ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Two months, two dictators A few days before last month ended, former President Mohammadu Buhari was quoted in the press as saying that Nigerians are difficult to lead: “Nigeria is a difficult country to govern, but most Nigerians are unaware. You will not understand the complexities of leadership and…
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Special Report – 19 February
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Special Report How cost of fuel is affecting Nigerians Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of petroleum in the world. As a result, a commodity that can easily define Nigeria’s economy is petrol. Thus, any change in the price of petrol can affect the nations micro and macroeconomic indices because crude…
A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares A’Ibom Veteran Journalists Get New Interim Exco The League of Veteran Journalists in Akwa Ibom State is currently being repositioned to engage more in the affairs of the state, and in mentoring young journalism professionals. To this end, the League has constituted a four-man Interim Executive Committee to pilot its affairs and chart…
AKSU workers begin strike as govt fails to meet their demands
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• Strike compliance 99.9% – JAC chairman Okon Workers of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) today, began strike as the state government, sponsor of the institution, failed to meet their demands. Speaking with WatchmanPost Monday morning, the chairman of the institution’s Joint Action Commission (JAC), Comrade Emmanuel Okon, said that even though they were…
Looming strike in AKSU: Workers’ ultimatum expires Sunday
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares• We are denied Eno-mber, new minimum wage – JAC chairman Okon Staff of the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) are bracing up to shut the gates of the institution to academic and allied activities come Monday, 17 February, except the state government moves fast to appease them by addressing their grievances. Workers in…
Corruption: Understanding a hydra
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Corruption: Understanding a hydra Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or…
NGOs, CSOs collaborate to uplift vulnerable citizens •Embark on training stakeholders
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares NGOs, CSOs collaborate to uplift vulnerable citizens •Embark on training stakeholders By Ernest Udoh-Robert Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including Lawyers Alert and Media Health and Rights Initiative of Nigeria (MHR) have called for a more responsive, equitable, and sustainable health system that would ensure that the most vulnerable in society are…
Our Uyo night road lords
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse Soney Antai Our Uyo night road lords It is surging, and while the commoners like you, concoursites, may hardly know their reasons for operating at night, they seem to be on this for some reasons only they and members of their group know. And perhaps security men also know….
Savannah Energy awards full scholarship to 50 indigent students
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ernest Udoh-Robert Savannah Energy, an oil and gas company operating in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, has offered full scholarship to 50 indigent students to undergo courses of their choice in any Nigerian university. Through the Savannah Energy Education And Internship Training SEE-IT Programme, the company, January 31, 2025, at Ibom Hotels…
When addition is also subtraction
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai (Multiple times winner of NUJ Columnist of the Year Award) When addition is also subtraction Life is a mosaic of mixed and at times confusing incidents, experiences and activities. Sometimes what gave us joy yesterday becomes the source or cause of our sorrows today. At other times our current condition…