Tight Monetary Stance: Is the CBN Not Stifling the Economy?
By Marcel Okeke The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) after its meeting on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, to retain the benchmark…
Reps postpone constitution review debate over need for wider consultation
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has deferred its scheduled debate on the ongoing constitution review exercise. The Green Chamber cited the need for broader consultation and careful alignment on…
Akwa Ibom is best place to invest in, declares Alhaji Indimi
The Executive Chairman of Oriental Energy, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi OFR, has declared that Akwa Ibom State remains the best State for investments given the peace and security across the State…
Reps propose ban on amnesty for terrorists, ransom payment
…seek nationwide audit of firearms, special court for terrorism trial Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted series of resolutions aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s national security architecture following…
INEC urges Nigerians to expose ineligible, deceased persons on voter register
…ends first quarter CVR December 10 Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on Nigerians to actively identify and report ineligible and deceased persons on the voter…
IPI and Akwa Ibom State
By ETIM ETIM The International Press Institute (IPI) is a global organization that champions press freedom and promotes quality journalism. Founded in 1950, the IPI has members from over 120…
Trump Effect in Gen. Musa’s Ministerial Appointment
By Farooq Kperogi While I am delighted that President Bola Tinubu appears to be taking security more seriously than he previously did (signaled by the appointment of General Christopher Musa…
Tinubu’s Ambassadors
by Reuben Abati No one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of 35 nominees, whose names have been sent to the…
Reps to debate constitution amendment bills Wednesday
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives will on Wednesday open debate on a wide-ranging set of constitution amendment bills as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution. Deputy…
Badaru Out, Musa in?
By Farooq Kperogi It has just been announced that Tinubu’s defense minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has resigned on “health grounds.” In Tinubu’s administration, “health grounds” has become the political version…
Reps order forensic audit of NMDPRA over alleged mismanagement of gas infrastructure fund
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns over the alleged misapplication and mismanagement of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund by the Nigerian Midstream…
Governor Umo Eno’s Burden of Unity: Rebuilding a Party Born in Fracture
By Akpandem James Last week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted 32 ambassadorial nominees for Senate confirmation. Seventeen of them were designated as non-career, while 15 were designated for career status.…
Remarkable milestones in the financial services industry
By ETIM ETIM The annual dinner of the Chartered Institute of Bankers is one of the most enduring events in Nigeria’s corporate calendar. It brings together industry chiefs and senior…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu’s Ambassadorial Nomination: A Step Too Soon, Too Close, and Too Damaging
By Mohammed Santuraki President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past Chairman of INEC, for an ambassadorial position—barely two years after he supervised the very election…
Constitution Review: Pressure mounts on National Assembly to publicly display lawmakers’ votes
Isaac Samuel As the National Assembly prepares for another decisive round of voting on amendments to the 1999 Constitution, pressure is building from youth coalitions, civil society leaders and pro-democracy…
Access Holdings to raise N40 billion ‘’to cure regulatory deficiency’’
By ETIM ETIM Less than a year after meeting the N500 billion minimum capital requirement, Access Holdings, the parent company of Access bank Plc, is raising additional N40 billion through…
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…
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…
Nigeria: The Ramifications and Brunt of Insecurity and Uncertainty
By Marcel Okeke If the heightened insecurity in Nigeria has led to anything in recent times, it is the spreading and deepening of uncertainty in the polity. This trend assumed…
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…
The Drama Of Abductions And Impunity
By Reuben Abati Clearly, the most compelling, and confusing development in Nigeria in recent times is the recurring spate of abductions, the reign of impunity and the apparent failure of…
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…
Nigeria’s Return to the 2014 Nightmare
By Farooq A. Kperogi The events and atmospherics of the past few days in Nigeria feel eerily and frighteningly familiar. They are redolent of the disabling instability and helplessness (and…
Tax Policy Swings: Whither Nigeria?
By Marcel Okeke The number and variety of taxes proposed, or already imposed by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration in its 30-month of existence have begun to generate a…
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…