Forgiving terrorists as suicide
When the state shies away from promptly treating mass murder as a senseless crime, for whater reasons, it amputates and obliterates its right to be called a state at all and prepares a throne for anarchy to ascend.
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The Endless Struggle for the Takeoff of UMSO
This delay is deeply symbolic. In a country where citizens increasingly doubt the sincerity of government pronouncements, the failure to implement a duly enacted federal law weakens public confidence. As the stakeholders noted, “a university that exists in law must also exist in reality.”
To the children of Nigeria
Your “big men” and women have stolen your tomorrow, but do not let them steal the future of your own children. If you ever get to lead any part of this country, or the country as a whole, do not be as pleonexic as many of your current leaders.
ALSCON revival imminent following FG, stakeholders, host community interface
Momentum is building around the long-awaited revival of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON). Following new diplomatic engagements, heightened government interest, and focused investor consultations, the 17-year industrial impasse may finally be nearing resolution. Please click link to read more
World Press Freedom Day: A Reflection
Without a free and responsible press, ignorance and half-truths become the companions of the masses—offering little help for current development and no hope for the future. Please click the link to read more.
EFCC raid on UUTH: Medical workers down tools ●NMA accuses operatives of impunity, demand apology ●EFFC says they acted legally but were obstructed by UUTH staff ●Why we went to scene – Police
Medical doctors and health workers in Akwa Ibom State have launched an indefinite strike following a chaotic raid on the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Directorate.
Nigeria’s two-legs-in-two-boats voyage
No nation can move forward sustainably if some citizens believe the law protects them while others believe it is used only against them. Please click the link to read more.
AK police smash criminal syndicates, arrest five with firearm, drugs
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has reported two breakthroughs in Uyo and Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Areas in its crackdown on criminal activities.
AKSU convocation: Eno scraps combined convocation, tasks graduands on entrepreneurship ● As school graduates 6,779 first degree and 746 postgraduate students
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oto-Abasi Akpan, disclosed that 6,779 first degree and 746 postgraduate students were conferred with degrees, and thanked the governor for his unwavering confidence in the university’s management
RUSAL’S SUSTAINED EFFORT TO KEEP ALSCON ALIVE:
Nigeria stands at a point where industrial diversification has become more urgent than ever. Reviving ALSCON would stimulate downstream aluminium industries, cable manufacturing, automotive components, building materials, packaging, and trigger high-value job creation across the Niger Delta and beyond. It would also improve Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings and reposition the country within the global metals market.