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Nigeria's most decorated columnist, a honorary fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters; recipient, the National Productivity Order of Merit. Poet, novelist

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2 years
Mr. Peter Obi, call you supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything happens to me, you will be held responsible!!!!
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2 years
What did Peter Obi do that lingers up till today as Governor? That’s how you know a transformational leader. Obi has no grand vision. Pls let’s look elsewhere. No time for sentiment
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1 year
Evening with President-elect
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5 years
Gov OBI says he invested Anambra money in his family business and banks in which he has shares and still does not see that as corruption. And Atiku denies what was published in his company website because it shows corruption. Can’t trust duo with power
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5 years
Many Nigerians don’t understand English. Buhari didn’t say “shoot on sight, but ballot snatchers risk their lives. If a security force confronts him, fire exchanges may kill him. It’s armed robbery. He is not robbing a person or firm but the state. He is robbing Nigeria.
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1 year
*Peter Obi went to America to raise money for his campaign, he even sold tickets as a motivational speaker, coming back home to woo the poor. But Tinubu went to Obi’s backyard to raise One billion within One hour.* *That's why we call him the JAGABAN 🙌*
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1 year
I know they will not post this, but na doctored video them go dey post
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1 year
Pls, watch this🙏❤️
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2 years
While Shettima addressed a suite of ideas, they are boiling over suits and shoes. What a people!
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5 years
Gov OBI lied that because he has an Akwa Ibom wife he did not deport beggars to that state. Sentiment cannot change the fact. Our memories are not dead.
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5 years
Buhari just took Onnoghen out of his misery. He should have avoided this by resigning Honorably
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2 years
When one had a foot problem, they laughed at him. When another had it, they prayed for him.
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5 years
Odinkalu should not be pettifogging on the number killed in Kajuru. I agree with El Rufai: if Fulanis did the killing, Odinkalu would be showing fury on the killers before the numbers. If we flay the Fulani when they kill, then we should defend them when they are victims.
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5 years
Just read the Reuter’s report that Atiku paid lobbyists to waive his visa restrictions into The US. While some are paid to endorse him, lobbyists in US were also paid to let him in. He used corruption to cover corruption. But he has been exposed
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2 years
Anyone who supports Osinbajo has a traitor in his heart. Beware of them
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2 years
Tinubu’s Church rat and communion point is echoing in COP27. They say rich nations should pay us for climate change. That's evidence of a visionary.
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1 year
*The man who dared a General (IBB), escaped a General (Abacha), conquered a General (OBJ), installed a General (PMB) and is about to succeed a General!* *He is the Generalissimo!* *Yes, Daddy!🤝🤝🤝*
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1 year
How is this sick man, Asiwaju coping where the healthy cannot with his gruelling campaign stumps? Returned from UK on Saturday. Had a town hall meeting in Ibadan on Sunday. Visited Birnin Gwari on Monday travelling 8 hours by road to and from Kaduna.
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1 year
Listen to HARD TALK as Obasanjo speaks on 2023. I love journalists who make a tyrant to stammer when confronted with hard facts
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2 years
… Obi has turned out to be an excuse for even closet Biafrans to betray open emotions about Biafra without being accused of it… It is like wearing a colour beneath another colour. Obi has become a shelter for both miscreants and activists of the crowd.
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*💥In year 2000, i wanted to start Kanu Heart Foundation.* *Peter Obi and all the Igbo Leaders refused to Help me. I reached out to Tinubu, he came to Sheraton Hotels Abuja and gave me 5million naira.* *That money was what i used in starting the foundation you hear today*
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*LATE CHUBA OKADIGBO TO TINUBU in 2003* "The Estabilishement might not allow us to Rule Now, but be that as it may, on a very good day, at the appointed time, *Tinubu* will rule Nigeria. What I do not know, is whether I will be around when that happens.
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1 year
MKO Abiola won more votes from South East than Bashir Tofa who had a VP from South East" Peter Obi on Arise TV Well, MKO got 57.1% in Anambra, 48.1% in Enugu, 44.9% in Imo and 41% in Abia... There was no Ebonyi at d time. MKO lost 3 of d 4 states in d SE region.
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2 years
I can excuse those who think that being stingy is good for the economy because they are looking at how they run their family and personal finances. But no economy works in history by saving money. It stifles the economy…
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2 years
Let him sacrifice his offshore account and not ask the poor to shore up his campaign
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1 year
Late Chuba Okadigbo to Tinubu in 2003 "The Estabilishement might not allow us to Rule Now, but be that as it may, on a very good day, at the appointed time, *Tinubu* will rule Nigeria. What I do not know, is whether I will be around when that happens.
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2 years
It’s poor journalism to suggest that a person said a thing and cast it as headline. Adamu never said APC would punish Tinubu.
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Sam Omatseye
2 years
BOS of Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave a wonderful account of his stewardship so far with Seun Okinbaloye. Watch it if you missed it
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5 years
Abdullahi Abubakar, cleric who saved hundreds, mainly Christians, in his mosque and home in rural Plateau. It ranks as fulfilling as any experience I have had in my career. I stand with him in front of the house where the drama happened in Yelwa Gindi Akwati village.
