NBA has sold its soul to the devil

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty If you ever needed proof that the legal profession in Nigeria has lost its moral and professional compass, look no further than what unfolded in Asokoro, Abuja, on Thursday. The Garki Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association rolled out the red carpet for a convicted notorious pension thief, decorated him with…

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Akwa Ibom North East: When performance drowns noise

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty Cacophonous noise is often mistaken for performance in Nigerian politics. A political officeholder will gesticulate wildly, stand on his head, take selfies at refuse dumps, and perform other unusual acts simply to be seen as active. They are adept at using words and optics to capture attention. In reality, however, this…

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Akpabio’s new year resolution: Forgiveness, faith, and leadership

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesHon. Eseme Eyiboh, MNIPR In politics, silence is often louder than speech, for it speaks in the language of calculation and consequence. Forgiveness, when declared by a powerful man, is louder still—a thunderclap in a quiet chamber. It unsettles expectations, invites suspicion, and demands interrogation, not because it is weak, but because power is…

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A rejoinder to a misleading, conjectural report on the Akpabio VS Akpoti-Uduaghan appeal by OPR.News

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is necessary, in the interest of accuracy and the integrity of judicial reporting, to set…

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Senator Ekong Sampson: Passionately delivering in education, healthcare and infrastructure

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Edet Okpo The recent flag-off and launch of multiple infrastructure across the three federal constituencies of Akwa Ibom South (Eket) Senatorial District by the Senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, Senator Ekong Sampson, cannot surprise commentators and keen followers of the senator’s trajectory of impactful representation in the red Chamber of the…

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Why Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot resume at the Senate yet

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ken Harries Esq In Nigeria’s political landscape, the National Assembly is meant to be a sanctuary of sober deliberation and a place where rules and processes are observed with discipline, decorum and responsibility. Yet in this same hallowed chamber, the suspended Kogi Central Senatorial District Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has continued to demonstrate a…

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Umo Eno’s maritime infrastructure wonder in Oro Nation

ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares“Unless Oron is developed, Akwa Ibom will remain undeveloped”, Esang Nsa Bassey Akwa Ibom State, a littoral region and powerhouse of the Niger Delta, boasts of vast economic potentialities, particularly in the maritime sector. With its strategic coastal location, the state is endowed with immense maritime resources, including ports, shipping lanes, and abundant natural…

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