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@Karigwe And he also has businesses to protect against these vampires

Listening to Datti, I don’t really blame him. He is a politician who got a rare opportunity to become the vice president of Nigeria. That kind opportunity no dey come twice. It came with a real chance to win, and they won, then the mandate was taken from them. Datti wanted to fight dirty to get that mandate back, but PO, being the gentleman he is, chose to fight through due process. Two different reactions to the same situation. After the opportunity was lost in the kangaroo courts we have, I don’t think Datti has dealt with or gotten over the trauma that might have come from that. Now again, he is about to watch the same PO run and win with another stronger candidate. That can be triggering. If na you, you no go start to talk anyhow? As someone in psychology, I am not angry at him and I don’t want to be. I choose to analyse his situation instead. I am also sure my principal PO will understand where he is coming from and will not be angry at him. Make we cut him some slack. If na you go through wetin him go through, you too go vex.

@Karigwe @officialbat419 Well put, but Africans don’t read

If you live in Africa, especially Nigeria, and you are over 35, understand this: Food is one of the biggest contributors to our low life expectancy. The irony is: The same thing meant to keep you alive is also part of the reason you might die earlier than expected. Our food culture is a mess. Our food pyramid is upside down. Everything is calorie-dense, heavy carbs, too much oil, and large portions. Very little balance. We are eating to feel full, not to function properly. The only reason this hasn’t exploded into a full-blown obesity crisis everywhere is not because the diet is healthy. It’s because poverty is forcing most people into involuntary exercise. People walk almost everywhere because they cannot afford transport, people hustle, and people do physically demanding work daily, and that constant movement is the only thing keeping many people in a calorie deficit. Take away that forced activity and the outcome is obvious, you start seeing weight gain, metabolic problems, and early health decline. And even with all that movement, the damage is showing everywhere. People slump and die suddenly, and instead of asking serious questions or pushing for proper investigation, everything gets dismissed as “village people,” and there is no urgency to understand patterns, no culture of prevention, and no serious public conversation about what is happening. Sometimes I honestly wonder what we are doing with all these PhDs in this country, where is the research, where is the data, where is the urgency to understand why people are dying early? Oh I remember, we have already dismissed unexplained deaths as village people, so it’s no surprise our PhDs, who are supposed to be researchers, are in churches and mosques praying against village people and untimely deaths. People are walking around with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease without knowing it. Not being overweight does not mean you are healthy. Once you cross 35, your body stops overlooking bad habits. If you are not intentional about what you eat, you are setting yourself up. Calories matter, macronutrients matter, micronutrients matter. Ask yourself a simple question: how many grams of fibre, protein, and carbs do I take in daily? If your diet is dominated by carbs with very little protein and poor nutrient balance, you are already on a dangerous path. If you don’t take control now, diagnosis will eventually force you to.

@Karigwe I see what you are doing

Atiku ran in 1992 with SDP, same party as Tinubu. He ran again in 2007 with AC, Tinubu’s party. He came back to PDP in 2011 (Tinubu sent him? You said that, not me). He ran again in 2014 with APC, Tinubu’s party. He ran in 2019 with PDP (again, Tinubu sent him? Na you talk am, no be me). I think you can see where I am going with this. But just in case you can’t, Atiku is being used by Tinubu to make sure the opposition is divided, and he has succeeded on many occasions. Whether he will succeed in 2027 is left for Nigerians. If you like, sleep again after voting in 2027 so that they will call results by midnight. Peter Obi and Kwankwaso have done their part to make sure they are on the ballot. You won’t say Obi hasn’t done everything he needs to do.

@Karigwe He works for Tinubu but couldn’t learn political patience from him.

I will prove to you with these few points that Atiku Abubakar is very clueless as a politician. He won the Adamawa governorship election in 1999 and got the opportunity to lead and show what he could do, but he butchered it and ran to the easiest path to become Vice President. Even that one he still butchered. As Vice President under Olusegun Obasanjo, instead of positioning himself to take over, he fought his own boss and destroyed his chances of succession. After falling out with Obasanjo, he left the People’s Democratic Party and ran in 2007 under another platform, scattering his political base and weakening his structure. When he lost in 2007, he returned to the PDP. Instead of staying and supporting Goodluck Jonathan to finish his tenure so it could naturally become his turn, he left again in 2014 and joined the All Progressives Congress. He miscalculated badly by thinking they would hand him the ticket over Muhammadu Buhari, who already had a stronger base and nationwide support. This is the same pattern again with ADC, thinking someone like Obi who already has a base will just step aside because he is Atiku. After failing there, he returned again to the PDP and continued chasing the presidency, despite contradicting everything he previously claimed about zoning and “turn by turn.” He has contested multiple presidential elections across different parties and still failed to build a stable coalition strong enough to win. That is not bad luck. That is poor long-term political strategy. Atiku would have been president of Nigeria if not for these repeated miscalculations and inconsistent decisions. How can a man like this expect people to believe he won’t continue the same pattern if given power? Abeg, we no want someone who go use our country dey do trial and error. Tinubu and Buhari have done enough damage. It should end there. If I missed anything, add it in the comment section.

