ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA US-based Uyo native and philanthropist has donated three sets of educational materials to the St. Patrick’s Primary School, Iboko Offot, Uyo. The handing over ceremony performed on Wednesday at the school Assembly Hall, through the proprietor of Alma Clinic and Surgery, Dr Ita Udesen, was witnessed by the Akwa Ibom Ministry of Education,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Olufemi Aduwo In the interpretive hierarchy of judicial pronouncements, it is an elementary but enduring principle of law that obiter dicta, however persuasive or pronounced from the loftiest judicial altars, do not assume the force of law. The binding component of a judgment is the ratio decidendi – that is, the legal principle…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesSuspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has been accused of seeking to eat her cake and still have it by appealing the July 4 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja and still attempting to enforce the same judgment. A senior lawyer, Ken Harries made this observation while reacting to Akpoti-Uduaghan’s invasion of…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesI will appeal action at higher court – Akpoti-Uduaghan There was confusion at the premises of the National Assembly on Tuesday, when security operatives denied the Kogi-Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan entry into the Senate chambers. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan who arrived the National Assembly Complex around 1pm, was first denied entry at the gate. Natasha who…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAliko Dangote has revealed bold plans to construct Nigerias deepest and largest seaport. The billionaire businessman said his company submitted a request to the federal government in late June to begin work on the project. According to him, the planned site is Olokola, a coastal town in Ogun State. This proposed Atlantic seaport is…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCommissioner of Information, Hon. Aniekan Umanah has advised National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in the Ministry of Information to create a lasting positive impact at their Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). The commissioner gave the counsel during a meeting with the corps members on Monday, July 14, 2025. While emphasizing the importance…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Labour Partys Deputy National Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, has revealed that the partys next National Executive Council (NEC) meeting will be critical in determining the fate of key figures such as its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, amid allegations of anti-party activities. This disclosure follows recent tensions stirred…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesWhile suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has recently filed an appeal against a Federal High Court judgment, sparking a controversy, a legal analyst, Dayo Fadugba, is urging the Senate not to be distracted from its constitutional responsibilities. According to Fadugba, the court’s July 4, 2025, judgment did not grant any of the reliefs sought by…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares●Agency seizes 804-kg illicit drugs, secures 38 convictions The Akwa Ibom State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Obot Bassey, has expressed worry over what she adjudges as uncomfortably rising cases of abuse of unlawful substances and hard drugs in Akwa Ibom. The anti-drug top brass said this during the 2025…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has criticized former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the national mourning period for late President Muhammadu Buhari. Keyamo accused Atiku of insensitivity, saying the timing of his resignation was an attempt to draw attention away from the…
