@sanjsokutepa There's a sort of insider-trading in the interpretation of laws by our courts. It is collusion to cheat the larger system by the judiciary, and ironically suicidal to the later. Time will tell.
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onyebuchi okoroafor
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onyebuchi okoroafor
@onyebuchiokoroa
Agricultural Economist || Student-of-life/Teacher || Beware of the voice you hear! Your faith rests on the sounds.
Nigeria Katılım Temmuz 2013
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Nigerian politicians, in most cases, have no regard for law and the constitution in the art of governance. Governments are run on pure selfish interests. They run government as if it is their private enterprises. They use our resources anyhow and expect us to keep quiet. When you look at the way and manner the government is being run in Nigeria, you can see that the people are not at the centre of governance. The people's cry does not reach the ears of the rulers.
There is this politics of planting your own in strategy positions to make returns. Politics of nepotism. The future growth and development of Nigeria seem not to be the agenda of governance. All that matters to those who have forced themselves on us is the congregation of conspiracy to loot and loot to show raw naked powers of wickedness against the people. So, the resources of Nigeria are not being deployed to help Nigerians. It is turned by turn investments of Nigerian resources in personal developments and aggrandisement of those who have access to power either by legitimate or illegitimate means.
The challenge I have with us in Nigeria is that we always justify wrong things on the ground that the government before, did the same wrong thing. If the past governments were nepotic, should the present government tow the same lines. The fact that previous people scattered oppositions does it make it right for the present government to follow the trajectory.
Politics is being played not for the benefits of the people. Nigerians are in agony of expectations. There is nothing to make Nigerians feel that we are heading to the right destination. The people who have congregated in one party now were the very ones that were in the party that ruled and ruined before. Only very few are new. But even the few have the same ideologies with the other from the other parties. Nigerians are daily being treated with comedy of absurdities in governance. What a country.
Nigerian politicians can never take Nigerians to the promised land. Only the legal profession can direct Nigerians' politicians to the promised land. It is doeble. The leadership of the legal profession must search their souls and consciences and now know that the whole country looks unto us for salvation. We as a profession have overaccommodated and tolerated a lot of rubbish, and the political actors have capitalised on our tolerant accommodation to perpetuate more evils even to the disadvantages of the legal profession.
The Nigerian Bar Association, must take leadership by doing what is right. It must be proactive against the whimsical exercise of power against the rights and liberties of Nigerian. That is how it should be. The next step is for NBA to mobilise its members and collaborate with the leadership of the judiciary that Nigerian democracy is in danger and that the legal profession must adopt proactive stand to save Nigeria from despotic and tyrannical systems of administration that lacked good governance and accountability. We cannot continue to endure democratic rascality in the name of governance.
The legal profession must hold itself and Nigerian politicians accountable. Any political adjudications that fail to hold the citizens and Nigerian politicians accountable to law and the constitution is a machavielian adjudication that does no good to anyone. Nigeria is gradually drifting to a destination that appears calamitous in outlooks. The legal profession needs to be born again to take charge.
It must stop promoting and approving conduct that is clearly in breach of the constitution. To this end, I suggest an urgent convocation of the meeting of the leadership of the legal profession and for us to have a road maps of justice. Nigerians expect nothing less from us. Unless urgent things are done to save us from the calamity facing us, we may be heading to a journey that is difficult to return to sanity of reasonable governance. That is my honest view.
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@DrJoeAbah And same reason you don't lie to the trio
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Should I try and explain? Do you promise to receive my explanation with civility even if you don’t agree with it? Ok here goes:
There are only three learned professions: Law, Medicine and Theology. That is why when a lawyer is cross-examining a doctor or clergy from traditional churches, they do so with a measure of respect.
The learned title means that the person is not just educated, they have acquired professional training and been examined in terms of knowledge AND character and found to be worthy.
By that training, a learned person learns about the whole human being. That is why you can present certain symptoms to a doctor and he may ask you about work stress, diet, the home front, etc.
A priest will do the same and will ask about your marriage, your children, your work, etc. he will additionally worry about the destination of your soul after you die.
Similarly, a lawyer understands human nature and the duality between his ability to do good but also to do shocking evil and is confronting and navigating that in his work daily. He will worry about protecting your life and property both when you are alive and when you are dead.
In each of the three professions, the person trusts you with their life, liberty or soul. Also, a learned person can be struck off if they misbehave.
