Soney

When silence is suicidal

he Nigerian security apparatus, especially the military, cleansed of sectarian and political pollution, is capable of ending the violence in the land in less than a year. Our soldiers, in spite of fifthcolumnists, have the capacity to do that.

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Eno signs ₦1,584 tn 2026 budget into law

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares  Eno signs ₦1,584 tn 2026 budget into law   Akwa Ibom State Government is to spend ₦1,584,271,856,630 in the 2026 fiscal year, and this is official. This emerged yesterday, 5 January 2026, as State Governor Umo Eno signed into law the year’s budget during the enlarged State Executive Council meeting held at the…

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Terrorists kill scores in Niger, abduct many ●Recently freed Papiri School students among abductees

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTerrorists kill scores in Niger, abduct many ●Recently freed Papiri School students among abductees   Terrorists late Saturday killed no fewer than 40 persons and abducted many others in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, various media outlets, including Sky News, TheCable, and Premium Times report. Among those kidnapped by the Islamists were…

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Armed Forces Remembrance Day

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse  – By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Armed Forces Remembrance Day Without any attempt at patronising the military profession, the fact, so far as I am concerned, remains that soldiering is one of the riskiest occupations on Mother Earth. In spite of the prestige of the uniform, privilege of having the license…

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