NewStats: 3,262,294 , 8,176,732 topics. Date: Sunday, 01 June 2025 at 05:55 PM 171v30

Agbegbaorogboye:
Wike also pledged to whoever emerged candidate of PDP
Today he's still fighting the candidate that emerged while zombies hail him but they've somehow found Amaechi's letter

Touché

Touché. Beyond all the false sense of magnanimity, one can easily tell that Tinubu has a very fragile ego. You can only work with him if you agree to bend the knee, wear the infinity logo cap and sing "on your mandate we shall stand". Even that is not good enough because he would throw you under the bus to preserve his own interests. Shettima and Gbajabiamila would be the next victims. This is why he cannot work with strong and highly opinionated individuals like Elrufai. He feels threatened by their strong presence.

It's not a coincidence that he changed deputies three times in 8 years as governor of Lagos, clashed with Fashola, clashed with Ambode and now attempting to clash with Sanwo-olu. The low self esteem is palpable.

The Yoruba race are labelling all their contemporary technocrats like Fashola, Osinbajo, etc. "betrayers" in favour of an Octogenarian who is fast reaching the end of his shelf-life politically. Pathetic! Kwankwaso contested against Buhari and even decamped multiple times but he still remains regarded as a leader in the North even by Buhari himself.

The man is only making his personal real estate, Eko Atlantic City more viable using our commonwealth. So dark the con of man!

Just look at the level of sycophancy and low self-esteem! The initiator and actualizer indeed. The emperor is walking stark naked with no clothes on but he has nobody to tell him.

Depriest2020:
Tinubu is a forgiving man, in spite of all what Reno said about him. He knows how to play politics. I pray our Igbo brothers learns how to play politics without emotions, forgive and move on.

Wrong! Tinubu is a very vindictive man. Same man snubbed his new fall-guy, Sanwo-olu, just today. He only bought Reno the pen-for-hire to neutralize him and make him desist from doing damage to his battered reputation. Same as Bwala. Tinubu should be very worried if all his new found friends around him were either financially induced or forcefully coerced like Fubara.

You can't buy love neither can you copy respect!

omniwater:
Sanwo Olu hands are not clean.


He has a turncoat personality.


He's a sellout!

So were Tinubu's 3 deputy governors in 8 years. Ambode, Fashola, Osinbajo, Aregbesola, etcetera were all sellouts. When are you Yorubas going to finally open your eyes to see the damage this man is doing to your heritage?

helinues:


Sentiments would rent the air. I am yet to see which story the coalition/coercion will tell Nigerians that they would buy.

They have only be talking about taking power without talking about their plans. One is even saying he can fix the decades rot in Nigeria within 2 years, how? He never explained .

What decades rot? Nigeria has seen more rot in 2 years than it saw in a decade while Tinubu and his elite political class continue to live extravagantly. Does he also need decades to fix the so-called decades rot?

All he knows is politics, not governance. And his style of politics is the shady kind with lots of dirty, underhanded tactics, nothing inspirational. The Tinubu that was sold to Nigerians is not who he has turned out to be.

If the APC government plans to rig the 2027 election, they should jettison it and earnestly begin to work for the people. With the kind of anger brewing against him across the length and breadth of the nation, rigging would be resisted. His latest strategy is to scuttle all political parties so he can run unopposed but the people will find an alternative.

Mynd44:
The Akwa Ibom State governor is right. If the PDP Isn't careful, they might not be able to field candidates as if the wrong National Secretary signs your forms, you are as well as gone even if you have the highest votes. That is the risk he spoke about.

This matter needs to be solved and solved fast else even Governor Adeleke will have no choice but to either decamp to another party play a very dangerous gamble.

We all know who's clandestinely backing Wike to destroy the PDP. We all know who's tacitly killing opposition in Nigeria's democracy by using state resources to destroy virtually all opposition parties all borne out of fear of rejection at the polls. In two electoral cycles in Rivers state, APC didn't field a candidate in the gubernatorial elections. We know who connived with Magnus Abe and Wike to make that happen just to deny Amaechi a base. They then turn around to accuse Amaechi of betraying them. The same strategy is being applied to PDP at the national level. The PDP as a party is dead and its strategic politicians have moved on.

