President Tinubu nominates 32 additional ambassadors
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after he sent the first batch of three names. In two separate…
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Tinubu approves National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC). The committee, which Mr Joseph Tegbe chairs, will ensure the implementation of the administration’s…
December 1: A Date with Destiny
By Chijioke Amu-Nnadi December 1, 2025 is a Monday, the beginning of the first week of the last month of the year. For Pastor Umo Eno, the governor of Akwa…
Reforms Shape State Budgets: Akwa Ibom’s ₦1.39tn Bold Plan Despite Revenue Risks
By Akpandem James Every year, about this time, governments across Nigeria, both states and federal, shift attention to fiscal proposals for the coming financial cycle. By then, the Medium-Term Sector…
Akwa Ibom’s N1.39 trillion budget
By ETIM ETIM While I wait for the Commissioners for Budget and Finance to give further details on the N1.39 trillion budget presented to the House of the Assembly by…
GOV ENO SECURES INTERNATIONAL STATUS APPROVAL FOR VICTOR ATTAH AIRPORT
…International Flights Set to Resume in Uyo, First Quarter of 2026 Akwa Ibom State has achieved a historic milestone as the Federal Government has officially approved Victor Attah International Airport…
A Budget of Hope: Governor Eno’s N1.39trn Vision for Akwa Ibom’s Prosperity
By Uduakabasi Ikpatt The 2026 “People’s Budget of Expan5sion and Growth” presents a bold and comprehensive roadmap for sustainable development, with a clear focus on infrastructure, human capital, and economic…
House of Reps to vote on constitution review December 10
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives may cast its vote on the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution on 10 December, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the House Committee…
Senate Dissolves Air Force, National Security Committees, Orders Briefings Within One Week
The Senate has dissolved its standing committees on Air Force, national security and intelligence with immediate effect. It also said that new committees would be reconstituted within one week. The…
Senate In Heated Debate Over Nigeria’s Growing Security Crisis
The Senate has begun a heated debate on Nigeria’s worsening security situation, following a motion by Lola Ashiru from Kwara South, on the urgent need to address escalating insecurity in…
2.4m Nigerians complete voter registration — INEC
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday disclosed that 2,449,475 Nigerians have so far completed their registration both online and through physical capture. According to the report,…
Boko Haram members found in Army recruitment list – Rep member
Isaac Samuel Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, on Wednesday alleged that names of Boko Haram members were once discovered on the Nigerian Army recruitment…
Police arrest, Repatriate Turkish fraudster
The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has successfully repatriated a 61-year-old Turkish national, Acar Huseyin, to the Republic of Turkey to face his outstanding…
Michael Bush’s friendly fire
By ETIM ETIM I read Michael Bush’s article in The Sun newspaper of Monday, November 24, titled ‘’Just a little friendly fire’’, and it was immediately clear to me that…
Drama at Reps as Doguwa attacks Tinubu govt over insecurity, demands shutdown of NASS
Isaac Samuel Drama erupted on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as the Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, launched a stinging critique of…
Gov Umo Eno Presents N1.3 Trillion 2026 Budget Estimates to AKHA
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has presented a budget of N1,39 trillion for the the 2026 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Governor Eno made the…
US officials attend Reps’ special plenary session on security
Isaac Samuel The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Nigerians to remain undaunted by recent terrorist and bandit attacks, calling for unity in confronting the nation’s…
Reps’ Southeast caucus urges Tinubu to grant pardon to Nnamdi Kanu
Isaac Samuel The Southeast Caucus of the House of Representatives has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to exercise his constitutional powers to grant pardon to the detained leader of…
2027: Atiku officially joins ADC, registers in Adamawa
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Adamawa State. The registration took place on Monday, days after…
Staggering, Like a Giant Robbed of Its Spine
By Babafemi Ojudu There was a time when this country walked tall — not because it was without problems, but because it possessed the will, the confidence, and the inner…
PRESIDENT TINUBU ORDERS THE WITHDRAWAL OF POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING VIPS FOR CORE POLICE DUTIES
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of police officers currently providing security for Very Important Persons in the country. Henceforth, police authorities will deploy them…
APC Homecoming: How Gov. Eno is rebuilding party for 2027
By ETIM ETIM By the time Gov. Umo Eno joined APC in June, the Akwa Ibom branch of the party was a disparate and disenchanted group of people that were…
Bandits afraid of possible U.S. airstrikes, abducting children as shields — Gana
Isaac Samuel Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has warned that the recent wave of mass abductions in parts of northern Nigeria may be a deliberate tactic by bandits…
Reps meet senior U.S. officials, say Nigeria open to honest dialogue
Isaac Samuel The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has said sustained collaboration between Nigeria and the United States remains critical to tackling insecurity and other…
Agbese: wise, intrepid and fearless
By Dare Babarinsa, I first met Dan Agbese in 1984 during the preparatory days of Newswatch, the pioneering Nigerian newsmagazine. Before then, his reputation had preceded him as one of…
The Narrative before the Intervention: How Washington is Shaping NIGERIA’s story
Foreign intervention never begins with airplanes, sanctions or soldiers. It begins with stories. It begins with how a country is described, framed, understood and judged by powerful nations. Iraq did…
