ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Edet Okpo Impressed by his quality representation, competence, sound and robust legislative engagements, as well as stellar performance in the 10th National Assembly, prominent stakeholders, movers and shakers of politics and community leaders have unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals and senator representing Akwa Ibom…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, has expressed confidence that 2026 will be a year of renewed hope and steady national progress, anchored on institutional responsibility, legislative diligence, and collective resolve. In his New Year message, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Senator Akpabio acknowledged…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Prof. Des Wilson “If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.” (1 John 4:19-20, The Catholic Rainbow Study Bible.) Love has been the theme of various homilies, songs, poems, prose…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesOutrage is spreading like wild fire across the country this Friday morning of December 26, as Nigerians are demanding the immediate arrest of controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, following his call on the Federal Government to halt all military cooperation with the United States. The calls came in the wake of recent airstrike…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesUnited States President Donald J. Trump has revealed that the U.S. military carried out airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Northwest Nigeria, accusing the group of targeting and killing Christians in the region and warning that further attacks would follow if the violence continues. Trump made the claim in a statement posted on…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe immediate Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, SAN has cried out and called on Nigerians to rise and stop the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu from using the EFCC to persecute him. The former minister of justice, who is an aly of ex President Muhammadu Buhari, is facing trials for corruption…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesFormer military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has called on the Federal Government to ignore appeals for surrender from bandits operating across the country, insisting that security forces must first deal decisively with the criminals. Babangida made the call in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, where he urged…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated Nigerians, particularly Christians, on the occasion of Christmas celebration, urging them to promote peace, love, and unity. In his Christmas message, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio emphasised the importance of spreading love, kindness and generosity at…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe end-of-year meet-and-greet visit by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the NNPC/Seplat Joint Venture EMOIMEE Host Community Development Trust (HCDT) to the Mbo Traditional Rulers Council on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, turned into a forward-looking engagement as the paramount ruler of Mbo, His Royal Majesty Ogwong Okon Asukwo Abang, used the occasion to…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Pius Ebong Nigeria’s sweeping tax reform, signed into law in June 2025 and scheduled to take effect from January 1, 2026, is one of the most far-reaching fiscal changes since independence. Designed to modernise tax administration, widen the revenue base and ease the burden on low-income earners, the new framework has been promoted…
