DSS: Free Andrew Emelieze the champion of Federal Workers struggle welfare now. Femi Aborisade

*Femi Aborisade Demands Release of Comrade Andrew Emelieze, Co-ordinator of Federal Workers Forum* My client, Comrade Andrew Emelieze who has been championing the struggle for the welfare of workers employed by the Federal Government has been detained again today 3/7/25 by the State Security Service (SSS) in Ibadan. It should be recalled that the Comrade was detained on 30/6/25 and released the following day on 1/7/25. Today, he was invited by the same DSS and detained for no stated reason. According to the report of Mr. Yusuff Akinola, the lawyer from Abope Chambers who went to secure his bail on 1/7/25 and who also accompanied him today to the SSS office, no specific allegation of any offence was made against Comrade Andrew Emelieze. Indeed, according to Andrew Emelieze, his interrogation on 30/6/25 through 1/7/25 revolved round only facts relating to the formation of the Federal Workers Forum. Today, 3/7/25, after he honoured the invitation of the SSS, he was asked to wait for a Senior Officer who never showed up to interrogate him. I call on the SSS to release my client, Comrade Andrew Emelieze. If he has committed any offence known to law, he should be charged to court. Below are the verbatim reports of Yusuff Akinola Esq on 1/7/25 and 3/7/25, which show nothing but sheer harassment of a law-abiding citizen in person of Comrade Andrew Emelieze. *REPORT OF VISIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE (SSS)OYO STATE COMMAND,ON THE ARREST, DETENTION AND RELEASE ON BAIL OF COMRADE ANDREW EMELIEZE FROM 30TH June through 1ST JULY 2025*. Around 11 a.m of 1/7/2021, I got to the premises of the Oyo State Command of the SSS located at Aleshinloye, Ibadan, Oyo State. I was initially prevented from entering the premises by the officers at the entrance gate on the ground that no lawyer can see anyone in their custody until the Investigation Officer has directly and formally invited the counsel. Later, when I stated we might make a public statement that our client had been denied access to a lawyer of his choice, I was eventually allowed to enter their main building at about 11:15 a.m. The officers at the counter directed me to wait at the visitors' room on the ground floor, that the Investigation Officer would come out to invite me to the Interrogation Room. After 40 minutes, the same officer informed me that they were attending to Comrade Andrew Emelieze and that I would be allowed to see him at a later time. Around 2 p.m, an officer who they all addressed as 'DLS' invited me to his OFFICE where I identified him to be their lawyer. The SSS lawyer ordered the Investigation Officer to bring Comrade Andrew to his office. Upon the production of Comrade Andrew in their lawyer's office, I asked for the reason for his arrest and detention. Neither the lawyer nor the Investigation Officer could state the particular reason for the arrest and detention. Rather, the lawyer showed me the statement written by Comrade Andrew and he asked Comrade Andrew if he was tortured and whether the statement was made voluntarily. Comrade Andrew responded that he was never tortured and his statement was made voluntarily. Comrade Andrew Emelieze's statement was his responses to the questions put to him about the historical facts on the formation of the Federal Workers Forum led by the Comrade which had planned a protest in Abuja for 1/7/25. Thereafter, we were led to the 'ADS' office where I orally applied for Comrade Andrew's bail. I was informed that it was not their practice to take oral application for bail. They requested that the bail should be applied with our office letterhead within 1 hour because their officers were preparing to head out of their premises. By 2:56 pm, I submitted, at the counter, the handwritten application for bail with Abope Chambers' letterhead. We were given a bail bond to fill around 3 pm but we had to wait till 6pm before Comrade Andrew could be released, because none of the officers present could tell us the offence Comrade Andrew had allegedly committed. Meanwhile, we needed to state the alleged offence on the bail bond. Around 6 p.m., the Investigation Officer came back and informed us that the alleged offences were *'Incitement and Public Disturbance'* . Comrade Andrew was finally released around 6 p. m. and we left their premises by 6:15 p.m. Yusuff Akinola, Esq. *REPORT OF VISIT TO THE SSS OFFICE TODAY 3/7/25 AND DETENTION OF COMRADE ANDREW EMELIEZE* Sequel to the invitation of Comrade Andrew Emelieze by the SSS, on the ground that there was a document we were yet to sign to perfect his earlier bail granted on 1/7/2025, Comrade Andrew and I went to the SSS Command this evening and entered their premises around 5:17 p.m. Upon entering their main building, we were informed by one of the officers that an unidentified senior officer wanted to ask him a few questions. Hence, Comrade Andrew was directed to wait at the Waiting Room. The officer then advised that I could leave so that they wouldn't waste my time. I informed him that we were invited only to come and "perfect the bail" earlier granted and I informed him that I wouldn't leave my client behind . He therefore stated that I could stay with Comrade Andrew at the Waiting Room till the time the said senior officer would return back to office. After 40 minutes, I informed the officer at the counter that we would like to leave as it and come back tomorrow since Comrade Andrew was already on bail and he needed to take his medication. The officer said I might leave but Comrade Andrew had to wait for the senior officer who was not available. I reminded the officer again that Comrade Andrew was on bail and there was no reason to detain him again since he had not jumped bail and I further asked if he had been detained again. The officer didn't respond to my question. After 2 hours of waiting, around the 7:18 p.m., I had to leave the SSS Command when it became obvious that their intention was to keep Comrade Andrew in their custody. Upon reaching home around 9 p.m. because of the heavy rain fall and traffic , I saw two missed calls on my phone from the officer that invited us. I called him back and he informed me that the senior officer had returned but they found out I had left. I asked if they had released Comrade Andrew, he said I should come back to their office this night for the release of Comrade Andrew. I asked if he meant I had to apply for his bail again and the officer said yes. I informed him I would return to their office tomorrow, 4/7/25. Yusuff Akinola, Esq.

Lamido was wrong on Afenifere's involvements in the June 12 struggle. Afenifere supported Abiola and was active in the formation of SDP via PSP which fused with Shehu Musa Yar'Adua's PDM. Before June 12 - Babalola

*Sule Lamido; The Soldier of Fortune's Horse.* By Olusegun R. Babalola My attention has been brought recently to the comments made by the former Jigawa State Governor, on Arise Television (17, June 2025) and the Guardian newspaper (25, June 2025), where he unfairly de-marketed audaciously made false comments on Afenifere, one of the most powerful welfarist groups in Africa and one of the greatest voices against bad governance in the world. On President Bola Tinubu, he made two things clear, which Afenifere have consistently emphasized, based on the principle of social democracy and welfarism, since Tinubu's presidency. According to him, Tinubu cashed in on the June 12 pro-democracy movement during the annulment crisis, acted more as a “soldier of fortune” than a genuine advocate for the people’s mandate." Secondly, he lamented that Nigeria is currently plagued by economic hardship, insecurity, and declining public morale, and he also warned that politics has taken precedence over governance halfway into Tinubu’s term. Particularly on Afenifere, Lamido surprisingly stated that "Afenifere believed that for any Yoruba to rise to the national level, it must be through them. I think that is also Tinubu’s crime—for making it to the presidency outside Afenifere.” Secondly, he noted that Afenifere “hopped into the arena after June 12 to use the victory, instead of the victor, to ride on the emotions of the Yorubas and regain political relevance after their siddon-look posture.” Lamido is looking at the surface as all sophists do, and not on both the surface and below the surface, as morally committed thinkers (political scientists and philosophers) do. Firstly, Afenifere is guided by the principle of justice, fairness, social democracy and welfarism. It's not that "Afenifere believed that for any Yoruba to rise to the national level, it must be through them" but that Afenifere believes that the principle of governance everywhere should be based on justice, fairness, social democracy and welfarism, and life abundant for all. This has been the unrivaled principle since Action Group days. This has always been Afenifere's measure of all politicians. If Tinubu switches from his neo-liberal policies to welfarist policies, and also adopts Afenifere's ideas of economic and political restructuring, Afenifere would commend him. It's no personal but a matter of principled ideology, which may be hard for Lamido to understand. Secondly, Afenifere did not join and lead the pro-democracy movement "to ride on the emotions of the Yorubas and regain political relevance after their siddon-look posture," but again based on the same principle of justice, fairness, social democracy and welfarism to seek for fairness and justice. If it was someone else from another region that was treated unfairly, Afenifere would have stood up for him. Thirdly, Lamido was wrong on Afenifere's involvements in the June 12 struggle. Afenifere supported Abiola and was active in the formation of SDP via PSP which fused with Shehu Musa Yar'Adua's PDM. Before June 12, both Afenifere and Abiola made it known to all that Abiola made up with Obafemi Awolowo (Afenifere leader) before the latter died. This was the case even though Afenifere was highly sceptical of the manipulations of Ibrahim Babangida's transition program and was more interested in the "National Question." Olusegun Obasanjo too, was sceptical about it and he wrote one his most advanced political treatises called _Constitution for National Integration and Development_ on the same transition program. It wasn't only Afenifere that was sceptical. It was also such scepticism that led to Bola Ige's "siddon look" cliche. And it was also the concern for the "National Question" that made Afenifere settle for Abiola and not Bashir Othman Tofa of the NRC. And hasn't the subsequent events of that transition program justified Afenifere's scepticism? Though Lamido claimed that he is not playing regional politics; that he is concerned with the "truth" especially for younger generation, for what he called "national rebirth;" and that his comments are not part of a North-West conspiracy against the current administration; Lamido is invariably assisting the same “soldier of fortune” to succeed whilst destroying genuine basis for an enduring trans-regional opposition. As such, he is guilty of the same critique that he placed on President Tinubu - that "politics has taken precedence over governance." Interestingly, Lamido has done this before. He was one of the many who abandoned the June 12 struggle and signed up with Sani Abacha's grip to power towards silencing oppositional groups. Abacha made him the Chairman of Nigeria Agricultural and Cooperative Bank in 1994, and after being inducted to Abacha's patronage system (apologies to Prof. Richard Joseph), he thereafter told the whole world that he didn't join politics to serve Abiola. That is the truth necessary for our national rebirth. Who is more honorable, the unrepentant prebendalist who dumped a cheated winner he once supported or a cautious skeptic who fought for justice and fairness? Lamido also noted that "It’s left for Nigerians to evaluate what is happening under President Tinubu’s watch to determine his democratic credentials." In my view, my evaluation is that Tinubu's administration has not only perfected the craft of dividing oppositional forces into factions as he did to Labour Party and other vital oppositional organizations for perpetual rule, but has also perfected dividing the oppositional minds, as seen in Lamido's comments. And this is really very disconcerting and telling. There would be no accountability from Tinubu's administration nor would the opposition be able to wrestle power from him or even win him, as long as oppositional minds and organizations are divided. National rebirth is impossible with divided minds and organizations, and without a clear sense of reasoned principles to end these artificial divisions. Invariably, if and only if Lamido is truly concerned about "national rebirth," one could say he is shooting himself in the feet. Sad. He has become, once again, the horse for the “soldier of fortune.” Olusegun Babalola is a member of Afenifere and was the Osun State Coordinator for LP Presidential Campaign Council. He is General Secretary of LP in Osun State has a blog - obalufonics.com

