Yesterday, Israel and Hamas marked the third year of the latter’s invasion of the latter, murdering 1200 and abducting 251. Some trace the crisis to the displacement of Arabs in 1948 because of the Arab war on Israel to stop her rebirth. This piece recalls a later displacement of the same people from Kuwait in the aftermath of the Iraq-Kuwait War.
The word Coptic comes from the Arabic Qubt (or Gibt), which is an Arabized corruption of the ancient Greek Aigyptios (Egyptian). Ultimately, the Greek word traces back to Hut-ka-Ptah (“Enclosure of the Ka of Ptah”), the ancient Egyptian name for Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom.
With a success rating of 81.78 per cent, South East Abia State has emerged the best-performing state in the 2026 National Examinations Council (NECO) results.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has launched a crackdown on illegal mining. The move comes days after 37 suspected illegal miners arrested by Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel in Niger State died in detention.
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Aniefiok Christopher A one-day conference to strengthen family-based care and support for vulnerable children in Akwa Ibom State has ended in Uyo with the resolution of stakeholders to highlight the need for community involvement in addressing the challenges faced by children in the State. The conference on the theme, “Mobilizing Families for Alternative…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•As chairman vows to make headquarters finest in Akwa Ibom By Emmanuel Ntekim The Federated Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, has commended the Chairman of Onna Local Government Area, Hon. Kufre Umoren, for the ongoing transformation of the council secretariat and other developmental projects across the area….
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries, Esq. There is a point at which political contestation ceases to be an argument about ideas and becomes an assault on the very boundaries that make civil society possible. That point is reached when a private telephone conversation is allegedly recorded, extracted from its original context and released into the public domain…
Bandits operating along the Aloma–Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State have abducted 15 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to provide evidence in court to substantiate his claim that “thieves” are responsible for the country’s political and economic problems.
Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South in the National Assembly, has doubled down on his assertion that President Bola Tinubu has kakistocrats and kleptocrats in his administration.