@Karigwe Called it

Tinubu’s plan was to keep Peter Obi off the ballot, and he nearly used Atiku to achieve it. The way these people gaslighted everyone into believing that politicians, not mass power, are what win elections needs to be seriously studied. Some of us saw it early. We spoke up, but also held back because we were being dismissed as “I too know.” Now look at where we are. Wasted almost two years for nothing. I told you so.

@Karigwe @PeterObi 💪🏽 we go wherever obi goes

@PeterObi Thank you for showing you will always stand with the masses.

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

@Karigwe @officialbat419 Thank God Peter obi have left them sha

So this is what this party stands for? Last election, we criticised APC for outrageous nomination fees. Now we are about to sit quietly and accept the same nonsense. So what exactly changed? This price list tells you everything about this so-called “coalition.” It is not about the people. It is about creating a system that blocks the poor and protects the already powerful. ₦100 million for president, ₦50 million for governor, and the lowest is ₦3 million? Is this a joke or what? How many ordinary Nigerians can afford that? This is how you deliberately push out competent people who do not have money or political sponsors. You force them to bow to godfathers and godmothers who will sponsor them and later control them if they win. Is this really the system we want to keep reinforcing? I am glad Peter Obi and his team have acted. That alone shows where they stand, and it proves they are actually for the masses. At this point, anyone who chooses to remain in ADC after this price list has clearly shown what they stand for. Because right now, this is no different from what we criticised. Same system, same exclusion, same elitism, same hypocrisy.

@Karigwe On point

Listen to this video. Maybe Neil deGrasse Tyson explains it better from an astrophysicist’s perspective. Basic thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred. That one we agree on. But when you die, the energy in your body does not go anywhere mystical. If you are buried, microbes use the energy content of your body. If you are cremated, that energy is released as heat and radiation and disperses outward. No reincarnation. No coming back. Just energy changing form. So this idea that “we reincarnate” because we are energy is not science. It is just attaching spiritual meaning to a physical process. The closest thing to “reincarnation” is microbes recycling the energy content of your body when you are buried. And the closest you will ever get to anything resembling “heaven” is this: when you are cremated, your body breaks down and part of that energy radiates outward into space. So Christians, if you really want to stand any chance of “ascending” into what you people once imagined as heaven, tell your family to cremate you. Muslims, if you are aiming for jannah, same advice. Ask for cremation. At least part of you might actually ends up in space. Only difference is, this version does not come with 72 virgins sha. Happy Sunday.

@Karigwe Opportunist is the right word.

You know why even Adamawa people don’t send Atiku Abubakar? They’ve seen him for who he is. A selfish man who only looks out for himself. If Atiku actually cared about making a real impact, he would have stayed back and governed Adamawa, a position he won fair and square. That was his chance to directly change the lives of his people. Instead, he chased power at the centre and abandoned that responsibility for personal gain. He abandoned his people the minute he got the opportunity to become Vice President. And who did that leave Adamawa with? Boni Haruna, whose time in office didn’t deliver anything meaningful for the people. Now the same man wants to come back and act like he cares about Adamawa. Atiku is just an opportunist who will grab anything he feels will benefit him. Just as he tried to use ADC to benefit from the support of obidients and, by extension, the Kwankwasiyya movement. Thank goodness for obidient ninjas who spotted that opportunistic behaviour from a mile away.

When you die, you return to exactly what you were before you were born. NONEXISTENT!!! No awareness. No memory. No second chance. So why waste the only life you actually have chasing an afterlife that doesn’t exist? Why not use that time to hold your government accountable and build a better life in the one you know is real?

My only conclusion from Atiku’s insistence on running in 2023 and now attempting 2027 is simple: he has zero respect for the South. This is the same Atiku who left pdp in 2014, claiming it was because they refused to zone the presidency to the north and that it was their turn. Now that same principle suddenly doesn’t matter anymore. The “turn by turn” he once defended is now being ignored because it no longer benefits him. So what exactly changed? The principle or his convenience?