NewStats: 3,265,558 , 8,187,218 topics. Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 at 06:26 PM 6w5o4u

The opposition is having funding issues since Wike pulled the plug. Saraki can also take over

shadrach77:
What is the point of honouring dead people?

To remind us and their families that they did not die in vain

Now I believe Wike was the PDP financier because the main opposition is collapsing their structures due to lack of funding from the party

RivalryChat:



Your kind is the reason Nigerians and Nigeria are suffering. Brother leave the shit called Nigeria and go see what people are enjoying just been citizens of a country. Nigeria is a extremely rich country but the wealth are controlled by few people that you come online to praise. You keep calling igbos who are hustlers that go and open businesses
Are Igbos the reason you are suffering. Have Igbo ruled this country for over 50 years.

My brother you need to be wise. Can you boost of 200 million naira is your . My brother I have more than that and I want you to be wise and have sense.

I am igbo and have never in my life see Yorubas or Hausa as my enemy. Be wise it's not about tribe it's about common sense.

I can't believe you think this way. Do not have kids with this type of thinking.

Firstly, Nigeria is not an extremely rich nation. Aside its natural resources, it produces nothing and imports everything

Secondly, your balance is irrelevant to this thread

Lastly, most Yoruba’s are very accommodating and don’t see Ibo’s as their enemies but the constant attacks on Tinubu/Yoruba’s by your people is creating the unnecessary tension online

The coastal highway contract was tendered to the public and the most capable company won the contract. Therefore, I don’t see any conflict of interest

I think these group just want to stir up controversy to get the government attention and brown envelopes

Rufai said Abati was absent from the show due to ill health but Abati stated that he was at a book launch. Which should we believe?

Journalists are meant to be impartial just as football referee's, however Abati and Rufai are heavily opinionated, biased and unprofessional in their work on Arise Television

Agbegbaorogboye:

Are Obi and Tinubu the politicians that are rogues?
The initial premise is that ALL politicians are rogues?
Is Akpabio no longer a politician? Or is he an angel since you only rogues

Give it up kid, you have lost the argument

Redoil:
OANDO has been suspended
https://www.thecable.ng/ngx-suspension-agip-deal-delayed-release-of-financial-statements-says-oando/

You want to give some folks heart attack this Monday morning

nlfpmod:


https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G4Xes6m3G/

I commend the immigration officer but how did the suspect escape from the crime scene? Was he set free by the police or the people who caught him?

The story is incomplete because he was arrested and beaten by the locals according to the earlier reports online

Your comparison is flawed because the variables are different especially for the current istration

The naira was defended by all the previous government and fuel was subsidised. However, both subsidies are now gone

The government can decide to make N1 = $1 but the forex reserves will be depleted within 2 years

malali:
The author’s attempt to paint Femi Falana’s principled defense of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as “flawed” or “outdated” is not only legally shallow, it is intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt in today’s Nigeria.

1. The Nigerian State Is Weaponizing Law, Not Upholding It

It’s willful naiveté or deep complicity to suggest that the current Nigerian government under Bola Ahmed Tinubu is merely “applying the law.” In the past two years, dissenters, whether journalists, whistleblowers, or rival politicians, have found themselves facing criminal charges for speech. Meanwhile, pro-regime loudmouths roam freely, issuing inflammatory and equally unverified allegations without consequence.
• Deji Adeyanju was arrested.
• Datti Baba-Ahmed was threatened for calling out the judiciary.
• NLC protestors were tear-gassed in violation of court orders.

This is not the rule of law. This is rule by law, and there’s a world of difference.


2. Falana’s Nwankwo Case Is Not “Misapplied”—It’s Prescient

The author’s core argument collapses under scrutiny. Nwankwo v. State wasn’t just about sedition, it established a constitutional threshold for any law restricting speech. The judgment clearly stated that no public figure should be shielded from criticism by the criminalization of speech.

In modern democracies, criminal defamation is archaic, and in many jurisdictions (including Kenya and parts of Europe), it has been repealed for precisely this reason: It chills public discourse.

In Nigeria, it’s being resurrected by autocrats with fragile egos.


