Furtune
It’s day seven of the war with Iran. The U.S.’s allies in the Gulf are beginning to complain about the collateral damage they are sustaining in the conflict. And Iran has turned out to be surprisingly effective at causing trouble for its attackers. Some Republicans are criticizing President Trump for starting a new war after he promised to end them.
In the past 24 hours, Israel conducted more strikes against Hezbollah in Beirut and continues to pound Tehran. Iran launched a new missile attack on Israel. Qatar stopped a drone attack on the U.S.’s largest base in the Middle East. Four suspected Iranian spies were arrested in the U.K. for conducting surveillance on the Jewish community. More than 23,000 flights have been canceled globally since Iran’s first retaliatory strike, according to Fortune’s Sasha Rogelberg. Iran has now gone six straight days without the internet.
Iran has begun targeting hyperscaler data centers in the Middle East operated by Amazon and Microsoft. “The Iranians view data centers as part of the conflict,” Matt Pearl of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told the Financial Times. “This is one way of having an actual impact on the region.”
Global energy prices continued to rise after an Iranian missile struck the only oil refinery in Bahrain, Fortune’s Jordan Blum reports. “The attack showed that Iran is now willing and able to land direct hits on the major energy assets of its Gulf neighbors, putting the safety of the regional infrastructure in further doubt.”
Qatar’s energy minister warned that the war could “bring down the economies of the world” by causing a complete shutdown of all Gulf energy exporters, driving oil to $150 a barrel. “Everybody that has not called for force majeure we expect will do so in the next few days that this continues. All exporters in the Gulf region will have to call force majeure,” Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times.
The business community in Dubai is livid. “Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? And on what basis did you make this dangerous decision?” Khalaf Al Habtoor, a billionaire Dubai hotel owner, said in a post on X. “You have placed the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab countries at the heart of a danger they did not choose.”
Analyst Ed Yardeni is having second thoughts: His team previously thought the conflict would be short. “On Tuesday, we had second thoughts about the length of the war. The Iranian regime had prepared for the war by adopting a chaos strategy, launching missiles and drones not just at U.S. and Israeli targets, but at its neighbors as well. The strategy includes shutting down the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping. By causing all this pain, Iran’s regime hopes that it will pressure its adversaries to negotiate a ceasefire that keeps the regime in power.”
Gbam! That's why the thief and phone tapper called Hellrufai is always going to Cairo. The thief has properties not only in Cairo but also in Dubai and other countries. Like I said, Hellrufai will never be released. He will be circulating between EFCC, ICPC DSS and Courts. He is in a revolving door.
Kuje Maximum Security Prison, here comes your most wanted criminal and phone tapper called HellRufai.
Kayode
Sahara Reporters
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has reportedly traced several luxury real estate assets in Egypt to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as investigations into alleged corruption during his tenure deepen.
According to TheCable, investigators discovered at least six high-value properties linked to El-Rufai in Cairo, Egypt’s capital city.
Sources familiar with the probe told TheCable that the properties include three luxury villas and multiple apartments located in upscale districts in Cairo.
TheCable reported that the villas are situated in Arabella Estate and Banafsik Estate, both located in New Cairo, areas known for high-end residential developments. Market checks indicate that villas in those estates typically sell for between $1 million and $1.3 million each.
In addition, several apartments allegedly linked to the former governor were traced to Cairo Festival City, where individual units are valued at approximately $500,000 each.
Sources privy to the investigation said the properties were allegedly acquired between 2021 and 2023, a period when El-Rufai was serving his second term as governor of Kaduna State.
The discovery has drawn renewed scrutiny because the former governor had previously claimed publicly that he owned only a single house.
In a 2023 Hausa interview, El-Rufai had dismissed allegations that he amassed properties during his time in office.
According to Daily Trust, he said: “We aren’t like such people. I became the Governor of Kaduna State with only one house located at Danja Street in Unguwan Sarki, Kaduna.
“I have completed my tenure, Alhamdulillah… that is my only house. I don’t have any other house. I didn’t build a mansion. I don’t even need it.”
The ICPC is currently investigating El-Rufai over alleged financial impropriety during his eight-year tenure as Kaduna governor between 2015 and 2023.
SaharaReporters gathered that the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has been in the custody of the anti-corruption agency since February 18.
During the probe, ICPC operatives reportedly raided his Abuja residence on February 19, where wire-tapping equipment was allegedly discovered.
Before his detention by the commission, El-Rufai had also been grilled by the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegations that the telephone of Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, was tapped.
The DSS later filed a three-count charge against him for allegedly intercepting the NSA’s telephone conversation.
He had earlier spent two nights at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after arriving in Nigeria from Cairo on February 12.
The investigations stem partly from findings by the Kaduna State House of Assembly, which in 2024 indicted El-Rufai over the alleged diversion of N423 billion in public funds and suspected money laundering.
The lawmakers subsequently urged anti-graft agencies to investigate the former governor.
Meanwhile, El-Rufai’s legal team has accused the ICPC of abusing the legal process in its continued detention of their client.
