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“This Experience Will Not Repeat Itself” - Another Presidential Promise fails in less than 24 Hours. ...
07/04/2026

“This Experience Will Not Repeat Itself” - Another Presidential Promise fails in less than 24 Hours.

Less than 24 hours after President Tinubu stood at the Jos Plateau State airport on April 2, 2026, and promised the grieving Nigerian citizens, “I promise you that this experience will not repeat itself,” another brutal attack occurred in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South LGA, resulting in the deaths of several innocent citizens.

Since then, and only a week following that reassuring promise from the President, Nasarawa State has been plunged into grief as the Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities fled for their lives after gunmen killed at least 11 people. Many homes were reduced to ashes, and numerous families remain missing.

In Zamfara State, 150 innocent Nigerians were abducted from the Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji communities in one of the largest mass kidnappings in recent times. On the same day of the Zamfara kidnappings, terrorists in Borno State stormed Chibok, killing four officers and burning down homes.

Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Benue State was rocked by violence again, with over 17 Nigerians massacred, entire communities left in ruins, and many individuals still unaccounted for. Today, in Kaduna State, several innocent citizens were killed by terrorists inside churches, with many others abducted in the Ariko community of Kachia LGA.

Yet we were told, “This experience will not repeat itself.” This represents a failure of leadership and responsibility, and sadly, Nigerians are paying for it with their lives.

These attackers are not ghostly figures; our inaction emboldens them. How can a President make such a categorical promise and, mere hours later, the nation continues to count the dead across multiple states? The primary responsibility of any government is to protect lives and property; however, this responsibility is failing today. Nigerians are being slaughtered in their homes, in their communities, and in the very places they should feel safest. Even the President did not enter these communities, so who is truly safe in Nigeria?

This is a national emergency. Nigeria is bleeding, and the situation is worsening and increasingly helpless.

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Full List: Former governor of Oyo state, Adebayo Alao-Akala’s properties in Nigeria, UK, US that are subject of family d...
21/03/2026

Full List: Former governor of Oyo state, Adebayo Alao-Akala’s properties in Nigeria, UK, US that are subject of family dispute

 Residence at No. 1, Oba Akinyele Avenue, off Rotimi Williams Street, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan
 A five-star hotel in Ghana
 Bungalow at Randa, Ogbomoso
 Property at Opadoyin Lodge, Ogbomoso
 Building at 32, Oba Adebimpe Road, Ile Itesiwaju, Dugbe, Ibadan
 Property at No. 8, Samora Machel Street, Asokoro, Abuja
 Property in Games Village, Abuja
 Twin duplex in Ikeja, Lagos
 No. 4, George Street, Ikoyi, Lagos
 Duplex beside Iponri Barracks, Surulere, Lagos
 Plot at Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos
 Guest house in Agodi GRA, Ibadan
 Plots 1–4, Aerodrome GRA, Samonda, Ibadan
 7,000 acres of land beside Ibadan Golf Club
 No. 29, Osuntokun Avenue, Bodija Estate, Ibadan
 Five-bedroom bungalow at Cele Bus Stop, Ologuneru, Ibadan
 Property at Old UAC Building, Dugbe, Ibadan
 Guest house at YOACO, Ogbomoso
 Destiny House, Oremeji, Mokola, Ibadan
 Destiny House, Ogbomoso
 Deborah House, Sabo, Ogbomoso
 Storey building at Starlight, Ogbomoso
 Eternal Mega Filling Station, Ogbomoso
 TDB Filling Station, Ogbomoso
 Building beside Eternal Filling Station, Ogbomoso
 NIPCO Filling Station beside A.K. Bello, Ogbomoso
 TDB Gas Plant, Aroje, Ogbomoso
 Land opposite LAUTECH, Ogbomoso
 Parrot FM, Oke Bebi, Ogbomoso
 Warehouse and farm in Ogbomoso
 Land in GRA, Ogbomoso (held in care of Demola Alao)
 140-23 160th Street, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
 19 San Juan Drive, Chafford Hundred, Grays, Essex, England
 1,000 acres of land at Ikoyi, Ogbomoso (including proposed site of Alao-Akala College of Health Sciences and Umera Farms)
 Olowolagba Microfinance Bank
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The Israel has renewed its allegations that Iran sponsors terrorism globally, including in Nigeria, amid an ongoing dipl...
10/03/2026

The Israel has renewed its allegations that Iran sponsors terrorism globally, including in Nigeria, amid an ongoing diplomatic row between the two countries over security claims and counter-claims.

