ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq Democracies are built not only on elections but also on institutions. While elections provide legitimacy, institutions provide stability and growth. The strongest democracies are those that balance the need for accountability with the need for continuity, recognising that enduring reforms often require consistent leadership to move from legislation to implementation….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Oro-Obolo People’s Union (OOPU) has launched a scathing attack on the President-General of the Ekid People’s Union, Dr. Samuel Udonsak, condemning what it described as his “historical misrepresentations” and “provocative utterances” capable of fuelling ethnic tension and undermining peaceful coexistence in Akwa Ibom State. In a strongly worded press statement issued on Saturday…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe National Population Commission (NPC) has formally commenced the full digital registration of births, deaths and other vital events through its Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (E-CRVS) system, describing the initiative as a landmark reform that will strengthen legal identity, improve governance and provide reliable demographic data for national development. The announcement was…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Malachy Ukpong The inauguration of the 2026 National Assembly Open Week by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, has generated widespread discussion among political stakeholders, governance experts, civil society organisations, members of the diplomatic community, students and ordinary Nigerians. The initiative has been described by supporters as one of…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerians that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration will do all within its powers to ensure that the problems of insecurity currently confronting the country became a thing of the past. Akpabio gave the assurance on Wednesday, while receiving in courtesy, members of the Ladies Golf…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has dismissed long-standing claims that Nigeria’s former military Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, died after eating poisoned apples, insisting instead that the former ruler suffered a sex-induced cardiac arrest. Amachree made the claim in his newly released memoir, DSS…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Olumide Bajulaiye Since the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has positioned the Senate as a critical partner in implementing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. While the Executive formulates and implements policies, the legislature provides the legal framework that enables those policies to succeed….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesR & B singer R. Kelly has formally asked United States President Donald Trump to commute his prison sentence, raising fresh questions over whether the White House will consider granting executive clemency to the disgraced musician. Court records released this week by the US Office of the Pardon Attorney show that Kelly, whose full…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As minister seeks forensic findings Fresh details have emerged over the controversial death of Mary Habila, a medical professional attached to the David Umahi Federal University of Medical Sciences (DUFUS) and on secondment to the Federal Ministry of Works, with new witness testimony appearing to dispel speculations linking Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has launched the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Fund and inaugurated a Coordinating Council for agricultural development and investment in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during the Niger Delta Agricultural Development and Investment Summit, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Senator Shettima said that…
