ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr On this ninth day of December, in the year 2025, as the nation stirs to its familiar rhythm, a man stands quietly at the crossroads of personal milestone and public memory. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, marks his 63rd year on earth—another turn on the wheel of time…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Jackson Udom On 5 December 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. These allegations, as the public…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Fingers Deputy Vice Chancellor of injustice •Seeks intervention from Gov Umo Eno, Education, Police commissioners A lecturer at Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), Dr Eyoh Etim, has alleged years of victimisation, withheld salary arrears and deliberate obstruction of his career progression by officials of the institution. In a live Facebook broadcast on Thursday, 4…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesIt was a moment of relief for leaders of Oro Nation who stormed the Senate President’s office on Wednesday, December 3, to interact with Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio on the status of the long upgraded University of Maritime Studies, Oron (UMSO). Speaking at the meeting, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, assured the leaders…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Edet Okpo Major Stakeholders and political heavyweights across Akwa Ibom South (Eket) Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State have applauded the Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Senator Ekong Sampson, for disbursing ₦100 million in educational grants to 500 students and selected teachers drawn from the 12 local government areas of the district….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA legal practitioner, Emmanuel Isangidoho Esq., has faulted the arrest of a masquerader by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, describing the action as a reflection of deeper problems within the Masquerade (Control) Law of the state. According to him, while the law empowers the police to arrest masqueraders involved in violence, breaking into…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAce producer Lemmy Jackson has described his induction into the AMAN Hall of Fame as the true hallmark of his remarkable career, saying the honour has renewed his commitment to reposition Nigeria’s creative industry. He was also decorated with the AMAN Special Icon Award by the Artist Management Association in Nigeria (AMAN) for championing…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAkwa Ibom has been ranked the cleanest state in Nigeria for 2025, with an accumulative score of 79 per cent, according to the State of the Nigerian Environment Report STONE 2025 The National Coordinator of Clean-Up Nigeria, Mr Ene Owoh, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Prof. Des Wilson There was a time Nigeria was touted as one of the happiest nations in the world. This was not because they enjoyed the most glamorous lifestyle in the world. After all, the worlds Human Suffering Index (HSI) showed Nigeria high up the ladder of misery. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the indomitable and…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesFor the second time in the 42-year history of the University of Uyo, it has not been possible to produce a substantive vice chancellor for the university at the end of a tenure. The first time was during the vice-chancellorship of Prof Fola Lasisi when the law permitted a second term of four years….
