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 ...
Group accuses governor of starving grassroots of development, demands EFCC, ICPC probe, and legislative inquiry The Osun Renewal Group (ORG) has issued a scathing critique of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration, accusing it of gross financial recklessness and brazen mismanagement of funds allocated to the 30 local government areas in Osun State. According to the group, of the ₦108 billion received by the state government on behalf of the local councils in 2024, a paltry ₦471 million—less than 1%—was spent on capital projects. In a statement issued to the press, the group described this revelation as “an unforgivable betrayal of public trust” and a vivid demonstration of what it called “the Adeleke administration’s disdain for the grassroots.” The group lamented that over ₦107 billion, meant for local development, remains unaccounted for, while rural communities continue to suffer infrastructural decay and neglect. “₦471 million spread across 30 LGAs for an entire year...