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5 years
I wonder what Obj is thinking now?
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1 year
_*Those challenging the election results need to watch this to make a good decision of time & resources. If it's a genuine case, then it's ok. If it's trivial, then save us the time.*_
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5 years
For VP Osinbajo, I quote Christ that “not a hair of your head shall perish,” whether or not a thousand helicopters crash-land
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3 months
Columnist and The Nation's editorial board chairman Sam Omatseye presenting to President Bola Tinubu his upcoming book, Beating All Odds: How Bola Tinubu became president.
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5 years
RIP to the political career of Bukola “Eleyinmi” Saraki. How are the mighty fallen
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5 years
Obj should not defend Atiku’s sins by saying Jesus was not perfect. Jesus had no sin according to 1Peter 2:22 and 1Cor 5:21
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Sam Omatseye
2 years
The politician They shut him Out But the rain fell and everyone In the room looked outside To laugh at him The spectacle was blank Their ears droned with squalls On looking inside, They saw him grinning Beneath his darkness goggles Like a wraith from the cemetery
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5 years
Jimi Agbaje needs freedom from holiday that he embarks on every four years. He is Mr. Holiday of Lagos politics. He is about to slide into the leisure of his silence again in a few days.
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1 year
*10 THINGS TINUBU SAID IN ANAMBRA TODAY* These are five words on the marble uttered by Tinubu at his campaign rally in Anambra today:
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Sam Omatseye
5 years
Those who claim rigging should come with evidence instead of the meaningless hoopla and verbal hysteria
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2 years
The leader lies So do the followers. Blind leaders of the blind
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5 years
The lie that the VP had resigned was a ruse to throw a wrench in the southwest because the Yoruba will vote because of him. He is Buhari’s latchkey to the Yoruba heart. It’s desperation by rumour
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5 years
What will all those false prophets say now that their words did not come to pass on Buhari’s victory. Jesus says men like that make the word of God of no effect. Pity!
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2 years
What happened to our man of statistics? Has he run dry or is he having dry runs for another set of fictional data!!
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2 months
I knew the president – Muhammadu Buhari – did not want him. The peacocks and vampires around him did not want him. Some stakeholders in the country did not only resent him, they were afraid of him. The plot thickened quickly…
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5 years
Those doing the endorsements are not endorsing Atiku but their pockets. A case of monetized endorsements
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5 years
Ibikunle Amosun wants to be a thug in the senate. We have Melaye and that’s enough. He unleashed his little boys on his Oga in Abeokuta today. Okorocha was urbane by comparison. What character!
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1 year
*"All PDP and Labour Party senators-elect* went and collected their certificates of return from INEC without complaints. This is the same election, same day, same polling units, by the same INEC, same processes, and same BVAS.
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5 years
By all means, let Atiku spend his money on lawyers. It’s his money. There’s a reason we invented the phrase “fool’s paradise.”
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5 years
Pls shall we name those who jeered the president ? The electorate needs to know them by name
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1 year
ASIWAJU - THE TRUE STORY_Social Media Upload Version_720p_HD.mp4 - Google Drive
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4 years
Criminals intervening to save a criminal elite
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2 years
El Rufai reported Obi's tyranny as a partisan matter. But Obi responded by appealing to tribe and region. It reflects the latter's labouring mind
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2 years
Those in the vanguard of Tinubu fake news are actually southerners who do not want to have a Yoruba candidate to support for 2023, especially if that candidate is Bola Tinubu. They have been in the rear guard of anti-Buhari vitriol, especially because of his hegemonic policies.
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5 years
... All those who say this was a tendentious move by Buhari to do in a southerner should ask their fellow southerners whether it is right in any southern culture to hide your money or forget N1 billion.
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7 months
"I am appalled because if not for the feud between him (Obasanjo) and Atiku, we may never have known that Atiku was messing up with the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF). Abubakar
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If the army and navy say Asari-Dokubo's claims about military sabotage and collusion are wrong, so why has their joint force in the Niger Delta failed to stop the trillions we lose yearly to oil theft? It is either that they are the thieves or they are incompetent.
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5 years
Onnoghen is Also guilty of obstruction of justice. He has declared himself guilty. So why the noise!!!
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5 years
In Delta South we don’t want the guy called James Manager who is going for his sixth term in the senate. We no wan manage am. So we go vote am out. Dem no write him papa name for the seat!!!
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1 year
Election Updates... 1. Peter Obi wins "Tinubu's" Lagos. But you are still saying INEC is rigging for Tinubu,just so that when Tinubu wins , you will say it was rigged. Oh wait. Atiku won Katsina, Buhari's State.