Minister of Education, VC and the Governing Council empty UNIABUJA treasury, shared the money. UNIABUJA Staff

UNIABUJA ACTING VC DEFIES THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, RISKS SHOWDOWN WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION In a move aimed at defying the directives of the House of Representatives Committee on University Education to put on hold the process of appointing new substantive Vice-Chancellor and Registrar pending conclusion of an investigation hearing into the recent leadership crisis at the University, the acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patricia Manko Lar has convened a meeting of the University Senate to elect members of the Governing Council that will conduct the selection process. In a notice issued by Tanimu Mustapha, Deputy Registrar, Academic, dated 25th June, 2025, the Senate meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 26 June, 2025, which is the same day Professor Lar is scheduled to appear before the House Committee conducting the investigation hearing. She is expected to appear before the Committee along with the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University’s Governing Council. With this development, sources at the University are wondering whether the acting Vice-Chancellor will attend the hearing at the National Assembly or not, and if she does, what will be her explanation for the apparent disregard of the Committee’s directives. It would be recalled that Sahara Reporters on 24th June 2025 carried the report of action taken by the House Committee on University Education based on a petition by 98 members of staff of the University raising several allegations against the Pro-Chancellor of the University. Arising from the petition, the Committee, via a letter signed by its Chairman, Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata, ordered the halting of every process for the selection of a new Vice-Chancellor and Registrar

NBM CRISIS: Ese Kakor a criminal, forged signature of Okogua who died 28/8/2022 to constitute illegal BOT on November 6, 2024. - Akeem Zibiri, Chairman NCTC

PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NCTC CHAIRMAN Date: 17th June 2025 RE: THE COURT CASE AGAINST THE EDO STATE GOVERNMENT – CALL FOR CALM AND CLARITY ON THE POSITION OF THE AUTHENTIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES Distinguished members of the Neo Black Movement, Our attention has been drawn to certain voice notes and commentaries in circulation, spreading misinformation regarding the ongoing court case between the NBM and the Edo State Government. As the Chairman of the NCTC, it is my duty to address the General Congress clearly, responsibly, and with a deep sense of respect for our movement and its future. 1. NBM's Position Must Be Represented by Lawful Trustees The authentic Board of Trustees (BOT) of NBM is currently pursuing a legitimate case at the Federal High Court, Abuja, challenging their illegal removal through alleged forgery and manipulation. Despite this, another group—constituted by Mr. Ese Stanley Kakor, who himself is under legal restraint from parading as National Head—is leading a suit in the name of NBM without the mandate of the authentic BOT or the wider Congress. This is irregular, misleading, and against the spirit of transparency and accountability we stand for. 2. Why the Authentic BOT Must Join the Edo State Suit It is essential that the authentic BOT has now applied to join the current court case as an interested party. This is to protect the integrity of the movement and ensure that no one uses the suit to legitimize an illegality or extend any tenure under false pretenses. If the authentic BOT remains silent, it may be seen in law as consenting to the actions of the fake trustees. That would undermine both the Abuja suit and the interests of NBM members worldwide. 3. No Room for Blackmail, Tenure Elongation, or Misinformation Let it be clearly stated: The authentic BOT is not fighting for personal gain, but for justice and due process. The authentic BOT has no interest in prolonging any crisis or tenure. The application to join the suit is meant to ensure that only legally recognized trustees act in the name of NBM. The court has fixed 23rd June 2025 to hear this joinder application. We urge all members to be watchful and remain law-abiding. 4. A Call for Calm and Unity This is a defining moment in our journey. We urge all members of the movement—young and old—to remain calm, peaceful, and united. Do not allow falsehoods and desperation to sway you. Justice is not a race; it is a process. Let us trust the process and allow the law to take its course. Conclusion Let no man or group take advantage of this moment to push a personal agenda. The authentic BOT is working with competent legal minds, and will carry everyone along once the court recognizes them. As your NCTC Chairman, I assure you that the transitional process will not be derailed. Let us defend the soul of the movement, not individuals. We move forward with unity, truth, and justice. Signed, Akeem Zibiri Chairman, National Convention and Transition Committee (NCTC) Neo Black Movement Worldwide

Benue genocide: Tinubu's calling the killings a "reprisal attacks" by warring groups is appalling, a cruel distortion of truth - Okechukwu Nwanguma

Mr. President, This Is Not Leadership — It Is Abdication. By Okechukwu Nwanguma President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I write to you with a heavy heart — compelled by conscience, outraged by injustice, and deeply disturbed by the tone-deaf statement released on your behalf by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, your Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Apart from your unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, this is the most insensitive and misguided public communication to have come from your presidency. How did you, Mr. President, respond so late to what amounts to genocide in Benue State? The world has seen the images — charred bodies of babies, children, women, entire families hacked and burnt alive in their homes. The Pope responded before you did. How can the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria be so distant from such horror? Your statement didn’t reassure. It exposed paralysis. You told the world you were “directing security chiefs to implement your earlier directive.” So your first order wasn’t implemented? You are neither disciplining anyone nor changing strategy. You’re simply reissuing an ineffective order — after hundreds of innocent lives have been lost. Who really holds power in your government — you, or the security chiefs who ignore your commands? This isn't just failure; it’s surrender. What exactly is the logic of your government’s approach? Less than two weeks ago, your Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, said he was relocating to Benue to “stem the tide of violence.” What has he done? Where is the result? And if no one in the chain of command can enforce peace, what is the function of government? Your language in the statement is appalling. You describe what happened in Yelwata as “reprisal attacks” — as if the men, women, and children burned alive had launched some attack to provoke this massacre. What is your evidence? Where did the people of Yelwata go to kill others before being murdered in their hundreds? Calling these “warring parties” is a cruel distortion of truth. Even your own party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue, described the incident as “an unprovoked and barbaric massacre... a calculated ethnic cleansing campaign.” So which version of the truth should we believe — yours or your party’s? Let’s be clear: these are not reprisal attacks. This is genocide. And your administration’s casual framing of it is shameful. This is not the time for moral equivalence. It is time for decisive, lawful, and visible leadership. What You Must Do Now * Declare a constitutional state of emergency in Benue State. Use the powers granted to you under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution. You do not need to suspend the Governor or the House of Assembly — that would be unconstitutional. But clearly, the Governor is overwhelmed, and you are empowered to act, especially as he has failed to request action in a timely manner. * Launch a comprehensive security operation in the state. This should involve all arms of the military and police, coordinated directly from the National Security Adviser’s office and the Defence Headquarters. All existing operations, including Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), should be integrated into this mission. Those already arrested — including bandits and armed herders — should face swift justice. No mercy for murderers. * Visit Yelwata immediately. Stand with the survivors. Address them. Mourn with them. Assure them that justice will be served. Announce a relief and reconstruction package. Let the world see you acting like the President of a country that values the lives of all its citizens. * End the charade of “dialogue” with killers. Stop pressuring Governor Hyacinth Alia to engage in reconciliation with terrorists. There is no dialogue with genocidal actors — only justice. Mass murderers should be prosecuted, not placated. Dialogue without justice is what got us here in the first place. Mr. President, Nigerians are watching. The world is watching. And history is watching. This is your test. This is your Rubicon. Do not cross to the wrong side of history.

June 12 stands for justice, social equality and eradication of poverty, while the poor are hungry and poorer under Tinubu's watch - Omoluabi Progressives

June 12 : Our Message to the Poor and Struggling Nigerians On this solemn occasion of June 12 – Democracy Day, we, the *OMOLUABI PROGRESSIVES,* honor the sacrifices made by heroes past, especially the poor and voiceless who stood firm for justice, democracy, and dignity in the face of tyranny. June 12 is more than a date—it is a reminder of Nigerian masses resilience and their unbreakable spirit which serves as the bedrock of this nascent democracy which ordinarily we should be enjoying today but unfortunately as it is, it is being raped by the very people who are supposed to know better. Today is a day that symbolizes the people’s stolen mandate through Moshood Olawale Kasimawo Abiola, MKO who believed that poverty eradication, justice, and equal opportunity must form the backbone of our democracy to ensure a free, fair, just for all and egalitarian society for the working people !. But what are we witnessing today, untold hardships in the midst of abundance and phantom wants amidst plenty resources. To you the market women, the jobless graduates, the artisans, the farmers, the okada riders, and the millions enduring hardship created by the ruling class and untold hardships heaped on you by PHCN and its arbitrary Band 419 charges, Omoluabi Progressives says to you: you are not invisible, You are the soul of this nation and a better tomorrow is knocking. We acknowledged the fact that, the gap between the half and the half nots continues to expand, the scope of the middle class is been eradicated, the poor continues to soar while the rich continue to benefit from the broken systems and false promises, we, the Omoluabi Progressives, are committed to a new kind of politics—politics with character, courage, and compassion. Politics that returns power to the people and dignity to every household. We understand the pain of empty kitchens, rising fuel prices, PHCN 418 bands and children out of school. We will not celebrate democracy without demanding it delivers food, jobs, security, and fairness while urging the ruling elites to do away with the false “Renewed Hope” mantra. The Omoluabi Progressives offer the good people of Osun and Nigerian as a whole a system where ; • *Leadership serves, and not steals* • *A country where an average Nigerian will not sleeps hungry* • *A democracy that works for not just for the politicians and the powerful but the kind of democracy that works for all, the poor, the haves, and the have nots* • *A democracy where institutions rather than personnel are built on sound framework.* “He who knows history knows that success may delay, but it will never be denied. “ Freedom Cometh By Struggle. Stay awake, stay involved, and stand for truth. For democracy is not complete until it uplifts the poor. This is our promise. A luta continua. Victoria ascerta. Signed: Abosede Busayo Oluwaseun Organizing and Publicity Secretary Omoluabi Progressives June 12, 2025.

