Joseph Atainyang

Akpabio tags 2026 “Year of Renewed Hope”, reaffirms commitment to national stability

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…

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The love of God

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…

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Arrest Gumi now – Nigerians urges FG

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…

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Bloody Christmas: US military strikes Nigerian ISIS as Trump promises more attacks

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…

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IBB urges FG to reject bandits’ surrender plea, seeks total military crackdown

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…

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Akpabio greets Nigerians at Christmas, urges peace, love, unity

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…

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Meet-and-greet: Mbo paramount ruler set new-year agenda for EMOIMEE

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…

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A rejoinder to a misleading, conjectural report on the Akpabio VS Akpoti-Uduaghan appeal by OPR.News

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is necessary, in the interest of accuracy and the integrity of judicial reporting, to set…

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