ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it’s “on a stretcher” due to “ongoing membership hemorrhage across the nation.” Otoabasi E. Udo, Esq, Publicity Secretary of the APC in Akwa Ibom State, made the claim in a press statement on Wednesday. According to Udo, PDP’s hopes of winning…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called on parliamentarians all over the world to stand in partnership, committed to peace, justice, and shared destiny. He stated this in his remarks at the ongoing 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU in collaboration with the United Nations,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Commends their resilience, team spirit •Says historic comeback characteristic of Nigerian teams President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON, has congratulated the female national team, Super Falcons, for winning the Women African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for a historic 10 times after a thrilling 2-3 comeback against host Morocco, Saturday night. In a…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially announced Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda as its new National Chairman. The appointment was made at the 14th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja on July 24, 2025. Professor Yilwatda, who is currently the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a soldier and armed robbers to death by hanging for robbing tricycle operators, popularly known as keke riders, at gunpoint in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The soldier who is Lance Corporal in the 6 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Ibagwa Barracks,…
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…