Gbadebo symbolized hope to end political godfatherism, oppression and systemic inequality in Lagos - Adewole Ireti

*Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour stands today as a reflection of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, carrying forward the legacy of liberation, courage, and people-driven leadership* It is noteworthy to say both Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and late Chief Moshood Abiola share a burning passion for liberation.One at the national level and the other at the state level.While Abiola’s dream was to liberate Nigeria from poverty, injustice, and misrule with his iconic "Hope '93" campaign, Gbadebo steps into the political scene with the same spirit, aiming to free Lagos from the grip of political godfatherism, institutionalized oppression, and systemic inequality. Their aspirations are deeply rooted in the desire to return power to the people and to create a fairer, more inclusive society. Neither Gbadebo nor Abiola entered politics through government appointments or the patronage of the political elite. They emerged as self-made leaders who earned their followership through integrity, vision, and grassroots connection. Abiola rose from the private sector as a successful businessman and philanthropist, while Gbadebo has remained untainted by political favoritism, choosing instead to stand with the people and not the powers that be. This independent political trajectory sets them apart as truly people's candidates. Just like Abiola denounced the elite-driven politics of his time, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is taking a bold stance against godfatherism and the manipulation of the masses through vote-buying. He is vocal about ending the culture of using poverty as a political tool, where people are given money in exchange for their future. Gbadebo’s campaign is one of political reawakening educating the electorate on the power of their vote and standing against the forces that have held Lagos hostage for decades. Gbadebo’s message of "Hope " is not accidental, it is a deliberate continuation of the dream that MKO Abiola died for. Abiola symbolized hope for a new Nigeria; Gbadebo symbolizes hope for a new Lagos. Both men are champions of equity, unity, and transformation. Gbadebo is determined to correct the long-standing narrative of marginalization in Lagos Politics, and like Abiola, he is ready to stake his all to uplift the ordinary people and restore dignity to governance. Together, let us make Lagos Proud.. - Comr. Adewole Ireti Publicity secretary

2026 Guber election in Osun : Basiru, Oyebamiji charged each other with allegations of betrayal, for reaching out to Aregbesola - Mogaji

OSUN 2026: SRJ, OYEBAMIJI ROMANCE AREGBESOLA Following a recent visit to President Bola Tinubu by the Adeleke family, there are credible reports that two governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Congress (APC) are already romancing former Governor Rauf Aregbesola Insiders in both camps revealed that the overture to the former governor was a follow up to the anger against President Tinubu for hosting Governor Ademola Adeleke at his Bourdillon residence. Operatives of both camps had earlier descended on the president after the visit, accusing him of betrayals and threatening the number one citizen with severe political consequences. Sources within the two camps disclosed that the visit has foreclosed the likelihood of illegal deployment of federal agencies to rig the 2026 elections for the state APC, leading to thinking of new alignments ahead of the elections. According to a source within the Oyebamiji camp, the reach out to the Aregbesola group is a strategic move to counter the entrenched political force of the Adelekes. “ Our leaders are reaching out to Aregbesola. You just need to remember that Aregbesola was the original godfather of our Principal. Ambo has no personal issue with Aregbesola. So rapprochement is a path being pursued”, the source said. He was however silent on whether Oyebamiji obtained permission from Blue Marine Minister, Adegboyega Oyetola, to enter a new relationship with Aregbesola. For the camp of Ajibola Bashiru, reports indicated that the APC National Secretary has been secretly sending emissaries to Ogbeni Aregbesola to forgive and forget his past misdeeds and support his bid for the governorship. “We are in touch with Aregbesola. There is no doubt about that. Both Bashiru and Ogbeni are back in a political relationship. This is politics. No permanent enemy of friend”, a close ally of Bashiru declared. Meanwhile, the two camps have accused each other of reaching out to Aregbesola, charging each other with allegations of betrayal. While the Oyebamiji camp alleged that Bashiru has sealed a deal with Ogbeni, the Bashiru group levelled the same allegation against the Ambo group. The reports of romance of the aspirants with Aregbesola is reported to have reached the Presidency, leading to reported deepening anger against major APC leaders in Osun. The fresh reports came amidst recent open attacks against Mr. President by known APC leaders in Osun state. The issue of social media attacks against Mr. President is reportedly under investigation at the topmost level.

Seize the streets on June 12 for a National Protests Action - Mekunnu Koya and Federal Workers Forum call on Nigerians.

*BE PART OF THE JUNE 12 NATIONAL PROTESTS, FOR EVERY ONLOOKER IS A EITHER A COWARD OR A TRAITOR.* Great Nigeria people, MEKUNNU KOYA and the FEDERAL WORKERS FORUM salute your perseverance in the face of hunger, hardship and suffering in the midst of plenty. We call on you to join hands to end the unprecedented poverty caused by a thieving few in the corridors of power who flaunt their ill-gotten wealth with impunity. We call on you all not to empathise with us but to fully participate in the June 12 National Protests Action to reclaim and refocus the mismanaged civil rule in Nigeria towards a genuine democratic process. We appeal to you to support and take part in the mass agitations against bad governance in Nigeria , we believe you are the unsung and genuine heroes of our nascent democracy. Clearly, our experience today is the direct opposite of why we fought military misrule to send the Khaki boys packing. From all intent and purpose, we do not lose our friends and dear ones, we do not lose our limbs, dare police brutality, face persecution and prosecution only for the poor getting poorer and poorer and the few rich getting richer and richer. Our struggles that ended military dictatorship is to enjoy our freedom as freeborn and not as slaves. We ended military rule to have democratic choice in periodic elections and not for any Neo-Fascist to imposed a one party state on us, using enormous state resources to achieve his gluttonous appetite for wealth accumulation and Emperor morbid ambition. Food prices have skyrocketed, people cannot afford basic needs, insecurity of lives and property is the new norm while the government shows gross ineptitude and lackadaisical attitude in their interventions during natural disasters. The Tinubu's renewed hope mantra has become a curse with renewed hardship. If we fail to speak out now, if we fail to act now, if we fail to resist the Tinubu's government anti poor socioeconomic policies, if we fail to reject the script for one party rule now, if we fail to resist an Emperor that has weaponised poverty , it means we have submitted our freedom and liberty, we shall be worse than slaves in our fatherland. We cannot and should not allow our harrowing experience to further degenerate. We have to take our destiny in our palms to reclaim our humanity. As we have nothing to lose but our chains. We must mobilised for a protracted struggle in the coming days, weeks and months. We should organise ourselves in our neighborhood, streets, offices workplaces and our campuses to save our hard earned democracy from the leprous hands of Neo-Fascists in the corridors of power. Dare to struggle, dare to win! Signed Comrade Wale Balogun Convener, Mekunnu Koya Comrade Andrew Emelieze Federal Workers Forum.

AFENIFERE USA CHAPTER a rebellious, divisive set of impostors in the payroll of Tinubu for 2nd term - David Adenekan

Diaspora Group Warns Against Afenifere Impostors, Backs New Leader By ALJAZIRAH -June 5, 20250142 By Blessing Otobong-gabriel The Afenifere Diaspora USA has issued a warning to the general public to beware of a group claiming to be the “Afenifere USA Chapter”, stating that the group is unknown to the pyramid structure of Afenifere and congratulated Oba Oladipo Olaitan on his emergence as the substantive national leader of Afenifere, reaffirming their support for his leadership. In a statement signed by both the Chairman, Prof. Sikiru Fadairo and Secretary, Comrade David Adenekan called on the general public to shun a group called, “Afenifere USA Chapter” as such group is unknown to the pyramid structure of Afenifere under the umbrella and able leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan. The Afenifere Diaspora USA emphasized the importance of authenticity and warned against impostors who may seek to undermine the organization’s integrity while urging the public to recognize only the legitimate leadership of Afenifere under Oba Oladipo’s able leadership. The group reiterated that, a group cannot exist in isolation and vacuum of a leadership structure. “To set the record straight, it was true that a group known as Afenifere USA Chapter under the leadership of Dr. Durojaye Akindutire was created by the leadership of Pa Ayo Adebanjo of blessed memory; and with the direct supervision of Engr. Adebayo Adenekan, Afenifere Diaspora Secretary. The group was dissolved by the purposeful leadership of Pa Ayo Adebanjo who has joined our ancestors because of the rebellious behaviors of the leadership of the group in question that was anti – Afenifere.” The group stated. “Today, the so-called Afenifere USA Chapter is unknown to the leadership structure of a one umbrella Afenifere under the indefatigable leadership of Oba Olaitan Oladipo; a disclaimer indeed! “Afenifere will not approbate and reprobate, the so-called leaders of Afenifere USA Chapter are detractors that have been dismissed from the organization. They are only being used by political jobbers to truncate the noble efforts of the leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan to ensure that the primary goals and objectives of establishing Afenifere (welfarism for all) are not defeated.” The group affirmed. “What is the manifest goal of the so called Afenifere USA Chapter, apart from a divisive political agenda to support Tinubu re-election bid for 2027 and get compensated with plum jobs or pay checks? Are they not political patronage? If not, how do you start running a campaign for a man that told Nigeria during the electioneering campaign, ahead of 2023 general election that, “If I am elected as president, hold me accountable to my promise, if I do not provide a stable and constant electricity to every Nigerian in six months, do not re-elect me as your president.” Did the national grid not collapse to the extent that the federal government has abandoned the whole country to gross darkness to opt for alternative energy, install solar panels that will cost tax-payers billions of naira to only provide constant electricity to Aso Rock, the seat of power. In this scenario, are they not desperately reinforcing failure to ask the electorates to vote PBAT for second term?” The group queried. However, Afenifere Diaspora USA needs to clarify the true identity of Afenifere to sensitize the public so that they do not get confused with the so-called activities of the detractors. Also, that any such group outside the pyramid structure of Afenifere under the astute and amiable leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan is a ruse, the group clarified. “The group implore all sons and daughters of Yoruba land, including the citizens of other five geo-political zones in Nigeria, namely South-south, South-east, North central, North east and North west; and the world at large to please discountenance and stay away from the so-called individuals and groups like the disbanded Afenifere USA Chapter that are misrepresenting Afenifere.

Don't drag NBM of Africa into a case with Ese Kakor, his removal reported to CAC, January 15, 2024. Barr. Nkemnacho tells Edo state government

