April 21, 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social and the White House amplified within the hour: “To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women. Please do them no harm! Would be a great start to our negotiations!!!” The post quoted a photo grid from commentator Eyal Yakoby of eight women allegedly being prepared for execution. Fox News Digital identified the named: Bita Hemmati, Golnaz Naraghi, Venus Hossein Nejad, Panah Movahedi, Ensieh Nejati, Mahboubeh Shabani, and Diana Taher Abadi, sixteen at time of arrest. Bita Hemmati is the first woman sentenced to death for the January 2026 Woman-Life-Freedom uprising per HRANA. The arrests are IRGC Intelligence and Revolutionary Court files. Charges cite “moharebeh,” warfare against God.
That identification is the whole game. These are not random prisoners. These are protest cases run through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps judiciary pipeline, the machinery Ahmad Vahidi now commands after February 28 strikes killed his predecessor. Since March 19 Iran Human Rights has verified at least fifteen political hangings inside this pipeline, including Saleh Mohammadi and Mehdi Ghasemi on March 19, Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi on March 31, and two MEK prisoners at dawn April 20. The IRGC is not incidentally involved. The IRGC is the author. Releasing the eight women means the IRGC publicly reversing itself on its own signature crackdown.
Now look at who Trump addressed. Not the regime. Not Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. He addressed “the Iranian leaders who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives,” a precise designation of the diplomatic team traveling to Islamabad: Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. That delegation does not command Evin Prison. Vahidi does. CNN reported Tuesday that US officials already suspect a divide between Iran’s negotiators and the IRGC, with open questions about who can sign. Ghalibaf responded Monday on X that Trump “seeks to turn this negotiating table into a table of surrender.” His phrase. Trump just handed him a test he cannot pass without crossing Vahidi on camera.
The fork resolves either way to Trump’s advantage. If Ghalibaf delivers and the women walk out, Iran’s diplomatic track has publicly overridden the IRGC’s core repression apparatus on the regime’s most televised humiliation since Mahsa Amini. The internal rupture goes visible. If Ghalibaf fails to deliver and the hangings proceed, eight named women with ages and resumes dominate every Western news cycle for the exact seventy-two hours when Witkoff and Kushner sit across from Iran’s diplomats and the ceasefire expires. Trump wins the optics either way. Ghalibaf loses domestic ground either way. Vahidi is forced either to override his own diplomats or to become the named villain of the talks.
The timing is the signature. The post landed six hours after Trump conceded on CNBC his Xi “understanding” is broken and the Touska carried “a gift from China.” Four hours after the Stoxx 600 reversed on the “I expect to be bombing” line. Thirty hours before ceasefire expiration. This is not diplomacy via social media. This is a targeting solution published in plain text.
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@LegendShaba@FinPlanKaluAja1 You are totally wrong,as I'm talking to you now,China is dumping Iranian oil for Saudi Arabia,USA already won the war,both economically, Trump know his onions very well,he is game master.
@FinPlanKaluAja1 Yeah it makes sense, but for what is sure is USA can’t win this one against iran militarily and against China economically. Either ways your beloved pedophile run country is fuckrd. Never forget, China 🇨🇳 is always 2 steps ahead of the USA 🇺🇸
Who has the cards?
China's imports of ethane are set to hit an all-time high.
The US is the only swing producer left today for Crude, Helium, and LNG (keyword swing). Russia is getting hammered by Ukraine. Rosneft’s Tuapse Oil Depot and Export Facility in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, is currently in flames as i type.
Who bears the brunt? China. Before the war, China imported 90% of Iran's crude oil. More than 50% of China’s naphtha imports and over 40% of its LPG purchases originated from Persian Gulf nations.
So who loses if Iran is offline? China
Iran has no missile program without China; it needs the precursor from China for its missile fuel. Hence, the blockade is targeted squarely at China to force Iran to the table.
Its working
China held the cards against the US with rare earths, but the US could source rare earth from other suppliers, and even locally. Now the US can cripple China's entire plastics industry, and there is no alternative to China to get Ethane.
