APC chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has accused Nigerians from the South East of being hypocritical in their demand for justice for people being killed in Plateau, Jos and other parts of the country.
In a post shared on Facebook, Igbokwe said that since 2015 to date, Igbos have been killing other Igbos in Igboland, but that people from the South East region would rather cry for victims in other regions instead of victims in their own region.
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“I have seen some posts where preachers are assuring those whose lives and property are being attacked to rely on God for protection,” he wrote."According to them, the people should fold their hands and wait for God to miraculously fight for them."Of course, your aggressors love such preachers because they are knowingly or unknowingly helping them to achieve their agenda."If your life or community is under threat, avoid such posts and preachers."Times of insecurity of lives is time to get united irrespective of your religious, denominational or ideologies differences. This is the law of common sense."It is the time to strategize and consult. Anyone who advises you otherwise belongs to the camp of the enemy. There is strength in unity."In times of insecurity of lives and property, never rely on the "messiah" that does not live in you.“Does God no longer answer prayers or what is the essence of religious beliefs? We shall answer this question when I return from my break next month. For now protect your life. Ndụ bụ isi.”
2023 Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has slammed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration for “lack of empathy” towards victims of recent tragedies in the nation.
He wrote on X;
What cannot be hidden in Leadership
Leadership of a nation is such that it's either succeeding or failing, none can be hidden. There are critical areas of leadership that must exist for a nation to move forward, and these are summed up in four Cs: Competence, Capacity, Character and Compassion. Where these four are non-existent, there is no magic you can do.
It's in this line that I have always maintained that we must move away from voting based on tribe and religion, and begin to vote for people with competence, capacity, character, and compassion, because we have all seen, painfully, what leadership without these qualities has done to our country.
Competence because Nigeria today needs a leader who understands the issues, who has the knowledge, experience, and clear ideas to solve them. Capacity because it is not a ceremonial position; it requires strength, stamina, and the mental energy to confront our complex challenges. And above all, leadership must be rooted in character and integrity because without integrity, public trust collapses, corruption thrives, and selfishness takes over. But perhaps most importantly, we need compassion, because when a leader lacks compassion, human lives are treated as statistics, and suffering is ignored.
Sadly, the evidence is right before our eyes. Recently, we witnessed severe flooding in Niger State that claimed nearly 200 lives, with many still missing. Yet, not even a single presidential visit, this, in a nation where the scene of the tragedy is less than an hour away by helicopter.
Just days ago, over 200 Nigerians, innocent men, women, children, and even soldiers were massacred in Benue State. Again, no presidential visit. No physical presence at the scenes of pain. No genuine national mourning. No leadership face to comfort the grieving or give hope to the people.
Yet, we have seen what true leadership looks like elsewhere:
In India, after a plane crash killed nearly 200 people, the Prime Minister was physically at the scene within hours.
In South Africa, when floods claimed 78 lives, the president went personally to the affected communities, stood with them, and took responsibility.
That is leadership with compassion. That is leadership that understands the value of human life. But here in Nigeria, we have normalised leadership without empathy, without accountability, and without a human face.
That is why I insist: Nigeria does not just need another president; Nigeria needs a leader, a leader with competence, capacity, character, and compassion. Until we choose leaders on these principles, the cycle of pain will only continue.
A New Nigeria is POssible.
-PO
Families are still reeling from the loss lf loved ones after armed invaders, suspected to be herdsmen, attacked Yelwata community community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The attack began late Friday night, June 13, and continued into the early hours of Saturday, June 14, leaving over a hundred people de@d. Some unconfirmed reports suggest around 200 people were k!lled.
Tsegba Gbam Ayua lost his wife and four children to the attack.
The grieving husband and father expressed fears that he may never recover from the trauma.
“I had been displaced from Ayua in Nasarawa State for over two years and was taking refuge with my family in Yelewata. A few days before the incident, I travelled back to Nasarawa to do menial jobs so I could support my family,” Ayua told DailyTrust in Makurdi on Sunday, June 15.
He continued, “Then, around 11 pm on Friday, I got a call that our host community was under attack. I rushed back early Saturday morning, only to find the worst nightmare of my life. My wife and four children had been burned to ashes inside the market stalls where they were sleeping. Over 100 corpses were recovered in the area.”
He said he buried his family the same day and is now struggling to come to terms with the tragedy.
