ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy UduakAbàsi Ikpat There is a quiet but powerful culture in Nigeria’s South East that many parts of the country continue to admire and, increasingly, seek to emulate. It is the culture of enterprise embodied by the Igbo trader, the craftsman who begins with little but dreams big, the apprentice who learns the ropes…
In the aftermath of the successful neutralisation of Iran’s self-styled Supreme Leader, President Donald Trump says he knows who he would like to lead Iran going forward. But with ongoing exchange of fire, and likely Congressional halting of hostilities since Trump did not obtain prior legislative approval for the war, what are likely immediate scenarios in the conflict?
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rt. Hon. Eseme Eyiboh Nigerian politics is not for the faint-hearted. It is noisy, dramatic, and often unforgiving. In a space where rumours travel faster than facts and headlines are written before the full story is known, substance can easily be drowned out. Real governance — the slow, patient work of building consensus, following…
At this year’s World Economic Forum held in Davos, US President Donald Trump launched what he calls Board of Peace, with mostly Arab/Muslim countries in attendance. It appears Europe isn’t in the mood for what is suspected to bea Trump show to dim the UN. CNN, with much editorialising takes a close look at the Board.
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Edet Okpo Senator Ekong Sampson is truly making a difference in the lives of his constituents, promoting healthcare, quality infrastructure, human empowerment and capacity building. His huge investment in education especially in the provision of scholarship and grants to students is no small feat, and it is clear that he is passionate about…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr On this ninth day of December, in the year 2025, as the nation stirs to its familiar rhythm, a man stands quietly at the crossroads of personal milestone and public memory. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, marks his 63rd year on earth—another turn on the wheel of time…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Jackson Udom On 5 December 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. These allegations, as the public…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares2025 oil bid round: new vista for energy transformation, investor confidence By Akpandem James Nigeria appears set for another decisive round of oil field development, coming just a year after a successful bid cycle that delivered new oil wells and expanded the nation’s crude oil production capacity. Signalling a shift toward structured and predictable…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ofonime Honesty For years, the story of small businesses has been one of resilient hustle hampered by a familiar adversary: access to capital. A struggling tailor with a waiting list of clients cannot afford an industrial machine. A rural farmer watches his business struggle due to his inability to expand and invest in…