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, Israel’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, said Iran’s record on terrorism was well documented and could not be dismissed by public denials.

The statement followed recent comments by Iran’s envoy to Nigeria, Gholamreza Mahdavi Raja, who appeared on Arise Television on March 8, where he rejected accusations that Tehran sponsors extremist activities in Nigeria and across West Africa.

Responding to the denial, Freeman insisted that Iran has for decades been widely identified as a major state sponsor of militant groups across different regions of the world.

“For decades, Iran has been widely identified as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, providing funding, weapons, training and strategic direction to terrorist organisations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis,” the Israeli envoy said.

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A former Republican Mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has mocked former Minister of Communications and Digital Econom...
10/03/2026

A former Republican Mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has mocked former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over the death of Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.

Khamenei was killed in airstrikes coordinated against Iran by the United States and Israel during an ongoing war in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a video has appeared on social media showing Pantami crying, allegedly due to Khamenei’s death.

Reacting, Arnold comforted him with words often used by terror sympathisers when discussing terrorists’ atrocities.

According to him, Trump dropping bombs on Iran is no different from farmer-herder conflict, a phrase often used to dismiss terrorism in Nigeria.

Arnold wrote, “He should know that Trump bombing Iran is not really Trump’s fault. He couldn’t help himself; it was just global warming. A simple farmer-herder conflict. Maybe he should dialogue with Trump, understand his position, offer him government money and jobs. They are brothers, after all. Maybe then Trump will stop bombing Iran, and we could all be happy together.”

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DANIEL BWALA Vs MEHDI HASAN : HEAD-TO-HEAD… OR HEADBUTTS? — When Local Studio Swagger Meets the Global ArenaLast night’...
08/03/2026

DANIEL BWALA Vs MEHDI HASAN : HEAD-TO-HEAD… OR HEADBUTTS? — When Local Studio Swagger Meets the Global Arena
Last night’s Head-to-Head episode featuring Daniel Bwala and Mehdi Hasan was supposed to be a debate. Instead, it increasingly looked like a series of headbutts. What unfolded was a classic case of a local television performer suddenly finding himself on the Champions League pitch of global journalism.

00:02 – THE EARLY CONFIDENCE ( In the military we call it “Initial Gra Gra”)
In the opening minutes, Bwala tried to deploy the familiar talking points that usually work on domestic television panels Channels Television. Arise Tv News Group

But Mehdi Hasan’s style is different:
• fast
• forensic
• heavily sourced
• relentlessly persistent
Within minutes, the rhythm of the conversation changed.
The usual loquacious flow many Nigerians have seen from Bwala on local TV suddenly slowed… then stalled. His famous rapid-fire talking style appeared suddenly arrested, as if someone had quietly switched off the oxygen supply to the argument.

00:10 – THE “When Did I Say That?” DEFENCE

At several moments, Bwala resorted to the classic political fallback: “When did I say that?” “I didn’t say that.”
A line that often works in friendly studio environments. But on a programme like Head to Head, clips, tweets, and past statements have a habit of returning like ghosts at midnight. And when confronted with one’s own words on an international stage, denial quickly becomes a very lonely strategy.

00:15 – THE GLASS OF WATER EPISODES
Perhaps the most memorable moment came when Bwala lifted a glass of water. For nearly three minutes, that glass became a symbolic refuge. He held it mid-air — not quite drinking,not quite putting it down, even though he was obviously very thirsty.
At that moment one could almost imagine the silent prayer passing through his mind: “Dear God, let there be a total national grid collapse in Nigeria so nobody sees this live broadcast.” “Dear God I pray PBAT my Principal is past asleep and not watching this”
Unfortunately for him, electricity held steady. The glass of water became a temporary diplomatic safe haven for Bwala— the only neutral territory left in the studio.
Drink it? Drop it? Pour it on Mehdi’s face? In the end he simply held it there long enough for the water to practically evaporate.

00:18 – WHEN EVEN YOUR OWN SUPPORTERS LAUGH
At one response, (“I dont know about that” what were you researching before this interview ?) even members of his own support group in the studio burst into laughter. Nothing is more brutal in politics than being bitten by your own dog. If your own cheering squad laughs at your answer, the referee might as well start the ten-count.