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One of the reasonably "mad" men in Nigeria presently that is completely "sane". *He does not give a hoot, the gods can not beat Wike*.😀😀😀
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2 years
Watch out for my interview with Mike Awoyinfa who turned 70. The king of tabloid journalism speaks craft and his life, as well as friendship with Dimgba Igwe, a model of inter-tribal pair. Tvc 9:30 am Saturday
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*💥You will start giving good credit to Tinubu after watching this video.* His Democratic Leadership foundation and is solid.He has the Vision and capacity.Kindly watch and share... Happy Sunday🙏🙏
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Where they won, they didn't win enough. Where they lost, they didn't lose. An Oliver Twist way of rigging
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5 years
after beating PSG, Man U’s message to humanity: don’t give up
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FFK should stop with his shameless fake news peddling. Even when he is caught he keeps at it. He did it about a politician’s slump that never happened and a CJN’s arrest that only his eyes saw. What performance l!!! The FF in his name should read FAke FAke henceforth.
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Sam Omatseye
5 years
Disappointed but no need to be too anxious about the postponed polls. Feb 23 is not eternity. It will come and go
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1 year
-total of 739,748 to Tofa's 790,371... I wouldn't know if it was BODMAS or SOHCAHTOA Peter applied this morning to suggest MKO had more votes than Tofa in 93 but Basic Maths speaks to d exact opposite. For d records, MKO won Kano, Tofa's homestead. Train your kids to shun lies
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"I think what happened to Lagos was that it got very lucky and got a fellow called Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be Governor in 1999.." - Prof. Pat Utomi..
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This interview was conducted in 2017 when Kashim Shettima was Borno State Governor
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1 year
Held a rally in Kaduna on Tuesday and now in Minna for another rally on Wednesday. And yet they say he is sick and unhealthy. If a sick 70 year old man can go through this gruelling routine in 5 days, who should not want to be sick and be this active?
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The LP man is chop and clean mouth candidate
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Sam Omatseye
6 years
Atiku+OBI = minus southwest. Fatal error!
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2 years
To get dirty is not the same as to fight dirty. To get is not the same as to give. To get dirty is to be a victim. To fight dirty is to be an aggressor. Chikena!
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*They said Tinubu is sick,old and and doesn't have the strength,power,energy and the health. But Like Play Like Play, TINUBU traversed the length and breath of Nigeria; the North,west,East and South of Nigeria,he toured the whole of NIGERIA,🇳🇬....
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1 year
How can a tape be fake and doctored at the same time? Make una help me
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1 year
LISTEN: The moment President Buhari calls Tinubu, Mr. President in Bauchi today. He said: "Okay, Asiwaju, let's go, let's go, Mr. President" Tinubu answered, yes sir!
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1 year
The Supreme Court verdict was not only against Emefiele but those who backed him including Atiku, Obi and so called media models and turncoat who, for partisan pettiness, turned a blind eye to mass suffering that respected no tribe, faith or party
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Sam Omatseye
2 years
Those who want ‘Obidience’ spell failure. Wrong politics
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7 months
Caleb Westberg’s affidavit
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2 years
The tragedy is not that these leaders rule without a clue. It is that they have a tribe of followers. They cheer. They rant. They abuse others who are not of their type, race or party. They line behind their leader without questioning.  Their leaders lie, they believe them.
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6 years
Minister of defense incited herdsmen to kill by asking, what do we expect them to do when we block their routes. A minister of violence
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5 years
... Some have asserted that the Buhari administration wanted to nail Onnoghen. Granted it is true, it was not Buhari, who tweaked Onnoghen’s memory, or imposed amnesia on the fellow. He should take responsibility and not pass it on to others.
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1 year
When you recharge a lake, you refill with water, renew commerce, transport and lifestyle.
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Sam Omatseye
3 years
The 4.2million pounds is Delta money. A Deltan was punished for it in jail and Deltans deprived of it. It’s financial impunity and federal theft to take it away. It’s barawo of the first order.
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Sam Omatseye
2 years
We should follow court revelations on Osun polls!!!
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Sam Omatseye
4 years
... Both victories in Kogi and Bayelsa are victories of Buhari’s APC, and more potently a great moment for the party chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who accumulates accolades for his party while his party foes sulk and cry.
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5 years
El Rufai made that reckless outburst about body bags as a terrible infant who wants attention. He lacks a governor’s poise and restraint. A baby in grown man’s body. I must say though that the US and UK should not patronize us with lectures on democracy. It’s racist
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Suddenly the Obidient intelligentsia who kept mum when Emefiele's policies paralysed us are now calling for the CBN man's head. They encouraged him then because they all targeted one man.
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... It does not look like a fine hour for Atiku in defeat. He is sore and sour. He probably thinks he won the polls. He is like the social media folks who rollicked in their own echo chambers.
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3 years
Bishop Oyedepo was right about Buhari. He is watching in silence as his prophecy unravels
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Sam Omatseye
5 years
... Atiku intended to cancel two big lies with one small one. When he launched his whirlwind trip to the United States, we did not know it was a lie until Reuters told us... but it was the sort of small lie with large consequences, like an Okurubas sting.
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1 year
Electoral officers protest in Imo they did not conduct any election, yet Peter Obi was awarded huge votes. Yet they are crying more than the bereaved! Hypocrisy at the highest order!
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2 years
Woe unto those who go to Egypt for help -Isaiah 31: 1
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1 year
Is Obi ENJOYING the fuel crisis and currency logjam? Why attack Tinubu instead of raise concerns over the issues?
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