ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe National Assembly has doubled the campaign spending limit for presidential candidates to N10 billion and increased the governorship ceiling to N3 billion in the Electoral Act 2026. On 17 February, the National Assembly harmonised versions of the Electoral Bill 2026 passed by both chambers and transmitted same to President Bola Tinubu for assent…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty It was with a profound sense of purpose that I found myself at the Dakkada Skills Acquisition Center, Ikot Ada Idem, Ibiono Ibom in Akwa Ibom State, on Monday, February 16, 2026. There is a saying that the future belongs to those who prepare for it today. That day, in the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty There are moments when you have to stop pretending that we are a civilized society. One of those moments is now! The Benue State Government wants to build a five-star rehabilitation centre for TERRORISTS. Yes, you read that right. The Benue State Government, under its governor, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, has…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Vision still alive – Agric commissioner assures By Ernest Udoh-Robert/Emmanuel Ntekim In this edition, WatchmanPost takes a look at how the coconut refinery set up by the Akwa Ibom State Government has failed to grow in this report written by Production editor Ernest Udoh-Robert and senior reporter Emmanuel Ntekim. Background Coconut was first mentioned…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares“I can do anything” – Dr John allegedly boasts Fresh allegations of impunity and abuse of office have surfaced at the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health, deepening concerns over governance in the sector. The crisis comes on the heels of negative developments in the ministry that prompted Governor Umo Eno to declare a…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Uduak Etim Udo, a 39-year-old man, to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old girl. Udo was sentenced on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, by Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu of the State High Court. The convict committed the crime in March 2025 in…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesYunusa Tanko, National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Tuesdday, raised the alarm following a violent attack on former presidential candidate Peter Obi and his supporters in Benin City, Edo State. Tanko disclosed that armed thugs opened fire on Obi and movement members during the formal reception of Olumide Akpata into the African Democratic Congress…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPresident of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has predicted landslide victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Umo Eno, in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He charged the newly elected party officers to continue to work for the unity of the party in the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Joseph Atainyang Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged unlawful invasion and search of his Abuja residence. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/345/2026 and filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesCourt condemns abuse of traditional power By Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a factional village head of Ikot Ebita in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, Chief Effiong Okon Ukeme, his secretary, Sylvanus Edet Effiong, and his Chief Security Officer, Ubong Udo Okpon, to death by hanging…
