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May 18
The most dangerous person to any system of power is not the activist.
It's the educated person who finally understands how the system works.
That's why education was designed to inform you, not illuminate you.
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Jun 6
Attended a burial today.
A representative of the Nigeria Union of Teachers stood up to speak on behalf of his colleagues.
He could not put together correct sentences or tenses throughout his entire speech.
This is not about disrespecting a grieving moment, but to ask, if those who are meant to model language and learning for our children cannot demonstrate basic command of the English they teach, what exactly is being transferred in our classrooms?
The quality of a nation's education lives or dies in the quality of its teachers. And no nation can rise above the quality of its education.
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Jun 6
This is the kind of leadership Nigeria needs, going beyond rhetoric to actually study what works. Health insurance coverage at the ward level is transformative; it's where healthcare either reaches people or doesn't.
A healthier Nigeria is however not just a slogan, it's a fiscal and moral imperative
Building a Healthier Nigeria Through Stronger Healthcare Systems
As part of our desire and commitment to building a healthier Nigeria, I met with some healthcare professionals and experts in the United States on Friday, June 5, 2026. The meeting was essentially to deepen my understanding of how successful health insurance systems deliver improved healthcare, especially in the areas of primary and emergency care.
One of our key health objectives remains unchanged: to expand health insurance coverage, strengthen primary healthcare across our electoral wards, train more healthcare workers, and make quality healthcare accessible and affordable for all Nigerians.
A New Nigeria must be a healthier Nigeria.
A New Nigeria is possible. -PO
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Jun 5
Tinubu with his reactive governance.
1000 forest guards for Oyo while Plateau, Zamfara, Borno and Katsina are equally on fire raises an obvious question.
Is this a security policy or a political gesture?
Because a genuine security architecture doesn't respond to whichever state makes the loudest headline that week.
It anticipates and deploys systematically.
What Nigeria has instead is a president who governs by reaction, removing subsidies without cushioning, floating the naira without preparation, deploying guards without a framework.
The pattern is consistent.
Bold announcements. Absent implementation. Leaving ordinary Nigerians to bear the consequences.
Insecurity is not a forest problem.
It is a governance problem that has been fed for decades by unemployment, inequality and the failure to make any Nigerian feel like the state is genuinely on their side.
You cannot guard your way out of that.
You can only govern your way out.
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A friend was telling me yesterday how her father’s farm in Ogbomoso is a stone throw from the kidnapping site that it’s been abandoned territory long time due to this insecurity. her father settled in Jos and never looked back. An entire community under siege of bandits and kidnappers.
That’s how bad security under Bola Tinubu has become, in Yorubaland.
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May 30
Thank you PSG for saving the day 😄😄😄
May 30
Nothing wey Arsenal fans never do for this Uyo😒
Uwo!
God abeg, save the world from this impending chaos.
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May 30
If H.E Atiku and his supporters were hoping to draw inspiration from Arsenal finally winning the Champions League and use it to motivate themselves for 2027, they better find another analogy.
Some waits do not end in victory.
They just end.
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May 30
Nothing wey Arsenal fans never do for this Uyo😒
Uwo!
God abeg, save the world from this impending chaos.
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May 29
Can INEC decide when political parties hold their primaries? Yes. Can it shorten timelines already guaranteed by law? Definitely not.
A Federal High Court has drawn a line between INEC’s powers and its limits ahead of the 2027 elections, delivering a ruling that could shape how parties select candidates in the months ahead.
What exactly did the court say, and why does it matter for 2027?
Read this story and more on this week’s issue of #TheBallot👇
bit.ly/49wGAMV
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May 29
Another long epistle describing a Nigeria that exists in press releases and investment summits.
Not in Oyo where teachers were kidnapped.
Not in Borno where children are still not home.
Not in the markets where a bag of rice has become a luxury.
A government that spent three years making life harder for ordinary Nigerians cannot celebrate itself into legitimacy.
Results are not measured in speeches.
They are measured in the daily reality of the people being governed.
May 29
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU (GCFR) ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, MAY 29, 2026
My fellow compatriots,
Three years ago, you entrusted me with the sacred responsibility of leading our beloved nation at a defining moment in our history. I accepted that responsibility, fully aware of the magnitude of the challenges before us, but also deeply confident in the resilience and potential of the Nigerian people.
Today, on the occasion of the third anniversary of our administration, I speak to you not only as your President but also as a fellow citizen who understands the sacrifices many families have made in recent years and shares your hopes for a better Nigeria.
When this administration assumed office, our nation faced profound economic and structural difficulties. Mounting fiscal pressures, unsustainable fuel subsidies, declining revenues, exchange-rate distortions, rising debt-servicing costs, insecurity in several parts of the country, energy supply constraints, and declining public confidence in institutions all threatened our progress.
