The Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, dismissed an application filed by former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza…
Isaac Samuel The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of the Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the…
by Mohammed Bello Doka On July 26, 2023, the world watched as Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by his own presidential guard. The soldiers who seized power…
By Manfred Ekpe PREAMBLE In my capacity as the Akwa Ibom State Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), I have deemed it necessary to interrogate the legal basis…
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, June 15, 2026 dismissed an application filed by the counsel to a former Minister…
The trial of a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku and a former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello…
Isaac Samuel A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties for…
Isaac Samuel As we reported in May, Rotimi Amaechi has been named as the running mate to Atiku Abubarkar on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027…
Isaac Samuel Fuel prices are expected to fall as the United States and Iran have agreed to a deal aimed at ending hostilities between the two countries, a development that…
By John Dara The Perilous Influx of Arms into Nigeria A recent report released by the United Nations has revealed that various grades of ammunition originating from Libya have made…
The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has stated that several road projects for the South East region, originally conceived during the colonial era but left unrealised for decades, are…
The family of the late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has publicly challenged the Katsina State Government to explain the mysterious circumstances surrounding the return of his remains, revealing that…
Isaac Samuel Former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that the daughter of Senate President Godswill Akpabio secured a position in the Nigerian National…
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has dismissed claims that Chief MKO Abiola was poisoned, insisting that an autopsy conducted by pathologists from four countries attributed his…
His incompetence, cluelessness has reopened the scars of Chibok The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the tragic…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has described the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno as a visionary leader who is committed to rewriting the history of…
By Iniemem Inyang Commissioners in the Abia State Executive Council have lauded Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, on the impact recorded by his administration in the state. The…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed shock over the death of retired Major-General Rabe Abubakar while in the custody of terrorists in Katsina State. General Abubakar, after a distinguished career…
By Dare Adelekan The tragic death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar while held captive by bandits in Katsina State is a devastating blow to the psychological fabric of Nigerian…
By Anietie Usen Professor Udeme Udofia, a specialised environmentalist at the University of Calabar and a known advocate of good governance, believes that Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State…
Isaac Samuel The Katsina State Government has announced the death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, while in the custody of bandits who abducted…
By Farooq A. Kperogi At the African Studies Association conference here in Atlanta late last year, Professor Tade Aina, Senior Programs Director at the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and one of…
By Dennis UDOMA The first Professor of Radiology from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, South – South Nigeria, Prof. Diana’basi Udoete Eduwem has called for a decisive break from…
By Dare Babarinsa It is 33 years since we lined up to vote for Chief Moshood Abiola to become the President of Nigeria. It is now like ancient history. More…
Isaac Samuel The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has directed all Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors of health institutions across the country to immediately suspend the…
By Mohammed Bello Doka Let us begin with a number so monstrous, so preposterous, that it defies the laws of arithmetic and common sense alike: two hundred and ten trillion…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday said terror-related deaths in Nigeria have declined by 81 per cent since 2015, while more than 13,000 terrorists were neutralised in the…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday conferred national honours on dozens of pro-democracy activists, journalists, lawyers and military officers who played prominent roles in the struggle for the…
By Samuel Ayara Akwa Ibom State has emerged among Nigeria’s top-performing states in governance, according to the latest Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) Governance Performance Index (CGPI).…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across the country. The passage marks a significant step in Nigeria’s long-running…
EFCC has arraigned one Fidelix Samuel Ebuka before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged money laundering offence. Ebuka was arraigned on Wednesday on…
The 12th Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Odofin, in the trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, told Justice S.C. Oriji of the…
Isaac Samuel The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that governorship aspirants in Nigeria spent between N20 billion and N30 billion to secure…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives will on Thursday vote on constitutional amendments seeking to establish state police as part of efforts to tackle the country’s growing insecurity. Deputy Speaker…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday commissioned the new office complex of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Ado-Ekiti, describing the project as a critical investment in the consolidation…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats and ordered the immediate release of N10…
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, commissioned the main carriageways of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Ring Road I Junction to Ring Road II Junction in Abuja, declaring that the…
By Elizabeth Johnny Akwa Ibom State is poised to attract a major industrial investment valued at approximately $2 billion following plans to establish an ammonia fertilizer complex in Ikot Abasi…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Service Chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, over the worsening security situation across the country. The call amid…
– Lessons in Leadership from Gbaramatu and Adamawa By Babafemi Ojudu About two years into the Buhari administration, Nigeria’s economy slipped into recession. A major factor was the sharp decline…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday June 8, 2026 sought to re-arraign the trio of Aishatu Bappa El-Nafaty, Mamud Alhaji Abubakar and Igba Ityoakura Joseph before Justice…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned a self-styled native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, for an alleged contract scam to the tune of…
Iyabo Obasanjo dumps APC six months after joining Part Isaac Samuel Former senator representing Ogun Central, Iyabo Obasanjo, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), barely six months after…
Isaac Samuel A fresh crisis has engulfed the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kano State following the replacement of several candidates earlier submitted by the Kwankwasiyya movement. The development has…
NEWS COMMENTARY Akwa Ibom Exceptionalism: More Than a Slogan, A Living Reality By Ubong Ekefre ………………………………………………………….. Last night, during the 10th Anniversary Gala Night of a prominent radio station, Inspiration…
By MekAbasi Akpabio I am an APC member, however, please let anyone, no matter how highly placed, who does not have anything sensible to say in defence of the president…
Isaac Samuel The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ruled that Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas presided over a procurement process…
Isaac Samuel The Presidency has dismissed comparisons between the rescue of relatives of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and the continued captivity of abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Ogbomoso,…
By Mohammed Bello Doka There is a cold rage spreading across Nigeria’s political landscape. It is the fury of a lion that helped build the zoo, only to find himself…
Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities, according to…
