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@derekchichi
Writer ✍🏼, tech, public policy, humanity advocate. Unafraid to take the unpopular position with a caveat of equity. Obidient 😉. Proudly 🇺🇸 🇳🇬
Baltimore, MD Katılım Haziran 2009
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@jacksonpbn According to Fabrizio Romano; Release clause met, all documents signed. Here we go.

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PRESIDENT TINUBU’S UK ROYAL VISIT AND THE GAINS FOR NIGERIA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s historic royal visit to the United Kingdom where he is being hosted by King Charles of England and later in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of England, Sir Kier Stammer, is a major score point for his administration.
This visit, the first of its kind in over 30yrs, shows that despite the criticism by some, President Tinubu’s government has warmly found itself gaining supports from the international community in a manner that opens up Nigeria for huge economic development. No matter where you belong, this visit has placed Nigeria and Nigerians in an advantageous position, where we stand to gain in all areas if all departments of Government tap into this door opening historic visit to market the country and further build sustainable bilateral cooperation.



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@afcstuff We don't want that betrayal, I don't Want to see him and Robin Van persie near our stadium
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@HandofArsenal Eze, Hincapie and Gyokeres were what we missed in previous seasons.
So happy that we brought them into the fodder!
Mentality monsters!
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@jamisonhensley Why. Is. Faalele. Not. Signed. By. The. Giants?!!
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@PoojaMedia Moral of the story: Never depend on an incompetent rival for anything, including their own self-preservation. Never!
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Chelsea fans that were saying they will rather lose to Man City so that Arsenal won't win the league are in the middle of red sea now 🤣
Do you want to lose to Man City now & be like Man Utd with no UCL & play once in 2 weeks?
If you defeat Man City, you are doing yourself a favour not Arsenal.
I love this game ❤️
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@PoojaMedia The moment you realise the "enemy of your enemy" is not your friend😂
They will learn the hard way

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@PoojaMedia @Newdawn234 Do you know why is more crazy about this?
No Chelsea fan said this.
I love this app 😂😂😂
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@Aremofarms @yinkanubi Contrarian, he specifically mentioned MANCHESTER CITY and LIVERPOOL but you had to pivot to Chelsea and Manchester United for some weird reason.
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Personally, I think It’s really not that deep sha… they’re called rival clubs for a reason. Yh, the criticism might’ve been a bit extra, but if the roles were reversed and it was man united or Chelsea in a title race, our fans would probably do the same.
Back in the day the rivalry was arsenal vs Man U, then Chelsea joined the mix after Abramovich took over. Fans of these 3 clubs would rather see another team win the league than one of the 3 to lift it😂
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When Man City won the league for the first time after over 40 years, we all supported and celebrated with them. Same for Liverpool. We wish them well because it was good for the league.
But when it comes to Arsenal, rival fanbase + pundits, combine to push agendas and narratives to destabilise the players and discredit their achievements.
How shameful and hypocritical. Trust me, if Arsenal had received the respect, and support of rivals and pundits through this process, it would have been reciprocated by Arsenal fans. But it's okay. We will succeed regardless and we will not let your betrayal slide.
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@angrycarrick @vectah02 @FabrizioRomano City lost. That's by the way; but the real question is, how are United fans now supporting City??? Stockholm syndrome is a real thing. Yuck!
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@vectah02 @FabrizioRomano City winning tonight including their outstanding match
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@RealmRavens And they signed John freakin' Simpson. What a disaster of an Off-Season!!!
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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Jordan Schultz@Schultz_Report
BREAKING: Raiders announced Ravens have “backed out” of Maxx Crosby trade 🤯🤯🤯
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@CordellWoodland This is going to be the worst off-season in the history of the Ravens. John Harbaugh ruined this franchise and EDC continues to self-destruct.
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@Morris_Monye The bigger issue (that nobody seems to see) is that these idiots are making God appear corrupt like themselves!!! These pastorpreneurs are disgusting vermin.
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Which primaries is he talking about?
Amaechi won the Primaries fair and square. There was no call from anyone asking that they “give it to him”
Infact Obasanjo asked PDP to take away the ticket from Amaechi and give it to Sir. Celestine Omehia due to Amaechi’s “corruption”
The Supreme Court had to overturn such illegality after the general election which Celestine Omehia won and Amaechi was sworn in as Governor.
We were all alive to witness it.
ÓMÒÉLÉRÍNJÁRÉ@omoelerinjare
" Rotimi Amaechi was not supposed to be a governor. Go and ask him, he came to me and said papa, I know you do it, I spoke to God, he became governor"
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@omoelerinjare @IykeNwaObi @nkwukagram @lekki8721 @lekside34 @Wazobianaiaja @everydaylife_ng @iamossy_ @officialbat419 @OmegaXDreams @Doyinabiolaa I keep telling all of you that these pastorpreneurs don't believe in God The Father and Jesus His Son but you continue to argue. Keep on fooling around, na una go suffer am.
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@SegunShowunmi @mehdirhasan I'm not reading this entire load of nonsense and corruption shrouded in mediocre oratory. All of una na the same. Heartless men.
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Hostility Is Not Journalism. Mehdi Hassan Take Note.
There is a clear difference between tough journalism and outright hostility. One serves the public interest. The other serves the ego of the interviewer. Unfortunately, the recent exchange between @mehdirhasan and presidential spokesperson @BwalaDaniel fell squarely into the latter category.
What viewers witnessed was not a serious interview. It was an attempted public ambush.
From the outset, the tone was aggressively confrontational. Questions were framed less as inquiries into governance and more as prosecutorial traps. Responses were repeatedly interrupted before they could develop. Clarifications were brushed aside. The atmosphere was unmistakable: this was not a conversation designed to inform viewers but a spectacle designed to embarrass the guest.
Serious journalism does not operate this way.
The craft of interviewing demands discipline. It requires the ability to ask difficult questions while still allowing the guest to articulate answers. It requires intellectual confidence strong enough to permit disagreement without descending into open hostility. Above all, it requires a commitment to substance over theatrics.
That commitment was glaringly absent.
Nigeria is currently grappling with a range of serious national challenges economic restructuring, security threats, governance reforms, and the complex work of stabilizing a large and dynamic democracy. A responsible interviewer would have used the opportunity to interrogate the administration’s policies on these matters: What strategies are being deployed? What reforms are underway? What outcomes should citizens expect?
Instead, viewers were treated to an exercise in selective outrage and repetitive interruption.
Even more troubling was the insinuation that political realignment is somehow illegitimate. Democratic politics is built on shifting alliances. Individuals and movements evolve. Former opponents become partners when national circumstances demand cooperation. This is neither shocking nor dishonorable; it is one of the defining characteristics of democratic political life.
History provides countless examples. Leaders across the world have entered alliances with former adversaries when the demands of governance required it. To pretend otherwise is either intellectual dishonesty or a deliberate attempt to create sensationalism where none exists.
But the deeper problem in the interview was tone.
A journalist who openly ridicules or repeatedly attempts to humiliate a guest crosses an important professional boundary. The role of the interviewer is to hold power accountable not to behave like a courtroom prosecutor seeking a viral “gotcha” moment. When the pursuit of humiliation replaces the pursuit of insight, journalism loses its credibility.
Audiences deserve better than that.
They deserve interviews that illuminate policy, probe governance, and help citizens understand how leaders intend to confront the pressing challenges of the day. What they do not need is a theatrical performance in which hostility is mistaken for intellectual rigor.
Respectful engagement does not weaken journalism; it strengthens it. Firm questioning does not require contempt. Professionalism does not require aggression.
If global media wishes to retain its claim to moral authority as a watchdog of democracy, it must remember a basic principle: the goal of journalism is to inform the public, not to stage spectacles at the expense of civility and substance.
The interview in question did neither. It was not a demonstration of fearless journalism. It was a demonstration of how easily the craft can slide into something far less admirable when provocation becomes the objective and professionalism is abandoned.
Otunba Segun Showunmi
The Alternative