Once you understand this is not a military war, but an economic war, it all makes sense.
@SpoxCHN_MaoNing@KSAmofaEN China has domp Iran and rook their business to Saudi Arabia, revived partnership with Saudi,moral lesson,don't trust in a man , don't believe friends will help you in times of need or stand behind you in difficult time.
President Xi Jinping took a phone call from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud @KSAmofaEN.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Saudi Arabia comprehensive strategic partnership. Taking it as an opportunity, China stands ready to work with Saudi Arabia to continuously increase the scope and depth of our bilateral relations, and set a fine example for the relations between China and Arab states.
On the current situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region, China calls for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, supports all efforts conducive to restoring peace, and stands for resolving disputes through political and diplomatic means. The Strait of Hormuz should maintain normal passage, as this serves the common interests of regional countries and the international community. China supports regional countries in building a common home of good-neighborliness, development, security, and cooperation, holding their future in their own hands, and promoting lasting peace and security in the region.
@WhiteHouse Trump is a man that always made my day,by his public communication, given hope, reassurance, and confident, this is what it should be, people knowing the mind of government, and actions they took or about to take, this is accountability and responsibility.i love Trump
“Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did… the results in Iran will be amazing - And if Iran’s new leaders (Regime Change!) are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future!” - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸
@aonanuga1956 The GDP-PPP scale was in the paper,the physical money was in APC Wolfs in sheep's clothing pockets, Nigeria is battered,is bleeding,trapped in lethal paradox,subsidy was removed,the money shared, electricity tariff was increased to intensity,still we are in 4 megawatt as it was
See where our country is on the African GDP-PPP scale. Yet some opposition politicians will tell their gullible followers that our country has not made progress since 2023.
@FinPlanKaluAja1 The worst thing is that, they dubiously increase electricity tariff and Disco's made a lot money yet no electricity. Tinubu I a nightmare,if I see Tinubu in a dream,I will wake up immediately and start praying
You promised to fix the power, but got distracted by a coastal road
Both are not mutually exclusive; Nigeria can have a coastal road and steady power
If you applied 10% of the efforts and funding you applied to the power sector as you did to the coastal road, your re-election would be a breeze
@channelstv This governor lack sense,all the revenue Lagos state generated,they can't build public toilets? Is to task Banks, filling stations, eateries to open their restroom for public defecation, eyesore,irresponsible government, public toilets is first priority of a government.
Open Your Toilets To Public, Lagos Urges Banks, Filling Stations, Others
Lagos State Government has appealed to private organisations such as banks, filling stations, eateries, and others to make their restrooms available for public use, as part of its efforts to eliminate open defecation and improve public sanitation across Lagos State.
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@BolajiADC Current regime of Nigeria government are desperately wicked, Satan is learning work on their criminality,high profile demonic possessed individuals, with shovels of punishment in their hands, diggers of grave of masses, destinies delayers and star hunters.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken note of the comments made by Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa concerning the ADC and the state of the opposition.
What Nigerians saw was not the confidence of a leader in control. It was the anxiety of a President increasingly disconnected from the reality of hardship, insecurity, and frustration facing millions of citizens.
At a time when families are battling a historic cost of living crisis, food inflation, rising debt burdens, and collapsing purchasing power, the President chose to mock the opposition instead of addressing the suffering of Nigerians. However, even as he spoke, reports of children being abducted from examination centres were circulating. This is the reality of today’s Nigeria, insecurity spreading deeper into everyday life while government appears distracted.
The President should not be ridiculing the opposition. He should be deeply concerned that the majority of Nigerians have rejected his government, whose ill-conceived policies have ruined lives and destroyed livelihoods. These are the reasons he should be scared, because the people are determined to vote him out.
We also reject the false narrative around the ADC National Convention. We did not hold our convention on the street. If that was the story supplied to the President by agents of disruption, then he has been misinformed.