Open Letter to the CAC, the Inspector General of Police, the EFCC and members of NBM of Africa Worldwide. I am forced to come out publicly to address some of the recent problems plaguing our beloved organisation, NBM of Africa which many of us have spent our lives building. The current dispute between Mr Ese Kakor and Edo State government, a former leader of the organisation has further dented the image of the NBM of Africa. Prior to this dispute NBM of Africa has struggled to redeem its battered image mainly from the handwork of Ese Kakor and his misguided and irresponsible associates. The problem NBM of Africa faces today is exacerbated by bad governance plaguing our beloved nation, Nigeria. NBM of Africa has since February 2024 brought to the attention of the Federal Government via the CAC and security services, the EFCC and the Inspector General of Police our problems with Ese Kakor and his misguided associates. I am particularly happy that it has taken Edo State government the boldness to challenge Ese Kakor. However in doing so it has rubbed on our beloved Organisation because of the indifference exhibited by bad federal government agencies in Nigeria. NBM of Africa is a duly registered organisation with the CAC which is responsible for registering clubs and charities in Nigeria. One expects the CAC to also monitor the activities of the clubs and charities. The trustees of NBM of Africa and legal owners of the organisation filed a report with the CAC on 15th January 2024 notifying the CAC of the removal of Ese Kakor as the National Leader of NBM of Africa for criminal activities, misappropriation, and threat to life. The report was clear on the removal of Ese Kakor from office. To date the CAC has not acted on the report by writing to Ese Kakor to stop parading himself as the President or National leader of the organisation. CAC silence has emboldened Ese Kakor and his worldwide misguided associates to continue to misrepresent himself as the President of NBM of Africa. Equally, the Inspector General of Police is complicit in denying NBM of Africa justice. Following a report by some members of our great movement to the IGP against Ese Kakor for ‘threat to life, terrorism and financial misappropriation’ nothing concrete was done by the office of the IGP except writing invitation letters to Ese Kakor. On 26 March 2024, our lawyers Henry Akunebu SAN wrote on the Trystees behalf to the IGP confirming Ese Kakor’s removal by the Board of Trustees of NBM of Africa. On 10th September 2024, one CP Emmanuel Aina (pcs), commissioner of police (SEB) of the Special Inquiry Bureau, Criminal Investigation Dept (FCID) Abuja invited Ese Kakor in a letter reference 3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/SEB/T.12/VOL to report for interview at Abuja. Nothing came out of this invitation. I would like the IGP to investigate why report by the NBM of Africa against Ese Kakor did not see the light of day. What was the outcome of the report for which Ese Kakor was invited to report to Abuja. Also the EFCC received a report about Ese Kakor’s financial misappropriation and like the CAC and IGP, it failed to investigate properly. The EFCC failed woefully as an agency involved with fighting financial crimes. Ese Kakor has continued to receive funds he should not have on behalf of NBM of Africa to date from gullible and misguided members and branches of the organisation while the authorities slumber. While I congratulate Edo State Government for standing up to fight corruption and cultism, NBM of Africa should not be mentioned in its dispute with Ese Kakor. The Trustees of the organisation will reach out to Edo state government for compensation over the destruction of its headquarters in time. It is on public record at the CAC that Ese Kakor was removed as President of NBM of Africa by the trustees of the organisation on 12 February 2024. It is also on record that security agencies were notified of his criminal activities but failed to act responsibly. The organisation is currently in court in Benin City struggling to see if Edo State judiciary can support NBM of Africa in wrestling it from the grip hold of Ese Kakor and his misguided associates. Since February 2024 Ese Kakor has grabbed and run away with the organisation aided by a corrupt Nigerian system. As a member of the NBM of Africa and a proud one and former national leader of the organisation, I urge both parties to settle their dispute without involving our respectable organisation. Ese Kakor has only existed and allowed to continue his criminal behaviour simply because the Nigeria system failed the organisation. Newspaper houses and TV channels have also contributed in promoting Ese Kakor as president of the NBM of Africa. Arise TV did not carry out good investigative journalism to learn that Ese Kakor was not the President of our organisation when it aired him in 2025. When this was brought to the knowledge of Arise TV, particularly Rufai, Arise TV failed to correct their error or apologise for airing the wrong person as the organisation’s president. It is time for Arise TV to make right its error. Our revered father the Oba of Benin was also fooled into building a relationship with Ese Kakor after he was removed from office. One can excuse our royal father, but his officials cannot be exonerated from Ese Kakor’s criminal behaviour. Some palace chiefs knowingly or unknowingly misled the Palace into accepting Ese Kakor parading himself as the leader of the organisation. Celebrities were also misled into relating with Ese Kakor as our leader. The likes of Burna Boy and Davido whom I was instrumental in resolving their long public dispute also found themselves hoodwinked by awards that mean nothing. Genuine NBM members do not need awards. It is a life duty we are called to do, fighting against inequality, injustice and the freedom of Africans mentally and spiritually. Celebrities are advised to dissociate themselves from Ese Kakor and approach the legitimate trustees of NBM of Africa for advice. Stop feeding Ese Kakor’s criminal lifestyle because he stopped being the leader of NBM of Africa in January 2024. It is unfortunate the situation NBM of Africa finds itself today. But it is my hope that justice can finally be fought for an organisation whose primary role was set up to free the minds of the black race from mental slavery and injustice. NBM is also about promoting African culture and social justice. I want to thank the Edo State government for its seriousness in fighting the cancer that we as an organisation have been fighting. I implore the government to reach out to the Board of Trustees of the Organisation to begin discussion on explaining to them why our national secretariat was demolished without notice. Ese Kakor has no legal stand to bring a case without the authorisation of the Board of Trustees of NBM of Africa. NBM of Africa has intellectuals worldwide and some are serving and retired government and political office holders that are contributing to the development of Nigeria and the world. Unfortunately like Nigeria, the lunatics have taken over the asylum. I am prayerful that the intervention of Edo State government in Suit No B/540S/2024 can help us regain our organisation from the likes of Ese Kakor and his associates. Long live NBM Long live Edo State Long live Nigeria Signed: Mr (Bar) Edward Onoriode Chikwe Nkemnacho Former National Head (AKA Lord Nelson Mandela ll,FJ82,BOF)

OAU management turned intelligence & intellectualism upside down by inviting Wike as a distinguished personality to Great Ife- Kunle Wiseman

AS 'BULLDOZER' WIKE DARES THE INDOMITABLE GREAT IFE LEGACY By Kunle Wizeman Ajayi Even while down, there is some information that would razzle you up when heard. So, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has the audacity to turn intelligence and intellectualism upside down by inviting FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to the prestigious Great Ife campus to come speaking as a "Distinguished Personality?!" Distinguished kini?!! If the madness to be witnessed on OAU campus on Thursday June 5th is anything to go by, one should expect the same management to bring MCOluomo next as "Distinguished Personality." When I shared the poster with a Leader of mine who has great respect for Great Ife, he simply responded by saying "OAU is finished!" His understatement is covered by the recent mass protests on Campus over how about four sets of students have been paying session by session for ID cards but the management never produced the cards. I was also on that campus, and I can say that even a village setting is far better. From Angola Hall to Fajuyi, there were bushes competing with the roads and hostels. So unkempt, the campus is really a shadow of its old self. But the management has always been like this really. I remember they tried hard in 2005 to bring Babangida to campus, but failed after students uproars. They ended up bringing the then Attorney general, Bayo Ojo the year after. Students Union Leaders roundly dealt with Ojo intellectually and he was disgraced off the campus. The same management, even when they increased fees abitrarily, also brought former President Jonathan to campus in 2016, he was pelted out the campus with sachets of water! Elements like Nyesom Wike believe they have turned Nigeria into a zoo,and they can go anywhere and do anyhow. He has "defeated" even the great Ijaws in Rivers and has been boasting around, of his defeating them. I am sure Wike is well abreast of the great legacies of Great Ife and how we don't take nonsense from elements of the Nigerian ruling class overtime. But Wike must have shunned that, and with the assurances of the management that the students Union is already pocketed, the Rivers and Abuja "Bulldozer" is all set to put our beloved Great Ife in the bag too?!!! The lecture is allegedly on teaching Great Ife students, lecturers and the community on how to be a "loyal party leader" in the present political spaces. What sort of irritating and ironic lecture is Wike coming to deliver on OAU campus? How much have we degenerated to this?? By now, if the Dr. Bush-led Students Union is actually conscious and abreast of the Great Ife traditions, there should be a statement and position of the union on Wike's embarrassing lecture by now. Great Ife students should care about Wike storming our campus to teach us the shenanigans of his brazen and open pocketing of the PDP for the benefit of a failed regime. Wike is busy demolishing and grabbing people's lands all over Abuja, whereas the FCT remains in a mess of growth and developments. So, wetin Wike wan teach us at Great Ife. Will he bring his band of pipers and be talking down on everyone at Oduduwa Hall as he is wont to doing overtime? The same Wike paid his paper pipers and they were insulting the great Femi Falana all over the press. Falana was one of the best Publicity Secretaries of the Great Ife Students Union, and has distinguished himself as a great lawyer. Whereas, Wike never appeared on court for once as a lawyer, worse than a Charge-and-bail Barrister. For my generation, by now, Wike would have rejected the coming to OAU campus. And if he is hell bent on coming; the Jonathan measure of the 2016 generation is a greater option. We the oppressed need to be facing our oppressors with our doses of the hard truths each time we have the opportunities. I urge the current Great Ife Students Union to define the standards of their own generations and ultimately keep the Great Ife legacies as indomitable and historic as ever. For the failed Professor Bamire-led management asking Wike to come teaching us about party legacies, Fela Kuti's words remain evergreen; "Teacher, teacher...don't teach us nonsense!!!"

Nigerians had a harrowing experience living through pain and anguish inflicted by Tinubu government in the last 2 years. - Afenifere