At the height of the subsidy regime, Nigeria was spending as much as ₦18.4 billion daily to sustain petrol subsidies—over ₦4 trillion in 2022 alone—resources that could have been invested in roads, healthcare, education, housing, and critical infrastructure. Multiple exchange rate windows and forex arbitrage created massive distortions, with Nigeria losing more than ₦8 trillion over three years to rent-seeking and speculative practices.
The situation demanded urgent and courageous action. Difficult but necessary decisions had to be taken to stabilise the economy and prevent a deeper national crisis. The easy choices would have been politically convenient. But leadership demands courage, especially when the right decisions are difficult.
Had we refused to act, our nation would have drifted toward fiscal breakdown, worsening poverty, and severe economic uncertainty. Together, we chose reform over ruin and decisiveness over hesitation. We chose long-term national recovery over short-term comfort.
These decisions came with sacrifice. The rising cost of living triggered by our measures placed enormous pressure on families, workers, and businesses. Young people searching for jobs felt discouraged. Many questioned whether these difficult decisions would lead to a better future.
I remain deeply conscious of those sacrifices, and I assure you: your sacrifice has not been in vain. And today, I can say with confidence that Nigeria has stabilised and is moving forward again. Across the country, visible progress is taking shape.
VISIBLE PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Our economy is now more competitive and better positioned for sustainable growth than it was in 2023. Public finances are improving. States and local governments have greater resources to invest in their people. Investor confidence is growing. The stock market is booming, with the All Share Index rising from 53,000 and market capitalisation of N30 trillion in 2023 to a record All Share Index of 250,000 and market capitalisation of N160 trillion this year. Companies are declaring record profits and dividends.
Critical infrastructure projects are advancing at an unprecedented scale. Over 2,700 kilometres of highways and major roads are under construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, including the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, the East-West Road, and many rural access roads. Significant sections are already completed or nearing completion, improving transportation, reducing travel time, boosting regional trade, and creating thousands of jobs.
Rail modernisation projects are ongoing to improve connectivity, logistics, and economic integration across the federation.
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May 29
He's brutally honest, and mostly correct.
Anyone doing business in Nigeria who pretends politics doesn't affect their balance sheet is either lying or not paying attention.
His logic for supporting Tinubu is transactional and he's not hiding it. Compared to those who support the same government while pretending it's about patriotism.
But here's where his argument has a hole: if every business elite calculates survival over conscience, who then creates the pressure that forces governments to perform?
When the people with the most visibility and resources all choose accommodation over accountability - like the owner of UBA, the ordinary Nigerian who cannot snap back at power is left completely exposed.
On sacking staff who say 'God will provide', I understand the frustration with passivity dressed as faith.
But there's a difference between lazy spirituality and genuine belief that sustains people through conditions that would break anyone without it.
He's not wrong about politics.
He's just describing a system where survival has replaced principle as the currency of engagement.
And that is precisely Nigeria's problem.
May 29
“Whether Nigeria gets better or doesn’t get better, I’m perfectly okay. Infact …”
- Keji Giwa
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Nelson retweeted
May 28
This is exactly one of the areas where LP fell short in 2023.
The votes were there. The people showed up.
But there probably was no coordinated system to protect, document and defend what was cast.
A situation room is not enough on its own.
What NDC needs is structure at the ward level, people who understand the process, know their rights and refuse to leave until results are signed and uploaded.
The battle in 2027 doesn't end when you vote. It begins.
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May 28
The ability to make inaction sound like intervention is quite a dangerous skill.
Somewhere in Oyo and Borno, a child who should have celebrated yesterday is still waiting to come home. But our chief security officer is here writing eloquently about protecting children while those same children remain in captivity.
What does it profit a government to write beautifully about the future of its children while those children sit in captivity on the very day dedicated to celebrating them?
Words without walls cannot protect a child.
Bring them home. Then write the speech.
May 27
My administration remains committed to a Nigeria where every child can learn safely, grow in good health, eat well, access opportunity and dream without fear. We are investing in education, health care, nutrition, social protection, digital skills and safer communities because childhood must not be a privilege reserved for a few. It is the right of every Nigerian child.
To our children, you matter—your dreams matter; your safety matters. Your education matters. Be assured that your future matters to this government and to this nation, and we will safeguard it.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Nelson retweeted
May 27
Na soso happy Children's Day every body just dey talk today.
But somewhere in Oyo State, a school principal, teachers and students are still in captivity after being kidnapped on their way to school.
A teacher was killed - beheaded actually.
And we are celebrating.
Celebrating what exactly?
The child we say is the future cannot safely walk to school today.
If we cannot protect the child on the road to knowledge, what future are we decorating with balloons?
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May 27
'Scholarship Na Ashawo.'🤔
The subject? English Studies.
And once you think about it, the connection is uncomfortably accurate.
English was never brought to Africa to liberate us.
It came to make us useful to colonisers, to administrators, and to those who needed us to function within their system.
A language inherited through transaction.
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