ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Jackson Udom Exactly two years today, 13th June, 2025, Senator Godswill Akpabio, clocks two years in office as the President of the 10th Senate and Chairman, National Assembly of Nigeria, having contested, won and sworn-in on the 13th of June 2023. As the President of the 10th Senate, the Ukana-born lawyer cum politician…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Nigerian Army has reportedly killed Ya Muhammad and Abou Dawuda, two terrorists described as prominent commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). According to Zagazola Makama, a security expert in the North-east, the terrorists were killed during a failed attack in Damboa. “Two top commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP),…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Dedicates victory to Gov Eno In a resounding display resilience in sporting prowess, the ARISE Team from the Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene Old Students Association has emerged champions of the Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA) Sports Carnival 2025 held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The team, which participated in 32 sporting events,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja Kogi State capital has set aside an earlier ruling that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving the recall process initiated by constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The Federal High Court in a landmark judgement delivered in Lokoja on Friday…
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…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Baba Azare, has causioned the Hotel Owners Association and the management of hospitality businesses in the state against harbouring criminal elements, vowing to raid and shut down any establishment found harbouring criminals. The CP in a press statement issued by the commands Public Relations…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA prominent activist, Fejiro Oliver, on Thursday, January 9, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate alleged fraud totaling N700 billion during the administration of former Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State. Oliver, who claimed to have evidence of the alleged fraud, vowed to submit a petition to the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesRivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has taken a bold step in appointing former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, as a traditional ruler in the state. Dokubo-Asari was presented with a certificate of recognition and a staff of office as the Amanyanabo of Torusarama Piri in Degema local government area. Presenting the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has elected Comrade Alhassan Yahaya as its new President. Yahaya was elected at the 8th Triennial Delegates’ Conference held from November 26 to 28 in Owerri, Imo State. Comrade Yahaya, who previously served as the National Deputy President thrice, will now lead the NUJ for the next three…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Trump: Trials and triumphs of a political maverick – By Soney Antai Even the best of futurists could not forsee it coming. If anyone foresaw anything at all, what actually happened was different from what they saw, in mold and magnitude. One self-styled prophet had voiced what he passed off as a futurama,…
