By Etim Etim Since Gov. Umo Eno defected from the PDP to APC in June, the few remnants in the PDP have presented severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental health condition that occurs after a person has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as an accident, childhood or domestic…
President Bola Tinubu By Etim Etim Although Nigerians have been case-hardened to many stories of corruption in high places since Independence, the revelation that the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has acquired properties in Florida worth over $6 million (N9.6 billion) and surreptitiously registered them under the names of his wife and young children has shocked…
By Elijah Ugani OBUDU (CONVERSEER) – I have read opposing views about the declaration of the community Chairman of India Abeb community in Obudu Local Government Area wanted in a Pres Release signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Obudu Local Government Council, Mr Ikwen Atuaka. The release stated that Mr Akinshinye Igali was declared…
By Etim Etim On Friday, September 13, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) indicted an Air Peace pilot and co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol while on duty. The accident investigators tested the airline’s crew after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway excursion (veered off the runway) at the Port Harcourt…
Gov. Bassey Otu (left) and the former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. By Linus Obogo It has become necessary to address, in the strongest and clearest of terms, the needless hysteria, the idle conjectures, and the mischievous insinuations trailing the recent visit of former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to Cross…
By Agba Jalingo OBUDU (CONVERSEER) – Bedia, my village has five clans, namely: Indi-Atiekpe, Bedia-likwu, Begiagba, Kudiang and Bikwom. I am Begiagba. It is established that Indi-Atiekpe and Begiagba have a closer affinity than other clans and they are called Begia-Anyorbi. They aren’t even allowed to inter-marry. But ironically, even within Begiagba, there are two…
