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,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse By Soney Antai Engaging our emergency medics There are certain issues that a columnist may not proficiently comment on. Among them are issues in such specialties like medicine, aeronautic engineering, high tech, among others, except they are learned in those fields. If not, a columist should…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ernest Udoh-Robert This July makes it exactly one year since Gov Umo Eno toured Ibom Power Company, assuring his compatriots of improved power generation and distribution from the state-owned power facility located in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area. He said that he was not among those who merely acted on reports from the…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Says it’s becoming Tinubu’s puppet It seems like the ripples evoked by the removal of the Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, as Senate Chief Whip, are not about to go away anytime soon. Besides Ndume himself doubling down on his condemnation of the Tinubu administration’s response to the economic situation in the country, former…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares Senator Ali Ndume has shrugged off his removal as Senate Chief Whip and Vice chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations. Addressing the press today in his Maiduguri country home, about 48 hours after he was stripped of his position as Senate Chief Whip, the senator said that he was still of the view that…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesMore troubles seem to be awaiting Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) as the Senate has decided to further investigate his interview with Arise News television, where he is alleged to have called senators kleptomaniacs. This was brought to the floor of the Upper Chamber as a point of order by Senator Fasuyi Fasuyi,…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesAge limit for university entry 18. No, 16! In just hours, age limit for admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions moved down from 18 to 16 years. Protests from stakeholders had greeted announcement by Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman, that henceforth the minimum age one must attain to be admitted into Nigerian tertiary institutions was…
