Clement A. Oloyede

At some point, the courts will have to make it clear that it is not an arena for dubious and silly political theatrics. Some of these political litigations are just senseless. Lawyers who are filing senseless cases in our courts should be sanctioned. If INEC receives applications from different groups seeking to be registered as political parties, and decides to register some and ignore others for reasons best known to it, it is left for the aggrieved groups that have been denied registration to seek redress in court against INEC. The Court, based on the evidence and the facts before it, can compel INEC to register more political parties. Suing the political parties that INEC have registered, and asking the court to compel INEC to deregister them, because you felt marginalized, cannot be a sensible legal strategy. Every group has a distinct right to seek registration. You can’t argue that because group “A” was denied registration as a political party, therefore INEC had no constitutional right to register group “B”. As lawyers, we should stop ridiculing our noble profession. We owe a duty to the Court and the cause of justice, not only to partisan clients.

I am completely naive about these matters, but why do people with large followings not form their own political parties modelled on their own ideology? | Kwankwaso, Obi obtain NDC membership cards – Daily Trust dailytrust.com/just-in-kwankw…

Observation: Letter issued and received on 5th December 2025 but bearing NBA seal issued to expire in March 2027. As a lawyer and member of NBA, NBA seal are issued yearly to expire the following year. The NBA seal issued to expire in March 2027 can only be produced and issued in January 2026 and could not have been attached to a letter dated December 2025. This raises a serious issue of forgery and backdated letter. It can equally put the concerned lawyer in a serious professional misconduct trouble before the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee. I hope @NigBarAssoc and @afamosigwe can take note and look into this.

Fellow Nigerians, good morning. I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you. Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances. We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal. More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism. We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power. Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise. Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them. However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building. Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated. And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions. There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline? Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from. Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

@_onlyscott Ze Roberto

I see Adriano, Ronaldo, Robinho, Cafu, Carlos and Kaka. Guess the last player. Level: Extremely Hard

Chelsea might be screwed

@RidwanuLlah What part of the Constitution are you specifically referring to?

You are supposed to be an elder statesman in the middle of these kids. What do you mean by OA? Shouldn’t you at least know that there can’t be OA because A has already served as Vice President twice between 1999-2007 which barred him Constitutionally from taking that role again?

@tirvo_ Pochetino

Name the football coach Very Difficult

Nigeria’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling that could have derailed the nation’s major opposition party ahead of national elections in 2027 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This has to be the most intelligent dog on the internet

What Labour Party stood for then is no longer what it is today. I'm leaving Labour Party at midnight tonight and I'm joining PRP (People's Redemption Party). PRP is the new destination. - Datti Baba-Ahmed, Vice-Presidential candidate, Labour Party 2023, speaking on defection to the People's Redemption Party (PRP). #PoliticsToday

@emmaikumeh He didn't say Kwankwaso remains his godfather. He said after 1999, by virtue of Kwankwaso becoming the governor before him, the ADC leader emerged as his leader but that was not the case before and definetely not after they parted ways.

Former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in an exclusive Hausa interview with BBC Hausa, stated that Sen. Kwankwaso would remain his political godfather, noting that he served as Deputy Governor under him. He added that before they came into power, he was politically superior to Kwankwaso. He also recalled that in the 1999 election, they initially contested together, and he was asked to step down, after which Kwankwaso was forced to select him as his running mate in order to secure victory at that time. In 2007, Kwankwaso, of his own volition, once again chose Ganduje as his running mate, with no one forcing the decision.

President Ruto to Nigerians: I was misquoted. All of us in Africa speak good English.

@lollypeezle @Jibsman1 We have a number problem in Nigeria. In our quest to estimate, we often over-estimate!

Redeem Camp is nowhere near 5m if these people here are just 85k. How will 5m people reach Redeem camp? 👀👀

BREAKING: Mali’s Defence Minister General Sadio Camara has been killed amid coordinated attacks in military sites across the country, sources told Al Jazeera aje.news/ks0l1p

FACT CHECK: Igini’s claim incorrect. Ballot paper validation in Electoral Act 2026 existed in 2022 law Mike Igini, a former resident electoral commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has claimed that the Electoral Act 2026 contains a new provision granting presiding officers the discretion to accept or reject ballot papers that do not bear the official mark prescribed by the electoral body. THE CLAIM Speaking during an interview on ARISE News on Wednesday, Igini said section 63 of the Electoral Act 2026, which deals with ballot papers, grants excessive discretion to presiding officers. A presiding officer, better known as a PO, is the primary election official responsible for managing a polling station on election day. thecable.ng/fact-check-igi… #FactCheck

Leadership might not really be the problem of Nigeria as much the docile, illiterate or just ignorant followership that allows the worst of us to emerge as leaders

@CFCms3 Keep Rosenior, but as the media representative for the club

Gun to your head, KEEP ONE

Street credibility was first recorded with 9ice’s chorus and verse at Codedtunes studio in Akoka then we took a mini studio to 2Baba who was so gracious to record without any drama. The hotel we recorded 2Babas part was in Festac (Comfort suite if I remember well)

“When you pay contractors everyone benefits including side chicks” - President of Ghana 😂