In a formal protest letter addressed to the ICPC chairman, El-Rufai’s lead counsel, Ubong Akpan, described the commission’s actions as an “absolute disgrace” to the legal profession.
Akpan alleged that the anti-corruption agency secured a 14-day remand order on February 19, 2026 through what he described as “fraudulent representations” and has since failed to charge the former governor before a court of competent jurisdiction.
The lawyer also accused the commission of “forum shopping”, arguing that it approached a Magistrate Court in Bwari on allegations of money laundering, which he said fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High Court.
“What we have witnessed from the Commission over the past 15 days is nothing short of an absolute disgrace to the practice of law... that would shame any law enforcement agency in any civilised jurisdiction,” Akpan said in the letter.
He further alleged that the original remand order was never served on El-Rufai or his legal representatives, describing it as a violation of his constitutional right to fair hearing.
According to him, the commission also attempted to renew what he called a “void order” before a court lacking jurisdiction after the initial remand period expired on March 4, 2026.
Akpan warned that the continued detention of the former governor without charges violates Section 35 of the Nigerian Constitution, which protects citizens from unlawful detention.
“Every hour El-Rufai remains in your custody is a separate and distinct tort of false imprisonment,” he warned, adding that the ICPC chairman could be held personally liable.
The legal team is demanding El-Rufai’s immediate release, a public apology in three national newspapers, and N2 billion in damages.
Akpan also threatened to petition the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee against lawyers working with the ICPC who allegedly participated in the process, while also signalling plans to report the matter to the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police for further investigation.
>>Atụara ọmara, Ọ mara, atụara Ofeke, O fere feba n’ọhịa. Kayode Adebayo ,Ị bụ Ofeke, HO! HA!<< Abe nwa dee MaduThat is the perfect and only answer to this moronic Ukwuani savage. The moron doesn't even know what a pizza is, else he would not have stupidly said that any person, who is not mentally retarded, cuts pizzas with a kitchen knife. He is so simple minded and shameless in making assumptions that he believed that I was not calculating in citing pizza, which absolutely does not involve the knife.To now think that I used to exchange words with this pitiable retard galls me beyond toleration.Nebukadineze AdieleOn Monday, March 9, 2026 at 03:41:22 AM EDT, Abraham Madu <abraha...@yahoo.com> wrote:Ọkpa nkọ?
Nsị anọghị n’afọ esi ushi.
Aka dị onye mma O were ya hibe isi ya.
Akụa aka, ele anya.
Ikuku kuo, ahụ otete ọkụkọ.
Ka ana enyo ,ka isi gị na apụta.
Ọkwụrụ anaghị aka onye kụrụ ya.
Agbara kpaba ajọ ike, ezi ya osisi eji pịa ya!
Kayode Adebayo, talk about what you know.
Ọbụghị sọ onye nwụrụ anwụ ka ana agbazi olu.
Nebukadịneze Adịele gburu ihe Ewu na eri/ata.
Onye agwara amarala.
Atụara ọmara, Ọ mara, atụara Ofeke, O fere feba n’ọhịa.
Kayode Adebayo ,Ị bụ Ofeke, HO! HA!
Ntị ọdị kwa?
Ya kpọtụba!
Ya gazie.
Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṅụịobi Madụ.
On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 11:36:45 PM CDT, Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Brainless Megalomaniac Called Nebukadimonkey Adiele:Abraham IPOB Madu was right, you brainless dummy and Mbaise Bush megalomaniac called Nebukadimonkey Adiele. If you want to convince your guest that you ate pizza for dinner without the plate of pizza, you can easily do so with the knife you used to cut the pizza. The knife will still have some crumb of pizza left on the both sides of the knife. Abraham Brainless Madu who lost his cerebrum at birth was right. He is smarter than you fool.You wonder why you came to America without shoes?You're a shame and an embarrassment to your backward Mbaise Bush village.KayodeOn Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 11:05 PM, Abraham Madu<abraha...@yahoo.com> wrote:"If you ate pizza for dinner, how would finding your kitchen knife reveal to those who didn't witness your consuming the pizza that your dinner was pizza? "Ọkpa nkọ?
Ya gazie.
Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṅụịobi Madụ.On Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 09:57:28 PM CST, Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Liar and Biafran Child Called Nebukadimonkey Adiele:"first heard the second adage in Biafra, as a child, in a song of Rex Lawson's. Reviewing it" --- Liar Called Nebukadimonkey AdieleYou have finally confessed your age, after aggressively denying your age. Like I told you, your friend in Flatbush Brooklyn told me you were born in 1968, yet you denied it to the teeth. Unconsciously, you have finally confessed your were born during Biafran war, which corresponds with the 1968 your friend told me you were born, without anyone forcing you. Like said, I know you more than you know yourself. Whenever you lie, you always unconsciously reveal the truth, without anyone twisting your monkey head.You're a shame and an utter disgrace to your family and your entire Igboland.KayodeOn Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM, Nebukadineze Adiele<nebuka...@aol.com> wrote:>>Achọba nmaekwu, agba ama ihe eriri<<.