President Tinubu woefully failed Nigerians - Afenifere Midterm Report The Midterm Report shows that every human development and sociopolitical index has regressed since the coming to office of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, turning the promise of renewed hope to a nightmare of regressing hopelessness and despair. Rather than take full responsibility for the unmitigated sufferings inflicted on Nigerians in the past two years on account of its wrong policy choices and wasteful spending, the Tinubu administration has engaged in massive propaganda claiming false successes and shifting blames to global and historical factors, and showing scant empathy for ordinary Nigerians. Basically, due to unforced errors, especially the oversight of the production element of subsidies and floating the Naira, without any preparation to cushion the predictable impact, the Tinubu Economic Reforms has turned out to be Tinubu Economic Deforms. 1. Titanic crash in Domestic Production - Our GDP (Gross Domestic Production) crashes to $188.27 billion, according to IMF 2025 projections, from the $363.8 billion left behind by President Buhari, who brought it down from $574 billion that it was under President Jonathan, according to World Bank statistics. According to National Economic Summit Group, over 7 million businesses have closed down since 2023. 2. Astronomical rise in Public debt : In spite of the phenomenonal rise in public revenue from subsidy withdrawals and massive devaluation of the Naira, the Nigerian public debt has increased by over N100 trillion in just two years. Specifically, as reported by Debt Management Office, Public Debt shot up from N87.91 trillion left behind in 2023 by President Buhari administration, to N187.79 trillion projected for 2025. This is in stark contrast to the debt that was just N12 trillion before APC came to power in 2015. In dollar terms, our debt rose from $108.23 billion in 2023 to $142.47 billion in 2025, despite cutting subsidies. 3. Horrific increase in Poverty: According to the World Bank in May 2025, the poverty rate has increased from 38.9% in 2023 to now over 54% poverty rate, with over 75.5% of rural dwellers now living below the poverty line. Our GDP per capital also fell by 75% from $3,222.7 in 2014 to $1,637.47 under Buhari and now a mere $806 in 2025. According to the IMF, this is a stark indication of Nigeria experiencing shrinking prosperity and complicating poverty crisis. In absolute figures, the people living in poverty increased from 87 million to over 130 million people, with 13 million more people falling into poverty in 2025. About 33 million face starvation to death. 4. 4. Housing Crisis : About 30 million are without a roof over their head, while 108 million live in substandard housing according to Development Aid statistics. The Tinubu administration budgeted for the provision of a mere 20,000 houses in 2025, despite our population increase being over 6 million people (nearly 20,000 a day) in 2025. At 20,000 homes a year, it would take a thousand years for everyone to have a roof over their head. 5. A Prebendal and Government for the privileged and connected: Despite the Tinubu administration's economic policies causing huge inflation that cut real wages in over half, only 4.1% of the Nigeria population in the civil service had their wages increased by 38%. Reliance on unproven channels for the distribution of pitiable halfhearted food and other palliatives were corruptly split among those connected, while uncontested mega projects were brazenly given to those with well known connections to the President. It is obvious that the Tinubu administration has no intention of delivering the greatest good the greatest number of Nigerians. 6. Unabashedly profligate government: Two years into its tenure, and contrary to its well advertised electoral promise, the Tinubu administration is yet to implement Oronsaye Report to cut cost of governance, instead the costs have ballooned with new cost centers for cronies to milk. The tone of government at all levels is one of profligate 'jaiye jaiye' lifestyle, while the masses are being berated about Nigeria's wasteful past and the imperative of sacrifice to restore fiscal integrity. The government's first supplementary budget and subsequent budgets were spent on not only preserving but increasing the luxurious lifestyle of those in government - new Presidential jet, Cadillac limousines, N160 million cars for each federal legislator and scandalous increase in unaccounted constituency projects worth billions to each legislator. 7. Increase in insecurity : In the quest for absolute power, the Tinubu administration is trading off lives of Nigerians by refusing to devolve power for state police. Across Nigeria, there is a resurgence in the activities of bandits, kidnappers and insurgents. According to Amnesty International, in two years of Tinubu over 10,000 people have been killed and nearly a 1000 villages destroyed, while two new terrorist groups have evolved. The failure to treat this as an emergency to devolve power to enable states create state police places responsibility, if not culpability, for all lives lost since 2023 at the feet of the President. In addition to personal physical insecurity, there is food insecurity as rural dwellers run for dear life from foreign herders and now itinerant ''hunters''. 8. Destructuring democratic federalism - The Tinubu administration is actually Destructuring instead of Restructuring the military imposed constitution, towards true federalism. It has shown increasingly centralizing tendencies to further weaken the federalist elements in the constitution by attacking federating units with the takeover of their administrative units, known as local governments. Tinubu is destructuring the pillars of our democracy by neutralizing the legislature and judiciary put in place for balance of power and robust representative governance. It is obvious that the agenda is a one party state totalitarianism. 9. Dictatorial Tendencies and the Road to One Party State - In the last two years, we have witnessed a markedly increase in intolerance of protests by dissenting civic groups. Peaceful protesters, students and labour groups are hounded, destabilized and bullied. In recent times, we have seen a gale of opposition politicians decamp to the ruling party to prevent institutional victimization. Even government sponsorship of internal conflicts in opposition parties and sociopolitical groups are in open. Some recent appointments to Independent National Electoral Commission are speculated to be card-carrying members of the ruling party. The emasculation of liberal democratic values are flagrantly displayed, without any shame or restraint. Summary : It has been a harrowing experience living through the pain and anguish of the last two years, inflicted on the nation by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This Midterm Report is a duty that AFENIFERE - the Welfarist Political Organisation established by Obafemi Awolowo and his associates in 1951 and now under the Leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, its 6th Leader - must fulfil to prevent government propagandists from drowning the voices of millions of hungry and deprived Nigerians. Rather than focusing on service delivery, the Tinubu administration is focusing on winning the 2027 election regardless of the voters. No amount of propaganda will erase hunger and poverty in the land. Only selfless and empathetic leadership can serve the people, not Prebendalist and hedonistic lifestyle. If this Midterm Report was an academic exercise, the student will receive an Advice to Withdraw from the examiner, but we believe there is still room for redemption. We urge the President and his Choir of Mandate seekersto reflect and for a change just love Nigeria and Nigerians. HRH Oba Oladipo Olaitan Afenifere Leader Prince Justice Faloye Afenifere National Publicity Secretary

Southwest problem problem is elite complacency not to help poor farmers - JM Egbe, Kogi West

WE DON'T HAVE A FULANI PROBLEM IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA.WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMPLACENCY PROBLEM OF THE ELITE NOT STEPPING UP TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE IN RURAL SOUTHWEST NIGERIA AND DONATE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF RESOURCES TO THE FARMERS WHO ARE HUNTERS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA It is so unfortunate that the SARS became a “ transactional enterprise “ of Criminal in Police Officers Uniform, milking the cow of this war against terrorism .I can look back at March 2022 - October 2022 and what they tried to do to me on my own property, simply because I had to protect my investment and my abode. They were clearly out to extort me and put me out of Business. But I was determined to fight them in Court while I planned to sell of and buy a game farm in Southern Africa and leave for good .It cost me a lot in earned Kingdom as I stopped my work and shuttle,work and shuttle for 9 months. Numerous Court appearances etc. I will always be grateful to the SAHAN ( Safari Hunters Association of Nigeria ) , the Hunters of Southwest Nigeria , SCI ( Safari Club International) and my Hunting Compadres all over the World for their steadfast support, especially my friends in the “ high and low “ of the Republican Party. Pastor Idowu Ogedengbe, Professor Oyewo the Attorney General of Oyo State my GM , Prince Bowofade Aderemi,Kola Awodein SAN ‘Floreat’ and our Secretary General SUUNIFE 1975/1976 for their wise legal counsel and of course our Governor His Excellency Seyi Makinde without which we would have had an unfavorable outcome. I tell my Hunting compadres all over Nigeria that we don’t have a Fulani problem in Southwest Nigeria.What we have is a complacency problem of the Elite not stepping up to assist the People in rural Southwest Nigeria and donate their fair share of resources to the Farmers who are Hunters in Southwest Nigeria . Couple that with the collusion of the Police and Military ( Ref to Rtd Lt T Y Danjuma’s speech “ The Military , they collude with Bandits and Terrorists……. Arm yourself because if you wait for them to save you, you will die, you will die 1 by 1….“). These are words from a former COAS and retired Minister of Defence.As for the Fulani’s and the other Brigands, continue as they do their own brand of terrorism in Southwest Nigeria. they don’t know “ Yorubaland “…. I really feel sorry for them, continue.It will be Menachem Begin’s way for us in “ Yorubaland “. AN EYE FOR A TOOTH 🦷. Their eyes for our Tooth 🦷. They want to take on Yorubas?. They will give you the “ Ebiti treatment for Grass cutters “, and may their “ Ebiti’s always fall forward “ Amen Thanks to all the other people too numerous to mention. JM

Okpebholo lacks powers to regulate petroleum products or seal fuel stations on metering issues. - Osaze Edigin

*BITTER TRUTH:* Edo State government lacks the constitutional powers to regulate petroleum products or seal any fuel stations on metering issues. That's the job of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, formerly the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Any taskforce set up by the state government MUST work with the regulatory body for effectiveness. While we are all shortchanged by the activities of these unscrupulous filling stations, government must be seen doing things in accordance with the law. Setting up a taskforce isn't the main issue, it's that the endpoint is compromise of intention and money making opportunity for the 'boys'. I was part of a petroleum taskforce as a civil society component during Obaseki's administration, we worked with the constitutionally recognized body and other critical stakeholders for enforcement. Can someone help check on Mr. Amen Osunde who held away during Oshiomhole's administration as taskforce chairman on petroleum and was allegedly built a filling station from the process. We all know how these things work. It's usually a case of initial gragra. Items on the exclusive legislative list cannot be operated by state governments. Let's do things in civility for citizens to emulate. The state government should be duly guided against avoidable litigations. A taskforce must also be under the relevant ministry for proper accountability. Leftist Osazee Edigin AICMC 29th May, 2025 osazedigin@gmail.com

Afenifere reaffirms Oba Olaitan as Leader, rejects forest guards, backs state police.

Afenifere reaffirms Oba Olaitan as Leader, rejects forest guards, backs state police. The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has backed the establishment of State Police against the Federal Government-controlled Forest Guards, a development viewed as a palliative too little which also contradicts the very essence of Nigeria federal Union. In a communique signed by the Secretary-General, Sola Ebiseni, after its Monthly General Meeting held at the residence of its Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan in Ilesha on Tuesday, the group backed the age long call for State police to frontally addressed the worsening insecurity of lives and property in Nigeria. “Afenifere expressed concerns about the frightening state of insecurity and called for the establishment of State Police in line with true federalism". Afenifere insisted that State Police will work better for our situation rather than the proposed Forest Guards with overriding Federal Command, particularly in our federation where land matters is within exclusive constitutional jurisdiction of states. “We believe that Forest Guard with Federal command is anti-federalism”. While condemning acts of terrorism in the North-central part of the country, the group called for a return to modern agriculture with adequate security for farmers, adding that it would soon establish skill acquisition centres in member states to train youths free of charge. The group also reaffirmed the appointment of Oba Oladipo Olaitan as its new Leader, saying his appointment to the position of Deputy Leader in 2021 which was approved by Pa Reuben Fasoranti after his retirement, has also ensured that the leadership of the Afenifere rotated to the Oyo/Osun axis. Ebiseni further stated that the “general meeting reaffirmed the appointment of Oba Oladipo Olaitan as the new Leader of Afenifere. “Following his retirement as the Leader of Afenifere in April 2021, our revered Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti handed over to Chief Ayo Adebanjo and appointed the then National Financial Secretary, Oba Oladipo Olaitan as the Deputy Leader, the position he held till the glorious demise of our iconic Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo on the 14th February 2025. “The significance of this visionary appointment is that since inception in 1951 the leadership of Afenifere now moves out of what looked like rotation between the Ondo/Ekiti and Ogun/Lagos zones to the Oyo/Osun axis. “At the March 2025 General Meeting held at the residence of our late Leader at Isanya-Ogbo, it was Resolved that the Deputy Leader should serve as Leader in acting capacity and shall automatically assume office as the substantive Leader after the burial of our revered Chief Ayo Adebanjo”. In a related development a fraction loyal to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu led by the retired leader of Afenifere has purportedly declared Chief Olu Falae, a former Finance Minister as Chairman. Reacting to the mischief, Secretary of Afenifere in the US David Adenekan stated categorically that " A man who's mindset of capitalism, the so called Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) as a Minister of Finance under the Military junta, which was antithetical to the welfare ideology of Afenifere is not just fit to lead the group".