So, you see? Lawyers, doctors and traditional clergy are, by their training, more than just educated. That is what is different. ✌🏽
Peter solomon@Iam_SO2SO
@DrJoeAbah @egi_nupe Lawyers be using "learned colleague" as if the rest of us are daft 🙄
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On the 12th of February 2026, it was reported that Kogi State government under Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo awarded a contract for the construction of International Airport in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Adavi Local Government is in Kogi Central of Kogi State. It shares boundary with Okene Local Government, the Local Government of the Governor.
This project, to be undertaken by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo was awarded according to news, to CCECC and Gamji Nigeria Limited, and it covers 4,000 hectares with completion expected within two years. But one is tempted to ask, does Kogi State needs an airport, not to even talk of an international airport. I do not think so. Who and who travels by air from Kogi State. Only very few.
The land being earmarked for this wasteful internatiinal airport and the 50billion Naira can be put into useful agricultural ventures that can give meaningful employment to many of our youths and able bodied men and women in Kogi State. As at today Kogi State is the least developed state. Kogi State does not need an airport. It needs good roads, health care facilities, secured environment free from bandits and thugs.
There are no industries in Kogi state. There are no infrustructural facilities in Kogi State. Even the state capital is begging for infrustructural attention and development of tourist sites thereat to no avail. The potential tourists sites are non-functional. What does Kogi state have to build international airport. What are the international travelers coming to do in Kogi state. There are no motor-able roads in Kogi state. Power supply is near zero.
I appeal to the Governor of Kogi state to please in the name of God bury this ideas of construction of International Airport. I suggest to him that this 50billion Naira can be effectively invested in massive agricultural projects across the 21 local governments in the state with massive farm settlements that can give employment opportunities to the people of the state.
I beg the governor in the name of God to invest this money in health care facilities across the 21 local governments in Kogi State. The general hospitals across the 9 local governments in Kogi East in particular are just existing in name. There are no functioning hospitals in the 9 local governments in Kogi East which as at the time I checked are still parts of Kogi state. The existing hospitals are just mere consulting clinics with no good facilities to caretaker for the health care needs of the people.
The roads in the state are impassable. Even the Kogi Transport Company is dead. What does the state have to build an International Airport. For who and for whom. This idea of an international airport is not borne out of love for the people of the state. No it is not. It is one of those fanciful elephant project to be used to drain the resources of the state for personal unexplained wealth of the few in power.
I appeal to the governor of Kogi State to have a rethink on this international airport projected. It is not viable. It is not needed. It is unnecessary and unreasonable. It is a gross waste and a misplaced priority. It is a drained pipe to siphon the resources of the state for personal use of poltical godfathers to the prejudices and detriment of the people. International Airport is the least of the competing needs of the people of Kogi state as at now.
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@Naija_farmers Such patients are luckier than the ones these sort of doctors will damage some other organs in a bid to remove an appendix that has no appendicitis.
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“I worked in Nigeria, and I am 100% certain of this: some doctors back in Africa engage in unethical practices.
They tell patients they have undergone an appendectomy (a surgical procedure to remove the appendix) and even take them into the operating theatre, but in reality, no actual surgery is performed.
These patients never had appendicitis, it’s simply a way for the doctors to make quick money.
However, when such patients later move to Canada, the United States, or Europe and undergo a genuine appendectomy, medical examinations reveal that they already have surgical scars, even though no real surgery was previously done.”
— Canada-based Nigerian doctor Zo alleges that some doctors in Africa carry out fake appendix operations to make money.
~Gistlover
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Those in power in Nigeria always feel that Nigerians are fools. Else, how do you explain the explanations by those in power, particularly in the executive and the legislature, that the current hardship in Nigeria was not caused by the current administration.
They should go and tell these stories to the marine. Show me who amongst the leadership in power now who was not part of the past government in Nigeria. Almost all of them were directly or indirectly involved in the past government and are still in the current government. Most, if not all, in positions today were part and parcel of the past administrations.
Almost all the people in power now have been part and parcel of the political parties that have ruled and ruined Nigeria since 1999. The rots we see in the systems in the three arms of government are the fruits of the roles played by politicians that have fixed themselves in positions of authority since 1999.
The current leadership in power was produced by APC. APC seized power from PDP in 2015. Those in PDP that metamorphosed into APC and preaching change or renewed hope were part of PDP that ruined and ruled Nigeria from 1999. Some of these people were governors and legislators in the past governments in Nigeria. What did they do. Nothing. Rather, we have witnessed a steady decline in the living standards of Nigerians.