>>Atụrụ mụrụ Ebele gba aka nwa, iworiwo<<
Abe nwa dee Madu,Those two adages should be obsolete in the 21st century world because they are parochial and seeming to be excess alcohol consumption-induced. If by "nmaekwu" you mean kitchen knife, then the adage is pathetically dumb since not every dish or diner was prepared by deploying the services of a kitchen knife. If you ate pizza for dinner, how would finding your kitchen knife reveal to those who didn't witness your consuming the pizza that your dinner was pizza? My point: reviewing the kitchen knife does not always reveal, to outsiders, what had been dined on before their arrival, as the adage claims.I first heard the second adage in Biafra, as a child, in a song of Rex Lawson's. Reviewing it as an educated today, I have no hesitation in asserting that it is patently dumb. How could a sheep that gave birth to a ram be childless? I asked this question as a child and I was told that it is because rams sire sheep into producing offspring for others, not for the owner of the ram. This is pathetically dumb and selfish -- if your ram sires a sheep, you are entitled to one of the offspring, this is a general rule all across the farming world but I did not know it as a child to have countered the elders who tried to make sense of this adage to me.Nwanna, we (educated Africans) have a responsibility to updating our adages and mores to be inline with knowledge acquired through science (knowledge that was not available to our ancestors who formulated these adages). When you encounter an adage that nascent knowledge has upturned, do your best to add an addendum to it, at a minimum, don't just repeat it verbatim and allow youngsters to latch onto it. Alternatively, you can write another book.Nebukadineze AdieleOn Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 02:25:10 AM EST, Abraham Madu <abraha...@yahoo.com> wrote:Achọba nmaekwu, agba ama ihe eriri.
Atụrụ mụrụ Ebele gba aka nwa, iworiwo
Ntị ọdị kwa?
Ya kpọtụba!
Ya gazie.
Ụmụ nne Abrahamụọgụ Aṅụsịobi Madụ.
Trump fooled them. From a few hours war, to a few days war, to a few weeks war to few months and even longer. From regime change, to nuclear weapons and others in-between as reasons for thr war. They all fell for the trick and now suffering high gas prices, restricted travel, high debt and high inflation. Trump doesn't even know anything about Iran or consequences of the war he is fighting. Iran is different from Venezuela. Iran has been planning and preparing for it for a long time. Majority of their arsenals have been buried underground all over the country. Iran knows what they're doing, but Trump doesn't know what he is doing. He thinks air and sea powers are all it would take to dismantle Iran and change their leadership. Iran is stronger than that. Their Ayatollahism is deeply rooted and entrenched in Iran. They can fight for years and have a new Ayatollah at the snap of their fingers. They want America to commit American ground toops and deployment, so that the war can reverberate in America among the public, but Trump didn't have any clue. He thought he could just overrun the country in hours and declare victory and that would be it. Now, he is facing the reality of the war and the world economy has turned upside down with no end in sight. The gulf countries got played too. Their countries are now used as launch pads by America and they are at the receiving end. Their economies have been cascaded and their travel and tourism have been grounded, while their infrastructures are going up in flames.
They will never learn.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.
Polls suggest that many Americans are worried the military action is making the U.S. “less safe,” even as they see Iran as a threat to U.S. security. There are also warning signs for President Donald Trump as he confronts the possibility of a prolonged conflict that could come with significant economic turmoil. Trump gave conflicting messages on Monday about the war’s timeline, suggesting it could be near its end while also threatening additional force against Iran if the country disrupted the global flow of oil.
Republicans are largely behind the president, a Republican, the polls show, but there are indications that they are wary of any response that would lead to U.S. troops on the ground in Iran. And after Trump campaigned on the pledge of putting “America first” and ending U.S. involvement in “forever wars,” the Iran conflict could become a particular point of friction.
About half of registered voters — 53% — oppose U.S. military action against Iran, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll conducted over the weekend. Only 4 in 10 support it, and about 1 in 10 are uncertain. A new Ipsos poll also found more disapprove than approve of the strikes.
That's similar to the results of text message snap polls from The Washington Post and CNN, both conducted shortly after the joint U.S.-Israel attacks began, which also indicated that more Americans rejected the military action than embraced it.
A recent Fox News poll found opinions more evenly divided: Half of registered voters approved of the U.S. military action, while half disapproved.
Several of the recent polls show a majority of Americans believe the Trump administration has not provided a clear explanation of the reasons behind the military strikes, and there are some divisions about whether Iran truly posed an “imminent and direct threat” to the United States, as the White House has said.
Most voters in the Quinnipiac poll — 55% — said they did not believe Iran posed an “imminent military threat” to the U.S. before the current military action. On the other hand, about 6 in 10 registered voters in the Fox News poll said Iran poses a “real national security threat,” and a recent AP-NORC poll found about half of U.S. adults were highly concerned that Iran’s nuclear program posed a direct threat to the U.S.
As oil prices oscillate, the vast majority of voters are “very” or “somewhat” concerned about oil and gasoline prices rising in the U.S., according to the Quinnipiac poll. Only about one-quarter of voters are “not so concerned” or “not concerned at all.”