Olu Falae unfit to lead Afenifere, his economic ideas contradicts Afenifere welfare ideology, not part of the pyramid leadership left behind by Pa Ayo Adebanjo. - David Adenekan

Chief Olu Falae unfit to lead Afenifere, not part of the pyramid leadership structure intactly left behind by Pa Ayo Adebanjo. - David Adenekan By: Daisi Ogunniyi. The struggle for the leadership of the Yoruba socio-political group has further degenerated with the declaration of Chief Olu Falae, as the factional leader of Pa Reuben Fasoranti group loyal to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It could be recalled that due to Pa Fasoranti failing health he had nominated Late Chief Ayo Adebanjo to take over the mantle of Afenifere leadership in a letter addressed to both the Caucus and Congress of the group in April 2021, with Oba Oladipupo Olaitan chosen to deputised Pa Adebanjo. However, in a twist of events after the Pa Ayo Adebanjo led Afenifere declared support for the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, a conventional Afenifere principled position for justice, equity and fairness that it was the turn of the Southeastern part of the country to rule Nigeria, Pa Reuben Fasoranti suddenly comes back from his self imposed retirement to drag leadership with Adebanjo after he had a closed door meeting with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the then Presidential candidate of the APC. Political pundits believe Pa Fasoranti renewed claim to leadership of Afenifere was a compromise to contradict and weaken Afenifere's support for Peter Obi and at the same time projects Tinubu as the anointed candidate of the Yoruba socio-political mouthpiece. An unpopular stand that does not resonates with majority of Afenifere members. The struggle for the control of Afenifere continued till the recent passage to glory of Pa Adebanjo. The mainstream Afenifere declared Oba Olaitan as Acting leader at Adebanjo's country home in Isanya Ogbo, Ijebu Ode in March, with a resolution for him to assume full leadership after the burial of Pa Adebanjo which was effected a few days ago. The Fasoranti splinter group loyal to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has also declared a former Minster of Finance, Chief Olu Falae as Chairman. The Afenifere Diaspora has kicked against the emergence of Falae. In a statement "A Void Succession In A Leadership Vacuum" , A Rejoinder To Olu Falae Emerges New Afenifere Chairman issued by David Adenekan. "It is a void succession in a leadership vacuum indeed! Time will tell, he stated "How would someone who was not part of the pyramid leadership structure that was intactly left behind by Chief Ayo Samuel Adebanjo of blessed memory just come from the blue to assume the leadership of Afenifere, at whose people's instance? What, who, when, how and where was the assembly of delegates that declares him as the new leader of Afenifere? Where is the real structure, apart from political jobbers who are parading themselves as Afenifere". "Suffice it to say, leadership is not declared in a vacuum. A void succession indeed!" This is inapt and gibberish. "This unrepentant Tinubu's acolytes are bent to achieve the uncharitable agenda of their so called pay master, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, PBAT" Adenekan added. " It is not going to work. Why? Afenifere is not about dialectic materialism. A man who's mindset of capitalism, the so called structural adjustment program (SAP) as a minister of finance under the military junta, which was antithetical to the welfare ideology of Afenifere is not just fit to lead the group". "Afenifere is a group that is grounded in a philosophy ideology, couples with strong conviction called welfarism". This is another shenanigans such that has already hit the rock before it arrival. An "unfit leadership cap."

THE SELECTIVE SANCTITY OF SHAME —A Scathing Polemic on Media Hypocrisy and the Tinubu Exception

THE SELECTIVE SANCTITY OF SHAME —A Scathing Polemic on Media Hypocrisy and the Tinubu Exception Aare Amerijoye DOT.B. In the grand amphitheatre of Nigerian politics, where truth is often strangled and falsehood enthroned, where sincerity is banished and hypocrisy paraded with pomp, nothing stings more painfully and dishearteningly than the biased theatre orchestrated by the Nigerian press ,an institution that was once reputed as the last bastion of moral conscience, but now reduced to a mercenary machine of selective scrutiny, operating with calibrated silence and sophisticated cowardice. The audacity of silence, the complicity of compromise, and the editorial prostitution that now define Nigeria’s mainstream media are best illustrated by their deafening hush whenever the name Bola Ahmed Tinubu is whispered or even shouted. Let it be clear and unequivocal: the Nigerian press has now turned itself into an appendage of political manipulation, abandoning its once-honourable duty to inform, investigate, and expose. Today, it performs a shameful choreography of deception, dancing around truth with the elegance of a snake in search of warmth, slithering away from accountability while entwining itself in the comfort of complicity. When Tinubu's name surfaces, the press becomes a sanctified altar where all transgressions are sacrificed for loyalty, not justice, and where the ethics of journalism are substituted with the economics of patronage. If the roles were reversed and it was Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi whose secondary school of claim came into existence years after their alleged graduation, the media would have gleefully gone on a literary carnage. The headlines would be bloodthirsty; the columnists would dust off their vocabularies of contempt, and public discourse would be drenched in righteous indignation. There would be protests orchestrated by media-driven frenzy. Yet, in the case of Tinubu, this scandalous detail is quietly buried beneath the editorial carpets of complicity. Why? Because it's Tinubu , the man for whom the press sacrifices its integrity upon the altar of favours, contracts, and brown envelopes, and who enjoys a mystifying exemption from the moral codes imposed on others. Were it Atiku or Obi that tampered with their age records, shifting from 1946 to 1952 in a rather amateur performance of chronological acrobatics, the press would have had a field day. There would be syndicated editorials calling for public outcry, documentaries would flood primetime television, and online platforms would gleam with analytical eulogies of disgrace. But because it is Tinubu, the Nigerian press sheathes its sword and hands him a laurel. The double standards are as grotesque as they are glaring , a brazen betrayal of the public trust. If Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi had presented academic records with names bearing feminine titles, with contradictions as pungent as those from the so-called Chicago State University, with no classmates, no proper transcripts, and even carryovers with no resits or retakes, the media would have crucified them at dawn and incinerated them by dusk. “Forgery!” “Disqualification!” “Disgrace!” would have been the media mantra. But since it is Tinubu, the press offers their silence as incense, their objectivity as sacrifice, and their ethics as burnt offering. Now, ponder deeply: had Atiku or Obi forfeited millions of dollars due to alleged narcotics-related offences, as Bola Ahmed Tinubu did in the United States, they would have been convicted in the courtroom of Nigerian public opinion by a press that once prided itself on probity and fearlessness. Yet, Tinubu walks on water; the press gazes in awe, drenched not in truth but in the murky waters of favours and fear, bathing in silence and drinking from the fountain of selective blindness. The same Nigerian media that should speak truth to power now whispers flattery to corruption. If under the rule of Atiku or Peter Obi, Nigerians were met with the current economic catastrophe , the soaring inflation, the naira’s freefall, the petrol subsidy debacle, the brutal tax regime, and the apocalyptic cost of living , there would have been daily front-page assaults. The press would cry: “Impeach!” “Unfit to Lead!” But under Tinubu, the media becomes a circus of praise-singers. He is christened “Star Boy,” not for his performance but for his immunity from scrutiny and sanctification by omission. This is the media of today: heavily biased, compromised, and prostituted by political lust. Anchormen now read scripts laced with lies; columnists are now conscripts in Tinubu's propaganda war. They masquerade as journalists but are nothing more than pen-pushers for the highest bidder, heralds of hypocrisy and scribes of sycophancy. Let the dead speak. And so, the late Yinka Odumakin, a conscience too noble to be bought, spoke from beyond the grave in his fiery open letter to Bola Ahmed Tinubu , a letter now immortalised by truth and courage, and preserved as a historical indictment. The letter was written and published on October 20, 2020. Odumakin challenged Tinubu's history as a man of multiple faces and fraudulent timelines. “I am Yinka Odumakin, and nobody can say he had known me under any other identity,” he thundered, drawing a clean line between his life of truth and Tinubu’s kaleidoscope of aliases and forgeries. He scoffed at Tinubu’s laughable age claims: “The current governor of Osun is the son of your immediate elder sister and he is 63, while you claim to be 66. Your first wife died recently at 74.” By inference, Odumakin was strongly suggesting that Tinubu was at least born around 1946, which would make him approximately 79 years old today. In a country where mathematics is optional and memory is forbidden, these inconsistencies do not bother the press. Odumakin continued with surgical precision: “There is no school I have attended that my classmates would not come out in droves to say we were together.” Tinubu, on the other hand, is a ghost graduate of ghost institutions. When Government College Ibadan old boys sought to honour him, no one could place his graduating set. The event was cancelled in embarrassment, swallowed by the shame of anonymity. “My parents are not rich, but I am proud of them because from their black pot, my white palp emerged,” said Odumakin, throwing shade at Tinubu’s dubious family claims. Tinubu called one woman “Maami” for political optics, while those who truly knew her children laughed in disbelief and whispered tales of borrowed motherhood. He mocked Tinubu’s rags-to-stolen-riches journey: “When you returned from exile in 1998, you had only the Sunday Adigun house. All four cars you used were borrowed from Ganiyu Solomon. I offered to print your campaign posters at 40% of what others charged. I delivered, and saved you 60%.” That is the anatomy of opportunism, the beginnings of an empire built on borrowed glory. But perhaps most damning was his comment on Tinubu’s legendary greed: “There is hardly any boundary between Lagos State treasury and your private pockets.” The public vault is but a private purse in the reign of Tinubu, and the press watches, blindfolded by indulgence. Odumakin exposed Tinubu’s double life, his alleged betrayal of the June 12 movement, his duplicity in the anti-third term campaign while secretly conspiring with Abacha's remnants. He reminded us how Tinubu described Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi as “Adiye ni Tokunbo, yin agbado fun a pada”, a chicken who turns at the sight of corn. Is that not the metaphor for the Nigerian media today? A gaggle of chickens chasing grains of gold, forgetting their calling and devouring their conscience. Philosopher Immanuel Kant once said, “He who is cruel to truth becomes a slave to delusion.” Nigerian media today has become the wretched slave of delusion, trading truth for contracts and objectivity for brown envelopes, kneeling at the altar of access and dancing to the music of manipulation. Friedrich Nietzsche thundered, “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” That is the tragedy of Nigerian journalism today: its credibility is in ruins, its voice for justice is now for sale, and its integrity auctioned off to the highest bidder. If journalism is the fourth estate of the realm, then today it is a demolished estate, sold for a pot of porridge and fenced with complicity. This generation may forget, but history won’t. The grandchildren of these biased broadcasters and sycophantic scribes will one day ask: “Where were you when truth was bleeding?” And the silence of today shall be the shame of tomorrow. Let it be known and eternally remembered: if Tinubu were Atiku or Obi, he would have been crucified long before INEC ever declared results. But in this democracy of double standards, Tinubu is not only spared, he is sanctified by the sins the press once condemned. As George Orwell said in “Animal Farm”, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” In the press parlance of Nigeria, all politicians are guilty, but some, like Tinubu, are simply too profitable to be held accountable. And that, dear citizens, is the anatomy of a corrupted conscience, and the post-mortem of a prostituted press. Aare Amerijoye DOT.B Director General The Narrative Force.