Prince Aondona Isaka Ornguga also spoke on how he lost at least 23 family members in the attack. Initially, he took to Facebook to disclose that he lost "over 15 members" of his family. He has now revealed that a total of 23 family members d!ed in the mass@cre.
Ornguga, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-Governor Samuel Ortom on Local Government Administration, said the 23 victims were all related to him through his maternal lineage.
“I spoke with two of the victims -Victor Utim and Mathew Iormba – about three weeks ago. They are my first cousins from Tse Tarbee, my mother’s village. While Utim just wrote JAMB, and we were working on getting admission for him. Iormba told me he went to check his business around there,” he narrated.
He expressed worry that the victims were k!lled in the most inhumane manner.
“Iormba was a pharmacist. He had a tall dream, but look at how it all ended for them. And for Utim, this is not what we discussed,” Ornguga lamented.
A survivor of the attack, Mama Victoria Tyobee, said she still could not fathom how she escaped from the armed men.
She said, “We were sleeping when, about midnight, I heard a gunshot, and looking through the window, I saw one of the attackers with a weapon standing right by my house. As I was wondering what to do next, there were sporadic gunshots, and the man fled into the nearby bushes.
“It was after a while that I mustered the courage to step out of the house. I later discovered that my relatives were not so fortunate. We lost three of them. It’s indeed a very sad experience.”
Nigerians have taken to the streets to demand better governance and an end to economic hardship in the country.
In Akure, Ondo State, protesters also gathered to make similar demands.
Videos from the protest grounds were shared by Take It Back Movement, one of the groups organising the demonstration.
The protesters carried banners and placards with their demands printed on them.
In Lagos, a large number of police officers, including personnel from the Nigeria Police Force’s Area F Division, were deployed on Thursday morning as protesters began to gather at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos to commemorate June 12 Democracy Day.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s developmental efforts, particularly in the FCT, have effectively dismantled any opposition coalition aiming to unseat the current administration in 2027.
Wike made the remarks on Wednesday during the commissioning of major infrastructure projects in Abuja, including the Maitama-Gishiri Bridge and the Katampe, Jahi, and Mabushi link roads.
In recent months, opposition leaders, including former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, have been exploring the formation of a united front ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, internal divisions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and challenges in building consensus across party lines have stalled efforts to create a viable coalition.
Addressing the crowd at the event, Wike said the president’s performance, especially in delivering capital projects, has undermined the opposition’s agenda.
“The coalition is bound to fail and it has failed. Your good works have killed coalition,” Wike said, directing his comments at President Tinubu.
Reaffirming his support for the administration, the minister added, “Some people will not be happy; many of them were born not to be happy. Under Tinubu, contractors now have confidence in the government. Your good works have killed the coalition in Nigeria.
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised alarm on the presence of unregistered ‘Fair Child Soap’ in Nigeria.
In a statement released, the agency said a complaint was received regarding the unethical marketing and use of skin-lightening products among minors.
NAFDAC said that during a routine post-market surveillance, it discovered that an unregistered imported cosmetic product, “Fair Child Soap’’ is being sold in multiple retail outlets across Lagos. The soap is targeted at children and marketed with deceptive and misleading labelling.
‘’At a consultative meeting with the marketer (Lexmart Cosmetics Ltd), it was confirmed that the product was imported, with plans for local manufacturing. Due to this discovery, the company has been sanctioned and instructed to stop further distribution as the product is not authorised for distribution in Nigeria and does not fall under the scope of a validly registered product with NAFDAC.''the statement read
The agency says given the skin-lightening claims and the target demographic of children, there is a significant potential for serious health hazards, including skin damage or sensitivity, exposure to harmful or banned substances, and long-term dermatological effects.
‘’Fair Child soap is a skin-lightening product particularly for children.
Product Details:
Product Name: Fair Child Soap
Produced for & marketed by: Lexmart Cosmetics Ltd.''the statement added
The agency advised healthcare professionals and consumers to report any suspicion or sale of unregistered, substandard, and falsified products (medicines or medical devices) to the nearest NAFDAC office, call 0800-162-3322 or send an email to sf.alert@nafdac.gov.ng.
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Bola Tinubu, Aliyu Audu, has resigned from his position. Audu’s resignation is contained in a letter dated June 8, 2025, and submitted through the office of the president’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The Sun reports that in the letter, Audu said he refuses to be a tool for turning Nigeria into a one-party state, while adding that the present administration still has his support.