3. Digital Speech ≠ Greater Threat, It Demands Stronger Protection

The author bizarrely argues that Natasha’s speech, because it was aired on Channels TV and shared online, deserves harsher scrutiny. That logic is backward.

The more visible a speech, the more counter-speech is possible. Defamation thrives in the shadows. The government has all the machinery—from media briefings to legal departments—to issue denials, sue civilly, or clarify facts.

They chose prosecution. Why? To silence. To intimidate. To warn others.

4. This Is About Power, Not Reputation

Let’s not pretend this is about “reputation.” Senate President Akpabio is no stranger to controversy. Yahaya Bello is currently a fugitive. What Natasha said, whether proven or disproven, is political speech, aimed at holding powerful actors able. The courts are not supposed to shield oligarchs, they’re meant to protect citizens from tyranny.

And in Tinubu’s Nigeria, free speech is rationed like petrol.


5. The Author is Defending a Regime, Not the Rule of Law

This piece reads less like legal commentary and more like a regime-commissioned justification pamphlet. It fails to engage with:
• The selective application of criminal law
• The absence of swift due process for government cronies
• The chilling effect such prosecutions have on investigative journalism, whistleblowing, and opposition politics

All these are hallmarks of dictatorship masquerading under democratic costumes.


• Nwankwo v. State sets a constitutional standard that criminal laws must meet when limiting speech.
• Digital dissemination of speech is not a crime. It’s a democratic evolution.
• Criminal defamation should be repealed, not weaponized.
• Natasha’s prosecution is selective, not neutral.
• Falana’s interpretation is grounded in democratic preservation. The author’s rebuttal serves an oligarchic agenda.

When Bola Ahmed Tinubu made a statement in 2015, that if anything happens to him, Nigerians should hold Goodluck Jonathan responsible. Why didnt Goodluck Jonathan tell the then Attorney general to sue Tinubu to court for defamation ?

You’re the intellectually challenged and dishonest person who can’t distinguish between criticism and defamation

bcomputer101:
Why is he always frowning his face?
I hope he won't later say, David came to ganusi?

K1 is not a pretender, he’s just not feeling obo. Baba is a diehard Wizkid FC

Olachase:
he go surprise you say once all those marketers submit to Dangote, and stop importing

Dangote can increase the price to ₦3000 per litre

Don't trust That man we shouldn't forgot cement scenario in an hurry 😏

The moment Dangote increases price abnormally, importers will flood the market with cheaper fuel. Therefore, free market economics will always ensure that the price is fair and the crap you posted can’t happen

jordyspices:
If Israel want finish up hamas good and fine but the issue hope say innocent lifes no follow

Hamas are literally living among the people. Therefore, the death of innocent people is inevitable

Nigeria is not a failed state but has fragile institutions

Jeez2:
Good day all,
Can someone in diaspora open a morgan capital and is it advisable to do so?

Thank you all for your thoughtful inputs in advance

Yes you can open the online with your documents and BVN

discusant:

.I am from Lagos State.

Nearly every Yoruba you meet abroad claims they are from Lagos State

It’s possible especially those in London Town

goodnessme1:
Attach by force.




This how they have been forcing Yoruba on other tribes in south west.


Many times Aworis tribe, the real owners of Lagos have said they are not Yorubas,yet Yorubas Keep claiming Lagos to the level that none of them identify with their five Yoruba states again.



Everyone from five Yoruba states is now a lagosian

My family are Aworis

The Aworis, Egun,Ilaje, and Tapas are all indigenous Lagosians and Yorubas

Well done Davido, blood is thicker than water

I always remain neutral whenever I see mad people disagreeing with each other

AnonPoet:


https://businessday.ng/opinion/article/jambs-once-a-year-exam-is-no-longer-fashionable-its-time-for-change/

This one wants JAMB to lower the bar for unserious students to scale through, lazy youths!

If you’re educationally inclined you have nothing to fear about JAMB. However, university shouldn’t be for everyone

Look at Natasha’s face in the video, she looks like a hardened criminal

The real old taker’s, RIP all

The current Alaafin like some of his predecessor is trying to rewrite history by remaining seated whilst greeting the Ooni.

