President Bola Tinubu has dismissed concerns that Nigeria is nosediving towards a one-party state under the All Progressives Congress (APC), calling such fears “unfounded” and “driven by panic”.

Speaking during a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark June 12 Democracy Day, Tinubu reiterated his commitment to democratic values and political pluralism.

Tinubu stated that he would never advocate for a one-party state, having fought against it in the past as a democrat.

In a clear dig at the opposition, Tinubu mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating, “It is my pleasure to witness the PDP in disarray.”

Also, Tinubu praised the resilience of democratic institutions in Nigeria since the return to civilian rule in 1999, noting that “every time we argue instead of fight, we promote democracy”.

He paid tribute to Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the annulled 1993 election, and recognized the contributions of other pro-democracy figures.

He emphasised the importance of honouring all who played roles in Nigeria’s democratic journey.

Tinubu cited the National Assembly’s 2010 invocation of the Doctrine of Necessity—through which President Goodluck Jonathan was empowered to lead the nation—as a landmark moment that demonstrated legislative maturity and national interest.

“Though I must not always agree with the National Assembly, we must forge a common front,” he said, underscoring the importance of collaboration between the executive and legislative arms.

He urged the APC to remain open to new members and not become complacent, highlighting the party’s growth and welcoming defectors from other parties.

Dem pull am comot from di potopoto as small baby afta di serious and heartbreaking Indian Ocean tsunami for 2004 wey spoil plenty things, and dem re-unite am wit him parents afta emotional court battle.

Di boy wey dem once sabi as “Baby 81” don turn 20-year-old wey dey dream of higher education.

Jayarasa Abilash tori dey symbolize dat of di families wey di worst natural calamities for modern history tear apart, but him also dey offer hope to di pipo as more than 35,000 pipo for Sri Lanka die, wit odas missing.

Di tsunami bin dey carry di 2-month-old baby away for eastern Sri Lanka and dem find am some distance from home by di rescuers mission.

For di hospital, him be No. baby 81 for di admissions registry.

Him papa, Murugupillai Jayarasa, spend three days dey find him missing and scattered family, wit di small strength wey remain for him body for dose early hours but him no see dem.

First him find him mama, then him wife. But dia small baby bin don lost.

Nurse don carry di baby from di hospital, but return am afta she hear say him family dey alive.

Di ordeal, however, dey far from ova. Nine oda families don submit dia names to di hospital, wia dem bin dey claim say “Baby 81” na dia own, so di hospital administration refuse to hand ova di pikin to Jayarasa and him wife without proof.

Di family go to di police. Di mata go to court. Di judge order DNA test, process wey still dey early stages for Sri Lanka.

But none of di nine oda families claim di baby legally, and no DNA testing wey dem do for dem, Jayarasa talk.

“Di hospital name di pikin‘Baby 81’ and list di names of nine pipo wey dey claim di pikin,” him talk.

“Dem be public call dose pipo wey talk say di pikin na dia own to com show demselves for DNA testing, but none of dem com forward,” him recall.

Jayarasa talk say him family give DNA samples and e prove say di pikin na dia own.

Soon, di family dey re-united. Dia tori dey draw international media attention and dem even visit di United States for interview.

Today, Abilash dey sit for him final high school exam.

Solid and good-natured, him dey hope to attend university to go study information technology.

Him talk say him grow up dey hear about him tori from him parents, while classmates dey tease am as dem dey call am “Baby 81″ or “tsunami baby.”

Him dey embarrassed, and e dey worse every time di anniversary of di tsunami dey reach.

“I dey think ‘here dem don com’ and run inside and hide myself,” him talk as journalists return to hear him tori again.

Him papa talk say di boy dey so upset him no go chop for some times.

“I console am say, my son, you dey unique bicos say na only you one com dey alive for dat kind palava wey bin happen for dis kontri,” him talk.

Later, as teenager, Abilash read more about di events wey tear am from him family and bring am back, and him lose him fear.

Him know say di nickname go follow am for life. But dat all right.

“Now I only take am as my code word,” him talk, dey even joke ontop.

“If you wan find me out, access dat code word.”

Him continue to search online to read about himself.

Him papa talk say memories of dose frantic, searching days 20 years ago remain fresh, even as odas fade.

Ova di years, di extensive publicity him family receive don also affect dem negatively, Jayarasa talk.

Him family dey excluded from many of di tsunami relief and reconstruction programs bicos government officials assume say dem don receive money during dia visit to di U.S.

Di experience also lead to jealousy, gossiping and ostracizing of di family for dia neighborhood com, force dem to relocate.

Di papa want him son and oda family members to remain grateful for dia survival, and him want Abilash to becom someone wey fit help odas wey dey inneed.

From time wey di boy be toddler, him papa dey collect small amounts of money from him work for hairdressing shop.

Wen Abilash turn 12, di family erect small memorial to victims of di tsunami for dia front yard. E show four cupped hands.