How could a so-called Democrat be scared of a fair democratic process? Because they have no credentials to run upon.

Tinubu and his Agbadorians have persecution complex. Everyone is always betraying Tinubu but he betrays no-one. His 3 deputy governors in 8 years as Lagos State governor "betrayed" him. Ambode betrayed him. Sanwo-olu is the latest "betrayer" because Tinubu couldn't win Lagos due to his unpopularity. They now claim he funded Atiku. Aregbesola "betrayed" him by imposing his cousin, Oyetola on Osun as a successor. Osinbajo betrayed him for daring to aspire and to rescue Nigeria from what we are now beginning to see. His famous speech, "Vote who you know, don't vote for who you don't know" now makes a lot of sense.

Elrufai "betrayed" him by sticking with him and incurring a lot of enemies on his behalf just to sell his candidacy in the North. They say because Amaechi was his preferred candidate before the primaries, that means his to Tinubu was fake. They accuse him of not delivering his state but neither could Tinubu himself, Ganduje, Akpabio, Umahi, Oshiomhole and so many others.

He now prefers people like Reno, Bwala, Shehu Sani and other foes who never betrayed him to come and dine where others toiled. The list of betrayals go on and on.

Nigerians are not fooled. They know who the master-betrayer is.

madridguy:
I will never believe El-Rufai is against Tinubu Jagaban just play his early joker so school boys in politics won't sense the scope.... Who will tell Alhaji Dubai not to waste his time and money in 2027

Tinubu is a treacherous snake. He betrayed Elrufai, and that will turn out to be his albatross. Just wait and see. No Northern politician can sell Tinubu in the North the way Elrufai did in 2023.

When did Yorubas stop seeing Elrufai as a messiah? Was it before or after Tinubu betrayed him? The Yorubas have benefitted from Elrufai and then, he was a hero. Allow the Igbos to also benefit. The greatest mistake you will ever make is thinking you have the capacity to choose a leader for the North. Elrufai is a well respected and revered figure in the North and beyond. Your new opinion about him inspired by your treachery is solely your own opinion.

P.S: A major reason why majority of Northern electorates (forget the politicians chasing personal benefits) have parted ways with Tinubu is his treatment of Elrufai after he worked so hard to deliver his candidacy. Most of his 5.6m Northern votes were inspired by Elrufai, Tinubu was never popular, even in his Southwest.

BelieveAfrica:
Where are the saving from subsidy removal?

That was all propaganda. They came into power with so much braggadacio and arrogance and now they have been demystified. Buhari is a far better than these Lagos areaboys can ever dream to be.

Here are the conversions for the figures to Nigerian Naira using current mid-market rates:

1. $21.5 billion USD = approximately 34.4043 trillion NGN (1 USD = 1,600.20000 NGN)
2. €2.1 billion EUR = approximately 3.7776 trillion NGN (1 EUR = 1,798.867 NGN)
3. 15 billion JPY = approximately 165.1538 billion NGN (1 JPY = 11.010254 NGN)
4. €65 million EUR (grant) = approximately 116.9264 billion NGN (1 EUR = 1,798.867 NGN)

SmartPolician:
I trying to enlighten some folks on the benefits of countries clearing their debts. This news story is a typical example.

If your country doesn't owe any lending orgs, you build the confidence of your prospective and existing foreign investors.

That is, the investors don't have to worry that those lending institutions will wake up one day and tell you to increase your taxes just to pay their loans. When you build such confidence, they flow into your country to do business and create more jobs for your people.

This is only the case with Worldbank and IMF loans. The Chinese loans don't come with such clauses and are infrastructure-based loans which are virtually impossible to embezzle. The Chinese loans under Buhari gave us railways, ports, roads and bridges that all Nigerians use till this day with lower interest rates, longer moratorium and no conditionalities.