PRESIDENT TINUBU ASKS MATAWALLE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, TO MOVE TO KEBBI OVER SCHOOLGIRLS’ ABDUCTION
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state. Matawalle, who…
Gov. Umo Eno, disloyal officials and the looming PDP challenge
By ETIM ETIM Since Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State defected to APC on June 6, the issue of disloyalty of some of his political appointees have dogged his…
Politics is not a business for rascals, Jonathan warns
Jonathan’s greatest legacy was conceding defeat in 2015 — Shettima Isaac Sameul Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that Nigeria’s politics is increasingly being overtaken by rascality, urging political actors…
2026 World Cup: The pain of Nigeria’s poor performance
By Charles Udoh Football will always find a way to humble you, but what happened last Sunday in Morocco was beyond humility—it was heartbreak. Painful. Avoidable. Embarrassing. A script we…
Congressman Moore Meets With Delegation of Senior Nigerian Officials Regarding the Persecution of Christians and Terrorism Threat in Nigeria
US Congressman Riley M. Moore on Wednesday met with a delegation of senior members of the Nigerian government, led by Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser to the President of…
Kebbi Abduction: Senate Asks Tinubu To Recruit 100,000 Military Personnel
The Senate has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian Armed Forces to immediately recruit at least 100,000 additional personnel to strengthen the fight against worsening insecurity across the…
TINUBU POSTPONES TRIP TO G20 AND AU-EU SUMMITS FOR FURTHER SECURITY BRIEFINGS, DIRECTS MILITARY, POLICE TO DEPLOY MORE MEN TO KWARA
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE TINUBU POSTPONES TRIP TO G20 AND AU-EU SUMMITS FOR FURTHER SECURITY BRIEFINGS, DIRECTS MILITARY, POLICE TO DEPLOY MORE MEN TO KWARA President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed…
Chaos at PDP Headquarters as rival factions clash in Abuja
Isaac Sameul Tension and chaos engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, on Tuesday as rival party factions loyal to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…
Reps seeks mandatory 15% women representation in police recruitment
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Monday, commenced a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the Nigeria Police Act No. 2 of 2020, seeking to make 15 per…
Good night, my dear editor!
By Muyiwa Akintunde He was born Daniel Ochima Agbese on 20 May 1944 into the Agila royalty in the then Northern Nigeria Protectorate, which later became Northern Region and subsequently…
How They Buy the Judges — And Break the Country
By Babafemi Ojudu A lot happens in Nigeria that, if you did not witness it yourself, you would swear it was impossible. Some events are so bizarre, so grotesque in…
Uyo Social Media Conference Begins tomorrow
Uyo Social Media Conference Begins tomorro Amplifying Local Voices Through Digital Innovation: A Social Media Conference The Conference of Online Publishers in Akwa Ibom State (COOPA) is excited to announce…
Unlocking Africa’s financial capital
By ETIM ETIM When in 2013 Aliko Dangote dreamt of establishing the first privately –owned refinery in his country, he turned to syndicate of 13 Nigeria’s banks to raise the…
The woman without a stomach: the inspiring story of Sister Victoria
By Ata Ikkideh Last Sunday will remain etched in my heart for a long, long time. It wasn’t merely another Sunday; it was one of those rare days when Heaven…
Poor budget funding: How Reps’ leadership averted open rebellion against Tinubu
Isaac Samuel Tension nearly boiled over in the House of Representatives in the last two weeks as lawmakers expressed their frustration over the delayed implementation of capital projects under the…
DSS storms Lagos office of Buhari ally, Emenike, arrests him over forfeited Diezani property row
High Chief Ikechi Emenike, a close ally of the former President Muhammadu Buhari, was arrested on Thursday at his DER Publications office in Surulere, Lagos, by men believed to be…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-banker for Alleged Criminal Diversion of Customer’s $510,000
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, November 13, 2025 arraigned one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations at Access Bank Nigeria…
Congratulations, Minister Wike
By Muiz Banire I am sure that Nigerians will be wondering why I am extending the congratulatory message to the Minister in the light of what transpired between him and…
A refinery and an airline: Nigeria’s bold statement on global business
By Jerome Okolo If Allen Ifechukwu Onyema hadn’t pulled out a nice bottle of Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé at his home (that’s the actual bottle in the photo) the other…
Lawmakers warn of mass failure, ask WAEC to delay 2026 CBT rollout
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has warned that the planned introduction of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in 2026 could trigger widespread failure among…
Ganduja present as two Kano Reps dump NNPP for APC
Isaac Samuel Two members of the House of Representatives from Kano State have officially resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).…
Individual Contributions and Community Development
By ETIM ETIM One morning early this year, I was at a barber’s shop in Shelter Afrique estate when a 10-year-old boy hawking stewed beef sauntered into the premises. ‘’Why…
Cry aloud against genocide in Nigeria
By Ahmed Aminu Yusuf aaramatuyusuf@yahoo.com Fulani terrorism against indigenous Nigeria has been progressively worsening since 2014, when Fulani terrorists from all over West and Central Africa infiltrated to destabilize the…
2026 FIFA World Cup Playoffs: Super Eagles return to training, set for Panthers of Gabon
Nigeria’s Super Eagles returned to the training ground on Wednesday evening, as focus shifts firmly to Thursday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa playoff semi-final clash with the Panthers of Gabon.…