But even if any opposition party were forced to gather outside established venues, Nigerians would understand why. Under this administration, democratic space has shrunk significantly. No government before now had denied political parties fair access to public venues such as Eagle Square, a national civic ground that belongs to all Nigerians, not to any ruling party.
The President also cannot preach separation of powers while simultaneously assuming the role of interpreter of the law, political referee, and commentator on judicial matters. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot be a President and a judge at the same time.
If this administration truly respected separation of powers, Nigerians would not have witnessed the repeated weakening and humiliation of institutions meant to serve as checks and balances. The legislature, in particular, has too often appeared reduced to an extension of executive convenience.
We also note the President’s recent attempt to ingratiate himself with the supporters of late President Muhammadu Buhari. After years of distancing himself from the late President and denigrating his record, blaming him for every failure of his government, it is hypocritical to suddenly make a U-turn because of the coming election. It is too late.
The issue before the country today is simple: hardship is rising, insecurity is worsening, debt is mounting, and hope is fading. No amount of political theatre can hide that truth.
The ADC remains focused on building a credible alternative anchored on competence, security, prosperity, and democratic freedom. Nigerians deserve better than excuses, propaganda, and power games.
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BREAKING: Sec. Hegseth gives scathing message to Iran's military leadership:
"We're watching you. Our capabilities are not the same, our military and yours. Remember, this is not a fair fight and we know what military assets you are moving and where you are moving them to."
"You have no defense industry, no ability to replenish your offensive or defensive capabilities. You only have what you have - you know that. And we know that you can move things around, but you can't actually rebuild."
Seven sentences. Five audiences. Every word is a weapon aimed at a different target. This is the most compressed piece of strategic signaling in the history of social media diplomacy.
On April 15, Trump posted: “China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks. We are working together smartly, and very well! Doesn’t that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to - far better than anyone else!!!”
Decode every sentence.
“I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz.” The blockade is not a blockade. It is a service. Trump reframes the entire operation from aggression to provision. The navy enforcing interdiction is now the navy “opening” the strait. And “permanently” signals to oil markets, Asian importers, and Iran that the US intends to remain the guarantor of Hormuz transit indefinitely. Not as leverage. As architecture.
“I am doing it for them, also - And the World.” China imports over 50 percent of its energy through Hormuz. Trump positions the blockade as a gift to Beijing. The country whose Iranian oil he just cut off is now the beneficiary. Bessent said hours earlier: “They can get oil. Not Iranian oil.” Trump completes the sentence: and I am the one making sure they can.
“This situation will never happen again.” A doctrine in five words. The Hormuz crisis, Iran’s closure, the tolls, the mines, the 46 days of disruption will not recur because the United States is establishing permanent enforcement. No treaty. No negotiation. A unilateral declaration of perpetual chokepoint control posted on Truth Social.
“They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran.” Unverified. China’s MFA called the arms reports “entirely fabricated” hours earlier. But the sentence forces Beijing into a trap. If China confirms, it concedes publicly. If China denies, it implies the weapons were under consideration. Silence reads as confirmation. Every response validates the claim. The rhetorical structure is designed to be unfalsifiable in real time.
“President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks.” The May 14 to 15 summit confirmed in the most disarming language possible. “Big, fat, hug” humanizes the relationship for domestic audiences while signaling to Beijing that Trump views the summit as a victory lap. The framing shapes expectations before a single agenda item is discussed.
“Doesn’t that beat fighting???” The carrot. Three audiences: To China, cooperation beats confrontation. To Americans, this president ended a war with a deal. To Iran, fighting is the alternative and you are losing.
“BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to - far better than anyone else!!!” The stick. The hug is conditional. The cooperation is optional. The carrier strike group is not. The same paragraph offers peace and threatens war, and both are credible because the blockade proves both simultaneously.
One post. Seven sentences. Five audiences: China, Iran, domestic voters, oil markets, and the May summit negotiating table. Every word measured. Every ambiguity deliberate. Every claim unfalsifiable in the window that matters.
Trump did not write a tweet. He wrote a treaty draft disguised as a social media post.