World Press Freedom Day: A Reflection
Without a free and responsible press, ignorance and half-truths become the companions of the masses—offering little help for current development and no hope for the future. Please click the link to read more.
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76 Oil Wells: Hope shatters for Cross River State as RMAFC discards Inter-Agency report
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Set to pursue political solutions Fresh developments have emerged in the protracted dispute over the ownership of 76 offshore oil wells between Akwa Ibom State and Cross River State, as the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has formally discarded the report of its Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC), effectively halting a process that…
Governor Umo Eno and the making of A’Ibom millionaires
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…
US-Israel vs Iran War: Looking ahead
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?
Beyond the noise: Godswill Akpabio and the architecture of stability
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…
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and who is joining? Here’s what to know
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.
Sen Sampson’s impactful legislative engagements: A paradigm shift in representation
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…
The Akpabio synthesis: An uncommon statesman at 63
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…
Senator Godswill Akpabio: 63 years of enduring impact
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…
Setting the record straight on the defamation case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
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…