THE DANGEROUS POLITICS OF OVERGROWN ADVISERS IN NIGERIA

In every democracy, advisers are meant to support leadership, not replace it. They are meant to offer insight—not overshadow the people’s mandate. Yet, across Nigeria’s political landscape, a worrying trend has matured into a culture: the elected figure seems to step back, while advisers quietly step forward. What started as technical support has evolved into a system where unelected individuals control the levers of decision-making. Policies are drafted without public accountability, national positions are defended by people who never appeared on the ballot, and the voice of the electorate is filtered through layers of personal interests. The result is a dangerous picture: a leader who looks like a figurehead, and advisers who behave like power brokers. This is not democracy. This is delegated sovereignty, where the people’s trust is passed from the one they voted for to the one they never chose. Nigeria has suffered for it. When advisers grow bigger than the office they are meant to serve, governance becomes distorted. Decisions lose moral clarity. Responsibility becomes vague. And when things go wrong—as they inevitably do—no one knows who to hold accountable. The elected leader appears distant, the advisers remain invisible, and the citizens are left with confusion, frustration, and distrust. But true leadership does not hide behind committees. It does not whisper through intermediaries. It stands in front of the people, carries the weight of its office, and owns the consequences of its choices. Nigeria does not need rulers behind the throne. Nigeria needs leaders who lead. Advisers should inform decisions, not form a parallel government. They should contribute expertise, not control the executive. They should empower leadership, not overshadow it. The future of Nigeria requires transparency—where the president, the governor, the minister, the local chairman, speaks for himself, decides for himself, and stands accountable by himself. Because that is what democracy demands. And that is what the Nigerian people deserve.

CRISTIANO RONALDO - A Truly Killer Player

Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Born in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Ronaldo began his professional career with Sporting Lisbon before signing with Manchester United in 2003. During his time with Manchester United, Ronaldo won three Premier League titles, the UEFA Champions League, and the FIFA Club World Cup. In 2009, Ronaldo signed with Real Madrid, where he spent the next nine seasons. With Real Madrid, Ronaldo won four Champions League titles, two La Liga titles, and numerous other domestic and international accolades. He also won the Ballon d'Or, given to the best soccer player in the world, a record-tying five times during his career.

In addition to his club success, Ronaldo has also had a storied international career with the Portuguese national team. He has scored a record-breaking 118 goals for Portugal, helping the team win the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 2018. Ronaldo is known for his impressive skill and technique on the field, as well as his physical fitness and dedication to training. His speed, dribbling ability, and powerful shot have made him a threat to any defense, and he has scored a staggering 725 goals in his career. Off the field, Ronaldo is also known for his philanthropy and charitable work, including his work with UNICEF and his own charitable organization, the Cristiano Ronaldo Foundation. In short, Cristiano Ronaldo is a soccer legend, with a career filled with accolades and achievements. His talent, hard work, and dedication have made him a fan favorite and a role model for aspiring soccer players around the world.

Why Websites Like ClickBank, Digistore24, Etsy, PayPal etc Exclude African Countries?

It is unfair and unjust that third world countries are often excluded from accessing the most lucrative websites due to alleged fraud. While it is true that some individuals in these countries may engage in fraudulent activity, it is important to recognize that this is not unique to third world countries. In fact, developed countries often perpetrate fraud at an even larger scale, with large corporations and financial institutions committing fraud on a regular basis. Furthermore, it is important to recognize that many third world countries do not have the same resources and infrastructure as developed countries, which can make it more difficult for them to detect and prevent fraud. Excluding these countries from accessing lucrative websites only further exacerbates the economic divide and reinforces the notion that individuals in these countries are somehow less trustworthy or deserving of access. It is important for websites and companies to have measures in place to prevent fraud, but these measures should be applied evenly and fairly to all countries, regardless of their economic status. Instead of excluding third world countries, we should work towards finding solutions that address the root causes of fraud and work towards creating a more equitable and inclusive global economy.

FASHEK MAJEK let righteousness cover the earth 1989

O Goodness, This Unreasoned Rambling Over Social Media Use Gives Me Headache!

The Nigerian public office holders, whether elected or appointed, have in the main shown that they are self-serving. Each government from history has adopted the strategy of divide-and-rule. Today, as perfected by the players in our current democratic venture, government has invested heavily on distraction to now make it Distract-And-Rule!

From generation to generation, we have fast become a nation of talkers. Easily falling for it, we never pass off a chance to say our own on any flying talk thread, especially if it originates from a person we figure has weight.

So, the government all over the land is busy dozing off having thrown a few talking baits to the nation of talkers. The only thing the government does without prompt is getting their allowances paid and taking holidays abroad.

Now, who should really be ashamed in this nation more than our President reputed to be a strong man once upon a time?! He relishes going abroad for holidays on official and private trips at our expense. He also goes to foreign hospitals for his health concerns unashamedly ignoring the fact that he is directly indicted for not working our health system.

Our government has in it some opportunist loafers who hold sway over most others who might mean well for the land and they prey on the backwardness they have continually fostered by their negligence to spend and execute development projects in Education, in Health, in Power, in Roads, in Water, in Industry and the likes.

