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…BLOOD FROM THE TAP. AS HAILERS WAIL, A CALL TO REASON.

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…BLOOD FROM THE TAP.

I am compelled to write yet another instructive piece, the second, 48hours after my widely read and well received OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MOHAMMADU BUHARI, if you haven’t read that, ask Google for a copy. I hear that El Zakzaky is already in India in compliance with the Order of Court, finally, you may say.

This time I am shooting straight, deep, and direct, if you like. The truth is that we must save our nation (a nation I love very deeply) from the precipice. We must stem the slide and push for her salvage from Golgotha. We must put out the fire, and still the rapacious appetite of the ogre. We must deescalate the deafening decibel of war and warmongering, and save Nigeria from the abyss. We must fix the tap that gushes out blood, and cause water to flow, we must allow the waters of brotherhood, of love, of forgiveness, of longsuffering, of due process, of justice, of fairness and of equity, for nothing else will do.

The other day, it was Femi Adesina wailing on TV about how this government is badly misunderstood, and how the class of so-called haters and wailers have grown. Two days ago, just a few hours after my OPEN LETTER TO MR PRESIDENT hit the social space, addressing some issues similar to those raised in my letter, was Garba Shehu Spokesperson to Mr President on Channels TV denying the fact that there are political detainees under Buhari’s watch. See why I have always maintained that the most arduous task in God’s world, is defending the indefensible. Today, the hailers have become wailers.

Remember that popular quote of mine, ‘the lifespan of falsehood is short, and even shorter is the lifespan of propaganda’. So quickly, the chicken has come home to roost. Now, Nigeria must face real issues. The time for blame games is pretty over. Our nationhood is threatened, our economy in comatose, our health care system in tatters, heard that fresh cases of Poliomyelitis have been found in Kwara, and even in the South East, life expectancy an all-time low, so low an average Nigerian is expected to die before he/she is 46, our educational system in shambles, banditry, brigandage and villainy on the rise, crime and criminality now wears the ethnic garb, suicide and suicidal proclivities the new fad in town, and the naira has become one of the least currency of value in Africa, God damn it, even the hailers are listing the tragedies, albeit shamelessly. But all hope is not lost, we won’t give up on Nigeria just yet.

Who do we blame, the Military? The PDP? Jonathan? The APC? Buhari? Or do we blame our Stars, as a people and a nation? Who?

Shooting straight, Compatriots, it is unequivocal that since the end of the Civil War, leadership has failed to grapple with the realistic demands of nationhood. We have left undone that which must be done. Our land is soiled with blood, filthiness and wickedness. We seek growth but groan because we have refused to atone for the blood that this nation has consistently spilled since the First Republic. No nation has ever moved out of the nadir without repentance, penitence and penance. And such penance must be sincere and far-reaching, go check through history, and see.

President BUHARI, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Odigie Oyegun, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Dr Itse Sagay, Femi Adesina and many others yet at the precincts of Presidential power, cannot deny my private messages immediately after the 2014/2015 elections on the need for our nation to walk the path of reconciliation, and of national atonement and brotherhood. I emphasized on the need to heal the pain of a highly divisive campaign, on the need for a proactive engagement of the disparate peoples of Nigeria using the instrumentality of the National Orientation Agency to draw down the dividends that accrue from our diversity, on the need to build bridges of brotherhood and of oneness, on the need to atone for the many sins of our nation, and on the need to be true to what we say on paper, but partisans called me an impatient appointment seeker. Today, the things I warned against are here with us. All hope is however, not lost.

But sadly, they will remain with us, even if a thousand Obasanjos, Buharis, Atikus and the likes occupy Aso Rock. Even after a hundred REVOLUTIONS, and even when our best hands ascend power, save and until this nation atones for the murder of her children, mothers and fathers before, during and after the Civil War. Here I’m not just being spiritual or eclectic, I’m being true, factual and realistic. Nigeria must in SEVERAL WAYS say sorry to the victims of the carnage of the 1960s, the victims of the Civil War, and the victims of the senseless killings of the past 5decades. Dismiss this at our own peril. For this cause was I born a year after the Civil War, to help my Country find the pathway to promise. And this is not about me, it is about our nation, for it is NON SIBI SED PATRIAE (please google check it). We can right the wrongs of this nation, and we must do so now so we do not repeat the tragedies of our history.