The highest levels of concern are driven by Democrats and independents, but about half of Republicans are also at least somewhat concerned about the war increasing gas prices.
About two-thirds of Americans expect U.S. gas prices will “get worse” over the next year as a result of the U.S. military action, according to the Ipsos poll conducted March 6-9. Republicans were more likely to say gas prices would worsen than improve as a result of the war: 44% said they would get worse, while 26% expected they would improve. About 2 in 10 thought they would remain the same. Democrats and independents overwhelmingly expect gas prices will worsen.
On Monday, Trump said the U.S. would take further action against Iran if they made any attempt to stop the global oil supply.
As the Iran war spreads into the Middle East, many Americans also worry Trump's military decisions have made the U.S. less safe.
About half of voters in both the Quinnipiac and Fox News polls said the U.S. military action in Iran makes the U.S. “less safe,” while only about 3 in 10 in each poll said it made the country safer. The CNN poll found about half of U.S. adults thought the strikes would make Iran “more of a threat” to the U.S., while only about 3 in 10 thought it would lessen the danger.
About 6 in 10 U.S. adults said they trusted Trump “not much” or “not at all” to make the right decisions about the U.S. use of force in Iran, according to the CNN poll. Republicans expressed more trust in the president than Democrats or independents.
AP-NORC poll conducted before the strikes similarly found that 56% of U.S. adults trusted Trump “only a little” or “not at all” to make the right decisions about the use of military force abroad.Most voters are concerned about a possible expansion in the war’s scope.
About three-quarters of voters oppose the idea of sending ground troops into Iran, according to the Quinnipiac poll that was conducted after the deaths of six U.S. service members were announced. The death of a seventh service member was reported later.
Only about 2 in 10 in the Quinnipiac poll supported sending troops to Iran. Even among Republican voters, the poll found more oppose than support sending ground troops, 52% to 37%.
The new Ipsos poll found bipartisan concern that the U.S. military action would risk the lives of American military personnel. About 9 in 10 U.S. adults are “very” or “somewhat” concerned about this, including 86% or Republicans and 93% of Democrats.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:You want me to say that I am doing my worst? I wont say that to please you.On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 13:02 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Bolaji Aluko:" I am doing my best" --- Bolaji AlukoThat's exactly what thousands of Nigerian government officials say. They think and believe they're doing their best, because they think what they're doing is the right thing to do for their state or the country. If every government official is doing their best as they say, and doing the right thing, Nigeria wouldn't be where it is today. It would be the most developed country in the world.Go figure!KayodeOn Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:That's okay, Kayode. I am doing my best.My regards to Madam(e).Bolaji AlukoPS: My flight will be Abuja ABV to Ado Ekiti EKK on Thursday via United Nigeria Airlines. So the Ekiti Airport - one of the neatest in Nigeria currently - is being used. We are proud of it.On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 05:36 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Bolaji Aluko:By the way, you're part of Nigeria's problems. What have you achieved in Ekiti State all these years till today, other than advising your governor to build a useless airport that nobody will ever use, despite spending years in America and in these forums. You're a typical Nigerian that I was talking about. You went home and joined the system. You supposed to be moving mountains and making a difference in governance since the day Kayode Fayemi and subsequently your present governor appointed you. Ekiti State supposed not to be as backward as it is today. But it is. No innovation or development and that's a shame.KayodeOn Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Bolaji Aluko:Don't believe the hype. There is nothing new about what Lere wrote. Lere is a typical Nigerian. All they know is write lengthy write-ups. They pretend to know Nigeria's problems and often lie about knowing the solutions to Nigeria's gargantuan problems. Put them in governmental positions, they will perform worse that the people and the country they write about and criticize.If writing lengthy articles leads to development, Nigeria would be the most developed country today, because that's one area Nigeria is blessed with. Nigerians can write, write and write till eternity.Unfortunately, writing lengthy missives and criticisms don't translate to development. Development comes from vision, actual performance and hard work, not through articles.Go to China, which I visited not long ago and see wonders. I can tell you today that China has surpassed America in technology and innovation and will soon surpass America in development. It will take America 50 years to catch up with China technologically. If the Chinese were writing lengthy articles without performance and actual work, they won't be where where they are today.I once attended an international conference at the Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Lagos in the 70s, where developing countries from around gathered to chart way forward, to achieve what countries like Japan, US, France and UK achieved back then. The same China that has rapidly developed today were also in attendance. When Nigeria took the stage, it was lengthy talk and talk and talk. The Chinese envied Nigeria, because we were rich with oil money back then. China didn't talk much, but praised Nigeria's so-called vision for development and for organizing the conference. Back in the 70s when the conference took place, China and Nigeria were at the same developmental level. See China's amazing transformation today. I felt sad about Nigeria in China. It was as if the Chinese were some kind of aliens that are not from this world. I was stunned to say the least. It was as if I was visiting Mars.What we need is not article writing and useless essays. Any fool can write articles. What we need is ingenuity, actual commitment and performance.KayodeOn Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:HISTORY REWARDS REFORMERS, NOT COMPLAINERSBy Prof Lere BaaleThe mindset determines whether a cup is half-filled or half-empty. But more profoundly, it determines whether we choose to refill it, redesign the cup, or abandon the