Police Report EIB REPORT 09/10/2025 0610 HRS. This report is following the directive of the Commissioner of Police FCT to fish out the criminal elements responsible for the robbery incident…
Isaac Samuel The Nigerian House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the narrative advanced by the United States Senate that frames Nigeria’s security crisis as genocide against Christians or as state-sponsored…
By ETIM ETIM It is a huge relief that Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji has resigned as Minister of Innovation, Science & Technology in disgrace after years of being embroiled in allegations…
By Anietie John Ukpe There are few spectacles more tragicomic than a man who has mistaken a microphone for a microscope. Rufai Oseni, a graduate of Animal Anatomy and now…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking approval to raise a total of $2.347 billion in the international capital market. This includes a…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following allegations of certificate forgery against him. President Tinubu appointed Nnaji…
By Nathan Olaníyì Nigeria’s foreign inflows are rising, but most of the money is chasing yields, not building factories or infrastructure. Without patient capital, growth risks becoming fragile. Nigeria’s economy…
Says Nigeria can work for everyone National Chairman of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Senator David Mark today read the Charter of the emerging opposition party in Nigeria saying the party…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has once again assured Nigerians that the 10th Senate under his leadership will remain open, accountable and responsive. Akpabio gave the assurance on…
Isaac Samuel Professor Mahmood Yakubu has formally concluded his tenure as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), marking the end of his second and final five-year term, which…
Isaac Samuel Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, on Tuesday returned to the Senate, marking the end of a six-month suspension that had caused public debate earlier this year.…
Council of State meets Thursday Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to meet with members of the Council of State on Thursday as part of consultations ahead of…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resumed plenary after a two-month recess, with the swearing-in of three newly elected members who emerged victorious in the recent by-elections conducted…
By Reuben Abati Uche Nnaji is Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He is currently in the eye of the storm over claims…
By ETIM ETIM From my observation, many PDP members in Akwa Ibom State have been seriously troubled by the movement of Gov. Eno into the APC. The symptoms of these…
Isaac Samuel As the National Assembly resumes plenary tomorrow, a planned protest over poor welfare and alleged management neglect has split staff at the National Assembly, with the Parliamentary Staff…
Isaac Samuel A fresh crisis is brewing in the House of Representatives as opposition lawmakers intensify moves to unseat the Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, over allegations of compromise and poor…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang on Saturday joined numerous dignitaries to pay their last respects to Mama Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother…
Isaac Samuel Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed reports suggesting that he accused the late former President Muhammadu Buhari of having ties with Boko Haram. In a statement issued by…
By ETIM ETIM Since Gov. Umo Eno defected from the PDP to APC in June, the few remnants in the PDP have presented severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…
Isaac Samuel Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the 2014 abduction of more than 270 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, as a permanent scar on his…
By Marcel Okeke The speech by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the 65th independence anniversary of Nigeria, October 1, 2025 would seem to have presented to Nigerians a picture of…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he will step aside from the 2027 presidential race if a younger aspirant emerges as the flag bearer of the African…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that renaming the renovated National Theatre after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka was a fitting way to honour the legacy of a man of…
By Ima Niboro There is no question that whispers of a Goodluck Jonathan comeback in 2027 have swirled for months. Of course the rumour mill has been working overtime regarding…
By ETIM ETIM The National Working Committee of the PDP dissolved the executives of the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the party last Tuesday in apparent bid to reinvigorate it…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared that the worst is over for Africa’s largest economy, assuring Nigerians that the difficult reforms introduced by his administration since 2023…
Fellow Nigerians, Today marks the 65th anniversary of our great nation’s Independence. As we reflect on the significance of this day and our journey of nationhood since October 1, 1960,…
By ETIM ETIM, Abuja Residents of many residential areas of the Federal Capital Territory have been suffering severe water scarcity in the last five days as taps have run dry…
Isaac Samuel Former Minister of Information and Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, has expressed confidence that former President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has dismissed recent reports by some international platforms and online commentators alleging that terrorists operating in Nigeria are waging a systematic genocide against Christians. In…
By ETIM ETIM By asking members to proceed on industrial action and disconnect gas supply to Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN has eventually revealed its ulterior motives as a destructive force in…
Isaac Samuel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make public full details of the process for appointing a new chairman of the…
By Chioma Ahaghotu When you see Indians dominating corporate America or Asians building enclaves in every major U.S. city, it didn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of systems they…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said the economy of Nigeria has turned the corner for good, following the success of the economic reforms introduced by his…
Isaac Samuel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday chaired the Commission’s regular weekly management meeting and approved the promotion of some junior staff. This…
The memory of the late First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Patience Umo Eno, was celebrated on Friday, September 26, 2025, as Governor Umo Eno and his family hosted…
By Marcel Okeke The title of this piece is motivated by another article captioned: “MTN and the Illusion of Progress,” which I found in one WhatsApp platform, written by Chief…
By ETIM ETIM Not many people in Akwa Ibom State know that their chief taxman, Mr. Okon Okon, started his career as a journalist at The Guardian newspaper in Lagos.…
By FEMI ADESINA He and some other senior policemen had been demoted, I think from Commissioner of Police (CP) to Deputy Commissioner. It was untidy and unjust. I had known…
Fellow Akwa Ibomites. 1. I come to you this morning full of gratitude to God and to you my dear people for the great journey of purpose we have collectively…
By ETIM ETIM Although Nigerians have been case-hardened to many stories of corruption in high places since Independence, the revelation that the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has acquired properties in…
Isaac Samuel The leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives have postponed the resumption of plenary previously scheduled for Tuesday, September 23 to Tuesday, October 7. A notice…
by Reuben Abati By some curious coincidence, the subject of tenure elongation and extension of Presidential term limits caught the headlines in the last few days in Nigeria. In Accra,…
By Yusuf Bangura The 4×400 men’s relay was the most exhilarating event in the just-concluded World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Before the race started I was 100 percent convinced that…
Isaac Samuel The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the House stands solidly behind President Bola Tinubu’s borrowing plans. He said that such measures are…
Isaac Samuel The National Assembly is set to resume plenary sessions on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, and it is returning under a cloud and challenges that could smear its reputation…
By Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko Miziara, with a population of 6,000 people, is a beautiful Lebanese village perched on the Hills of the North Governorate of the country, overlooking…
By Farooq A. Kperogi An older friend of mine, a denizen of the circles of power, told me a few days ago that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was considering a…