Have you wondered why a nation that had 24hours of light supply in her first Republic, is today in darkness? Have you wondered why we can’t refine our Crude Oil whereas nations that do not have Crude Oil, have functional Refineries? Have you wondered why we run a Federal Republic like a Unitary State? Have you wondered why in the 21st Century every national debate stagnates at the contours of ethnicity, of region and of religion? Have you wondered why successive political operators steal with unbridled refrain and with reckless abandon? Have you wondered why men/women in this clime steal and loot resources they do not need in twenty lifetimes? Why is corruption in this Country intractable, even after it was allegedly the reason for the many coups and military regimes we have witnessed? Have you wondered why those who claim to want to fight corruption, end up the most corrupt?

Have you wondered why we seem to, and indeed hate ourselves so much? Why do we have drum beats of war everywhere as if war is a tea party?Why are we so hateful such that we see drum majors of peace as cowards? Why are we so bent on going our different ways as though some kindred spirits have declared that in secession or separation is the elixir to the many trouble with Nigeria? Why are we politicking with RESTRUCTURING when it is obviously the way to go? Why do we have the highest number of religious movements, sects, denominations and fellowships, but are yet so godless and impish? Why do we have several anti-corruption agencies but cannot helm in corruption? Why do we waste so much importing the things we can produce? Why are we a people like no other?

The REASON we are where we are, is because rather than water coming out of the tap of this nation, we have got blood flowing ad nauseam ad infinitum. One blood unjustly spilled calls for another, and another. And then the Hailers will become WAILERS, and the WAILERS, hailers, as the vicious cycle continues until the needful is done.

Indeed, like we called the 16years of the PDP the years of locusts, the days of the APC presently appear worse, such is our story since 1966, and so it will continue until the needful is done. To those who wonder why I have consistently opposed every government in power, you now have the answer to your curiosity. It has been a journey modeled after the sufferings of the Christ, and a voyage like the arduous travails of the Prophet of Islam, seeking nothing but the betterment of humankind. Yes, I have always done so for the LOVE of COUNTRY, for the LOVE of Africa and for the LOVE of HUMANITY, and this I have done since I was a teenager.

I have never withheld from any government my ideas and intention to help fix our nation, and such was the zeal that led me into the 2011 Presidential contest as a 40year old, and like one of my mentors Nelson Mandela of blessed memory will say, ”…this is a cause for which, if need be I am ready to lay down my life”. To birth and berth a new, peaceful, just and prosperous Nigeria is my unalterable commitment, God helping me.

Nigeria will be great again, and the tap will yet bring out water, not blood, if we do the needful. Let’s therefore break the cycle of HATE, and work together to make real the promises of democracy. God bless NIGERIA.

Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr. {CMN JNR}.
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TRUMP, MALEMA, RAMAPHOSA AND THE OVAL OFFICE GRILL by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode

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TRUMP, MALEMA, RAMAPHOSA AND THE OVAL OFFICE GRILL by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode

It was quite a show at the Oval office in the White House a few days ago when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with American President Donald J. Trump to discuss bilateral issues and world affairs.

 

It began with Trump’s unsubstantiated and frankly asinine allegation that the white Boers of South Africa are being subjected to mass murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

 

This is not only false but also painfully absurd.

 

Sadly it did not stop there. Trump went on to assert that Julius Malema, the inspirational charismatic and colourful M.P. and leader and founder of the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is a hate-filled black supremacist and racist and a cold-blooded murderer and ruthless terrorist whose intention it is to kill every white person in South Africa.

Needless to say these allegations are baseless and false. The Americans are attempting to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. It is nothing but yet another well-crafted but unsubstantiated mendacity.

 

Even though Malema is very vocal and highly controversial he does not strike me as a hater of whites but rather as a hater of injustice, oppression, persecution and institutional racism.

 

He is a man with a social conscience who speaks for the poor, the weak, the vulnerable and the oppressed and who has constituted himself into a major thorn in the flesh of the political establishment and the ruling elites in South Africa both white and black.

 

He is very eloquent, well-informed, well-read and quick off the mark and these qualities, coupled with his obvious courage and strength, make him a formidable adversary which every person of class, rank or privilege in his country has every reason to be wary of.

 

He also speaks a good deal of sense and his passion for truth, justice and equity for the black majority population of South Africa and commitment to the emancipation of the African continent from the forces of imperialism and neo-colonialism cannot be denied.

 

To millions of South Africans Malema is a deeply courageous, insightful and profound man and possibly the greatest post-Mandela hero and rising star that their nation has ever known.

