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@tokunbo_wahab In their sorrow I found my Peace! 💙💙

I feel so sorry for all the Arsenal fans. They came so close to that elusive European glory, but unfortunately, this is not their year. To all my friends who are Arsenal fans, ‘Oriogbade FC’, please take heart and be calm. There is always another season….as usual! TW

@zlend6 @AKakanfo He'll GOD willing!

@AKakanfo Hmm, Aare u are so intelligent we need more of ur type in yoruba land, and I really wish ur type governed yoruba states in the nearest future

@YOLICOM6 I was fascinated abt his life until I saw: "Payne kept a few hundred domestic slaves& lived a privileged life that was a reserve of the Saros of his time." Besides Pa Awo, most African liberation leaders were never really abt the true liberty of their people but to change guard!

Augustus Otonba-Payne was a key figure in Lagos Colony during the reign of Queen Victoria of England. Otonba Payne was born 1839 in Sierra Leone. His father was captured from Ijebu Ode during one of the raids and sold to slavery, but was soon rescued by the British anti-slavery squadron. Payne was educated in the then more westernized town of Freetown but he continued with his education in Lagos when he returned, together with other Yoruba nationals in Sierra Leone he therefore became one of the first generation scholars in Lagos, often discussing political issues in newspapers. His consistently pro-British commentaries have been of immense value to researchers on Victorian-era Lagos. His name was an Anglicized form of his father’s native name, Adepeyin and the Otonba is adapted from Otun Oba, an important traditional title of his father, being the elder brother to the Awujale of Ijebu Ode. He and James Johnson ( the then assistant Bishop of Western Equatorial Africa) to persuaded the Awujale of Ijebu to accept Christian missionaries. He served as one of the first Chief Registrars of Lagos courts that was established by the British administration from 1867 to 1899. He was also a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Lagos. He wrote a chronological table of principal events in Yoruba history. The book published in 1894 became a textbook for all lawyers and judges. Payne kept a few hundred domestic slaves and lived a privileged life that was a reserve of the Saros of his time. He was murdered in his residence in Lagos by an unknown assailant in 1906. His murder was never solved. #yorubablog

@SenRemiTinubu @Riddwane We celebrate Olori Atuwase III with you, your Excellency Ma'am on the occasion of Her 40th Birthday. May She and Her Husband, Atuwase III live long in good health. A huge Congratulations to Her!!

40 HEARTY CHEERS TO OUR QUINTESSENTIAL QUEEN OF WARRI KINGDOM. I rejoice with our beloved, Olori Atuwase III, your husband, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, the Olu of Warri, children, family and the entire Warri Kingdom on the joyous occasion of your 40th birthday. The grace and dignity with which you continue to serve our people and uphold the rich cultural heritage of Warri Kingdom is evidence of your commitment to family, community development and humanitarian causes. May Almighty God bless you with many more birthdays in divine health, peace, joy and happiness as you render impactful service to Warri Kingdom, Delta State. Happy 40th Birthday, Olori Atuwase III ~ Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

@DeeOneAyekooto The remnant of the unification decree is still present in our constitution, resources & VAT revenue control should've been with states & LGs. But the unification decree in its raw form would've been quite unconscionable! Imagine sultan posted as Olubadan; obi of onitsha as Eleko

Gowon further explained, “First, it should be remembered that Gen Ironsi had, by the Unification Decree No. 34 of 1966, decreed Nigeria a unified country and government. That Decree created a lot of fears everywhere in Nigeria. “The Midwest may have found it a bit non-threatening because the Region had always believed in one Nigeria. In the Eastern Region, everyone appeared to have warmly received it. “This may have been because people from the region were the ones who advised Ironsi to carry through his programme and, consequently, were the ones in charge.” According to him, the implementation of the Decree encouraged the posting of people from one part of the country to assume superior offices in other parts. In the North, the Midwest and the West, the implementation of the decree further fuelled the fear of Eastern domination, Gowon said. “On coming to power, I restored the federal system of government by abrogating the Unification Decree,” Gowon affirmed.

@LegendaryJoe @woye1 "Our leaders must abandon these pedestrian, populist theatrics and bring us practical, realistic, intelligent medicine for this country's ailments- or vacate the stage for the men and women who actually possess the brains for nation-building."JOE Words on Marble! Gracias, Legend!

