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Good day, Mr. Peter Obi. While accountability is essential in every democracy, it must be grounded in facts, fairness, and a proper understanding of the challenges facing our nation. Criticism is welcome, but selective outrage and politically convenient narratives do little to advance the national conversation. The removal of fuel subsidy, increased government revenue, and borrowing should not be discussed in isolation from the economic realities and reforms required to reposition Nigeria for sustainable growth. The N15.8 trillion cited as subsidy savings, for instance, should not automatically be treated as money sitting in a government account waiting to be distributed. Similarly, borrowing is not inherently evidence of failure. What matters is whether borrowed funds are responsibly utilised, whether investments deliver measurable benefits, and whether the debt remains sustainable. On electricity, insecurity, education, healthcare, and poverty, nobody is suggesting that Nigeria’s problems have disappeared. These are longstanding national challenges that require sustained investment, institutional reforms, and collective responsibility. But it is equally unfair to suggest that meaningful progress should be dismissed simply because the work remains unfinished. Accountability must be a two-way street. Those demanding answers from the President should equally acknowledge the complexities of governing a country as diverse and challenging as Nigeria. The same standards of scrutiny should apply to state governments, local governments and every institution entrusted with public resources. Mr. President has a responsibility to communicate his administration’s achievements, challenges, and plans more effectively. However, Nigerians also deserve a national conversation that recognises progress where it exists, identifies failures honestly, and avoids reducing governance to political score-settling. Nigeria needs constructive criticism, not selective outrage. We need facts, not exaggerations; solutions, not sensationalism; and accountability that serves the national interest rather than partisan convenience. A New Nigeria is possible, but it must be built on honesty, fairness, collective responsibility, and an appreciation of the difficult reforms required to move our country forward. Bashir Ahmad, OON National Director, Media Monitoring & Rapid Response City Boy Movement.

We’d explain economic policies from morning till dawn. Break down the ongoing reforms and ask Nigerians to be patient. But, someone is gifting brand-new Prado jeeps like water. This is bad optics and a terrible image for this administration.

Are you ready to agree that 1. If there's report if violence from your candidate's side too, you lose? 2. If there's violence from both side, they cancel out and the candidate declared by INEC wins? If yes, let's do this! 💪🏾

983 goals for Ronaldo ❤️

Like i always maintained, provocation should get the same punishment as retaliation.

The Ukrainian rear guard springs into action. 🇺🇦 There has been talk in recent days of Starlink’s temporary restrictions on Ukrainian forces, which affected the Ukrainians’ communications and logistics for a relatively short period. This recent incident highlights the strategic dependence on a system largely controlled by the US and the vulnerability to political or technical decisions, particularly as, unlike Russia, Ukraine is not developing alternatives in the event of a service blockade. Drones have been key to maintaining a relative balance on the front lines, preventing the Russians from making major advances as they did in 2024 and 2025; and with the loss of Starlink for the Russians, the Ukrainians have managed to turn the situation around, halting the Russian advance and even going on the offensive. How has this been possible? The recruitment situation in Ukraine is critical due to a chronic shortage of combat troops, social tensions and reforms aimed at improving incentives and attracting more personnel, both Ukrainian and foreign. Kyrylo Budanov (Head of the Presidential Office) stated in August 2026 that Ukraine cannot mobilise fewer than 30,000 people per month to maintain the current strength of the Armed Forces (estimated at between 880,000 and 1 million personnel). Not all of these forces are deployed on the front line (approximately 250,000–350,000 personnel), whilst the remainder are assigned to logistics, administration, headquarters and the National Guard, Territorial Defence, training, medical recovery or support roles. In fact, barely a third of those mobilised each month actually reach the front line. Theoretically, this would allow the rotation rate to be maintained and troops to recover over time, although in the long term the situation would generally worsen for the Ukrainian side and, of course, it would not allow them to launch counter-attacks on more than one front. December 2025 saw a substantial shift in this dynamic, with a higher proportion of troops from the rear being sent to the front lines. With Mykhailo Fedorov as the new minister in January 2026 and Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief, it was decided to send part of this reserve of soldiers – who had little experience or combat skills – to the front to overwhelm the Russian forces, which were already stretched thin, through infiltration operations to force their withdrawal, in this way, the experienced units are tasked with clearing the rear and securing the abandoned Russian positions whilst the infiltrations by the reserves continue to force the Russians to focus on them and abandon any counter-attack. The most notable aspect of this strategy is that it has been carried out under a defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, who is an advocate of modernisation and the supremacy of drones (followed by next minister Yevhenii Khmara). And even following Syrskyi’s dismissal in July by Mykhailo Drapatyi—who is apparently inclined to minimise casualties—this strategy has not only continued but has been strengthened, alongside greater decentralisation of management, increased autonomy for commanders and the extension of rotation periods (this has led to an increase in the number of reservists at the front over the last two to three months). The results have been evident on several fronts: - Dnipropetrovsk and southern Donetsk, where the Ukrainians have managed to reverse many of the Russian advances made in 2025 in the former oblast and have recaptured the town of Komar. - Stalling Russian offensive capabilities in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka and east of Kramtorsk and Sloviansk, forcing a Russian withdrawal around the waterway (due to Drapatyi’s extensive rotations). - The repulsion of the Russian offensive in Lyman and the surrounding area (though not Operation Vivaldi, carried out by experienced Ukrainian troops). - The maintenance of the pockets east of the Oskil and south of Kupiansk. This new strategy follows two objectives: to contain the Russians until the arrival of autumn, when the rain and mud make it difficult for heavy vehicles to advance, forcing them to use secondary roads and significantly slowing down logistics and operations; and, secondly, to create a propaganda image of victory by portraying infiltration zones as captured territory, which has on other occasions resulted in a fresh surge of external aid to Ukraine to enable it to continue the war. Both objectives seems to have been reached now. However, the problem lies in the limitations and costs of this new strategy in the long term. The deployment of these reserve troops alleviates the existing problem of understaffed brigades, helps to hold positions, strengthen defences and reduce the strain on existing units, whilst also dispelling the narrative of a shortage of Ukrainian troops that has been repeated for months. However, the accelerated deployment of troops with little or no experience ultimately loses its saturation effect once there are sufficient numbers of troops on the defending side. This substantially increases the attackers’ casualties (this year the Ukrainians have suffered heavy losses in these local counter-offensives) and leaves a gap in the rear ranks of personnel who are key to resupplying the troops at the front; consequently, in the long term, the overall situation at the front would not only fail to improve but would actually worsen, especially given that this year the Russians have managed to establish drone supremacy across much of the front lines. And the impact is not only military, but also social, as there are currently reservists on the front line who were forcibly conscripted; consequently, a rise in casualties amongst these inexperienced troops – deployed to achieve political and media objectives (without this guaranteeing progress towards a victory, as Zelenskyy seeks) – will have a negative effect by increasing draft evasion and fuelling further social unrest on the streets of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

Yes I remember, I contacted you to say I appreciated your support, you then tried to get me on your tv show to talk about it, so my appreciation waned a bit as I knew it wasn’t as sincere as I first thought. It was all about an interview, as is your possessive fawning over Ronaldo & Trump. I also wouldn’t be getting personal with your history or the other two you’re defending, now that would be defending the indefensible.

Brilliant statement by a classy, honest guy who has been treated very disrespectfully. Proud of you @Cristiano 👏