Despite accounting for an estimated 3.7 million of Akwa Ibom’s 5.5 million population, the Ibibios say Governor Eno has failed to deliver tangible development to their 16 local government areas since ...

Herders crisisAccording to the Tiv monarch, the “messaging from the Villa,” which suggests Benue people should “learn to live with their neighbours”, indicates that the president is being misled by ...

Behind it all is a grim metaphor that has grown all too literal: the “sacred cow.” Once a term for people or institutions considered immune to criticism, in Nigeria, sacred cows now wear the faces of ...

OpinionMarriage in the twenty-first century increasingly resembles a volatile investment—one that promises lasting dividends but too often crashes under the weight of hidden liabilities. Love may ...

Bayelsa turbine projectThe Bayelsa Electricity Company Limited (BEC) says the ongoing 60-megawatt gas-powered plant at Elebele in Ogbia Local Government Area is on track for completion before the end ...

In a rare intersection of anti-graft enforcement and development delivery, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday commissioned ...

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Gas Minister, EkpoTen months after Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement for the construction of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline Project (GOGGP), a joint regional pipeline development, the ...

Eno's defectionAkwa Ibom’s Director General of Government Business, Assam E. Assam, SAN, has delivered a searing indictment of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring the party’s long dominance ...

By AKANIMO SAMPSON Inyang Ahead of the 2027 polls, the founder of the Annang Unity Summit, Enobong Inyang, has floated an inclusive socio-political organisation aimed at throwing up visionary ...

Benue KillingsA recent massacre in Yelwata, a town on the Benue-Nasarawa border, has reignited concerns over the unrelenting violence plaguing Benue State. Dozens were killed and thousands displaced ...

By TONY ITA ETIM Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has announced plans to visit Benue State on Wednesday to condole with residents following last Friday’s brutal attack in the Yelewata community, where ...