I WILL CANCEL INDIGENESHIP IN NIGERIA - WE ARE ALL ONE In fairness to the former Governor of Rivers State and two-time Minister, he is not the first to walk this hypocritical path. He is not the pioneer of this peculiar tradition - where men who seek our votes suddenly discover that the antidote to Nigeria's afflictions is for the people to forget their roots, bury their ancestry, and perish their origin at the altar of nationality. There have been others. Including our own very son - the former Vice-President - who also parroted that shallow, empty, and thoroughly mundane theory: "I will cancel State of Origin." The same man who, when he aspired to lead this nation, thought it was politically creative to make a public spectacle of visiting the sleeping site of our Revered Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa. Awolowo still lay peacefully in Ikenne. Our brother did not consider him worthy of such theatre. Because Ikenne would have been too Yoruba. And he was busy performing Nigeria. And while he was busy visiting the honoured dead, he forgot the living in his own homestead - Ikenne Remo. My own very town. Not a studio apartment in his name. Not a road paved to the family house. Not a hospital. Not a school. Nothing. He despised the memory of our dead patriots and showed contempt for his living kinsmen in the same breath. Little wonder his most memorable policy declaration as the number two citizen was the abolition of the people's origins. Eight years of the Yoruba slot in government - a total waste to his heritage. Shall I Begin? Now these men owe us something before the rhetoric continues. They owe us data. Statistics. Peer-reviewed studies. Empirical evidence. How precisely does the removal of indigeneship cure our corruption? How does it fix our infrastructure? Neutralise our security menace? Absorb our unemployed millions? Rhetoric is not an answer. Confusion dressed in a suit is not a policy. Vacuous propaganda is not governance - and it is always promoted most loudly by those who have no better alternative to the status quo. Then Rotimi Amaechi took it a notch higher, proposing the removal of Federal Character from our constitution entirely. Let us reason together. Is Rotimi suggesting that all 36 states of this federation will one day have governors of Northern extraction? All of them? That the entire cabinet of the Presidency will be Yoruba? That an Emeka will one day be Alaafin of Oyo, and a Babajide become Sultan of Sokoto? That the President and his Vice will be a Chidi and Ngozi - and all the Principal Officers of the National Assembly hail from Ogbomoso? Or is he proposing, while he is at it, that we eradicate the languages too? The dialects? The indigenous names carried from generation to generation? Let him say so plainly. Even God is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, not of Egba or Kanuri - The Almighty recognized tribal identity. Even in heaven, there are tribes. Our leaders must abandon these pedestrian, populist theatrics and bring us practical, realistic, intelligent medicine for this country's ailments - or vacate the stage for the men and women who actually possess the brains for nation-building. The polity has no more patience for mundane rants dressed as vision. Identity is not the enemy of unity. Amnesia is not nation-building. And a man who cannot celebrate where he is from cannot be trusted to build anywhere worth going. Let me hang it here for now - Is this my most brutal article yet? Good Morning, Severally.

@fimiletoks Absolutely spot on Doc. The states and LGs were inequitably created via military fiat& they mostly favoured the ethnicities & biases of their creators. Ditto for our fraudulent constitution. No number of amendments can suitably correct these things. It requires an overhaul!

Kogi West Senatorial District is larger than 11 states in Nigeria but has just 7 LGAs. With an approximate landmass of 12,198 sqkm, it surpasses the geographic area of the following 11 states: Rivers State 11,077 sqkm Bayelsa State 10,773 sqkm Osun State 9,251 sqkm Enugu State 7,161 sqkm Akwa Ibom State 7,081 sqkm Ekiti State 6,353 sqkm Abia State 6,320 sqkm Ebonyi State 5,670 sqkm Imo State 5,530 sqkm Anambra State 4,844 sqkm Lagos State 3,577 sqkm Federal Capital Territory (FCT): Kogi West is also significantly larger than the FCT which spans about 7,315 sqkm. This single senatorial district is nearly as large as the entire landmasses of Anambra, Imo, and Lagos State combined. Let's even ignore the border towns that share the same language, history and culture in Kwara South. What is the basis for the 7 LG? Why is Kogi West not a state? What is the template in the constitution? What is the constitutional basis for State and LG creation in Nigeria? Some of these things will be corrected in the next 4 years.

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Last night I found a lipstick in my boyfriend’s car. I asked him whose it was. He froze for a moment and blurted out that it was probably his friend’s. Right in front of me, he called that friend. When the call connected, his friend said in surprise: “He’s been looking for it for a long time. So it was left there!” I quietly looked at him and said nothing. Because that lipstick was mine.

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@tokunbo_wahab @1firstnightmare Happy Birthday Distinguished Honourable Commissioner. Wishing you more blessings in good health and in prosperity, Amen!