For the fact that they only have tenure of 8 years at most, they get on board without a sense of mission. Bent on just killing time until the next Administration comes, they pocket as much of the budgeted funds for growing our various impactful sectors and shoo away the majority of us who have become addicted to attempting to talk the universe into correction, by systematically and regularly sponsoring controversial conversation baits.

Baits such as Social Media Control, Hate Speech and now, Election Violence Punishment bills have been flown to us lately. Moreover, our sworn TALKERS jump on them all raving like wildfire, while government dozes on doing nothing significant about the real issues in the land to the despair of the voiceless few who know the deal going down.

The truth and the only truth is that the State of Nigeria already has statutes and laws to deal with all these known infractions. It is a big shame that our Lawmakers are showing themselves not to know the laws in the land. They might be thinking it is smart and probably easier to reinvent the law. We have generally seen that the bane of this generation is assuming that everything started with them, before them there was nothing! A nation that has Lawmakers most of whom do not want to be bothered to study and research is doomed. The rabbles have made it into the engine room of the nation; will there ever be smooth sailing at this?

Please, Baba Obasanjo, Baba Badamosi Babangida, Baba President Mohammadu Buhari, Professor Wole Soyinka, Mr Olisa Agbakoba, Mr Femi Falana what will become of our land when the dust settles? Look well well, my esteemed sirs, even I can see the handwriting in the air! 

May God be glorified and may Nigeria live long!

I have often wondered if the hell let loose on Nigeria internally from all spheres has nothing to do with our rejecting the Gay Marriage Bill under the Senate Presidency of Hon David Mark? Am just wondering! The Gay Nations will stop at nothing to let one know that they run the world! Nigerians, who are we today? Do we have the guts to stand for our beliefs?

Transforming Nigeria?

Do We Have The Courage For National Re-invention?

It seems to me that the things we need to do in this country are the things we would never have the courage to do. Still, we dared to take a chance on some people who are ruling us today. Why not really go all out and experiment? The flame of taking chances is burning so, why not really dare? How much worse can it get? We've had non-starters manipulated upon us as rulers, and in spite of their idiosyncrasies we are still standing and occupying our space. What have we to be afraid of?

You know I never really came to terms with the reason Mr Ben Bruce was not allowed to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State in the last election. I think it was said the man had a dual citizenship status. So what? So do many really black Nigerians who vote and who have run for and held offices.

I have known Ben Bruce as a teenager through their Domino Stores on the then Commercial Avenue, Yaba, Lagos. Now if, through the years, Nigeria's electoral system has permitted the man to vote people into our offices; then I think it is a terrible act of segregation to not allow him to run for office, whether in Bayelsa or on a national platform. Who is afraid of his color? Is all this not because he is an half-cast?

Well, Jerry Rawlings is an half-cast, and he redeemed Ghana. Lets face it, it takes black and white to get some major or fundamental things right in Africa. Mr Ben Bruce is a Nigerian, born and bred. When he stood to run for office in Bayelsa, I wished he was from my state because of what my gut feeling told me he would accomplish if he got in. But alas! PDP did not allow him. Sadly, when we look at Bayelsa since then, one's heart aches for what could have been!

Well, we still have Mr Ben Bruce with us even today. And I see a Nigeria where Mr Ben Bruce is President, and Mr Aliko Dangote as Deputy thriving and really transformed beyond what the failures of today's government has disillusioned us from imagining. I see a new Nigeria where we'd stop in our tracks and wonder that we could become so pleasant a place, even in our days.

There is a clamoring for a return of a Niger Delta origin President. Mr Ben Bruce is a Niger Delta man. And Mr Aliko Dangote is a northern man. Surely, we the people of Nigeria - North and South and East and West - for the need to get our country working can bury the hatchet and do this one last experiment; for the love of Nigeria.

I think the Bruce / Dangote Presidential pair is just what this country needs. But do we have the courage to allow it? Well, we should. Time is over for doing the government of sharing money into personal accounts and pockets.

As we have allowed some faceless greenhorns from nowhere to gamble away our time in recent years, merely going through the motion of governance; what have we to lose if we gave these two gladiators a chance? I am sure that we, the teeming masses of this great nation so extravagantly blessed by God, will finally be truly satisfied as we eat the good of our land.

PHCN, This is Robbery!

It is bad enough that we don't get electricity to use as and when we need from Power Holding Company of Nigeria, but it is a gross abuse for them to discard the legitimate meter reading taken by their field officers every month and replace it with estimate billing just so that they would achieve their revenue expectation.

Every business owner knows that you'll need to sell more to bring in more revenue, barring leakages. It is fraudulent for PHCN to make customers pay for electricity when they did not supply it. This abuse has been going on for as long as ECN through to NEPA and through to PHCN. One is concerned that as PHCN is looking to be handed over to private owners, this obnoxious culture of taking money without giving value should not be continued.

It is robbery when someone or an organisation forcibly takes money from me purportedly as payment for goods or services which they did not, nor would subsequently provide to me.

Our politicians misuse our national wealth without remorse, and inefficiently run government agencies, like PHCN, are used to further rob our pockets of our insufficient spend-ables. One of these days somebody will have to pay for this injustice!