ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq In the kaleidoscopic turbulence of Nigerian politics, where discord often drowns out dialogue and egos flare like Harmattan wildfires, the 10th Senate under Senate President Godswill Akpabio has emerged as a lighthouse of stability, reform, and nation-building. Since its inauguration on 13 June 2023, following the proclamation of President Bola…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, Saturday, 2nd August, 2025, concluded its polls that saw a record of four journalists running for the office of the chairman of the union. It was the first time two females –who did not sail through, though – contested for that office. It was…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident Bola Tinubu congratulates Nafisa Abdullahi Aminu, Rukayya Muhammad Fema, and Hadiza Kashim Kalli on emerging world champions in English language communication skills and debate at the 2025 TeenEagle Global competition in London, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Nafisa was named the overall best in English language skills; 15-year-old Rukayya emerged as the overall best in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Declares Nigerians are disillusioned over poor governance Former Governor of Edo State, two-term senator, and newly appointed National Legal Adviser of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, on Monday, raised the alarm that democracy is on the verge of collapse in Nigeria. The Professor of Law stated that poor governance has left…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria has appealed to the international oil companies that exited from the country to return and re-invest. The minister of state for petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri said that the President Bola Tinubu Administration has created an investment-friendly environment the oil companies would find conducive. Lokpobiri, who said this at the 2025 Nigeria annual international conference…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Samuel Abasiekong The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Transport, Dr. Anthony Luke Udo, has ordered the relocation of illegal motor parks in Uyo, to designated roadsides he wants them to be operating from. In the directive issued 31 July 2025, those operating illegal loading and offloading of passengers by De Choice Mall on…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTrailblazing journalist, former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of National Concord, and one of Nigeria’s most influential media figures, Dr. Doyin Abiola, has died at the age of 82. She was one of the wives of the late winner of the June 12 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola. One of the sons of the late…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe EMOIMEE Host Community Development Trust has flagged off the rehabilitation of five primary health centres in Mbo Local Government Area. The event, which took place at the Primary Health Centre, Enwang, was attended by representatives of the Board of Trustees of the body, community leaders, health stakeholders, and other dignitaries. The Board of…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe ongoing All Progressive Congress (APC) membership registration and revalidation which started on August 4, 2025 is recording a very poor turnout in all 329 INEC recognized wards in Akwa Ibom State. The APC State Chairman Obong Stephen Ntukekpo, set the ball rolling by releasing materials to Ward Chairmen for the registration and revalidation…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA 60-year-old Nigerian, Nkiru Chima, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in her apartment located in Romford, United Kingdom. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement on the UK Metropolitan Police website on Tuesday that the police received a distress report from the British Transport Police at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, prompting them…