Nyesom Wike vindictive outbursts exposed him as Nigeria's most querulous politician... a liability to Tinubu's government. - Dele Momodu

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TINUBU... Your Excellency, good evening Sir. I have just read the news here in America that you have stepped into the matter of your cantankerous Minister of FCT, MR NYESOM WIKE who sealed the National Secretariat of the PDP, the biggest rival of your ruling party, APC, and properties of other defaulters in Abuja earlier today. While no one should condone non-compliance of government obligations, government must always restrain itself from vindictive outbursts such as that of Nigeria's most querulous politician who I'm sure is fast becoming a liability to your government. The decision to stop Wike today achieved several points in your favor. We used to think we have two Presidents in Nigeria, TINUBU and WIKE. Now, we know WIKE has a Boss who can checkmate his excesses. How I wished you had stopped his reckless disruption and distraction of the SIM FUBARA government in Rivers State and saved the hapless people from this unfortunate contraption called emergency rule. Nigerians are currently going through so much hardship and pain and you need to rescue them from WIKE's additional burden and insults. WIKE's assignments are far smaller than that of Minister DAVE UMAHI, yet the man is so humble while WIKE subjects Nigerians to his tautological press conferences as if he's running his own Federal government and not under anyone's control. Sir, there can't be two Captains in one ship and I hope WIKE got that message loud and clear from your powerful intervention today... CHIEF DELE MOMODU

OWA ADESUYI HASTRUP: WHEN ‘ATOBATELE’ IS CROWNED SUBSTANTIVE OBA" Olafare Moses

It is no longer news that the good people of the entire Ijesa empire have formally welcomed their new monarch, an astute maritime business magnate and former Deputy Governor of The State of Osun, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adesuyi Hastrup, Ajimoko III as their new Owa Obokun and Paramount ruler of Ijesa Empire. The quality of massive turnout of the Crème De La Crème in the country who graced the occasion last Saturday in Ilesa is a clear attestation to the quality of Personality the handsome fine gentleman; Owa Adesuyi Hastrup enviably possesses. The array of these powerful Nigerians at the event; Former President Obasanjo, Former Vice Presidents Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo, Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun and Lucky Ayedatiwa of Ondo, former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel accompanied by Chief Kola Onadipe, Rev Mother Esther Ajayi, Olorogun Sunny Kuku of the EKO Hospital and former Deputy governor of Lagos State and Otunba FEMI Pedro, to mention but just a few. There great personalities and others not mentioned who graced the occasion not only invited by Governor Adeleke, but also attracted to the event by the personality of Owa Adesuyi Hastrup who himself is among the movers and shakers in Nigeria. IJESA TI L’OBA….. Similar to this coronation event was when Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi,CFR, Ojaja II took his staff of office 10 years ago, in the year 2015 precisely, which was also jam packed by those who owned Nigeria as at then. The the sitting Vice President of Nigeria Professor YEMI Osinbajo SAN accompanied by the then Southwest governors including Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state, Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state and late Isiaka Ajimobi of Oyo state graced the occasion to witness the coronation of the Natural Head of the Oduduwa race( No wonder they all attended in persons) Apart from being the Yoruba(if that’s our true name) number 1 traditional ruler, Ooni Ogunwusi was well connected to these great leaders who graced his occasion either through business endeavours or impactful socialisation. Lest I forget the colossal presence of now President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who came in the company of the former APC’s National Chairman and Osun state former governor, Chief Bisi Akande and the host governor himself, Ogbeni RAUF Aregbesola. How many men and women of substance can we even remember to mention? General TY Danjuma, his wife Senator Daisy Danjuma and Senato Florence Ita Giwa were all part of the coronation planning committee to ensure everything went well, and it really did. It takes a great man to network great men. I also recall, when the former Ooni Okunade Sijuwade, Olumide II had his 80th birthday celebration in Ile-Ife in the year 2010, I’m not good at forgetting such ‘Manigbagbe(unforgettable) day in history. I saw governors standing up to relinquish their seats for other Very Important Personalities(VIPs) in fact, the then governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun state stood almost throughout the duration of the event attended by almost all the 36 governors in Nigeria, President Yaradua represented by Vice president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, former president Obasanjo accompanied by his wife and daughter; Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, former Head Of State, General Yakubu Gowon who was a Keynote Speaker, the then President Boni Yayi of the Republic of Benni, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Head of State, General AbduSalami Abubakar, former Secretary General of The United Nations(UN) Dr Kofi Anna, the Asantene of Kumasi Ghana, Otumfor Ossei Tutu II, representives of Queen Elizabeth of England, the Senate President of Nigeria, Senator David Mark, the Almighty Esama of Benin, Sir Dr. Gabriel Igbinedion was chairman of the planning committee with his son, former governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion as a member. An indeed gathering of MEN not the BOYS. So far unbeatable! I also witnessed the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin of Oyo Atiba in Oyo state and I saw the network of important personalities who also grace the epoch occasion; the host governor, Engr. SEYI Makinde, his Deputy Governor, some members of the Oyo state House of Assembly, Commissioners, Local Government chairmen and their honourable councillors, Honourable member representing Oyo Federal Constituency at the National House of Representatives in Abuja and son of the immediate past Alaafin of Oyo Atiba, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Honourable Akeem Adeyemi popularly called “SKIMEH” Senator Yinus Akintunde representing OYO in Abuja who was chairman planning committee, his predecessor, Senator Mulikat Sumonu and the Honourable Minister of Power who represented President Bola Tinubu, Chief BAYO Adelabu. The word ,’Atobatele’ connotes a man with a kingly personality of colossal influence and great affluence. The new Owa Obokun of Ijesa Empire, His Imperial Majesty, Owa Adesuyi Hastrup, Ajimoko III was perfectly an ‘Atobatele’ He was a very successful businessman before becoming the Osun state Deputy Governor in 1990. He has since returned to his private life and private sector of the economy, maritime sector in particular where he has emerged as a leader. He is someone who has so far conducted himself very kingly but in humbleness and without publicly. UJESA TI L’OBA YEE RAN. It is without prophecy to know that Ijesaland will begin thank the Almighty Olodumare for the type of king they now have in the person of the new Owa Adesuyi Hastrup. I am not a seer but I can see this coming to happen soon. The king is stupendously rich and ready to use not only his money but also his connections for the desirable development of Ijesa land. I even heard he has already started. BABA RE A GBE O!!! Signed: Otunba Moses Olafare, Lowa Ada Compound, Okerewe, Ile-Ife.

Governor Adeleke celebrates Ogeni Rauf Aregbesola at 68

GOVERNOR ADELEKE SALUTES FORMER OSUN GOVERNOR, OGBENI RAUF AREGBESOLA AT 68 The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated a former Governor in the state, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, on the occasion of his 68th birthday, applauding his life of service and impacts. Governor Adeleke salutes Ogbeni Aregbesola's courage and conviction, which stands him out as a politician with a difference, acknowledging his pronounced contributions to the progress that Osun state has made so far. The Governor commends the ex-Interior Minister for giving a good account of himself in the various public offices entrusted him by offering impactful service deliveries, praising the celebrant's cherished history of dedicated services to Osun state and Nigeria as a whole as Governor and Minister respectively. "I celebrate my dear Egbon, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, as he marks his 68th birthday today. Ogbeni Aregbesola is a man endowed with an incredible sense of purpose, utilising his God-given knowledge and energy to initiatives that will impact lives and transform societies," the Governor noted in a congratulatory message. "Regardless of our political differences, I hold Ogbeni Aregbesola in the highest esteem because of his contributions to the progress made in Osun state so far. I join family, friends and wishers to honour his many impacts, particularly in the area of creating opportunities for young people." Governor Adeleke prays "that Almighty Allah bless Ogbeni Aregbesola with more celebrations and enjoy more years in good health and sound mind to contribute more to the growth and development of Osun state." Signed: Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor

For African Liberation Day, we say: Abolish NATO! US/AFRICOM out of Africa NOW!

FOR AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY, WE SAY: ABOLISH NATO! US/AFRICOM OUT OF of AFRICA NOW! Deja Gaston. May 16, 2025 This May 25 marks 62 years since the founding of the Organization of Africa Unity and the commencement of the pan-African holiday, African Liberation Day. For masses of African people, this holiday is a reaffirmation and commitment to the total liberation and unification of Africa under the banner of socialism. It is a reminder of the victories and struggles against colonialism, imperialism, and neo-colonialism which continue to intervene in Africa’s development toward sovereignty, security, and self-determination today. As many social movements and political organizations prepare to mobilize this month, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will host its Spring 2025 Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio between May 23-26. This marks 22 years since NATO last hosted a summit in the United States. With NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly falling on African Liberation Day, it’s critical to understand how the U.S./AFRICOM and NATO relationship towards Africa is defined as one of intervention, regime change, bombing campaigns, resource extraction and much more. Socialism in the 20th century The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution broke the yoke of Tsarist imperial ambition forging a multinational state led by workers and peasants. This revolution shattered the imperialist idea that economically backward and culturally repressed peoples were incapable of any such movement let alone have the ability to govern for themself on the foundations of a socialist society. The Bolshevik Revolution unleashed new horizons for Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Movements for national liberation, decolonization and the construction of socialism grew in resistance to the centuries-long plunder by Western imperialist nations. This sweeping revolutionary fervor was especially prominent by the close of World War II. In 1945, the Soviet Red Army defeated fascism — liberating Europe from Nazi Germany. The Vietnamese, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, declared independence from French colonial rule, just hours after Japanese surrender. Workers and peasants established the People’s Republic of China (1949) while Ghana was the first African country to gain independence from its colonial ruler (1957). The culmination of anticolonial struggles is what led to the famous 1955 Bandung Conference of African and Asian nations that called for sovereignty and peace, and planted the seeds for an international economic order based on developmental cooperation. NATO: An ‘offensive’ military alliance At the end of World War II, the United States stood on the ashes of former Western imperialist powers as a victor. While Europe’s capitalist economies lay in financial ruin, the U.S. began to reconstruct an international world order that ensured U.S. hegemony for both the Global North and South. The Bretton Woods Conference (1944) was a critical component in creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — finance institutions that pegged countries’ currencies to the U.S. dollar. Confronting the rise of U.S. hegemony and the imperialist camp were the Soviet Union and its allies. It is in this context that NATO was founded in 1949 as a “defensive alliance” against the supposed “Soviet threat” facing the West. It grouped major imperialist powers together with the Anglo-American core comprised of the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. The initial European core was France, Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and Denmark (Germany joined in 1955). Despite the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, NATO – led by the United States – has increasingly repurposed itself to contain the Russian Federation. It’s worth noting that the Russian Federation is capitalist but remains independent of Western powers. Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and President George H.W. Bush famously assured Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 that NATO would not move “one inch eastward.” Washington has since expanded NATO over time by incorporating 19 former Eastern Bloc countries with five formerly part of the USSR. Motivating NATO’s expansion and campaigns of intervention is the need to expand U.S. imperialist influence in geostrategic regions across Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This has led to devastating campaigns under the pretext of “humanitarian intervention” in former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. AFRICOM: an imperialist tool for U.S. and NATO Hegemony The starkest example of this expansion has been on the African continent. The U.S. and NATO have sought to utilize the world’s second-largest continent, with a population exceeding 1.5 billion, as its breeding ground for a New Cold War against Russia and China. In a 2024 Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defense, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paternalistically referred to Africa as its “Southern neighborhood” when expressing ‘concern over Russia and China’s growing influence in Africa’. In 2007, the U.S. Africa Command was established “in response to our expanding partnerships and interests in Africa.” AFRICOM’s expansion today consists of at least 29 bases across 15 African countries and maintains a presence in about 38 African countries. This military network covers 60% of the nations on the continent. AFRICOM claims to “work with African partners for a secure and prosperous Africa,” yet this very same institution is responsible for turning countries like Libya – once the highest-ranked African country on the UN Human Development Index – into a failed state with constant civil war, return to open slave markets, and armed militias terrorizing civilians. As of May 8, 2025, AFRICOM under General Michael Langley, stated they will be on track for a “record high” of airstrike numbers in Somalia, exceeding the 63 strikes it launched in the country in 2019. Amnesty International and the International Committee of the Red Cross have recorded dozens of civilians that were killed by U.S. airstrikes while AFRICOM reports minimal to zero in official reports. Washington’s rhetoric of ensuring a “stable and prosperous Africa”’ is undermined in their own explanation for the creation of AFRICOM: “Allies and partners are critical in realizing our shared vision … maintaining superiority over competitors, … and protecting U.S. interests.” It is no wonder that the growing anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements in places like the Sahel and the formation of the Alliance of the Sahel states (AES) ring alarms for U.S. imperialist interests in the region. Burkina Faso President, Ibrahim Traore, exemplifies the defense of Africa’s sovereignty. In reaction to the growing popularity and rise of the AES, U.S. General and commander of AFRICOM Michael Langely accused Traore’s government of nationalizing gold to steal the reserves to “sustain his military rule.” The strong backlash to Langely’s remarks prompted the general to issue an apology to the young Burkinabe president. The U.S. and NATO’s attitude towards the continent has been rightfully condemned by several heads of state and the masses of people for disrespecting the sovereignty of African nations. AFRICOM serves to maintain U.S. hegemonic presence across the continent by bringing in NATO members to exercise restraint on any African country that dares to assert economic independence. Abolish NATO and AFRICOM! Africa for the West has been a relationship of resource extraction, overexploitation, infantilization, and weaponization for geopolitical interests. As more African nations begin to assert their sovereignty and revitalize the anti-colonial, anti-imperialist spirit of their predecessors, the US and Western Europe become more isolated. African nations are determining their political and economic relationships on the basis of win-win cooperation. As NATO prepares for its 2025 Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio, it is imperative that people of conscience across the state of Ohio reject their presence. Veterans, students, workers, and organizers across the state and region are mobilizing to Dayton to reject NATO’s presence. For African Liberation Day, it is our duty as those living inside U.S. imperialism to commit ourselves to the fight against any and all tools of imperialism! Together we will: Oppose war, militarism, and corporate greed Build a movement of resistance against the existential threat posed by NATO aggression Fight for the unity of all oppressed people to assert sovereignty and self-determination across the globe! The people say: Stop the endless wars! Abolish NATO and AFRICOM! Liberation News Newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation

Alaafin of Oyo visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, before visiting Ooni of Ife, dashed hopes of Alaafin stool retrieval & returned to its originating civilization.

Alaafin is a vassal of Sokoto Caliphate, not of Ooni of Ife! The new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, visit to the Sultan of Sokoto, the head of the Afro-Arabic civilization, before visiting Ooni of Ife, the leader of the Indigenous African civilization of South and Middlebelt, dashed renewed hopes that Oyo Alaafin stool has been retrieved and returned to its originating civilization. Instead of going to Ife to collect the Oranmiyan Sword of office, he went to Sokoto. The hidden civilizational subterfuge of 200yrs is now being revealed. In 1835, Oyo Empire was destroyed by Afro-Arabic civilizational imperialists. Two years later, in 1837, the Ilorin Afro-Arabic civilization imperialists that took over from Afonja enthroned the Atiba lineage as Alaafin of Oyo, with a caveat that all subsequent Alaafins had to be Muslim that are subjective to Afro-Arabic civilization, thereby overriding Oyo Alaafin subservience to Ife that created it. Before the beginning of the end of Oyo Empire, Oyo could not verbally or militarily assault Ife, but by 1849 Ile Ife was invaded by Oyo-Ibadan armies while never challenging the Afro-Arabic civilization that destroyed it and took over Yorubalands in Ilorin and Oyo Ile. If not for the Ekiti Parapo, the philosophical and spiritual fountain of the Original African civilization, the Ibadan Oyos would have captured the entire sphere for the Afro-Arabic civilization. Most Orisas, the cyclical spiritual and philosophical essences, of the Original African civilization - Orunmila, Esu, Ogun, Osun, Osanyin etc all originated from the Ekiti-Ijesha-Akure axis, making them the last bulwark of civilizational defence. Despite the defeat of the Oyo-Ibadan Afro-Arabic civilizational imperialists by the Ekiti, the Oyos continued to undermine their originating civilization, claiming supremacy through epistemicide, fighting proxy wars through the likes of Modakeke, and continuously disparaging the Ooni of Ife till today. In 2019 ASHE Foundation called the late Alaafin Adeyemi to order when he attacked Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi for rightly claiming that Igbos and all indigenous Africans came from Ife or shared the same genetic and cultural values. Alaafin Adeyemi falsely claimed that Yorubas never had any relationship with their Igbo neighbors for the tens of thousands years that they had been neighbors until the advent of the British colonial Nigeria. Instead, he claimed we only had relationships with the Northern Afro-Arabic civilization, a ploy to disintegrate the Original African civilization in favor of their Afro-Arabic conquerors. The corruption of Oyo that eventually led to its 1835 final collapse started with the 1520s Nupe Islamists invasion that chased the Royal court to Igboho in Ibariba, a Fulani subgroup that mixed and took over indigenous African traditional institutions. The 1415 European invasion of Ceuta Morocco pushed Afro-Arabians towards the core of the indigenous African civilization in what became Nigeria. Coming down the River Niger, they took over Hausa, Gur and Nupe lands before entering Oyo, where Ife civilizational stock was slowly withered down with Afroasiatic migrants that first come as traders then clerics that engineer Jihad revolutions to take over power. The painful part is that those called Yoruba have been decivilized by the British colonists to keep them mentally enslaved in order not to understand what was really happening in the world. Yorubas and other Original Africans were decivilized because they could no longer identify their civilization, being the common genetic and cultural origins and values they shared with other tribes. The Original African civilization is a continuum of dialects and cultural values that spread out of Ife to Southern Africa. There are four civilizations in the world - Original African, European, Afroasiatic and Asian. For a civilization to advance progressively, its people must have a high collective intelligence, meaning a higher percentage of the people know, understand and accept their collective narrative from origins to collective aspirations. Though Yorubas and Igbos, the two most populous Indigenous African peoples, have one of the worlds highest individual intelligence ratios, they have very low collective intelligence due to the Abrahamic epistemicide or debasement of their traditional knowledge systems necessary for a narrative on origins. Starting with slavery, when Europeans dumped over 400,000 guns on our coast to forment war and war captives to be used as slaves, those who took the weapons to build empires like Oyo, Benin, Igala and others, were later used to balkanize the Ife civilization into tribes during colonization. The beginning of British colonization with the 1861 capture of Lagos, and most important the translation of the English Bible into Oyo dialect was the beginning of a new 165 yr cycle of consciousness based on coloniality that derailed and balkanized the Ifa-Afa-Iha-Fa-Efa Original African civilization whose source was Ife, into smaller divisive tribes. As an Original African civilizational bloc with high collective intelligence, they would have easily challenged both Western European and Afroasiatic civilizational imperialism and colonization. So the British choose a single dialect in each subregion to be the standard language of their new tribal constructs. The Onitsha dialect was chosen to be the standard language of those to be identified as Igbo. Up until then, all Igbo monarchs called Obi wore crowns that could be traced to Ife Odua via Edo. With the two most populous Original African subregions at the core of the civilization divided into tribes, the center could no longer hold and things fell apart as the rest of the civilization was broken into 2240 ethnicities by the European colonists. The replacement of the Original African civilization perceptive with Pan Tribalistic perspectives was not only done with the Bible, but institutionalized with the cutting off of over 300 Original African groups to add them to the Afro-Arabic Northern Protectorate in 1914, and the breakup of the Original African Southern Protectorate into West and East regions to pit Yoruba and Igbo against each other. Due to the fear of imposing Afro-Arabic civilizational imperialists, Original Africans adopted a Christianity shield with the hope that it will protect them from Afroasiatic cultural annihilation, ignorant that both Afroasiatic and European civilizations were products of the Abrahamic civilization that overwhelmed and adapted the Original African civilization in Egypt, Original Africans frontier empire. In Egypt, the Coptic Christians handed over the Egyptian army to invading Afro-Arabic armies for a share in the rulership and exploitation of Original Africans in Egypt, which ultimately led to the annihilation of Original African Egyptians after which the Islamists routed the Coptic Christians that enabled them. The Christian umbrella adopted by South and Middlebelt peoples can never unite and empower Original Africans to liberation. Never. When push comes to shove, Afroasiatic and European civilizationalists will fall back on shared genetic and cultural traits from Abraham as opposed to Oduduwa civilization split by regional prebendalism. The Christian hierarchy can never adopt an all out war against Afro-Arabic herdsmen since that is how Abraham and his descendants took Black Egypt and turned North Africa into light-skinned land. Until Original Africans are recivilized to increase their collective intelligence to enable them unite as a civilization, they will continue to have their economic and political development arrested. The Original African tribes will never have the numbers to challenge for power unless their unhinged politicians agree to the Northern Afro-Arabic hegemons and European powers. Oyo and Iwo monarchs will continue to sabotage any efforts that brings the South and Middlebelt Original African peoples together. Some apologists argue that the new Alaafin was just ignorant and not subversive of the Original African civilization by visiting the Sultan of Sokoto via the Jagaban (Chief Warrior) of the Borgu, Fulani subgroup. They say its just the normal quest for money and power. This might be true but it also brings the weakness of the Original African civilization led by Ooni of Ife to focus. If we had not been colonized and decivilized, most importantly if we had rebuilt our civilizational economics, the Ooni of Ife and the rest of the paramount monarchs of the civilization, should have called the New Alaafin indoors and given him billions to help him settle into power. But just as we can't retain our graduates, assets and alliances from straying into other spheres due to economic power, the civilizational conscious Northern Afro-Arabians rushed financial and political help to secure the Alaafin on their side like the Oluwo of Iwo, who has taken every opportunity to disparage Orisas and other tenets of the Indigenous African civilization. In a previous article written that welcomed the new Alaafin for being chosen by Ifa, it was pointed out that this is the beginning of a new 165 year cycle as Olokun moves into the house of Ogun, ending the cycle that started in 1861 when the Islamic reorganization of Alaafin rites led to the Ijaye war and ultimately the sixteen year Kiriji War, the longest civil war over the conscience of the Yoruba and Indigenous African civilization. The question is should the Yorubas expect another war to either be liberated or annihilated from the claws of the Afro-Arabic and Western imperialists, both who are sires of the Abrahamic civilization. The answer is in the script written by the Universe with a plot of Olokun and Obaluaye move to Ogun, Oya to Shango house, while Shango moves to Esu house. Prince Justice Faloye, President ASHE Foundation think tank.