table altogether.Nations do not collapse first in infrastructure; they collapse first in imagination. They do not rise first in GDP; they rise first in belief systems. A defeated mindset manufactures a defeated future. A constructive mindset manufactures possibility.To declare that “Nigeria is finished” is not analysis — it is abdication. It is intellectual surrender dressed up as sophistication. No serious student of history arrives at such a conclusion, because history is a relentless witness: civilizations have faced darker seasons and emerged stronger when reformers chose responsibility over despair.History rewards reformers, not complainers.Lessons from Nations That Refused to DieSingaporeAt independence in 1965, Singapore had no natural resources, fragile social cohesion, and severe economic vulnerability. Many predicted its collapse. But disciplined leadership, institutional integrity, anti-corruption enforcement, strategic education reform, and long-term planning transformed it into a global hub. Singapore did not complain about its limitations. It engineered its transformation.RwandaAfter the 1994 genocide, Rwanda stood devastated — socially fractured and institutionally broken. Yet through governance reform, civic discipline, accountability structures, and national reorientation, it repositioned itself. Pain was acknowledged, but it was not allowed to define destiny. Reform replaced resentment.GermanyAfter World War II, Germany lay in ruins — economically bankrupt and physically destroyed. Yet structural economic reform, industrial rebuilding, productivity discipline, and institutional accountability created what became known as the “economic miracle.” Collapse was real. Reform was stronger.These examples are not romantic stories. They are structured demonstrations of a principle: nations are rebuilt by reformers, not by rhetoricians of despair.Nigeria Is Not Finished — She Is UnfinishedThere is a fundamental distinction.A finished nation has exhausted its possibilities.An unfinished nation invites builders.Nigeria is unfinished. Complex. Imperfect. Evolving. The presence of corruption does not eliminate potential. Institutional inefficiency does not erase capacity. Economic hardship does not cancel destiny.The intellectual giant is not the one who predicts collapse.The intellectual giant is the one who designs recovery.Disciplined Optimism: The Mindset of ReformAuthentic leadership is not blind optimism. It is disciplined optimism.Disciplined optimism acknowledges:• There are gaps in governance.• Infrastructure is insufficient.• Regulatory processes require reform.• Institutions lack capacity in key sectors.But disciplined optimism insists:Gaps are invitations for design.Weaknesses are signals for restructuring.Failures are data points for improvement.Optimism is not denial of reality. It is refusal to surrender to it.The Danger of Intellectual PessimismWhen intellectuals default to pessimism, three corrosive effects follow:First, they demoralize the next generation.Second, they normalize mediocrity by suggesting change is impossible.Third, they hand narrative power to those who thrive on chaos.Serious thinkers do not romanticize problems — but neither do they dramatize them. They diagnose rigorously. They propose intelligently. They engage constructively.It is intellectually lazy to criticize without structured alternatives.It is intellectually immature to amplify despair without presenting data.It is morally irresponsible to influence public opinion without offering direction.A gathering of intellectuals must be a marketplace of ideas — not an echo chamber of frustration.The Architecture of ReformReform requires:• Evidence-based criticism• Systems thinking• Long-term strategy• Institutional redesign• Ethical courage• Measured communicationReform is not emotional outrage. It is disciplined construction.If policies fail, redesign them.If systems are weak, strengthen them.If leadership disappoints, model better standards.If processes are slow, reengineer them.Complaining produces noise.Reforming produces legacy.Hope as Strategic DisciplineHope is not naïveté. Hope is strategy.Hope fuels persistence through resistance.Hope sustains reform through criticism.Hope anchors vision during uncertainty.Every generation must choose:Become commentators of decline or architects of renewal.History is not kind to cynics. It is generous to builders.The Reform Imperative for NigeriaNigeria does not lack talent.Nigeria does not lack resources.Nigeria does not lack intellectual capital.What Nigeria requires is coordinated reform energy — institutional architects who combine vision with execution.Reform in governance.Reform in education.Reform in regulatory systems.Reform in economic productivity.Reform in ethical leadership.The future will not be shaped by those who shout the loudest.It will be shaped by those who build the longest.Reflections1. In what areas of national discourse have I unconsciously contributed to despair rather than direction?2. Do my criticisms include actionable alternatives?3. Am I a commentator on problems or a contributor to solutions?4. What institutional reforms can I influence within my sphere?5. Does my language strengthen morale or weaken it?6. Have I confused realism with resignation?Action Points1. Replace Complaint with ConstructionFor every criticism you voice publicly, develop at least one structured alternative proposal.2. Engage Data Before EmotionGround national conversations in research, metrics, and comparative analysis rather than sentiment.3. Model Reform LocallyReform begins in micro-systems — your organization, community, profession, or institution.4. Mentor Reform-Minded LeadersEncourage younger professionals to think in systems, not slogans.5. Practice Disciplined LanguageCommunicate gaps without dramatization. Inspire without exaggeration.6. Build Coalitions for ChangeReform is rarely a solo effort. Partner with professionals across sectors.7. Design Long-Term StrategiesShift conversations from immediate frustration to 5–10 year reform frameworks.Closing ChargeNigeria is not finished. She is unfinished.An unfinished nation calls for architects — not undertakers.History will not remember who complained the loudest.It will remember who restructured institutions, strengthened systems, restored confidence, and expanded opportunity.The cup may not be full — but it is not empty.The question is not whether we lament the level.The question is whether we possess the courage, discipline, and vision to refill it.History rewards reformers, not complainers.PLBOn Mon, Mar 9, 2026, 12:07 femi Olajide <olajid...@yahoo.com> wrote:Some, tenaciously, like to hold on to the past because that is the only thing or time that had any miniscule of value in their lives.