 

To add to this millions of Africans (including Nigerians and Zimbabweans) who live in South Africa regard him as a loyal and trusted friend who has always spoken up for them and sought to protect them from the rabid xenophobia that most black South Africans suffer from and who has a strong and commendable Nkrumaist Pan-African vision.

For Trump and his White House to attempt to disparage such a man that brings so much to the table and that has done so much to restore the self-respect and dignity of black South Africans and Africans all over the world simply because he sang an old outdated, pre-independence, apartheied-era, anti-Boer war song at his political party rally is uncharitable and unkind.

 

To turn down the lights of the Oval office, watch a film on him on television for four good minutes and make him the centre of discussion at a bilateral meeting between the Presidents of two of the most respected nations on earth only proves the fact that he is no longer only an African phenomenon but also a global brand and a rallying point for blacks from all over the world.

To that extent Trump has inadvertently elevated his profile rather than diminish it.

 

Like in the case of the Biblical Joseph, what Trump meant for evil, God meant for good.

Yet perhaps the most shameful thing that Trump did on that day was not what he attempted to do to Malema but rather the following.

 

He presented a picture to Ramaphosa and his delegation of what was purportedly “1000 white South African graves with white crosses on them of white South African farmers” that were supposedly “dispossessed of their land by black terrorists” and “murdered in cold blood”.

Contrary to the American Presidents assertions it was later confirmed that the picture was NOT of the graves of white farmers in South Africa but rather of a burial ground in a completely different country called Congo!

 

One wonders how the President of the most powerful nation on earth could make such an egregious and monumental blunder and indulge in such deceit and doublepeak all in an attempt to humiliate the South African President.

 

Sadly it didn’t stop there. Trump literally ambushed Ramaphosa, lectured him, bullied him, spoke down to him, accused his Government and people of heinous crimes, kept interrupting him when he attempted to speak, mocked his role as a peacemaker in the Ukraine/Russia conflict and sought to utterly humiliate him.

To behave in this unacceptable manner and indulge in such mendacious falsehood is below any President let alone the most powerful one in the world.

 

I see the hand of Elon Musk, who himself is a South African and who has not hidden his contempt and disdain for the ANC-led South African Government and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu, whose Government has been accused by South Africa of genocide and indeed taken to the International Court of Justice and to the International Criminal Court both at the Hague, in all this.

 

Both must have thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle!

 

Yet the truth is that even if his predominately white right-wing MAGA base in America may have been excited and thrilled by his proverbial lynching and carpeting of a helpless and whimpering black President at the Oval office it has also alienated a lot of black and particularly African Trumpers like yours truly who have always refused to regard Trump as a racist but rather as a man who was specially chosen, prepared, raised and anointed by God to destroy the American Deep State, to terminate the Godless agenda of the globalists, to stop the wars of the world, to put God at the centre of affairs when it comes to politics and governance, to re-establish and re-instill the Christian virtues and values that America was built on, to break the back of the unholy, Luciferean trinity and anti-Christ philosophy of Obama, Clinton and Biden in world affairs and American politics.

I sincerely hope that we do not end up regretting our support for him but if he continues in this way that support shall undoubtedly dwindle.

Why do I day this? Consider the following.

First it was “let us grab Greenland, Canada, Mexico, the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal and rename the Gulf of Persia”, then it was “let us turn Gaza into an American Riviera”, then it was “let us wage a tariff war against the nations of the world”, then it was “let us alienate and abandon our European allies”, then it was “let us provoke China”, then it was “let us go to the three richest nations in the Middle East and compel their Kings to invest trillions of dollars in America and even give us a new presidentiel jet”, then it was “let us bring the little African leader who leads a country with the largest and most properous economy on his continent to the Oval office, humiliate him before the world and bully him into leaving our white brothers in South Africa alone” and the latest is “let us stop foreign students from attending Harvard University because the authorities of that school have refused to bring to an end the pro-Palestinian
demonstrations that are taking place on campus”.

These actions are increasingly troubling and whether we have hitherto admired, loved and prayed for Trump or not we cannot support a confirmed bully and racist. That would be ungodly.

We cannot support a man that finds it difficult to empathise with the suffering of others or that is fast losing his humanity. That would be incorrigible.

 

Trump needs to retrace his steps, divest himself of these glaring and obvious symptoms of meglomania, obsessive vanity and extreeme narcissim and get real.

 

God did not deliver him from the hands of his enemies and make him President to do this sort of nonsense but rather to make America great again and to make the world a better and safer place. If he fails to do this God will leave him, remove him and replace him with another.

Back to the episode at the White House.