00:20 – WHEN MEHDI SMELLS BLOOD
Anyone who has watched Mehdi Hasan knows his interviewing technique. Once he senses contradiction or hesitation, he does not retreat. He presses forward. At that moment the interview began to resemble a boxing match where the opponent has been pushed into the ropes.
Think Mike Tyson in his prime. When Tyson cornered a fighter, he didn’t throw one punch. He threw six combinations in ten seconds. That is exactly how Mehdi conducts his cross-examination: A quote. A follow-up. A contradiction. Another clip.Then the same question again. Until the opponent realizes there is no more ring left behind him.
00:22 – LOSING DIRECTION
At one point, visibly rattled, Bwala even referred to Al Jazeera as “Western media.”Which must have puzzled the producers sitting in Doha, Qatar. By then the debate had clearly taken its toll on him. He looked momentarily like a man who no longer knew where West was or where East was.
THE RECOVERY PHASE
Towards the end Bwala Daniel went through a brief "recovery phase " but by then the match has already been won and lost.

THE BIGGER LESSONS FOR SEVERAL NIGERIAN STAKEHOLDERS
There are lessons to be learned by several stakeholders from the Bwala Daniel misadventure. What we witnessed was not merely a bad media outing. It was a lesson in three things that cannot be improvised on international platforms:
1️⃣ CREDIBILITY : Once lost, it follows you into every interview. Politics may reward loyalty, but serious journalism rewards evidence. And when the two meet on the same stage, it is usually evidence that wins on points.
2️⃣ CONSISTENCY : Statements made yesterday will meet you again tomorrow.
3️⃣ AUTHENTICITY : Global audiences quickly detect when someone is arguing against positions they once passionately defended.
LESSONS FOR NIGERIA
FOR ALL NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA HOUSES : Good journalism demands preparation, evidence, and memory.

FOR POLITICIANS : Choose spokesmen with credibility that predates the appointment. Because on global platforms, the audience is not just Nigeria. It is the world. Every government has the right to appoint a spokesman. But before sending someone onto an international platform, it may be wise to ask three questions: • Does he have credibility? • Does he have consistency? • Can he survive ten uninterrupted minutes with Mehdi Hasan?
Because if the answer to the third question is NO, then perhaps it is better to keep the interview within Nigerian studio limits.

MY FINAL THOUGHTS
What we saw last night was like a talented local player suddenly thrown into the UEFA Champions League. The pace was different. The referees were stricter. The defenders were faster. And the mistakes were visible to the entire planet.
Last night was a reminder that there is a difference between dominating a neighbourhood five-a-side match and playing in the Champions League. On local TV you may dribble freely. On a programme like Head to Head, the defenders have video replays, statistics, and a long memory.

Bwala Daniel from his local media rating , went in thinking he had a plan. He even broadcast a short “Come and Watch Me” video clip showing him conducting research and preparing for this interview . But as they say in boxing (attributed to Mike Tyson) : “Everyone has a plan… until they get punched in the mouth.” On Head to Head, the punches are not fists. They are facts.
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US Congressman Riley M. Moore has formally presented a congressional report to President Donald Trump calling for sweepi...
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US Congressman Riley M. Moore has formally presented a congressional report to President Donald Trump calling for sweeping measures to address violence against Christian communities in Nigeria, including the repeal of sharia and blasphemy laws in parts of the country.

In a press release issued in Washington, Moore said he joined members of the House Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs at the White House to submit what he described as a “comprehensive report outlining concrete actions to end the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and counter growing extremist violence in the region”.

The submission follows President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on October 31, 2025, under the US International Religious Freedom Act. Moore said the president tasked him and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole to lead a congressional investigation into what he termed “the persecution against Christian communities and security challenges plaguing Nigeria”.

According to Moore, the report was the result of “months of investigation, including a bipartisan congressional fact-finding trip to Nigeria, hearings with expert witnesses, consultations with religious leaders, meetings with Internally Displaced Persons, and engagement with senior Nigerian government officials”.

“I travelled on a bipartisan delegation to Nigeria and saw with my own eyes the horrific atrocities Christians face, and the instability the Nigerian government must combat,” Moore said in the statement.

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