@BalogunKakanfo1 Sadly, the people we're dealing with do not reason. In fact, being conscientious is reckoned weakness as far as they're concerned. If nothing is done federally to forestall this greed, these people will keep pushing their luck until they completely run out of it! A stitch in time

IBOS IN LAGOS GIVE APC CONDITION "Ahead of the 2027 general election, Ibos in Lagos have warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that they will not support or vote for the party unless their demands are fulfilled. According to reports from early 2026, Ibo community leaders and stakeholders in Lagos have been actively engaging with the APC regarding their representation and status in the state ahead of upcoming elections. A few weeks ago, Ibo residents in Lagos appealed to the APC Lagos State Chapter to be given tickets to contest House of Representatives seats in 3 Federal Constituencies. They assured that their full support for the party would extend to both the gubernatorial and presidential elections. In a communique issued after a Ndigbo Stakeholders meeting—which included community leaders, professionals, youth, and women leaders—call for political inclusion, they requested tickets to contest the Federal Constituencies of AJEROMI-IFELODUN , AMUWO-ODOFIN, AND OSHODI-ISOLO They assert that for decades, the ruling party in the state has consistently excluded Ibo candidates from its Federal House of Representatives tickets in Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Amuwo-Odofin, and Oshodi-Isolo, despite Ibos being a major voting bloc and mainly residents in the area. This ongoing exclusion conveys a negative message, suggesting that Ibo loyalty and contributions are disregarded, and many now see it as deliberate neglect or even hostility from party leaders. They argue that such political sidelining undermines national unity, fosters voter apathy, and creates unhealthy suspicion within Lagos and Nigeria. They humbly appeal to the APC National Working Committee, the APC Lagos State Chapter, and the Governor’s Advisory Council to, in the interest of justice, fairness, and national cohesion, allocate the 2027 House of Representatives seats for these constituencies to credible Ibo candidates. Doing so would dispel ethnicity-based doubts, affirm APC’s national character, and strengthen Ndigbo’s trust and commitment to the party and government. This is not a plea for tokenism but a call for fairness. Many qualified Ibo APC members in these areas are capable of winning elections and representing all residents inclusively,” the statement dated April 23, 2026, states." MY COMMENTS: Enikuure eyin Asiwèrè won yi. You want to have THREE (3) OUT OF TEN (10) HoR Seats for Lagos. Only IBOS? What about the Urhobos, Isokos, Edos, Hausas, Ijaws, Ibibios, Idomas, Fulanis and the many other Non-Yoruba people living in Lagos? We should give them one slot each and Yoruba be zero or those people don't matter. It is all about IBO. ÀRÁ ma san pa yin ni. Very stupid!!!! 1. Can the Ibo APC members in Kano tell us to whom they submitted the same letter and request in Kano State? At least the Ibos have a huge population in Sabon Gari for example,. can't they demand tickets for COUNCILLORSHIP at least? 2 Can the Ibo APC members in Edo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Benue and even Rivers States tell us to whom they submitted the same letter and request in those States? In Delta State for example an Ibo man from Awka Anambra State who lives in Asaba and has an APC membership card should be able to contest from House of Assembly Asaba is Ibo just as Awka is also Ibo. 3. Can the Imo APC show us evidence of ONE IBO from Uwani in Enugu who has been given ticket to contest anything in Imo state? 4. Can the Ibos explain to is why this One Nigeria DIVERSITY AND INCLUCIVITY must be practicable only in Lagos and Yoruba land. This is a very important question. It will do you like Kanayo O Kanayo atrocious home videos by the time the whole thing is set Nonsense!!!!. #YorubaRonu #ThinkYorubaFirst #WeHaveMissedRoad © Adedamola Adetayo 15 May 2026

@d_Advocate1 Absolutely captured!

If one actually thinks about it, it’s the absolute truth. The thing is, Peter Obi’s supporters are so used to the pedestrian trivialities their candidate bombards them with that they think political discussions start and end there. They have never truly heard him properly discuss, analyse, or evaluate critical economic issues and policies. Whenever he is asked a serious question that warrants an intelligent answer or requires depth, he almost always derails it into a comedy show. A good example was the question Mr. Kay asked him about how many disabled people he would appoint as ministers. How does a presidential aspirant think anyone is interested in him reeling out useless statistics from other countries without attempting any comparative analysis of the data? We already know some of the existential problems we are facing. We do not need you to merely regurgitate them; we want you to proffer solutions. So, I will not blame his supporters too much. They simply do not know better than the person leading them.

@LegendaryJoe For the 1st time, I'm going to agree with him to some extent: it takes some form of mental disability to reckon that fellow a competition for @officialABAT in any elections, let alone a Presidential election. So, to that extent I agree that some, NOT ALL, Nigerians are disabled!