 

Cyril Ramaphosa’s responses to the grilling were equally embarrassing and frankly disappointing.

 

Most western commentators have described his disposition, body language and reaction as “weak”, “cowardly” and “cringeworthy” and I am constrained to concur.

 

No President should bow and tremble before another no matter how rich and powerful the latter may be.

 

In the African context Nelson Mandela would not have done so and neither would Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jerry Rawlings, Thomas Sankara, Ahmed Ben Bella, Muammar Ghadafi, Patrice Lumumba, Gamal Nasser, Sani Abacha, Ibrahim Babangida, Kwame Nkrumah, Muhammadu Buhari, Robert Mugabe, Samora Machel or Ibrahim Traore.

 

This ritual of inviting foreign leaders to the Oval office like King Hussein of Jordan (who literally had to bow and lick Trumps posterior), President Vlodomer Zelensky of Ukraine (who was insulted, rubbished, humiliated and finally thrown out) and now Cyril Ramaphosa (who was forced to watch an embarrassing scene about his country on television) and belittling and denigrating them must stop.

 

The humiliation of the South African President particularly was painful for me to watch because of the frightful history of his country and the terrible atrocities and apartheid system that the white Afrikaaner Boers subjected the black Africans to for hundreds of years.

 

They went through all that and now they have to suffer this in the hands of yet another white man.

 

This same white minority that oppressed and enslaved them in their own land for hundreds of years control 80% of the economy and own 90% of the land in their country today despite the fact that they only constitute 8% of the population.

These are the people that Trump is claiming are being subjected to genocide and is offering asylum in America.

 

These are people that in the main and in the past have regarded black Africans as being “no better than animals”.

 

These are people that practised apartheid and that described black people as the biblical “hewers of the wood and drawers of the water”.

These are the people that once regarded a black man as being a quarter of a human being and that not only refused to have legal inter racial sex or marriages but compelled black people to live in shanty towns that were little better than concentration camps and subjected them to pass laws much in the sane way as the Israelis are subjecting the Palestinians to such inhumanity and degradation today.

If a Nigerian leader had been treated like this at the Oval office and I was in the room believe me all hell would have broken loose and Trump, his VP, his Ministers, his team and the American White House Press Corps would not only have got more than they dished out and bargained for but they would have been given a curt history lesson about the past and present atrocities of their nation and a thorough and precise lecture about the matter at hand.

I am a Trump supporter but in all matters my nation and continent must come first.

I despise the way he bullied Ramaphosa and I hope and pray that if he or any other foreign leader tries this with any Nigerian leader that I am in the room.

The days of talking down to African Presidents are long over.

 

More importantly the days of cowardly, weak, subservient, spineless, grovelling, corrupt, compromised and ignorant African lichspittles and
quislings who call themselves leaders but who lack self-esteem, self-respect and pride in their people and who have no shame or dignity, who are hopelessly compromised, who have no knowledge of world affairs or world history, who are pawns of the neo-colonialists and imperialists and who have sold their soul and destiny of their nation to the western powers are long over.

This fact can be confirmed by what can best be described as the “Traore spirit” that is blowing into all the nooks and corners of our continent today.

As much as I love and support Trump his attitude and policy on Africa and Gaza leaves much to be desired.

He needs to do better and he must understand that the Palestinians and the Africans, though facing challenges, are far more resilient than his people ever were and come from a far older and greater civilisation than his country ever did.

 

We may not have their money and power but we have God.

 

Their time is now but tomorrow belongs to us. That God that put them up there and established their hegemony and empire shall remember us.

 

We too shall rise and at that time all men shall say that the rejected stone has become the corner stone, that the Lord uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wisdom of the wise and that in truth all things are possible with God.

 

(Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is the Sadaukin Shinkafi, the Wakilin Doka Potiskum, a former Minister of Aviation and a former Minister of Culture and Tourism)

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Power, Protocol, and Papal Grace: The Inside Story of How It All Went Down in Rome By Bianca Ojukwu

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Power, Protocol, and Papal Grace: The Inside Story of How It All Went Down in Rome By Bianca Ojukwu

There’s something about the Vatican that strips away titles and trappings. In the shadows of St. Peter’s Basilica, under the searing Roman sun, global leaders, power players, and everyday pilgrims become equals—bound by reverence and ritual.

Power, Protocol, and Papal Grace: The Inside Story of How It All Went Down in Rome By Bianca Ojukwu

I should know. I was there.

