Because we are not really independent! Oh you ask why?

Until we build the best hospitals we travel abroad for in this country, we are not independent.

Until we become a producing, or a manufacturing country, we are not independent.

Until we reduce importation of generators and Solar devices and stabilize electricity, we are not independent.

Until we stop taking loans from foreign countries here and there like a hopeless and confused fellow, we are not independent. With these few points of mine, I hope I have been able to convince you, not to confuse you that Mr Dickson should be called in full🤣😃 if you call am halfway na something else 😀🤣 you gerit?😃 if you don't gerit, forgerit.

Today is a good day to celebrate the people, ideas and communities that keep moving Nigeria forward.

From every creator to every small business, student and everyday user — your voice matters.

May we keep building with courage, honesty and better opportunities for one another.

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President Tinubu has likened the state of Nigeria in 2023 to a cancer patient facing difficult but life-saving treatment.

While delivering his speech to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day today October 1, the president said

‘’For too long, the promise of Nigeria was undermined by choices that postponed difficult decisions and allowed deep economic distortions to grow.

By 2023, poverty was rising, and hope was nearly gone. The country’s situation was darker than ever. We had no choice but to act.

Nigeria was like a sick patient who receives the terrible news that he has cancer. His doctor explains that the treatment will be difficult and painful, but that it offers a strong prospect of recovery. The patient has a choice. He can begin treatment, endure its discomfort and fight the disease. Or he can ask only for morphine, dull the pain and leave the cancer to spread.

For too long, Nigeria’s leaders chose morphine while praying for a miracle that never came.

They focused on symptoms while allowing the disease to take hold deep within the fabric of our society. We spent enormous sums sustaining inefficient arrangements that were never intended to last. We hid from difficult truths and passed the consequences from one generation to the next.

When this Administration assumed office, we resolved to do things differently. We chose to excise the cancer. The reforms that followed were difficult. The side effects were real. Yet, we must never confuse the medicine with the disease.

Our reforms did not create the weaknesses in our economy. They confronted them. Now, as certain influential but regressive voices would have us abandon the treatment and return ourselves to the abuse of addictive subsidies, we must resist their siren song. We must remember why we began this journey and how far we have already come.

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1st, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 66th Independence Anniversary Celebration.

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Nigerians at home and abroad on this year’s celebration of the 66th Independence anniversary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr. Tunji-Ojo stated that our warmth, welcoming spirit and love as well as the abundant wealth inherent in our human capital and the richness of our land, makes Nigeria unarguably the most prosperous black nation in the world.

According to the Minister, the peace and stability are necessary conditions for the development of any nation. He therefore, called on Nigerians to emulate the nation’s founding fathers in their love for fatherland and build a Nigeria of our dreams that our children will be proud of, that a new Nigeria is achievable.

“As we celebrate 66th years of our independence, we should always remember that there is hope for our country and our diversity is our strength, and our collective determination remains the foundation upon which a stronger and more prosperous nation will be built”, he said

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President Tinubu has dismissed reports that claimed he was ill and undergoing treatment in France.

Speaking to newsmen after he arrived in Nigeria from France this evening, President Tinubu said he is “healthy, sound, and ready to go”.

When asked about concerns raised by some Nigerians and his supporters towards the end of his vacation about his health, the President said there was nothing wrong with him.

“Ready to kick, ready to walk. There’s nothing wrong. Rumour will always be emanating from politics, but the facts remain I’m here. Healthy, sound, and ready to go,” the President said

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a four-week European vacation.

The President arrived in Lagos from Paris aboard Nigerian Air Force One, with the aircraft taxiing into the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 6:22pm this evening.

Journalists at the airport were barred from taking visuals of the President’s arrival, with media coverage restricted as the presidential aircraft made its way to the terminal.

President Tinubu departed Nigeria on August 30 for London before proceeding to Paris, where he held engagements with French President Emmanuel Macron, including a dinner.

Nigerian singer Candy Bleakz has spoken about her sexuality, revealing that she identifies as demisexual.

In a video shared online, the singer said she often receives questions about her sexuality and that people are usually intrigued when she tells them she is demisexual.

“I also get a lot of questions around my sexuality and when I tell them I am demisexual, they are also intrigued. I don't know why, can't I be demisexual?” she said.

U.S.-based Nigerian-American nurse and influencer Bukola Akinpelu, popularly known as Nurse Sugar, has reacted to a video shared by her ex-husband’s camp showing a past incident between them.

In an emotional video, Nurse Sugar said the past few days had been difficult as she prepares to release a book detailing her experiences.

“Some of you are seeing a clip today, I lived that moment years ago,” she said, explaining that the video represented only a small part of the story she had written about.

She said one of her biggest fears about writing the book was becoming a subject of public discussion before people had heard the full story.

According to her, she had decided to tell the truth in the book, even if some parts could be interpreted as an attempt to defend herself.

Nurse Sugar then read an account from the book describing an incident involving her ex-husband and a mattress in an apartment she said she was paying for.

She recounted confronting him and telling him to leave the room after an argument, before describing how she filled a bucket with water and poured it on the other side of the mattress while he was lying on one side.

“This is my truth,” she said, adding that she deliberately made herself vulnerable by sharing her experiences because she wanted readers to understand her beyond the clips being circulated online.

Nurse Sugar thanked those who had reached out to support her and said she was still processing everything, adding that she would eventually return to the version of herself her followers knew.

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