What has Nigeria been using the billions of dollars in worldbank loans under Tinubu for? No tangible project to pinpoint but comes with a lot of conditions like increase in tax rates, removal of subsidies, etc. Why did Tinubu jettison Chinese loans in favour of Bretton-Woods-backed loans?

How can SURWASH be an intervention of Uba Sani when its a program that began under Elrufai in May 2021 and is set to terminate by June 2027?

The program is ed by a $700 million loan from the World Bank, with a mix of Program for Results (PforR) and Investment Project Financing (IPF) components and is being implemented in 6 states including Kaduna. These loans are part of the loans secured by the Elrufai government which Uba Sani is still taking drawdown from while vilifying his predecessor.

Sponsored propaganda. Under Tuggar, Nigeria has had one of its worst run in of diplomacy. From the scuttled invasion of Niger to the ECOWAS exodus and general reputation of the government. The country is also without ambassadors two years into this istration. They are waiting to make the ambassadorial appointments close to the elections to gain political patronage.

It would have been a smarter approach if the President was distributing the appointments across the entire South. He isn't. He's just concentrating on the Lagos bloc of the Southwest. For a President who won with historically the least margin of victory ever and who failed to win the South and got delivered by 5.6m majority votes from the North, that's a rookie mistake.

Now, he appears to have lost the Northern electorates as well as the Southeastern and Southsouthern electorates. All he has in his corner are current politicians across the board whom he has attracted to his side via a mixture of coercion and inducements.

Someone appears to be in panic! These appointments to bland and obscure agencies while leaving the most relevant to Yorubas, are not what Northern electorates are after. Just improve upon the economy and deliver impactful infrastructure.

AdesegunSanni89:
Them sing this one in 2023. Tinubu na their Oga any day anytime.

Are you sure? Atiku won Osun State in 2023. Tinubu only became President via Northern votes. He was soundly rejected by the South including his home-state, Lagos. For his sake, I do hope his Northern votes are intact. It doesn't look so.

simpleseyi:


Do you notice at all that Kwakwanso's name was not named in the coalition, and that all his boys at the Senate and House of Reps are moving to APC one by one? The North West is secured for Tinubu already. You all know that the North Central is for Tinubu because your Muslim-Muslim propaganda has been demolished.

Let's see if Shettima the Kanuri Wonder Boy will let Atiku to humiliate him in his home base the North East when he (Shettima) has the federal resources at his disposal to use as he wishes.

Wise men have started preparing for 2031, becaue thy know that 2027 i won and lost already

There you go again talking about Politicians, not the electorates. "Federal Resources?" You mean rigging? Glad to know that you all know and it that any pathway to Tinubu's re-election cannot be possible without rigging. But brazen rigging as was done in Rivers state cannot be possible in the North. Northerners are not cowards. By the end of 2026, the direction the pendulum will swing will be so clear that anyone attempting to rig elections in the North will be merely g his death warrant.

If Tinubu is so confident of Shettima's ability to deliver, why is he desperately trying to entice Kwankwaso to APC by promising him heaven and earth. Would Northeasterners leave their own son aspiring for President in Atiku just to vote for a VP position that is merely ceremonial and has not brought any tangible progress to their region?

After Tinubu's treacherous treatment of Elrufai, Northern politicians are now aware of the value of "Tinubu's promise" and his "ability" to keep his words. They are all dining with a very long spoon. Kwankwaso will do the same, and even if he decamps, he cannot deliver the Northwest to Tinubu. Northerners know that the interference and desecration of the seat of the Emir of Kano being done by the federal government is all in a bid to intimidate Kwankwaso to decamp to APC. Just as was done to Fubara in Rivers. In 2023, more than half of Northern Nigeria ignored their own son just to vote in an ungrateful and arrogant Southwesterner. It will not happen again. Better focus on the South.

helinues:


Bro in all honesty, not much votes is expected from South East. Anything from 10-15% is okay.

