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Alwan Hassan, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, spoke about the availability of Nigeria’s 112 emergency number, which was immediately put to the test. #PoliticsToday

🇩🇪 Jürgen Klopp is planning a conversation with Felix Nmecha following the criticism the latter has faced for his celebration against Elversberg Background: After scoring both goals in Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Elversberg, Nmecha performed his crown celebration. The gesture is associated with the evangelical network “Ballers in God” (BiG) and its campaign “The King’s Return.” According to investigations, including one by ARD’s Monitor programme, parts of the religious community hold homophobic and anti-LGBTQ+ views and describe abortion as “Satan’s plan”. LGBTQ+ organisations classify BiG as Christian fundamentalists. Dortmund’s Fan and Supporters’ Department strongly criticised Nmecha over the weekend and called on the club to clearly distance itself from evangelical networks DFB sporting director Rudi Völler commented on the topic: "Of course, there's freedom of religion and freedom of belief. Everyone is free to practise their faith in their own way. Some people like it, others don't. We'll speak to him about it again, because it has now become a public topic. The most important thing with a topic like this is to first understand it properly. The proper procedures for dealing with these matters must be ensured. So far, I can only say positive things about Felix. He did an outstanding job at the World Cup, not just as a footballer, but also in the way he conducted himself between games. He is very popular among his teammates and is a thoroughly good person. But I can understand the debate and that not everyone agrees with it. As I said, we'll handle it in a similar way to Dortmund – we're in contact with them. But we shouldn't make too much of it either. We will certainly speak to him about it." [via @BILD]

“You want to compare my brain with that of Peter Obi? He ran away from erosion in Anambra and now wants to be president, president of where? Lilikabu.” - President Tinubu

“In Nigeria, ₦2,000 can get you something from mama put, but $1- something cannot buy you anything in the US.” — Adams Oshiomhole, Senator, Edo North (APC), speaks on the economic reforms and compares the cost of living in Nigeria and the US.

BREAKING: Major Blow To Atiku As Court Nullifies All Actions Of David Mark-Led ADC Since July 27 In a potentially devastating setback for Atiku Abubakar's 2027 presidential ambition, Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has set aside all actions taken by the David Mark-led African Democratic Congress (ADC) from July 27, 2026, to date. Credit: Olakunle Olasanmi

How did educated Nigerians, including much of our media, come to accept the term “bandits” for organised armed groups that massacre civilians, perpetrate mass rape, ambush military convoys, attack military aircraft, extort billions through ransom and illegal taxation, and seize, govern and violently defend territories for years? I find this persistent mischaracterisation deeply disturbing, particularly from journalists, security analysts and public officials who should understand the gravity of the crimes they are describing. At what point did sustained, organised violence against civilian populations, accompanied by territorial control and systematic intimidation, become something as casually described as “banditry”? This is not a harmless semantic distinction. Language shapes public understanding, influences policy responses and determines how seriously society confronts atrocities. When we minimise the identity of perpetrators, we risk diminishing the enormity of their crimes and obscuring the experiences of their victims. Nigeria's security crisis is grave enough without the intellectual dishonesty of sanitising terrorism through convenient vocabulary. Call terrorism by its name. Call those who perpetrate it terrorists.

‘Obidients Are Always Eager to Att@ck Me. I Have More Damaging Things to Reveal’ — Datti Baba-Ahmed Fires Back at Obi Supporters