By Sammy Etuk The growing agitation from Nsit Ibom Local Government Area over the Etinan Federal Constituency seat is not happening in isolation. It is the result of political decisions that have altered an existing zoning arrangement. For weeks, voices from the area have insisted that 2023 was their turn to produce a member of…
By Andrew Korybko The Pakistani Finance Minister announced that Saudi Arabia is extending its $5 billion deposit in their country and adding another $3 billion after the UAE demanded earlier this month that Pakistan finally repay the $3.5 billion that it was loaned in 2019. This followed Pakistan’s deployment of several warplanes to Saudi Arabia…
Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, CON, By Fidelis Egugbo To political pundits, it did not come as a surprise that the former Governor of Delta State, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, has thrown his hat into the ring to contest for the Delta North Senatorial position in 2027. For some time, there had been a strident cry from the…
By: Celestine Mel If I were appointed Chairman of INEC today, I would discharge the mandate of that office with unimpeachable fidelity, delivering a credible election without equivocation or compromise. My past or present political preferences, including any prior support for associates within the APC, would not encumber that responsibility. And if confronted with my…
By Magnus Effiong The spiritual head of a Calabar-based spiritual organisation, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Olumba Olumba Obu, has urged corrupt politicians to repent of their sins or steer clear of next year’s polls, saying their time of misleading Nigerians were over. Speaking through his Spokesman, Dr Amah Williams, during a press…
