In what appears to be Nigeria’s most dramatic “return on investment” complaint yet, a man on Thursday stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat in Abuja with a message as blunt as it was unsettling: reward me or kill me. The protest, captured in a now-viral video, shows the visibly distressed man holding a placard and demanding recognition for what he described as his personal sacrifices during the party’s 2023 campaign. According to him, loyalty was not just emotional, it was financial, physical, and, ultimately, total. In a country where political support often comes with expectations, some spoken, many implied the man’s outcry reads like a tragic audit of misplaced trust. His claim that he sold his house to fund campaign efforts has not been independently verified, but the symbolism is hard to ignore: a citizen liquidating stability in exchange for promised political dividends. Observers at the scene watched as the protester oscillated between anger and ...
It's no more a news that Boris Johnson has announced to relinquish power, resign the best job in the world as British Prime Minister. What led to his resignation was a minor case to demand for any African leaders to resign office. Couple of weeks ago, I was privileged to attend a seminar organized by the INEC, sensitizing Journalists on reportorial obligation, "balance their reports" while reporting Osun election, which was well attended by many correspondents of giant media in Nigeria, such as NTA, OSBC, TVC, ARISE, Osun Online Publishers Association (OOPA), PUNCH, AIT and other recognized media firms. Most of our members at Osun Online Media Practitioner's Association, asked reasonable questions on what needed to be done to salvage the face of election in Nigeria. Moment the nomination form fee for presidential office was announced by Political Parties, I wrote on behest of my client instruction who resides in United Kingdom, I juxtaposed between Nigeria's Ele...