I don’t know what I did in this life to deserve the kind of husband I got. I will forever be grateful to God. If there was another being to be worshipped other than God, it would be my husband Aliu Osigwe Yesufu for me. I have been loved. I have seen kindness. I have seen protection. I have seen loyalty. I have seen strength all from this man who is such a great human being. I had to fight to get anything in this life until my husband came and made my happiness his primary responsibility. Putting a smile on my face is his number one priority and I also compete to replicate same. I fell in love at first sight almost 30 years ago (13th December 1996) and everyday since I have fallen in love again afresh. He gives me reason to. A practical feminist to the core! I can never forget when he said to me in 1997 that I had to be financially independent! Or is it when my mum was apologizing to him that I was not cooking his meals and he said why should she?! There is someone doing that! My parents keep saying that he is the one that spoils me. He does!!!!! My advocacy?! He has been my strength! He hates injustice in whatever form and don’t provoke that gentle giant otherwise you will see strength and fury unleashed! Two months ago, he was traveling to the US to spend his annual holiday and he bought a new electric kettle and was showing me how the kettle works. I was puzzled and asked him why was he teaching me and we have one already that we use upstairs. He said, the kettle had a problem and he fixed it. He didn’t want it to spoil while he was away because he knows I wouldn’t know what to do. I felt so loved. It is in the small acts of kindness. Too numerous to even count. Sometimes he looks me dead in the eye and he says: How will you survive if I die? I always tell him, better hang on oooh! I just got off the phone with him. I told him I love him like I do numerous times a day. I show him daily how loved he is. Sometimes he laughs and tells me I too love my man. Who I for love? Why am I writing this? Life is fickle and anything can happen especially in today’s Nigeria where some feel they own Nigeria. I want the world to know that in this world there was a great and awesome man called Aliu Osigwe Yesufu who made a young woman who was punished for being bold, a happy and loved woman.

WARRI: WE WALKED THROUGH THE FEAR Yesterday in Warri, Delta State, I witnessed something that I will not easily forget. I travelled to Warri to honour the invitation for the One Million-Man March for Obi-Kwankwaso, alongside other committed Obidient leaders and in the company of the NDC governorship candidate in Delta State, and many other Nigerians who came simply because they believe that a new Delta and a new Nigeria are possible. We set out peacefully. There were no guns in our hands. No knives. No stones. No weapons. We were walking. We were chanting. We were engaging people. We were exercising what should be one of the most basic rights in any democracy, the right of citizens to peacefully express their political choice. And then, suddenly, everything changed. I saw them myself, Men came out carrying sticks, stones and knives. I saw the aggression. I saw the attempt to intimidate us. And, most frighteningly, I personally witnessed firearms being pointed in our direction and shots being fired. This was not something I heard from somebody. I was there. I was standing there. I saw it happen. We captured it on videos including images of individuals carrying firearms. The attackers are APC political sponsored. But there is another moment from today that I will never forget. In the midst of the confusion, Dcn Chris, the NDC governorship candidate, stood beside me. He looked at me and, with the reality of the danger before us, said words to the effect of: “If we die today, we will die. But we are not retreating. We will march till the end.” Those words were not spoken from a comfortable office. They were spoken while danger was right in front of us. And we did exactly what we said we would do. We marched. We did not retreat. We did not abandon the people who came out with us. We did not allow fear to determine whether citizens would exercise their democratic rights. And something remarkable happened.nThe people stood together. Mama P, Amb. Young Peiro and others refused to give up. The Kwankwasiyya and Obidient family stood firm. The NDC family stood firm. People who came to march peacefully found courage in one another. And eventually, those who came to intimidate and disrupt the march were pushed back. That moment taught me something profound. The greatest weapon of tyranny is fear. And the moment ordinary people refuse to be ruled by fear, tyranny begins to lose its power. What happened in Warri is therefore not merely about a political rally. It is a reflection of the dangerous level to which our politics has descended when political disagreement can be met with sticks, knives and firearms. It is a reflection of a system in which some people appear to believe that the easiest way to defeat an idea is to attack the people carrying it. But they have misunderstood the people. You can frighten some people. You can scatter a crowd. You can threaten individuals. But you cannot permanently intimidate a people who have discovered that their collective voice is more powerful than the instruments of fear. Yesterday, I saw that power. I saw it in Warri. And I saw something else: the enormous strength that emerges when the opposition decides that it will not merely complain about the state of the country, but will stand together, organise and confront the forces trying to silence peaceful political participation. This is why the events of today must not be reduced to a fight between political groups. The bigger question is: What kind of Nigeria are we building? A Nigeria where citizens need protection from political thugs before they can march? A Nigeria where political competition becomes a contest of intimidation? Or a Nigeria where ideas confront ideas, candidates confront candidates, and ultimately the people decide through their votes? I choose the latter. And that is why we must not respond to violence by becoming violent ourselves.