ARE YOU DISABLED? Q: How many disabled people will you have in your cabinet? A: We are all disabled in Nigeria today. The interviewer was probing inclusion - specifically, how the physically challenged would find a seat at the table in his cabinet. A direct question deserving and demanding a direct answer. Anyone with a functioning brain: "Well, my government will accommodate all Nigerians, including those living with physical impediments. I will base my recruitment strategy on competence and it won't matter if you are visually impaired, speech impaired, hearing impaired, or even an obidient, everyone with something to contribute has a chance in my cabinet." Simple. Clean. Presidential. But No! Instead Abacha's mentee went on the mundane route as usual. "We are all disabled..." God Abeg o! We bless God he is not the one in Kigali right now to address the international community. How would Gadus have tackled the taxation question? The mind shudders. 😆 Good Morning Severally...

@officialABAT @EstherOnal25963 It's an excellent outing and we're so proud of You, Mr President!! Kudos!!

Speaking at the Africa CEO Forum Presidential Panel yesterday evening in Kigali, I re-emphasised that Africa must put Africa first whilst creating opportunities for intra-Africa collaboration between our countries. Our continent cannot build scale by looking outward first. We must invest in one another, trade more with one another, build the corridors that connect our markets, ensure our innovative youthful population get the support they need, and give African businesses the confidence to expand across African borders. Nigeria’s reforms are not only about fixing yesterday. They are about preparing our economy to lead in the Africa of tomorrow. With AfCFTA, digital trade, shared infrastructure, stronger logistics, commodities exchange, and deeper private sector partnerships, we can turn Africa’s population and resources into real continental prosperity. The global risk and financial architecture must also give Africa a fair deal that recognises our local nuances and contexts. I thank my brother, President Paul Kagame, for his warm hospitality and for Rwanda’s continued leadership in showing what discipline, clarity and execution can do for development. Nigeria will continue to work with Rwanda and other African partners to build a continent that produces more, trades more, connects better, and competes with greater confidence in the world. Africa’s future will not be handed to us. We must build it, own it, and defend it together. ~ Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR

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What did I just hear? 🤦😂 Fast forward to about the 50-second mark of this video. Mr Kay:How many disabled would you have as Ministers? Peter Obi: Everybody is disabled, what they are doing now we don't even know (lost in thought) in fact, All of us in Nigeria are disabled. The host simply asked him about inclusivity and whether his cabinet would reflect that. Why does he always manage to give the wrong answer to every question? Again, I am still searching for a genuinely intelligent and coherent answer this man has ever given to a question. This cannot be the brain you people want to put in the Presidency.

@OyinAtiBode Today's for Yoruba Hygiene Lesson🤣🤣

🚨🚨 IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!! TAKE A SHOWER AT LEAST ONCE DAILY. ALSO, ALWAYS WASH YOUR ASS WITH WATER AFTER POOP. WIPE WITH THE PAPER FIRST IF YOU HAVE IT AND THEN RINSE YOUR ASS WITH WATER. IF YOU EAT WITH THE RIGHT HAND, USE YOUR LEFT WHEN YOU WASH YOUR ASS & VICE VERSA.

@PastorMarvy Absolutely no hope, my brother!

Politics aside, If you listened to this and somehow think he is dull, then there’s absolutely no hope for your offsprings.

@nifemioguntoye I'm quite impressed with this Journalist for upholding the ethics of the profession. This is a breath of fresh air!

I asked former Governor Gbenga Daniel what he would say to Gov. Dapo Abiodun if he’s watching tonight… #OgunEast2027 #BeyondTheHeadlines

@OoniAdimulaIfe @shukushaker_ We rejoice with You, Kabiyesi! A huge Congratulations to Us ALL in Oduduwa Land, far and near!

To God be all the glory and adoration for His wondrous works and abundant blessings once again! Warmest congratulations to the entire House of Oduduwa and to Olori Mariam Ajibola on the joyous arrival of a prince and a prince to the royal throne of Oduduwa today.

@adeoluorisa This is d type of leadership that Pa Awo left behind for Yoruba People. C D current crop of leaders esp at d state& d LGA levels now see themselves as 'Nigeria leaders', not Yoruba leaders. They're deliberately disempowering our People esp d youths. Their time will be up soonest!

This is a true governor speaking. You see how he clearly stated how he is exclusively empowering the “Ibomites”. He training them in lucrative, lifetime profession. You see his plan to produce more indegenous pilots among other opportunities for the Ibom people… No excuse; he is not concerned about Nigeria. He is concerned about his state, his indigenous people that put him in power. As he should. remember the last time he threatened to sanction, even close down any company in the state that failed to prioritize indigenes? According to him, non-qualified indigenes must be trained in respective and required skills. No excuse for excluding the indigenes. The quality of true leaders is in lifting up their peple, not in ignoring them. Not in prioritising others over them.