• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Independence Day: Nigeria Sitting On Keg Of Gunpowder — Obi

by Okechukwu Obeta
10 months ago
in News
Obi
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has warned that the nation was sitting on the keg of gun-powder.

Advertisement

Obi gave the warning in his statement on the Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day anniversary.

The former Anambra State governor restated his support for protests staged by some youth groups and civil society organisations to mark the anniversary in expressing the anger over the level of hardship and bad governance in the country.

“One is not suggesting that a 64-year-old country has no right to congratulate itself but the question remains: are we congratulating ourselves for failure or for success?

“It is with this understanding that I support today’s protest, provided it remains peaceful. Nigerians must seize every opportunity to remind our leaders that we are all sitting on a keg of gunpowder in this country.

RELATED

Kebbi Group Defends Assembly’s Donation Of Cars To Tinubu, Idris Campaign

Tinubu Names Ramat As NERC Chair, Appoints 2 Commissioners

43 minutes ago
Youths Condemn Bandits’ Attacks In Southwest

Gunmen Kill 2, Abduct 3 In Kwara

47 minutes ago

“What we truly need in Nigeria is mourning. We should have donned sackcloth and ashes today and not engage in march-past.

“Our leaders need to openly express remorse for the betrayal of so much faith and hope. Nigerians should have gathered under trees to review the state of the nation among themselves, striving to teach one another the lessons of history – the rise, progress, decay, and fall of nations, and how, through accidents, errors and foolishness prevalent in Nigeria over the years, these great changes and failures occurred,” Obi said.

He further explained that Nigerians through various social media platforms should remind one another that all the factors making for revolution were all evident today.

“We should also remind one another how revolutions commence and how they are carried out, and by what a fatal chain of circumstances the wisest men are driven far the limits of moderation, and by what impulses an enraged people is precipitated into excess at the very thought of which they would have shuddered,” the former presidential candidate said.

He added that how those failures may be repeated or avoided should importantly be discussed by Nigerians.

Obi stressed that, “We are at a crossroads. We know what is happening today, but no one can predict what tomorrow will bring.”

He then stressed the importance of the leadership that understands the reality of the nation’s situation and acts decisively to steer it in the right direction.


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Ododo Charges Youths To Actively Participate In Nation Building

Next Post

Nigeria At 64: Speaker Abbas Donates Foodstuffs, Other Items To IDPs In Abuja

Okechukwu Obeta

Okechukwu Obeta

You May Like

Kebbi Group Defends Assembly’s Donation Of Cars To Tinubu, Idris Campaign
News

Tinubu Names Ramat As NERC Chair, Appoints 2 Commissioners

2025/08/07
Youths Condemn Bandits’ Attacks In Southwest
News

Gunmen Kill 2, Abduct 3 In Kwara

2025/08/07
Can Corporate Charity Fill Africa’s Healthcare Gaps?
Health

Can Corporate Charity Fill Africa’s Healthcare Gaps?

2025/08/07
Kano Gov Mourns Murdered Aide, Orders Investigation
News

Kano Gov Mourns Murdered Aide, Orders Investigation

2025/08/07
Ex-Niger North Senator Ibrahim Dies
News

Ex-Niger North Senator Ibrahim Dies

2025/08/07
FCT Police Warn Against Use Of Covered Plate Number, Tinted Glass
News

Rivers Police Dismantle Interstate Car Snatching Syndicate

2025/08/07
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Tinubu Names Ramat As NERC Chair, Appoints 2 Commissioners

Gunmen Kill 2, Abduct 3 In Kwara

Can Corporate Charity Fill Africa’s Healthcare Gaps?

Kano Gov Mourns Murdered Aide, Orders Investigation

Ex-Niger North Senator Ibrahim Dies

Rivers Police Dismantle Interstate Car Snatching Syndicate

FCT Polls: Crisis Rocks APC Over Alleged Plan To Drop Chairmanship Candidate

A Case for Corporate Social Responsibility to Empower Communities in Nigeria

Minister Orders Placement Of KWAM 1 On No-Fly List

Airstrike Kills 30 Terrorists At Wedding Ceremony In Zamfara

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.