By Tony Onyima, Ph.D. When the ribbon was cut to unveil a gleaming new auditorium at Lagos State University (LASU), the following applause was more than just for the tall…
Isaac Samuel A coalition of ex-militants under the aegis of the Niger Delta Volunteers has raised concerns over alleged neglect and poor treatment of host communities by Sterling Oil Exploration…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Certificates of Return will be presented to winners of the just-concluded bye-elections across the country on Thursday, August 21,…
By Yusuf Bangura Nyon, Switzerland 17 August, 2025 Bangura.ym@gmail.com Published in 2019, Banana Man is the last novel of Okello Oculi, the Ugandan literary scholar who spent most of his…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise recorded 26,255 hits on its online portal by 12:35 p.m. on the first…
A new report by Lagos-based forensic laboratory, Smart DNA, has revealed that one in four Nigerian men who underwent paternity testing in the last one year were not the biological…
By Bayo Onanuga We returned to Abuja on Saturday after a three-day working tour of Enugu and Ebonyi States as members of the National Communication Team, led by Alhaji Mohammed…
Isaac Samuel From gunshots and ballot box snatching in Ogun to large-scale arrests of suspected thugs in Kano and widespread voter apathy in Kogi, Anambra and Oyo, Saturday’s by-elections across…
Comfort Isaac Over 15,000 job seekers have submitted applications for 3000 vacant positions in the Akwa Ibom State civil service The state government in June announced plans to recruit 3000…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate has handed over the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000) draft to the Federal Ministry of Solid…
Comfort Isaac Host communities of Sterling Petrochemical and Fertilizer Limited, SPFL, in Akwa Ibom State, under the aegis of Mboho Ikot Abasi, have appealed to Governor Umo Eno and the…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it has completed arrangements for the conduct of bye-elections in 16 constituencies across 12 states of the federation scheduled…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced plans to arraign 23 out of the 93 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at a hotel within the precincts of…
By Aniekan Umanah Open governance is more than a political buzzword. It is a deliberate philosophy of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation , a belief that leadership should not merely…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into the implementation of the $696 million (N1.06 trillion) Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme NG-CARES, a flagship…
By Comfort Isaac At the South-South stakeholders’ meeting of APC in Benin in July, the star attraction was not the beautiful speeches of the governors or the flamboyant costumes of…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has described as self-serving, diversionary, narrow and idle, the allegation by the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC, that the Commission embarks…
Isaac Samuel The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has blamed paurcity of funds for the delay in making the River Port in Niger State operational. The minister…
Comfort Isaac The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has delivered a landmark judgment affirming that Ecobank Nigeria Limited acted unlawfully in restricting a customer’s account without a court order.…
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State owned airline, Ibom Air has reacted to the altercation involving a passenger, Ms Comfort Emmanson and its cabin crew on August 10, 2025 A video…
Isaac Samuel A covert political project to return former President Goodluck Jonathan to Aso Rock in 2027 is gathering steam, reportedly backed by an alliance of some northern political heavyweights…
By ETIM ETIM Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has stated that he has no quarrel with some PDP members who did not decamp to APC with him; and…
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown its weight behind extending voting rights to eligible inmates in Nigeria’s correctional facilities. Chairman…
ETIM ETIM It is a rare sight in this country for officials to submit themselves to unpaid-for media interviews, and more uncommon for a governor to open himself up for…
Isaac Samuel A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Labour Party candidates, and supporters under the leadership of Barr. Julius Abure on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest at the National…
Isaac Samuel The leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) took a new twist on Tuesday as the party’s state chairmen vehemently rejected what they described as an unconstitutional…
The country’s most important export today is not a product, but a more efficient production process China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient…
Isaac Samuel The recent high-level political meeting held in Kaduna was not merely another regional convergence of northern political elites. Instead, fresh insights gathered by this medium suggest the gathering…
By Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode This Thursday, we begin the formal funeral rites for Mrs. Joan Eze, a nurse practitioner from Grenada who became family to us in every sense that mattered.…
By ETIM ETIM How could a 163-room government-owned luxury hotel and golf course be running on a loss for all of its 18-year history and nobody was able to fix…
Isaac Samuel Amid fresh momentum for political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has revealed that it is witnessing an overwhelming demand for membership…
We’re back in Nyon after spending two weeks in Canada. We greatly enjoyed our stay there—the wedding as well as the exciting and varied places we visited in Toronto, Kingston,…
By ETIM ETIM Less than two months after he joined the APC, Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has pledged to build a new secretariat for the party in…
Comfort Isaac National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State Directorate has raised the alarm over the spate of circulation of fake N1000 notes in the riverine communities of the state…
By ETIM ETIM Two PDP members from Akwa Ibom State – Onofiok Luke and Ini Ememobong – visited the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagun, in his office in Abuja…
Isaac Samuel Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), blaming the party’s failure to provide credible leadership and deliver good governance to…
Isaac Samuel A fresh leadership crisis is brewing in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the party’s former governorship candidate in Gombe State, Nafiu Bala, has declared himself the interim…
Isaac Samuel A proposed bill seeking to relocate the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) from the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to the Office of the Secretary to…
Isaac Samuel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has cautioned State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) against breaching electoral laws through the issuance of short notices…
By AmanamHillary Umo-Udofia Linus Obogo’s article, “Cross River’s 76 Oil Wells and the ‘Abiku’ Paradox,” is undeniably eloquent and steeped in mythic imagery. But when stripped of metaphor and reduced…
By Okoi Obono-Obla In recent times, some concerned individuals from Cross River State have been urging the State Government to return to the Supreme Court of Nigeria and file a…
Isaac Samuel The head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) post-election mission, Davidetta Browne-Lansanah, has said lessons from Nigeria’s 2023 general elections are crucial to strengthening electoral management…
Isaac Samuel A faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has announced the expulsion of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, claiming he falsely paraded himself as a member…
By Yusuf Bangura Ottawa, Canada 26th July, 2025 Bangura.ym@gmail.com ————————————- I received the shocking news of the passing of Okello Oculi, the Ugandan scholar who lived 48 years of his…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Public Assets has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Governor of the Central Bank of…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public on the rising fraudulent scheme in Nigeria. It noted that the scam comes under the guise of…
…Ikazoboh steps in as Chairman Foremost entrepreneur and founder of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote has announced his retirement as a Director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors,…
By Yusuf Bangura We had a truly magical experience a few days ago at Niagara Falls, which warrants some reflections on our trip so far in Canada. We couldn’t have…
Comfort Isaac The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has upheld the power of the of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate and prosecute cases of tax evasion…
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE APC ELECTS YILWATDA AS NEW CHAIRMAN, AS PRESIDENT TINUBU URGES GOVERNORS TO DEEPEN GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday elected Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as…
