ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesNigeria is trapped by its own invention. Political parties introduced zoning as a remedy for our fractured polity, promising that rotating power between North and South would deliver justice, equity, and fair play. What we got instead is a system struggling under the weight of ethnic suspicion, religious tension, and personal ambition, all while…
Although the statement did not indicate any specific cases of social media misrepresentation of the station, it was apparent that there were cases of it being accused of having issues with editorial independence and staff welfare. Please click the link to read the full story.
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Engr. Okon Nkpubre Unscrupulous consultants have, in no small measure, contributed to the underdevelopment of Nigeria and many other African countries. This is despite the continent’s enormous natural resources and vibrant human capital. Many of the strategic infrastructure projects that should have accelerated Nigeria’s industrial and economic transformation have either failed outright or…
The Senate yesterday passed a bill to establish state police across the country, marking a significant milestone in Nigeria’s long-standing debate over decentralising the national security architecture to combat worsening insecurity.
ShareShareTweetPin0 Sharesas Police sustain crackdown on criminal activities, arrest suspects, recover firearms By Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Aniekan Umanah, has refuted claims by one Wisdom Umana, who was recently arrested in possession of a toy AK-47 rifle and allegedly identified himself as a vigilante operative attached to the commissioner…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe present reality in Akwa Ibom State does not give credence to the existence of an anti-grazing law. Cattle roam freely along a number of major roads, schools, residential areas, littering streets with their dung, destroying farm crops, and disrupting traffic. What is more, the herders are at times seen armed with dangerous weapons…
”The reason is simple: we must take security seriously,” Governor Eno said. “The current situation in the country demands that all state governors be proactive. Since our youth presidents reside within our more than 2,200 villages, they must be integrated into the state’s security architecture as we prepare to operationalise our state police force.” Please click the link to read more.
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, has expressed outrage and strongly condemned the alleged obstruction, humiliation, and intimidation of journalists by Magistrate Godwin Edemekong of Magistrate Court 7, Fulga Street, Uyo, his court clerk, and police operatives attached to the court. According to the Council, journalists who…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesI, Ibanga Isine, investigative journalist, farmer, and complainant in the case of Commissioner of Police versus Abdullahi Yusuf, consider it necessary to place on public record the deeply troubling events that happened June 18, 2026, at Magistrate’s Court 7 in the Uyo Magisterial District of Akwa Ibom State. What happened in the courtroom was…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq There are few spectacles more embarrassing in politics than a man arguing passionately against himself while pretending to be attacking someone else. Psychologists call this cognitive dissonance. The rest of us call it eating your own words without choking. It is a difficult performance. The audience remembers the speech made…