Some still come blaming all their current woes on colonial masters that left over 65 years ago instead of actively seeking ways to better their being.
MA, let me hem be. They are more comfortable doing arithmetic when everyone around them are tackling calculus!
Regards,
Femi OlajideOn Monday, 9 March 2026 at 10:57:50 GMT+1, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:Are you guys not tired of abusing each other? For twenty years now or more? Haven't abuses been exhausted in your arsenals? Abi na recycle, recycle?The world is moving on... into war, I know. .and you are still talking about 1967-70 war?..O diegwu o!Bolaji AlukoShaking his head
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:United Nigeria Airlines never advertised Ado as its hub. Rather, it advertises flights to and from Ado Ekiti - with Abuja and Lagos as the other destinations. Where it picks passengers through Ado is its internal operations business. If my destination is Ado, that is not a stopover for me.All flights that I take in Nigeria have been open-air boarding, like the one you showed for Ado-Ekiti. I have done the same in dozens of airports all around the world, including in almost 80% of my over 10 international trips last year cumulative this year, including in the sun, shower and snow.Let's be more factual please.Bolaji Aluko
On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 19:16 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Bolaji Aluko:As a matter of fact, United Nigeria Airlines doesn't have a hub in Ekiti Airport. It's more or less like a stop over, to pick up passengers that might be going to Abuja or Lagos. That's like a trial thing to see if it will work. See the picture of your 14 passengers boarding United Nigeria Airlines from Ekiti Airport.Typical Nigerian Airport. Passengers have to go inside the sun and rain to board an aircraft, instead of your government providing a covered channel to board aircraft right from the Airport terminal. Yet you lived in America for years and still thinking like Mbaise Bush people.Kayode
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Three ships were struck near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a day after President Trump warned that the United States would intensify its bombardment if Iran continues to block shipments through the waterway vital to the world’s oil supply.
The vessels were struck by unknown projectiles, maritime security agencies said. Ship traffic through the narrow strait has effectively come to a halt.
Iranian drones also struck near Dubai International Airport as Tehran vowed to ramp up its attacks across the Middle East.
Trump told Axios that U.S. military operation against Iran — now in its 12th day — would be over soon because there’s “practically nothing left to target.” But he later told reporters that “we have hit them harder than virtually any country in history has been hit, and we’re not finished yet.”
The New York Times reported that a preliminary investigation found the U.S. at fault for a strike that killed 165 people, including many children, at a girls' school in Iran on Feb. 28.
Meanwhile, Iranian officials confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, was wounded in the airstrikes that killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The younger Khamenei has not made any public appearances since his appointment earlier this week.
Meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise. At least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli strikes began on Feb. 28. Nearly 400 people in Lebanon have been killed and at least 12 in Israel, according to officials in those countries.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik approved the order following an ex-parte motion filed by ICPC’s lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha.
The motion sought authorization for the commission to inspect, conduct forensic examinations, and extract data from the devices in connection with its ongoing investigation into the former governor.
According to reports by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), ICPC operatives recovered 14 electronic devices from El-Rufai’s Abuja residence, including a Sony HD-EGS storage device, ITB Transcend storage device, Toshiba storage device, Samsung and Nokia mobile phones, a Blackberry device, Google IDEOS phone, Samsung storage device (SPO802N), Remarkable tablet, Apple MacBook Pro, Seagate FreeAgent desk external drive, ZTE mobile phone, ten flash drives, and a microSD card.
The ex-parte motion is part of case FHC/ABJ/CS/499/2026, titled Federal Republic of Nigeria vs. Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai. El-Rufai is simultaneously challenging the search in a separate suit, seeking N1 billion in damages, under case FHC/ABJ/CS/345/2026, filed on February 20 by Oluwole Iyamu.
In his fundamental rights enforcement suit, El-Rufai alleges that the February 19 search of his residence at 12 Mambilla Street, Aso Drive, Abuja, violated his rights to dignity, personal liberty, fair hearing, and privacy under Sections 34, 35, 36, and 37 of the Nigerian Constitution.
He also contends that any evidence obtained from the search is inadmissible, seeking an injunction preventing its use in any proceedings against him.
Additionally, he demands the immediate return of all seized items along with an inventory, and claims N1 billion in general, exemplary, and aggravated damages.
