{"id":30522,"date":"2026-05-07T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=30522"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:30:27","slug":"speed-darlington-slams-tinubu-you-failed-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/speed-darlington-slams-tinubu-you-failed-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Darlington Slams Tinubu: \u201cYou Failed Nigerians\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Controversial Nigerian artist Speed Darlington has ignited a storm online after releasing a viral video in which he harshly criticized President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration. In the clip, Speed Darlington accused the government of failing to deliver on promises, declaring, \u201cYou failed Nigerians.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing mixed reactions. Supporters applauded his boldness, saying he voiced the frustrations of ordinary citizens grappling with economic hardship, inflation, and insecurity. Critics dismissed his remarks as sensational, arguing that entertainers should not be taken as serious political commentators. Neutral voices expressed fatigue, noting that viral videos reflect anger but rarely lead to constructive policy debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the video, Speed Darlington made several pointed comments: \u201cYou are here breaking your neck to become the next President of Nigeria but you are not qualified to be President again.\u201d<\/em> He warned, \u201cFrom your first round, we know your second round is going to be hell fire.\u201d<\/em> He criticized Tinubu\u2019s decision to remove fuel subsidy, saying, \u201cYou entered office, the first thing you did is to remove subsidy, knowing very well that everything about Nigerian life is attached to petroleum.\u201d<\/em> He added, \u201cMy fellow Igbo people and Hausas and Yorubas and other tribes in-between, they pray, begging God to give them excuse to raise price and then you gave them reason, 1000% reason to raise price.\u201d<\/em> He concluded with a sharp rebuke: \u201cYou do not know the job. You have not done anything about insecurity in Nigeria.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opinion leaders and civil society activists noted that the video reflects growing public discontent with governance. Some stakeholders in the business community warned that continued instability and criticism of government performance could further dampen investor confidence. Analysts say the video underscores dissatisfaction with Tinubu\u2019s administration as the 2027 elections approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tinubu administration has yet to respond directly to Speed Darlington\u2019s comments, but officials have previously emphasized ongoing reforms in the economy, energy, and security sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Controversial Nigerian artist Speed Darlington has ignited a storm online after releasing a viral video in which he harshly criticized President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration. In the clip, Speed Darlington accused the government of failing to deliver on promises, declaring, \u201cYou failed Nigerians.\u201d The video quickly spread across social media platforms, drawing mixed reactions. Supporters applauded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":30528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,2096,25,478,8,458,3,1138],"tags":[1622,15069,15068,15070,15067,1996,955,12983,15071,12830,10005,15065,15066,844],"class_list":["post-30522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economics","category-entertainment","category-financial","category-jobs","category-legal","category-naija-news","category-politics","tag-2027-elections","tag-civil-society","tag-economic-hardship","tag-entertainment-and-politics","tag-fuel-subsidy-remova","tag-insecurity","tag-nigerian-politics","tag-political-criticism","tag-public-discontent","tag-public-opinion","tag-social-media-reactions","tag-speed-darlington","tag-tinubu-administration","tag-viral-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/speed_tinubu.jpg?fit=2205%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30531,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30522\/revisions\/30531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}