The night before Christmas was indeed a silent one in Eruku. As other parts of Nigeria enjoyed Christmas Eve service and Detty December concerts, the town lay under a heavy quiet, broken only by hushed conversation and the occasional moving vehicle. continent.substack.com/p/sil…

Which was the entire point of the US establishment putting millions of dollars behind Omoyele Sowore for all these decades. His job is to prevent revolution in Nigeria by branding it with his image and making "revolution" synonymous with "orange beret and online fatherless behaviour." It is for the same reason that as big as Nigeria is, it has no meaningful socialist movement or political party (the biggest country in the world to not have any sort of recognised frontline leftist movement). The well-funded Sowore operation has co-opted the language and optics of leftist revolutions, and polluted the very word "revolution" so that when you think of that word as a Nigerian, what comes to your mind is this orange-clad assclown with his small congregation of fatherless teenage boys who move online like The Lord's Chosen Charismatic people. That's why at the first sign of any kind of civil disobedience or general struggle in Nigeria, Sowore and his orange people immediately go to work to insert themselves at the front of it - because they know that the moment any such movement appears on newspaper front pages with a picture of the orange beret people is the moment 90% of the audience loses interest. Even better if they can brand the entire movement beforehand by printing fliers and fixing dates and venues for protests - that is how to comprehensively subvert and kill public movements. Once again, I cannot stress this enough - the US establishment does not give people millions of dollars for free. If someone's 7-figure USD cheques are signed by Omidyar Network, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and other US secret intelligence front entities, THAT PERSON WORKS FOR THE US GOVERNMENT. Omoyele Sowore's job is to PREVENT revolution, not to contribute to one!

Example of how FIFA deals with a freelance journalist @tomyarguelles is a Venezuelan 🇻🇪 sports journalist based in Dallas, USA. He contributes to various international media outlets and social media platforms: - Balonazos (Venezuela) - Alerta Mundial News (Spain) - TTWCS (USA) Like all journalists, Arguelles applied for accreditation via FIFA’s media platform. To do so, you must register the media outlet you work for. He chose to list ‘Balonazos’ alongside his Venezuelan press card. Once accepted – albeit belatedly – the application required a specific code that the national football association of the media outlet in question had to provide to the journalist. However, the Venezuelan Football Federation had received only six codes and had already allocated them, given the delays on FIFA’s part in processing Arguelles’ application. When he approached FIFA’s media department to resubmit his application using one of the other media outlets he works for, his request was flatly rejected. Embarrassed, the Venezuelan Football Federation asked FIFA for an additional code so that the journalist could obtain his accreditation. The request was refused again, even though it was the delay caused by FIFA’s media department – which the organisation itself acknowledged – that was at the root of the problem. Worse still, FIFA had the audacity to tell Arguelles that he was “welcome” to cover the World Cup but only “through the proper channels” via the Venezuelan Football Federation. A strange message: with FIFA, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a professional journalist or not, but simply that you have followers; the more you have, the more welcome you really are. The others, the less well-known ones, can just keep waiting

Vusi Thembekwayo speaks on the growing tension between South Africans and Nigerians

PRESS STATEMENT Our attention has been drawn to a message currently circulating on social media falsely claiming that we are planning a protest over the rising insecurity in the country. We do not support any action that could lead to the breakdown of public order or the destruction of lives and property. As responsible leaders, we remain committed to peaceful and constructive approaches in addressing national challenges. As committed democrats, we firmly believe that the ballot box remains the most legitimate and effective way to express grievances and seek change. Our party, the NDC, is confident of securing a resounding victory in the upcoming elections through peaceful democratic means. The general public is therefore advised to disregard the false message and ignore those peddling such disinformation. Signed, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, PhD, FNSE Former Governor, Kano State NDC Vice Presidential Candidate

Watch the moment the husband of Mrs. Rachael Alamu, the principal abducted by bandits in Ogbomoso, breaks down in tears while pleading with Governor Seyi Makinde, who visited Oriire LG, to hasten the rescue operation for his wife and others.

Ikerin has been attacked in Kwara state, with people dead and many kidnapped. this place is very close to Osi my hometown. it is well.

Suspected bandits have reportedly invaded the Yashikira community in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State early this morning, setting the Emir’s palace ablaze and abducting several residents, including women and children. It was gathered that the attack occurred late at night when the heavily armed assailants stormed the community, firing sporadically. channelstv.com/2026/05/25/ma…

Apparently, Boko haram also kidnapped over 40 pupils in a school in Borno too, and many of us are just knowing... I need the underreporting media of this country to go to hell...

empire survives partly by convincing ordinary citizens that they are powerless spectators instead of beneficiaries with political responsibility

En Bolivia hay una genuina movilización popular de mineros, obreros y campesinos. Si fuera una “primavera” orquestada por EEUU o la UE abriría todos los telediarios. Es la prueba del algodón.

IMPLEMENTATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION (Tax ID) @NigeriaRevenue

Apropos of nothing. Here are a couple essays, reviews, and reports for @takingCustody from the past couple weeks that I think you should check out. Gracias🫶🏾! Link to all: culturecustodian.com/author/… (P.S: CC's design team and editors are not your mate)