In response, ICPC maintained that the search followed a valid warrant issued on February 18, executed on February 19 between 1:37 pm and 3:56 pm at the former governor’s residence.
The commission stated that the operation, which involved the Nigeria Police Force, was witnessed by El-Rufai’s wife, Hadiza, and his son, Mohammed. ICPC urged the court to dismiss El-Rufai’s suit, asserting that its actions were lawful and part of a legitimate investigation.
The Nigeria Police Force, in a counter-affidavit deposed by Insp. Ewa Anthony, also defended the search.
The police emphasized that it was conducted under a valid court order and in full compliance with legal procedures, rejecting claims that the warrant was invalid.
They argued that El-Rufai’s suit attempts to use the court as a shield against ongoing investigations and potential prosecution.
The case remains pending before the Federal High Court, with the authorization allowing ICPC to continue its forensic examination of the recovered devices.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:Farewell.On Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 13:07 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Typical Nigerian Called Bolaji Aluko:"There is nothing intrinsically wrong with open air boarding, it is a balance of cost between form (how you board) and functionality (that you board" --- Typical Nigerian Called Bolaji AlukoThere is a difference between open defecation and public restroom. Open Boarding is wrong, inconvenient and out of place in this millennium. Of course, you don't know and you don't care. When you subject your Ekiti citizens to torture of heat of the sun and downpour of rain, all you care about is your salary and allowances. You don't care about the people. Open Boarding is tantamount to Open Defecation."Thanks for your criticisms while I was at Otuoke, and your kind words despite them. I don't remember them all, but I must have ignored your abuses, which are quuck." --- Village Headmaster Called Bolaji Aluko.My criticisms of you when you were appointed Village Headmaster of Otueke Village University transformed you from a Village Headmaster to a real VC. It made you better and made you do the right thing when all you were doing was wrong and stupid.KayodeOn Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:1. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with open air boarding, it is a balance of cost between form (how you board) and functionality (that you board),2. Thanks for your criticisms while I was at Otuoke, and your kind words despite them. I don't remember them all, but I must have ignored your abuses, which are quuck.
3. Clearly you don't know my mandate as a state Commissioner for Infrastructure, otherwise you won't write much of what you wrote below. And I do not have the time or energy to break it down for you. But rest assured that working with the Governor, we are doing our best.
Farewell on these matters. We both must quit while we are ahead.
Bolaji Aluko
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 22:14 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Bolaji Aluko:"All flights that I take in Nigeria have been open-air boarding, like the one you showed for Ado-Ekiti." --- Bolaji Aluko
See what I mean? You supposed to be different, outlier and a performer. Not join the band wagon and behave like the inefficient and ineffective government officials in Nigeria. Instead, you went home and joined the band wagon of failures. You're doing projects without feasibility studies, because others have airports, you want one too. What makes you different from them? Absolutely nothing. You performed very well and outstandingly when you were the Village Headmaster of Otueke Village University. Even though I criticized you then. But you were exemplary and an outlier. You changed the whole University overnight and your colleagues and fellow VCs in Nigeria and entire Nigeria saw that and commended you. But as Commissioner of Infrastructure, you performed woefully. Not only on the airport project, but also in power sector, technology, roads, schools, hospitals and other infrastructures. 5 megawatts of Solar power is abysmal to say the list. It's way below expectation. Not to talk about other power sources you failed to implement; water projects, schools and others. You concentrated your projects in the state capital, instead of starting from the villages. You copied the inefficient model that you met in NigeriaI offered to help you at no cost, but you refused wanted to be like others. You're commending yourself for inefficiency.
Good luck to you!KayodeKayodeOn Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM, Mobolaji Aluko<alu...@gmail.com> wrote:United Nigeria Airlines never advertised Ado as its hub. Rather, it advertises flights to and from Ado Ekiti - with Abuja and Lagos as the other destinations. Where it picks passengers through Ado is its internal operations business. If my destination is Ado, that is not a stopover for me.All flights that I take in Nigeria have been open-air boarding, like the one you showed for Ado-Ekiti. I have done the same in dozens of airports all around the world, including in almost 80% of my over 10 international trips last year cumulative this year, including in the sun, shower and snow.Let's be more factual please.Bolaji AlukoOn Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 19:16 Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:Bolaji Aluko:As a matter of fact, United Nigeria Airlines doesn't have a hub in Ekiti Airport. It's more or less like a stop over, to pick up passengers that might be going to Abuja or Lagos. That's like a trial thing to see if it will work. See the picture of your 14 passengers boarding United Nigeria Airlines from Ekiti Airport.Typical Nigerian Airport. Passengers have to go inside the sun and rain to board an aircraft, instead of your government providing a covered channel to board aircraft right from the Airport terminal. Yet you lived in America for years and still thinking like Mbaise Bush people.Kayode
March 9: ‘Pretty much’ complete. “I think the war is very complete, pretty much.” [Trump]
March 9: Both complete and just beginning. “Well, I think you could say both [very complete and just the beginning].” [Trump]
March 9: Not enough winning yet. “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough. We go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long running danger once and for all.” [Trump]
