ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNeed for urgent reforms in the power sector On 16th March 2023, the late President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 1999 amended constitution into law to allow states generate, distribute and transmit electricity. By virtue of that presidential assent, Nigerian states can now generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in areas not covered by the national…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Serial awards-winning columnist The Concourse Where checkpoints and potholes compete for space What the road lacks in sophistication (smoothness, width, signs, gutters), it makes up for it in high traffic; what its termini lack in modernity, they make up for it in popularity. Why? At those ends are…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Secretary of Enwang Development Union, Chief Joseph Anwana, has commended the Mbo EMOIMEE Host Community Development Trust for its development strides in the Local Government Area. He said that the Trust was embarking on several life-enhancing programmes and projects such as renovation of health facilities, skills training, across the local government area, enthusing…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Goodbye 2026! It’s a curious topic, and so if you ask if it’s a mistake, or wonder if I have set out to be looking for the nonexistent or invisible, I cannot blame you. But in The Concourse we do our hardest to stay human and real; so pay…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesPolitical structure struggle: Gov Eno dissolves boards, commissions By Ernest Udoh-Robert In a move perceived by political watchers to be aimed at weeding out disloyal members of his government and gaining full control of governance and political structures of the state, the Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has announced the dissolution of…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Akwa Ibom revenue court enters N1.2bn judgment against oil company The Akwa Ibom State Revenue Court sitting in Uyo, the state capital, and presided over by Justice Maureen-Idongesit M. Udoka, has ordered an oil servicing company operating in the state, Ardent Energy Services Ltd, to pay N1.2bn into the coffers of the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse – 22.09.2025 By Soney Antai Akwa Ibom @ 38: A reflection You are probably familiar with the saying that ‘birds of a feather flock together.’ Never mind the unconscious polemicists who tell you with some sense of alpha knowledge that the saying is rather, ‘Birds of the same feather flock together.’ It’s…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesEditorial When will Tinubu Appoint Principal Officers, Constitute Governing Council for UMSO? The University of Maritime Studies, Oron (UMSO), Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, has been on the horizon for years, with the federal government consistently reaffirming its commitment to establishing the institution. Despite the progress made so far, the university’s take-off has been hindered…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesFG gazettes new tax laws The Nigerian central government has published its new tax laws in its official gazette, enthroning a new taxation framework on the country. This was made public in a statement signed by the Personal Assistant on Special Duties to the President, Kamorudeen Yusuf, Wednesday. The laws came into effect on…