President Tinubu would get nothing less than 50% of the votes from South South

South West 55%

North East with the influence of the VP and president Tinubu 40%

NC, 50% is okay

NW, with 30% election would be decided very early

Lol. I'll keep telling you Southwesterners that, unlike in 2023, there are no 5.6m votes in the North waiting for Tinubu for him to come and collect. Every single vote lost by Tinubu in the North will potentially be added to Atiku's 2023 tally. Forget the politicians decamping. They can hardly influence the electorates again, not with Tinubu's performance thus far. Even with the VP in 2023, Atiku won all the states in the Northeast except Borno, which was marginally won by APC. Atiku will have a clean sweep of Northeast and Northwest in 2027. Take it to the bank!

I sincerely hope Tinubu will get enough margins in the South to make up for the potential loss of Northern votes. The Southeast will not vote Tinubu even if heaven falls. The greatest mistake of Tinubu is pandering to politicians and the elites while neglecting the electorates.

Sharpsharp00123:
how will ibos tell northerners that el rufai is d sudden Messiah?

When did Yorubas stop seeing Elrufai as a messiah? Was it before or after Tinubu betrayed him? The Yorubas have benefitted from Elrufai and then, he was a hero. Allow the Igbos to also benefit. The greatest mistake you will ever make is thinking you have the capacity to choose a leader for the North. Elrufai is a well respected and revered figure in the North and beyond. Your new opinion about him inspired by your treachery is solely your own opinion.

P.S: A major reason why majority of Northern electorates (forget the politicians chasing personal benefits) have parted ways with Tinubu is his treatment of Elrufai after he worked so hard to deliver his candidacy. Most of his 5.6m Northern votes were inspired by Elrufai, Tinubu was never popular, even in his Southwest.

There never was a time when Northerners rated Reno Omokri. Not in the past, not now, and they won't do so in the future even if he eventually s a Northerner. Northerners are not cowards nor fairweather personalities and they sure do . The only people Reno has successfully fooled and is still fooling are the Southeasterners and now the Yorubas, whom he has named "Lukumi people." Reno is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Seyi: Look at my Daddy, He is the President of Nigeria

Vatican Orderly: Here resemble RCCG Holy Ghost service? alaye move that way!

Seyi: Look at my Daddy, He is the President of Nigeria

Vatican Orderly: Here resemble RCCG Holy Ghost service? alaye move that way!

You started off the paid article with an achievement of Elrufai, the Qatar Sanibil Project. Uba Sani has been mediocre. There is nothing on ground to show. Kaduna is a cosmopolitan State with very educated electorates, you need more than propaganda to get their votes. After Elrufai's transformational tenure, Kaduna missed the opportunity to continue on same trajectory.

Is this also one of the master strategist's achievements? Nigeria's image and foreign relations is at an all time low under Tinubu and he scrambles at anything that will give him an iota of legitimacy. The low self esteem is palpable.

Lol. Why is this same news getting regurgitated and remasticated? Didn't it generate enough buzz as expected? The Northwestern APC politicians have spoken. The Northwestern electorates will reply by 2027.

kedeojo:
The politics of propaganda about the Muslim Muslim ticket is gone. The north will still prefer tinubu than obi any day and any time. Obi can't win south south in 2027 against Tinubu. Most south south leaders are positioning to be vice presidential candidate in 2031. South south and south west is out of reach from obi. I reside in island area of Lagos for your information. The core north will prefer to be patient with Tinubu tenure and in 2031 through thier brother as president, they can appeal to him to change what ever they are discomfort about. Even some pdp northern governors will not Atiku on the ballot.

Forget Muslim-Muslim, Tinubu was more popular generally in 2023 than he is today. The Tinubu that we have in power today is one that has been tested and demystified. Performance will be the major determinant of the election and on that, Tinubu has failed to deliver. Even the Southwest is not fully in the grasp of Tinubu as you would like to imagine.

