House Of Prayer For All Nations Church

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

JUST IN: Mascot Uzor Kalu Rejects APC Zoning of Governorship Ticket to Abia Central Says its Kangaroo, Illegal Our attention has been drawn to a press statement issued by Uche Aguoru, the Abia State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), announcing a purported zoning arrangement by the State Working Committee (SWC), which allegedly cedes the party’s governorship ticket to the Abia Central Senatorial District and discourages intending aspirants from purchasing expression of interest forms. While the authenticity of this claim remains highly questionable, we have deliberately described it as “purported,” given that most members of the Abia APC SWC are currently not in the state and have not convened any formal meeting in the past week. Such an arrangement is not only frivolous but also reckless, unconstitutional, and entirely alien to all known precedents of the party in Abia State. For the record, since the inception of the APC in Abia State, there has never been any zoning arrangement for the party’s governorship ticket. In 2015, Nyerere Chinenye Ayim from Abia South clinched the governorship ticket with the support of all party members, against High Chief Ikechi Emenike, who also contested for the ticket. In 2019, Hon. Martins Azubuike from Abia Central contested the primaries alongside Prince Paul Ikonne from Abia South and Uche Sampson Ogah from Abia North, with the latter emerging as the party’s candidate. In 2023, High Chief Ikechi Emenike from Abia Central clinched the ticket, even though other aspirants, like Uche Ogah, purchased forms and participated in the primaries. We, the Mascot Uzor Kalu Campaign Organisation, unequivocally reject this purported zoning arrangement in its entirety and will not accept it under any circumstances. Let it be made abundantly clear that any surreptitious attempt by self-serving elements within the party to weaponise the SWC in an attempt to frustrate the governorship ambition of our principal, Mascot Uzor Kalu, will be met with hardcore, lawful, and unyielding resistance. We call on all supporters of Mascot Uzor Kalu within the party to remain calm, resolute, and steadfast. Having failed in their desperate attempt to impose a fraudulent consensus, those stoking crisis and fanning the embers of division have now resorted to another divisive and ill-conceived scheme, one that is already dead on arrival. The APC in Abia must not be reduced to a playground for undemocratic impositions. The will of the people, expressed through a free, fair, and credible primary process, must prevail. Signed: Media Team Mascot Uzor Kalu Campaign Organisation

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth puts his faith on display during a tense exchange about religious beliefs and his leadership of the military. The confrontation erupted after Dem Senator Jack Reed suggested Hegseth’s behavior showed an "intense interest in Christianity" and "nationalism," questioning his ability to remain neutral toward other religions within the department. "I don't know what you're insinuating, Senator, but I am not ashamed of my faith in Jesus Christ. And if you want to shame me for it, go ahead... I've heard the likes of things that people like you suggest, to try to smear my character, and I won't give in to it." Imagine if he were those Nigerian Christians, who would even frustrate Christianity just because they want to play neutral.