The image will be circulated in the future to claim his supremacy over Ooni. However, Ooni is the Arole (Heir ) of Oodua and superior. Therefore, Yoruba elders should call the young Alaafin to order before he starts another bitter rivalry between the two great thrones

EponObi:
Lmaoooo... Seasonal film. Natasha def didn't expect things to turn out this way. She thought she's the commander-in-chief of serial blackmailers but didn't know that where her madness ended is where someone else's started.

Game on! Akpabio has got himself a super striker. Five goals scored in less than a week since transfer was completed

Jokes aside, if Oby Ezekwesili knows what's best for her, she should refund Natasha ASAP and back down if she doesn't want mud slinging whatever is left of her reputation.

The thing is people like Sandra Duru don't abide by any rule. Like I said in the full version of the post below, Sandra has nothing to lose, especially if Akpabio is sponsoring her (I lean 90% she's working for Akpabio). She has no reputation to protect, no political career, neither is she a senator like Natasha. There's no limit to what she can say or allegation she can throw or evidences she can throw into the public. As you saw, she threw private chats and call recordings straight into the public the moment "she was subbed on " Don't underestimate someone like that. It's like fighting a mad man. The mad man is not bound by any rule or law; him fit kai you self and nothing go happen.

What I can clearly see as the game plan of coach Akpabio is:

1. Putting Sandra on a high offensive against Natasha, to choke and put her in state of confusion
2. Switch Sandra to the wing to squeeze Natasha and force her to produce "her evidence" and also overload her side backs (Ezekwesili and co.) into deeper defensive block.
3. Akpabio's defensive midfielders (Regina Askia and Oby Ndukwe) are to offer to Sandra's high offensive moves, so Natasha doesn't have the space to flip into attack mode.
4. The media and social media influencers will serve as his 10, to keep the attacking tempo alive and to control the narrative.

The objective is simple, make the public see Natasha as the serial blackmailer she is and pressurize her to "produce evidence" - the evidence is the main deal . When she does, I'm sure there's a Kelvin De Bryune somewhere waiting to drive in a curling, long-range shot from outside the penalty box with clinical precision to finish off Natasha in the courts of public opinion and the law. As the maestro Mourinho once said, "The best form of defense is attack".

Natasha goofed trying to contract Sandra Duru for her organ harvesting blackmail plan. She was also at no point strategic with her plays - typical of personalities like her who think they can have total control at all times and do whatever with the belief that everyone will/have to bend in their direction.

Btw, she hasn't produced any evidence still - not against Yahyah Bello, Akpabio, or Sandra Duru. Lmaooo.

I as EponObi will continue observing from inside the black tro of their proprietress

Brilliantly written, I couldn’t have stated it better 🤣

Natasha claimed she doesn’t know Sandra Duru but according to the evidence provided by Sandra they definitely know each other.

Others can draw their own conclusions about Natasha but I believe that she’s a pathological liar

Not a bad idea to shed some weight after many years of stuffing her face, dining at some of the best restaurants worldwide

mrsqueen:

Go and put the man with no balls there now! If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

OnionBandit:
Who is that intelligent lady in the middle? Never knew Arise TV had some this intelligent other than Abati

That lady should be promoted to anchor the show, Abati is just another corrupt politician claiming to be a journalist

owobokiri:
Absolute bunkum! Troare is working for his people to the best of the countrys finances. This is a country that has been looted to the ground by a bunch of military officers imposed by . The same country responsible for s high gold reserves. and her imperialists cousins should free Africans. Enough should be Enough! No amount of barefaced propaganda will sway the public opinion against Traore. All these write up being dropped at the speed of light are paid for by the neo colonialists..

The west is planning to assassinate this man the same way they did Thomas Sankara. The same western world that kept quiet while Blaise Campoare looted Burkina Faso to the ground. They have already finished their plans but are now waiting for hired writers to prepare the minds of ordinary Africans before unleashing their plans. And as is always the case, we have a bunch of hopeless and hapless young Africans willing to sell their soul for a pot of porridge, as they write all sorts of trashy articles against a young man that has put his life on the line for his people.. It is a shame

Your long epistle lacks any substance. The world should put pressure on Traore to lift the ban on political parties and conduct elections to return the country to democratic rule

Africa don’t want to be governed by the tip of the gun