Social amenities are near non-existent. Security of lives and properties are not guaranteed. The liberties of Nigerians from freedom from fear are in jeopardy on a daily basis. The rate of corruption and corrupt ways of doing things remain the archaic ways of doing things.
Justice has become too difficult to have in judgements in our courts. Principles that promote political rascality have been propounded that it is easier for the camel to go through the eyes of the needle in Nigerians. Collectively, it is difficult to convince any reasonable person that the current hardships in Nigeria were not caused by the current government. Those in the current government had greater influences in the past governments.
So, the stories that the current hardships were not caused by the current government can not be true. There are immediate and remote causes of the current hardships in Nigeria. Any political parties or politicians that have been at the corridors of powers since 1999, either in the executive or the legislative arms of government, can not exonerate himself or herself from the current hardships being faced by Nigerians.
The solution to current hardships is simple. Let those who have stolen our commonwealth be made to refund it and let these resources be used for the good of all. Nigerians want peace and security and not compromised security systems rooted in profitable self-serving and selfish commercial ventures.
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...and the keepers of our treasury aroused by the greed to covet the State's businesses that they have always lacked the moral fibre to regulate swung into action. We can see the relics.
David Hundeyin@DavidHundeyin
"Government has no business in business" is one of the greatest and most egregious lies ever sold. The entire purpose of that propaganda campaign was to ensure that the Global South never leverages state capital to build economic structures that would rival or exceed colonisers. Basically a bunch of rich white cannibals who were actively ripping flesh off you convinced you that you must tie one hand behind your back while trying to defend yourself, and that using both hands is "statism" or "communism." Then they sent that Acemoglu motherfucker to write that generational toilet paper called "Why Nations Fail," and we all swallowed the bullshit hopelessly. Meanwhile they were doing THE EXACT OPPOSITE of everything they recommended. EVERY MAJOR BUSINESS in the US is state-affiliated. The banks, the retailers, the tech companies, the "venture capitalists," the weapons manufacturers, the farmers and food processors, the construction companies - ALL OF THEM ARE STATE BACKED.
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That Nigerian desperation to laugh when nothing is funny is what will finally kill you people.
Delusional escapists trying to use laughter the way a drug addict uses cocaine.
Don't take anything seriously. Just keep on laughing until the day you laugh no more.
Weirdos.
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@ShehuSani These houses on a large scale lack basic amenities, and the farms barely feed the owners. Senator, Sir, these attributes in all indices define poverty.
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In Africa,you can have a house and a farm and be called poor.In the Western world,people who live on Rents,loans and credits are called the middle class.
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Public Memo To: The Senate, Senators, and the Nigerian Political Class
Know When to Stop Playing with Fire
For the Senate to now deliberately preserve the same ambiguity, after witnessing its consequences, is an act of grave irresponsibility. When lawmakers reject clear, enforceable safeguards and instead cling to ambiguity, they are not protecting institutions- they are protecting a predetermined outcome.
Adding salt to injury, the Senate’s statement that “we did not reject electronic transmission” while refusing to make it mandatory is political sleight of hand. Electronic transmission that is optional,
discretionary, and unenforceable is no safeguard at all against the systemic electoral fraud that has plagued our country with a long history of electoral manipulation and weak institutional trust.
The Senate knows that “discretion” does not reassure citizens. That is why Nigerians see this Senate vote against a legal mandate for electronic transmission of results for what it is- a willful and deliberate refusal to close the door that was abused in 2023. This action sends a clear signal to Nigerians that lessons from 2023 have been ignored, that transparency is negotiable, and that those in power prefer plausible deniability to democratic certainty.
No one is deceived. The Senators must never again insult the intelligence of Nigerians by pretending this is about “INEC’s independence” or “operational flexibility.” Institutional independence does not require opacity, and flexibility should never be a cover for unverifiability. Every serious democracy hardwires clarity, transparency, and compulsion into its electoral laws precisely to protect the system from bad actors- especially those in power in the case of Nigeria.
The 2023 elections tested Nigeria’s cohesion. Our country survived not because the system worked well, but because citizens restrained themselves
in the face of deep frustration. If future elections are again disputed under the cover of discretionary loopholes, responsibility will be clear. It will lie with those who saw the danger, understood it fully, and chose to plunge Nigerians into it anyway.
I am certain that by now the Senators have heard the unified stance of Nigerians on electronic transmission of results since the news of their unpopular decision was published yesterday and will therefore avoid plunging the country into crisis.