If you want peace you have to be prepared for war. You cannot be smiling with those who want to wipe you out of existence. When people go low on us we have to be ready to go underground! When we are done we can always come up and shower.

Despite the initial setbacks, Hon. @ifesalakooffice is making fantastic moves in Alimosho, touring all the Wards, interacting with the people, and spreading the message of the NDC. Alimosho will be OK. Lagos State will be OK. Nigeria will be OK ✌

I arrived in Abuja from London this morning, thanks to Air Peace Airlines, whose flight arrived 20 minutes ahead of schedule. From Abuja, I proceeded immediately to Kaduna. Upon my arrival, I visited the Sheikh Muhammad Sambo Memorial Islamic Institute, Rigachikun, Kaduna State, an institution I had visited twice in the past and supported in my little way. I was very impressed by the level of progress the institution has made, particularly its approach to blending Islamic education with STEM subjects. This is the kind of holistic education that can equip our young people with both strong values and the knowledge and skills required to thrive in today’s world. My commitment remains to investing in education and healthcare, developing our human capital, creating opportunities, and lifting our people out of poverty. Every Nigerian, regardless of religion, ethnicity, region, or political affiliation, deserves to feel that this country belongs to them. A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

See me see wahala! Is he no longer Bola?! Atiku is Tinubu and Tinubu is Atiku (TinuTiku) so what is your own in what they call themselves. Let TinuTiku be! By the way, did Mr Bola ever call Jonathan President? Buhari, Tinubu and Atiku are all from the same ilk! Let no man put asunder!

I find it extremely disgusting people who record conversations without informing the other party or parties that they are doing so. I am not a fan of Senator Godswill Akpabio but this recording is so unethical. It is more of an indictment of the person recording. Akpabio let himself go and felt he was talking to a confidante! Meanwhile the person was recording! So disgusting and shame on all such people!! I still have not been able to listen to it all! Just makes my skin crawl. So slimy!!!!!!

To everyone who called, texted or thought I’d hung up my boots. I only stepped back to recharge not to step down. My commitment to the Obidient movement and the vision for a New Nigeria with @PeterObi is 100% unshakable. The fire is burning brighter than ever and we are fully back to business. A new Nigeria is POssible 👊

When I was at the @NhrcNigeria there was the incident in which security forces killed over a dozen young men at night in a building in Apo, Abuja & branded them terrorists. It turned out they lied against the dead. It took work by the Commission to grant the young men posthumous exoneration & their families, closure & compensation. When you find 37 young people dead suddenly in a detention facility, the 1st thing is not to pronounce them a bunch of illegals. It takes complicity, cover-up or criminality to do that. I now understand all the dead in this matter have already & hurriedly been buried. There has been no inquiry. The Governor has already convicted them. They are not in a position to defend themselves. The families of these dead victims, say that when @official_NSCDC arrested them, each family were told to go and bring 500k each to bail their child. Earlier today, @official_NSCDC personnel in Minna reportedly turned their guns on protesters approaching the NSCDC command HQ in Minna, the Niger State capital. It is callous for the Governor of Niger State to announce without inquiry or investigation, that these victims are "illegal miners". Indeed, under the Coroner's Act, when a death happens in a detention centre, a coroner's inquiry is mandatory & the dead cannot be buried without a court order. When 37 are found dead in detention, the obligation of investigation & inquiry is unavoidable. But that is what @HonBago wants to avoid. Let's be clear: what this Niger State Governor has done is unlawful. In all likelihood it is also criminal.

Nigeria is the one that radicalizes its citizens against itself! How did you arrest young people mining and almost 40 die in your custody? How?! From what survivors are recounting, it is not looking accidental! Kai!