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 ...
Vance Boelter, accused of fatally shooting a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and injuring another lawmaker and his wife, made his first appearance in federal court on Monday. Authorities say Boelter had orchestrated a broader plan to terrorize Democratic politicians in a politically motivated rampage.
Captured late Sunday after what officials described as the largest manhunt in Minnesota’s history, Boelter has already been charged by state prosecutors with two counts of second-degree murder. Federal prosecutors intend to pursue additional charges, including federal murder counts that could carry the death penalty.
Quote: “This was a political assassination, which is not a word we use very often in the United States,” said Joseph Thompson, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota.
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