Your whole postulations are based on Governors delivering their States to Tinubu and I have just showed you how flawed a premise that would be. Unless they intend to be brazen about it like the way Wike "delivered" Rivers to Tinubu. In any case, that can only work in the docile South, it can never be the case in the North. Northerners are not cowards when they are not with you. Anyways, Time is a gentleman.

kedeojo:
You really don't know politics at all. Seventy percent of those politicians gave tinubu very substantial votes in their various states. Their votes were close to the actual winners. In 2027, state like Edo will win for Tinubu. Edo north is no go area for obi and atiku. The governor will deliver Edo central his zone for tinubu and because of his performances in Benin, he will easily get many votes for the president. 2027 will definitely be different from 2023 where most Christians voted against APC for fear of Islamization the desperate obi try to push to get the presidency at all cost. Tinubu will win convincly. The core north will never Obi another southerner who they know, may contest re election.

Okay, Mr Knower of politics. I simply showed you how "influential" the politicians can be in determining the outcome of an election, barring rigging. Tinubu was more popular in the North in 2023 than he is now. The North gave him 5.6m votes believing he genuinely could turn the country around. He has now been tried and tested and the verdict is out there. Until then, you can sit in Edo State and keep analysing who Northerners will or will not in 2027.

Obi will still best Tinubu in the South if elections hold today. Until Tinubu finds a way to replace the Northern votes he would potentially lose in 2027, he will not win the election. The only other tactics is to bribe and threaten politicians to the APC and then deny other candidates a political platform as we see happening today. But even that may backfire.

ILoveNG:
Another Youth choosing to be a political tool

….Like thousands of others

Yes. Being a NANS President is a political position. He contested and won. When did being a politician become a crime? Must all politicians be bribed or intimidated to the government in power? Why are so-called Democrats now scared of a competitive election? Must all opposition be scuttled? Nigeria is not under a dictatorship.

SadiqBabaSani:
Seyi should stop harassing that politician called NANS President

Yes. Being a NANS President is a political position. He contested and won. When did being a politician become a crime? Must all politicians be bribed or intimidated to the government in power? Why are so-called Democrats now scared of a competitive election? Must all opposition be scuttled? Nigeria is not under a dictatorship.

Manchi25:

Una too like to dey dream.
If i was a politician, I would save my money and energy for 2031. BAT has secured a second term and if he is not on the ballot, APC candidate will win the presidency. That's the reality. If you accept it you will be at peace in your mind.

Where are the people in all these? How many of these people delivered their states solely based on their own strengths in 2023?

As at today, barring rigging, the electorates are resolute in their verdict on the istration. This is how influential these politicians were in 2023.

- Bola Tinubu failed to deliver Lagos for himself

- Bola Tinubu failed to deliver Osun for himself

- Muhammadu Buhari failed to deliver Katsina for Tinubu/APC

- Barr Simon Bako Lalong failed to deliver Plateau for Tinubu/APC

- SP Akpabio failed to deliver Akwa Ibom for Tinubu/APC

- DSP Barau failed to deliver Kano for Tinubu/APC

- NSA Ribadu failed to deliver Adamawa for Tinubu/APC

- Sen. Adams Oshimole failed to deliver Edo for Bola Tinubu/APC

- Speaker Abbas failed to deliver Kaduna for Tinubu/APC

- Sen Kalu failed to deliver Abia for Tinubu/APC

- Hope Uzodinma failed to deliver Imo for Tinubu/APC.

- Sen. Adams Oshimole failed to deliver Edo for Bola Tinubu/APC

- Ganduje failed to deliver Kano for Tinubu/APC

- Gov. Mai Mala failed to deliver Yobe for Tinubu/APC

- Alkali failed to deliver Gombe for Tinubu/APC

- Sen. Wammako failed to deliver Sokoto for Tinubu/APC

- Oyetola failed to deliver Osun for Tinubu/APC

- Dave Umahi failed to deliver Ebonyi for Tinubu/APC