On my last trip to the Vatican—during the funeral of Pope Francis just weeks earlier—I had witnessed something unforgettable. As President Donald Trump arrived and a crowd of dignitaries swarmed to greet him, a sharply-dressed, no-nonsense priest cut through the noise with a firm:

Scusi. This is St. Peter’s Basilica, not the White House. Kindly take your seats.

Boom. Order restored. And a reminder: here, no one upstages the moment.

So when I returned for the Installation Mass of Pope Leo XIV, I knew I’d be witnessing not just history, but human theater—with the Nigerian delegation right in the mix.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, leading the delegation, arrived in good time—early enough to soak in the atmosphere, greet dignitaries, and observe the ancient rites. As we settled into the square, I spotted Peter Obi and Kayode Fayemi, former governors and political heavyweights, already seated. After the President had taken his place, I went over to greet them—and in a rare gesture of statesmanship, they chose to accompany me to pay their respects to the President.

What followed was a surprisingly warm and humorous exchange. Far from the icy tensions back home, Tinubu welcomed them with ease, smiling, laughing, and trading quips like old friends reunited at a family function. They soon returned to their seats—but that moment, however brief, spoke volumes about what’s possible in Nigerian politics when the ego is set aside.

But Rome doesn’t care who you are. The sun showed no favoritism. Under the blazing Vatican heat, everyone—presidents, pilgrims, priests—sat exposed. The square is merciless. People faint. They’re carried off in stretchers. It’s part of the experience.

One man, seated directly in front of me, collapsed mid-Mass. Paramedics were far off, and panic briefly rippled through the crowd—until Seyi Tinubu, the President’s son, leapt into action. He darted to the vestibule and returned with a cold bottle of water that was used to revive the man before medics arrived.

Meanwhile, the President—stoic and composed—sat through the entire three-hour liturgy, standing and kneeling as required, skipping only Communion. Afterward, he lingered. He chatted with Nigerian priests, seminarians, posed for selfies, and shared laughs, showing none of the fatigue one might expect.

And oh—that suit.

Tailored to perfection, the President’s power suit turned heads across the square. The cut, the stride, the confidence—it was presidential flair meeting ecclesiastical ceremony. He walked up to greet the new pontiff with grace and gravitas.

So yes, Vatican ’25 wasn’t just a religious event—it was a convergence of power, humility, diplomacy, and humanity.

From protocol to personal moments, this was history not just witnessed, but lived.

And for those of us lucky enough to be there, one thing is clear:
In Rome, you don’t just attend a Mass. You become part of a moment that echoes through eternity.

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Ngozi Okafor Unleashes a Wave of Youth Energy Through Transformative TV Content

Renowned organizational psychologist, author, and international youth mentor, Ngozi Okafor, has unveiled a new line of inspirational television programs aimed at educating, empowering, and guiding the Nigerian youth. With over two decades of experience in youth development across the UK, USA, and Nigeria, Ngozi is bringing her message of hope and transformation directly to the screens of millions of young Nigerians.

The new programs, set to debut in the coming weeks, will focus on themes such as self-discovery, entrepreneurship, leadership, financial literacy, and mental wellness. Designed to bridge the gap between information and real-life application, each episode will feature stories of resilience, expert insights, and practical advice to help young people navigate life with clarity and confidence.

“Our young people are gifted, but many are simply not guided,” said Ngozi Okafor. “These programs are my way of reaching out—to say, ‘I see you, I believe in you, and here are tools to help you build your future.’ It’s not just about being on TV. It’s about starting conversations that lead to transformation.”

Ngozi’s journey in youth empowerment has spanned four continents, beginning in the UK with Hope Worldwide International, supporting vulnerable and homeless youth. In Atlanta, USA, she worked with Junior Achievers, leading business and leadership simulation programs, while also engaging youth in community service through initiatives like Meals on Wheels.

Back in Nigeria, Ngozi’s voice became familiar to thousands through Youth Arena on Armed Forces Radio 107.7 FM, a program that partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria to teach financial literacy to young Nigerians through engaging broadcasts and workbooks.

Beyond media, Ngozi has directly supported more than 50 young entrepreneurs by providing startup resources such as sewing machines, baking ovens, and seed funding. Her work reflects a lifelong mission: turning inspiration into action.

“This TV project is more than content—it’s a movement,” she added. “We are building a generation that is self-aware, skilled, and ready to lead. And we’re doing it one story, one screen, and one young person at a time.”

Ngozi Okafor’s upcoming television programs promise to fill a critical void in youth development programming and are expected to air on both national and regional networks. Additional details about scheduling and partnerships will be announced soon.

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