Di papa explain: “I com dey think about something for my mind say since all dose wey don die don go, leave Abilash behind for us, make we create memory site of our own to remember dem every day.”

One section of di municipal wharf for Santa Cruz collapse and fall for inside di ocean around midday on Monday, require water rescues by emergency responders, according to di Santa Cruz Fire Department.

Di wharf, wey dey plenty restaurants home and near di Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, dey evacuated and closed to all except emergency responders.

“Santa Cruz Fire and Santa Cruz Police dey for di arena for di Santa Cruz Wharf,” di fire department post for dia Instagram account just afta1 PM.

“Two victims don dey rescued by our lifeguards and one victim self rescue”

“Dem don close di wharf till further notice.”

Eyewitnesses tell di local TV news outlet say di work crews dey demolish di former Dolphin Restaurant for di wharf, wey don damage during storm surge for December 2023, wen di collapse occur.

At least two workers dey seen standing on di wreckage wey dey float on di sea.

Di collapsed section, wey dey located for di end of di wharf, don already dey closed off to di public due to di prior storm damage.

Photos of wood debris and wharf bathroom facility wey dey float for di ocean dey captured by eyewitnesses and dem upload am for Facebook.

Earlier for di day, di National Weather Service don issue High Surf Warning for di region, wit “dangerously large breaking waves of 30 to 40 feet, wit di largest wave sets up to 60 feet at favored spots.”

Di warning, wey extend to 6 PM, on Tuesday, get “potential life-threatening swimming and surfing conditions and significant shoreline erosion impacts.”

Di city of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department don warn pipo for dia social media pages say make dem dey stay far away from di wharf as all traffic dey blocked for emergency personnel due to di partial collapse.

Di agency also don ask di public to stay far away due “to di high surf advisory to avoid low lying areas, especially di beaches for Santa Cruz, due to debris.”

Di Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk including di Casino Arcade and Neptune’s Kingdom go close for di reminder of di day due to di large waves and high tide, di amusement park announce.

According to di governor’s office, Gov. Gavin Newsom don dey briefed on di situation and di California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services dey coordinate wit local officials and dey ready to provide support.

Di Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino don com fire back on Sunday afta President-elect Trump talk say make dem return Panama Canal to U.S. control.

“As president, I wan make am dey clear to pipo say every square meter of di Panama Canal and di area wey dey around am na Panama get am.”

“And e go still dey remain like dat,” Mulino talk for video statement, according to English translation.”

“Di sovereignty and independence of our kontri no be something we fit dey negotiate.”

“Di canal no dey under direct or indirect control, neither by China, nor by di European community, nor by di United States, nor by any oda power,” Mulino talk.

“As a Panamanian, I go strongly reject any talk wey go dey twist dis very reality.”

“Panama respect oda nations and follow dey demand respect from dem too,” him add.

Trump on Sunday com suggest for conference of him supporters say make dem return di Panama Canal give U.S. control, as him dey swear say him go take quick action afta him take office for less than one month.

“Dem don give am to Panama and di pipo of Panama but we get provisions.”

You gatz treat us fairly and dem no treat us fairly,” Trump talk for Turning Point’s “American Fest.”

“If di principles, both moral and legal, of dis generous gesture of giving no dey follow , then we go demand say make dem return di Panama Canal give am back to United States of America fully, quickly and without question,” Trump add.

Wen one pesin for di audience com dey shout say “take am back,” Trump com dey reply reply say “dat na good idea.”

Trump com follow dey accuse di Central American kontri dem say dem dey charge too much monie for ships wey use di canal cross between Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Panama dey charge tariffs for boats and ships wen dem wan use dia canal.

Di fees fit change based on di size and purpose of di vessels, from $0.50 to $300, 000.

Di U.S. bin give Panama control ova dia canal for 1999.

“Abi anybody eva hear about di Panama Canal?” Trump tell di crowd for “America Fest.”

“Bicos we dey suffer loss for di hands of di Panama Canal like wetin dey happen anywhere else.”

“Di fees wey Panamá dey charge na ridiculous one, and e dey very unfair,” Trump talk.

For him video statement, Mulino com dey push back against Trump’s attack on fees, noting say since Panamá don manage dia canal, e don grow well-well and dat rates dey fair. “Rates no be just play,” Mulino talk.

“Dem set publically and for di open hearing based on market conditions, international competitions operating costs and di maintenance needs for interoceanic route.”

“Na dis way we take achieve Expansion of di Canal for 2016 wey dis day dey represent di greater economic and commercial growth wey dey generate more wealth and opportunities throughout di world and dia trade,” him Add.

Mulino talk say him hope to take keep strong relationship with di incoming trump administration and note several issues wey him go dey collaborate on.

“With di new U.S government i hope say we go fit preserve and maintain good and respectful relationship?”

“Security issues like Illegal migration, drug trafficking and organized crime go be di must priority for our bilateral agenda as dem be di real threat wey suppose concern us well-well,” him talk.

Him com still talk say di interest of him own kontri go always come first.