I am therefore certain that the Nigerian Senate now knows what it must do immediately.
Senators, cancel that emergency two-week break announced today, all return to the Red Chamber of the National Assembly complex, and in a broadcast Plenary Session, unanimously pass into law the exact text of the reform that was proposed to the clause on electronic transmission of results.
For avoidance of any confusion, here is the exact text of the key proposed provision from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill:
“The presiding officer shall electronically transmit the results from each
polling unit to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in real time, and such transmission shall be
done after the prescribed Form EC8A has been signed and stamped by the presiding officer and,
where available, countersigned by candidates or polling unit agents.”
Simple.
It is not wise to play with fire.
Transparency is always better.
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili
Founder, SPPG- School of Politics, Policy and Governance
February 5, 202
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@SabinaNkiru Electricity banding increases inequality.
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The 25 year old singer Ifunanya (Nanyah) who died as a result of snake bite visited two hospitals in Abuja for treatment but both hospitals did not have anti-venom😭
Anti-venoms are stored in refrigerators. Thus for hospitals to have it, they must have constant electricity.
Tinubu's increase in electricity tariffs, Band A and Band B electricity consumer classification as a solution to Nigeria's electricity woes is a useless policy.
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@thecableindex What's the rationale behind this VAT statistic? Can we further break it down into the businesses making the contribution.
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Without Lagos and Rivers, here is what the geo-political zones contributed to the VAT pool and received in 2025
1. South-west
Contributed: N519.29bn
Received: N503.31bn (96.92%)
2. South-south
Contributed: N459.65bn
Received: N472.16bn (102.72%)
3. North-west
Contributed: N370.92bn
Received: N743.69bn (200.50%)
4. North-central
Contributed: N266.24bn
Received: N528.99bn (198.69%)
5. North-east
Contributed: N201.40bn
Received: N521.38bn (258.89%)
6. South-east
Contributed: N139.75bn
Received: N436.01bn (312.01%)
#TheCableIndex
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@ChidiOdinkalu @FederalHigh @OfficialGYBKogi Thank you for always calling out the rots & the ruins, the putrefying and the pretenders..
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Emeka Nwitte, a judge of @FederalHigh, has granted permission to @OfficialGYBKogi to go on #Umrah, the #LesserHajj.
This is in the middle of a trial in which Yahaya Bello is accused of having pillaged Kogi State as its governor of over N80 billion.
Umrah is supposed to be a ritual of piety. These politicians mock their victims & taunt the Almighty. This judge in this case enables them.
Next time he sits in his court (as he did earlier this month) & pontificates about how he is not the normal judge, pls tell him he is right. This is not normal & he needs to be told in clear terms!!
newdiplomatng.com/how-court-gran…
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@sanjsokutepa "There is no good governance in almost all the states in Nigeria"!
This is catchy, and the truth. It makes us nothing but slaves. We cannot escape this despicable doldrums if the Nigeria judiciary continues on its path of ignominy. The people are already debased by poverty.
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There is no good governance in almost all the states in Nigeria. Nigerians are just at the mercy of the government. Nothing is being done to show that this democracy is government of the people by the people for the people. Rather Nigerian democracy centers around those who have forced themselves on the people and have cornered the commonwealth of the people.
Nigerian politicians and political godfathers and godmothers have captured the institutions meant to serve the people and the interests of the people. Today it appears those who are power can never be wrong. They are almighty and all knowing even when most of them know nothing in the art of governance. We parade despots as democrats in power. Their language and actions do not have respect and regards for the people.
While in real democracy and civilized societies power belongs to the people, in Nigeria power belongs to those who have no regards for the people. That is why as we are approaching 2027, those who forced themselves on us and have nothing to show are not bothered or worried. The decamping from one party to another are all geared towards one common purpose. To force themselves on Nigerians again. Nigerians may not have a say in 2027 unless we are vigilant and shine our eyes.
All institutions of democracy appear to have been compromised and captured by the state actors. Free fair and credible elections are not in the agenda of Nigerian political parties. The institutions that should act to save democracy appear to have become readily accessible and available to give stamp of legitimacy to otherwise compromised processes of democratic installations. The decisions of courts should correct errors. But where adjudication in electoral disputes is anchored on caricature justice that closes eyes to electoral robberies democracy cannot flourish in such environments. That is our bane.