“I write to formally tender my resignation as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, effective immediately.
Though I do not align with the PDP, I refuse to be used directly or indirectly as an instrument to reduce Nigeria to a one-party state. That would be a betrayal of both divine favour and democratic principle.
After all that God has done for us as a nation, especially in these times, we owe it to Him and to posterity to uphold values that reflect justice, balance, and liberty. True democracy thrives on healthy competition, not political domination.
If we now begin to silence or crush opposition simply because we have the upper hand, then we are no different from the very system we once criticised under Obasanjo in 2003. Such a path is not only politically reckless; it is spiritually dangerous.
And it runs contrary to the divine order, which upholds freedom of choice and diversity of thought. God, in His wisdom, allows even belief and disbelief to coexist. Why then should we, mere mortals, fear ideological pluralism?
Let us build a Nigeria where our strength lies not in uniformity, but in the maturity to compete with ideas, vision, and integrity. Only then can we truly say we are progressing. May Allah SWT forgive us our shortcomings and direct us on the path of righteousness.
I will continue to support our government in power, not just because I helped in bringing it but also because I believe in the success recorded in the area of economic reforms.
We just differ on political views as I pride myself with being a progressive and a promoter of democratic values, which seems to be lost in the unholy alliance of PBAT with Wike.
That does not mean our gbas gbos will seize o. We still here for the attacks and counterattacks. Oya Agbadorians over to you,” he said
A team of security operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Igbo-Eze South local government area in Enugu State, raided an ongoing church building and recovered a human skull in the process.
The structure, named Synagogue, is to be owned by one Prophet Chinedu Solomon Ezedike who is allegedly linked to the heartbreaking m#rder of four little siblings.
Four children were weeks back gruesomely m#rdered in the council area, attracting outrage from Enugu people and beyond. Following the incident, the structure where the incident occurred was immediately demolished by the government.
But to further probe the pastor’s activities, the government widened its scope to his other properties, leading to the latest discovery.
Chairman of Igbo-Eze South Local government area, Barr Ferdinand Ukwueze, confirmed the latest discovery in a post shared on his Facebook page oday June 9.
He wrote
“Two days ago, yet in the course of combing locations reasonably suspected to be solitary sites and camps of divers shades of criminal activities, acting on intelligence, I visited a site at Abile Hill, Isi-Agu, Ibagwa-Aka, in the company of the Divisional Police Officer of Igbo-Eze South, and other security operatives.
The location, currently being used for the construction of Prophet Chinedu Ezedike’s so-called Synagogue, was discovered to be a suspected site for ritual activities.
To our greatest dismay, a human skull and a ritual staff were discovered from the site, lending further credence to the disturbing and tragic circumstances surrounding the claims and allegations against Ezedike. The recovered items were duly handed over to the Police for further examination as investigations continue.
More of these hidden locations will be discovered and visited, as we remain relentless in our pursuit against all forms of criminality in our Local Government Area.
I reassure you; under the administration of His Excellency the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, there will be no hiding place for crimes of any form. We are pursuing an egalitarian society where sons and daughters of Enugu State can aspire and become anything of their choices legitimately without any fear of criminal molestation.
I deeply appreciate the coordinated support of the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS), the Military, the gallant men of Igbo-Eze South Neighbourhood Watch, the Forest Guards, and all well-meaning individuals who have provided intelligence and cooperation over the past weeks.
Society will keep deteriorating when good people keep mute in the face of crime. Together, we must protect our land.”
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has rejected a massive €75 million (N135b) offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal.
According to a post by transfer expert Fabrizio Romano on his X account, “Despite agreement between club to club with Napoli for €75m fee, Osimhen says no to the Saudi Pro League club. Galatasaray will insist on signing him with the race now open again.”
Osimhen has been a key figure during his loan spell at Galatasaray, scoring 37 goals in 41 appearances. His impressive performances have made him a fan favorite, and the Turkish club remains hopeful of retaining him permanently.
Reports indicated that Al Hilal had scheduled a medical for the Nigerian forward after meeting Napoli’s demands. However, with Osimhen rejecting the move, his future remains undecided and the race for his signature is now wide open.
Al-Hilal had been pushing to bring Osimhen to the club in time for the start of the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup, which kicks off on June 14.
The Saudi giants, now coached by former Inter tactician Simone Inzaghi, had also offered an enormous €30m-per-season contract offer to the 26-year-old, who has since decided to reject the offer.
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