“We di Panamanians fit dey think differently for many issues wey dey bother us but wen e come to our canal and sovereignty, all of us dey dey unite under one flag and dat na di flag of Panamá” him talk.

“We be di kind kontri wey dey open to dialogue today and always for investments and good relations but wit clear motto wey talk say Di Kontri Come First.”

“Dat one no dey negotiable for dis Panamanian President.”

Panama

Panama dey for Central America, e get bordered by di west wit Costa Rica, by di southeast wit Colombia, by di north wit Caribbean Sea, and by di south wit Pacific Ocean.

Di capital city na Panama City, wey dey sabi for dia modern skyline, vibrant culture, and di famous Panama Canal.

Di canal dey very crucial for di international maritime trade as e dey connect di Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Panama get him rich history, diverse culture, and plenty natural beauty, including rainforests, beaches, and mountains.

Di kontri dey also well know for dia bio-diversity and indigenous communities.

If you get any specific questions about Panama or you wan know more about any particular aspect, feel free to ask!

E be like say Trump self fit don play role for di decision wey White House make to clear out most of federal death row.

For di wahala wey happen during di 2020 election and wetin follow am, pipo no really notice say him administration dey go on execution spree for di last six months of him term,

kill 13 condemned men afta dem no execute anybody for near 20 years.

Na typical Trump mata, timing fit no just be coincidence.

E fit dey likely say him dey look for some “law and order” publicity to take impress voters wey dey waver as campaign dey reach final stretch, so him decide say killing plenty death-row inmates go help am get am.

Dis fit be di strongest reason why Biden act today make sense.

If you dey worry say Trump go com back as president and start to execute some convicts just to show Americans say“di sheriff” don return or anything like dat, you fit understand why Biden and im liberal handlers go feel moved to stop dat attempt.

Dem death sentences suppose turn political one way or anoda either by Trump pushing dem forward just to show how tough e be or by Biden commuting dem as sign say im no gree wit di most of di capital punishment.

Biden choose to take advantage of di chance, but dis move fit backfire long-term.

Now we don see Democratic president wey leave office remove plenty inmates from death row; if Trump com back, executing condemned prisoners fast-fast fit bicom priority for am.

Him Republican successors and Republican governors too for state level, If capital punishment politics be say wen GOP dey in charge den dem go carry out executed sentences or else nothing at all, den GOP go run things based on dat.

And American voters fit see dis as part of wetin make sense wen dem elect Republicans, not something bad especially as pipo dey fear about public disorder rising up.

:If liberals no wan enforce borders, fascists go do am.”

“If liberals no wan give needle to monsters like Jorge Avila-Torrez well you sabi wetin I mean wey I dislike pass about Biden’s clemency act today na say e get authoritarian nature.”

“E get funny kind authoritarianism bicos e mean say di president dey act less ruthlessly than oda branches of government but e still dey authoritarian regardless.

By overturning almost of all federal death sentences, di president don take power from Congress and judiciary away.

Di pipo’s representatives don decide say certain crimes suppose carry death punishment.

Jurors for many cases decide say defendants guilty of dose crimes and deserve statutory punishment; now Joe Biden don com talk say “No way.”

Na normal thing for pardon power make president use him own judgment instead of somebody else’s judgment but usually dis power na di used for individual cases only.

Wen one whole class of sentences change bicos dem claim say him unjust, na one man don undo law as a whole now o!

If chief executive refuse outright to execute particular law den dat law practically no exist again; presidential fiat done nullified am!

Na so Constitution suppose work! And dis kind precedent nor suppose dey set by Joe Biden while Donald J. Trump dey watch from sidelines taking notes.

End am or fix am. “If dem no sow serious effort afta Biden finish office try amend presidential pardoning power then e nor go happen,” law professor Keith Whittington talk afta news break about di reprieves dis morning.

Dat na di best spin pesin fit put on for wetin happen today I think so!

Post liberal Republican voters nor ready mobilize anytime soon behind constitutional amendment wey go snatch pardon power from Trump’s hand especially afta di Supreme Court give Trump him own “get out jail free” card wen him use am before!

But wit all dis clemency mata wey Biden give out dis month plus di one wey Trump go start drop next month maybe small bipartisan momentum fit start around 2029 wey go remove pardon power or limit am somehow.

If Congress need ratify President’s pardons dat one na sure way to check him authority too!

Wetin I nor go give just to see Senate Democrats forced vote for Jorge Avila-Torrez commutation.

Or maybe if dem abolish pardons during presidential lame-duck period dat one self fit serve as restraint.

But here again na anoda Catch-22: A kontri wen nor care enough limit presidential power afta failed coup attempt few years ago definitely nor dey feel shake up bicos few noisy pardons here and dire now o!

One convicted felon just win popular vote; if anything Democrats dey look last month election result wonder whether dem need more demagogic tactics without scruples plus ruthless ways show “strength” reach voters!

Most Americans happy wit kontri wia serial killers plus seditionists na top candidates for clemency Love it or leave it!