State House Friction and Electoral RealitiesThe narrative offensive escalated following a July 28 State House meeting between President Tinubu and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria. Onaiyekan emphasized that the Catholic hierarchy presented a thoroughly vetted position reflecting widespread suffering rather than partisan interests. “An honest counsel has been given to Mr. President from the Catholic Bishops for his own good and for a better Nigeria. Simultaneously, on August 1, terrorists killed at least 12 people, including a father and his two sons in Lajinge village, Sokoto state. “Nigeria’s security challenge cannot be solved by military forces alone,” Col. Chukwuemeka Olunkwa, a retired U.S. Army officer and veteran of the Iraq War, told TruthNigeria.