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@BwalaDaniel When the kids ask me what the word "shameless" means I'll point to Daniel Bwala. My heart sha goes out to his family.
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PRESS STATEMENT
In the last 24 hours, social media has exploded over my interview with Mehdi Hassan, albeit with varied opinions. Let me set the record straight.
When I signed on to the privileged job granted to me by Mr. President, I was well aware of its implications. Selling ice cream, looking fine, and seeking the praises of men were never part of it. Some of the fiercest critics of my interview can not even stand local TV anchors. But the task of promoting and defending the President and his administration is what I do with ease and joy. I am prepared to appear before any interviewer, anywhere in the world, any day and at any time, to defend this government and its policies.
I have never, and will never, subscribe to ducking or dodging interviews on matters that concern promoting and defending the administration I was appointed to serve. It is the least of what is required of me.
Head to Head contacted me requesting an interview, stating that they wanted to challenge our government on security, the economy, and corruption. Nowhere in our almost six months of communication did they mention that they were going to challenge my past. If that had been their plan, ethically and professionally, they were supposed to inform me so I could prepare my response. But that’s okay, ethically, that is on them, not on me.
I refused to swallow the pill of Mehdi’s “opposition research-style journalism,” and even today, if you carefully compare what he read as quotes from organisations and groups, you will see that many were inaccurate and some were outright fake news. But I will leave that for another day.
As for what I said about President Tinubu in the past, I am glad those were things I said when I was in the opposition saddle with such zeal. It is all politics. Half of Donald Trump’s cabinet is made up of people who once spoke against him, and quite a number of people in our own cabinet also spoke against President Tinubu in the past. Those things do not bother him if you care to know.
The majority of the naysayers are members of the opposition and their sympathisers. It does not bother me one bit. Their temporary excitement over the interview has not lasted and will not last, because it does not take away their obvious problem of lack of vision, mission in conducting and managing a political party; yet they seek to manage Nigeria. Clearly they have no path to victory and no alternative policies or program for the Nigerian people. And if they say they do, they can as well go to head to head and be interrogated on that; as the saying in Hausa goes “Ga fili Ga doki”
I conclude by thanking the many Nigerians and non-Nigerians who sent in their commendations over my brave defence of our government in an interview where the anchor would hardly let you answer a question unless it suited his narrative.
I still have admiration and respect for Mehdi Hassan as arguably the best debater on the planet. I look forward to part two of the Head to Head interview, and I am glad that by then questions about my past will no longer be news so that we can focus on our administration’s policies, programs and what we have achieved so far.
Stay tuned.
– D.H Bwala
Special Adviser to President on Media and Policy Communication
(State House)
Saturday March 7, 2026

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@OurFavOnlineDoc This could end Bwala's tenure in this Administration. He just insulted Trump; the same Trump Tinubu has been groveling and crying for his affection. If Trump sees this Tinubu will use Bwala for a burnt offering.
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