So as we approach 2027 elections it is time to demand from Nigerian political parties to have internal democracy. It is time to demand issues based campaigns and not slogans and dancing. It is time to demand that the best with good leadership be fielded as candidates. It is time to demand that government sponsored thugs and thuggish approaches to elections are not democratic virtues but democratic vices which must be resisted by all.
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@Naija_farmers @akinwale_cfi @Millishield01 Are the farmers not disproportionately loosing 4rm the activities of these merchants. I think the producers' protection should be of more interest. Let us start discussing value addition. Evidently, the accrual 4rm the sales of raw cocoa bean is just a drop compared to chocolate
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Let me speak from the heart, the cocoa industry needs clarity and care right now, not just tough words.
Our Nigerian cocoa merchants are hurting. Truly hurting.
And this storm didn’t come from witches, bad weather, or our hardworking farmers.
It came from decisions made in the heat of the moment.
Over the past year, many brilliant merchants stepped away from steady, professional commodity trading and began chasing the market like hopeful dreamers, buying cocoa not always with full strategy or fresh data, but with real belief and optimism.
Belief that prices would climb again.
Belief that the tide would turn.
Belief that better days would heal the tough choices of today.
But cocoa isn’t a game of chance.
It’s a proud global commodity shaped by powerful realities: exchange rates, world supply, big funds, futures markets, and decisions made far beyond our shores.
Still, so much cocoa was purchased with borrowed funds, stored with pride in warehouses, and held in anticipation, sometimes without enough real-time market insight, without strong safety nets, or without protection against the swings.
The outcome?
If prices don’t rebound with real strength soon, many, perhaps even most, of our cocoa merchants are facing very serious financial strain.
Some may not yet see the full picture.
And yes, some beautiful businesses may have to step away, not from lack of effort or passion, but because trading drifted too close to speculation.
This moment, though painful, is also a powerful turning point.
The next generation of Nigerian cocoa merchants will rise stronger.
They will trade with wisdom, not just hope.
They will build on knowledge, discipline, and true professionalism.
They will protect what they love, cocoa, family, community, with better tools and clearer eyes.
The future belongs to those who learn from this season and come back sharper, steadier, and more united.
We’ve got this.
The soil is still good. The trees still bear. And the next chapter can be even sweeter.
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@PeterObi Even the paltry 5,000 MW is skewed in favor of few by the electricity banding policy. Why do policies in Nigeria precipitate inequality.
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2026: The Collapse Continues
In January 2025, we witnessed the first grid collapse of that year, which was followed by several other collapses. Now in January, 2026 the national shame has commenced with yesterday's collapse.
It is utterly disappointing that for three consecutive years—from 2023 to 2025—our nation has been ranked as having the least access to electricity globally, with nearly 100 million citizens left without power.
When we compare our situation to other African nations, the disparity is stark. South Africa, with its population of about 64 million, generates and distributes over 40,000 megawatts. Egypt, with about 115 million population, also generates over 40,000 megawatts. Algeria, with around 48 million population, generates and distributes over 50,000 megawatts. Meanwhile, Nigeria, the giant of Africa and its most populous nation with over 240 million people, produces a mere 5,000 megawatts—an absurdly low figure that severely hampers our productivity.
This power crisis is a direct result of continuous leadership failures. The power sector is critical and requires competent and committed leadership to thrive.
As we look towards 2027, Nigeria must prioritise competence and empathy in its leadership. It is time to elect individuals with the capacity and dedication necessary to initiate a significant turnaround for our nation. Anything less is unacceptable.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
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@yabaleftonline Thank you @BTOofficial. You bailed me out of such disservice. I admire your passion for a "graceful" Nigeria. It's a pity that the activities of this Institution keep pushing us to the disgraceful path.
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“You're wasting people's precious time” — Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo rebukes NIS officers during an unscheduled visit to the passport office in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
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I have said this before, and I will keep saying it until you make the right decision.
Flee from bread, noodles, wheat, overnight oats, and soy.
They are not good for you.
There is no such thing as portion control with these foods.
There are other foods you can eat and genuinely enjoy.
There are no two ways about it.
Run away from them.
You will be fine without them.
If you choose not to listen, that’s fine.
Your health. Your choice.
If you’re ready to make better food choices and need guidance, reach out for a personalized meal plan.
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This is the reason why 15 Igbo medical doctors were rejected in UCTH.
Vivian Ifeoma@VivianIfeomaOj
15 Igbo medical doctors were rejected at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. The chief medical doctor said Igbos are now fond of saturating the whole place in Nigeria.
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