March 9: Will go further. “We could call it a tremendous success right now — as we leave here, I could call it — or we could go further, and we’re going to go further.” [Trump]
March 11: U.S. needs to ‘finish the job.’ “We don’t want to leave early, do we? We’ve got to finish the job.” [Trump]
March 13: Strikes ramping up. “Today will be yet again, the highest volume of strikes that America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran. The number of sorties and number of bomber pulses, the highest yet ramping up and only up.” [Hegseth]
March 2: Four to five weeks or longer. “Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks. But we have capability to go far longer than that. … Somebody said today, they said, ‘Oh, well, the president wants to do it really quickly, after that, he’ll get bored.’ I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this.” [Trump]
March 2: More or less than two, four or six weeks. “President Trump has all the latitude in the world to talk about how long it may or may not take — four weeks, two weeks, six weeks. It could move up, it could move back.” [Hegseth]
March 2: ‘As far as we need to go.’ “We’ll go as far as we need to go to advance American interest. But we’re not dumb about it. You don’t have to roll 200,000 people in there and stay for 20 years.” [Hegseth]
March 10: It’s up to Trump. “From the beginning, from this podium, we haven’t stated how long it will take. Our will is endless. Ultimately, the president gets to determine the end state of those objectives, right? But what he’s said continually, I want the American people to understand, is this is not endless. It’s not protracted. We’re not allowing mission creep. The president has set a very specific mission to accomplish, and our job is to unrelentingly deliver that.” [Hegseth]
March 10: It’s up to Trump. “We know that the U.S. military and our brave war fighters are quickly and expeditiously executing these objectives well ahead of schedule. But ultimately, the operations will end when the commander in chief determines the military objectives have been met, fully realized, and that Iran is in a position of complete and unconditional surrender, whether they say it or not.” [Leavitt]
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On 9 Mar 2026, at 23:33, Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Fellow Nigerians:
Imperial:Sachs is right. America uses military bases around the world to subjugate the host countries and subject them to attacks in the event of war. It's all about control and domination. Military base offers no protection for the host countries. Instead, it turns them into magnets of attacks, destabilization and destruction of their economies and political systems. That's why I have vehemently opposed America siting military base in Nigeria since the 70s and I'm glad all successive governments of Nigeria have not succumbed to it. America only seeks and protects its selfish interests around the world.America threatened Tinubu’s government recently with punishment, if it fails to allow it to establish a military base in Nigeria and Tinubu rebuffed it, telling them he will never allow America to establish a military base in Nigeria. That's why America dubiously categorized Nigeria as a country of particular concern, but Tinubu didn't yield. I commend Tinubu and his government for that and for standing strong in the face of adversity. Look at all the Gulf states that allowed America's military bases in their countries today. Their economies have been destabilized and their infrastructures are being pummeled daily by Iran and there is no end in sight. Iran is fighting a war of attrition, but America doesn't know it. They underrated Iran's military capability and ability to withstand attacks. Just yesterday, Trump who declared the war in Iran over and complete, begs the allies for help in fighting Iran when the war didn't go as planned. I wonder which one of them would be willing to help America and subjects it's embassies and other interests around the world to Iranian attacks, after Iran destroyed American embassies in the Gulf states and a British ship trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz a week ago.
On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 6:09 AM, Imperial Merchant Trust Ltd<imperi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
KayuseeKindly see below from Prof Jeffrey Sachs oneof the most respected American opinions in the world; we truly don’t need a US military base in our country.I suggest Nigeria remains permanently non-aligned; after all, some Western European countries like Sweden, Ireland, and Switzerland remain non-aligned. Why can’t Africans?Sent from my iPhoneOn 9 Mar 2026, at 23:33, Kayode Adebayo <kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Fellow Nigerians:"doesn't even know what a pizza is, else he would not have stupidly said that any person, who is not mentally retarded, cuts pizzas with a kitchen knife." -- Neanderthal Bush Monkey Called Nebukadimonkey Adiele
Here are millions of people from Americans and the rest of the world cutting pizzas with kitchen knives. Only the Neanderthal bush monkey and moron called Nebukadimonkey Adiele cuts pizzas with stones, because his Neanderthal bush village where he came from called Mbaise Bush village are still living in the stone age, where they cut pizzas with stones. The idiot cuts pizzas with stones in his welfare apartment in Harlem New York.
Imperial:Yes, Nigeria should stay non-aligned and adhere to its policy of Non-alignment. There is nothing to gain from the West or the East.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 11:43 AM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Fellow Nigerians:Videos: Watch run down and dilapidated schools, roads and bridges in Ekiti State under Bolaji Aluko as Commissioner of Infrastructure and Public Utilities. The fool was criticising another state in these forums just the other day for having dilapidated and run down schools, yet he never attempted to reconstruct the dilapidated schools under his watch in his own state.
Talking about inefficiency, incompetency and ineptitude of Bolaji Aluko. Bolaji Aluko is one of the most inefficient and incompetent government officials in Nigeria today, yet he claimed he is doing his best. These are the evidence of Bolaji Aluko's best. Bolaji Aluko is always shaking his stupid head out of ignorance.