Senate President Godswill Akpabio. By Eseme Eyiboh Nigerian politics is not for the faint-hearted. It is noisy, dramatic, and often unforgiving. In a space where rumours travel faster than facts and headlines are written before the full story is known, substance can easily be drowned out. Real governance — the slow, patient work of building…
By Efiom Attoe CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The recent submission of the Federal Government’s Inter-Agency Committee report to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) may appear, on the surface, to signal a victory for Cross River State. After years in the wilderness, Cross River is projected to be relisted as an oil-producing state with…
By Etim Etim Over the Christmas holidays, Nyesom Wike travelled the length and breadth of Rivers State, visiting all the local government areas, in what appeared as an early campaign for the reelection of President Bola Tinubu. At every stop of the campaign, Wike’s second son, Joachim, would be seated or standing next to him….
By Macharia Kihuro NAIROBI (CONVERSEER) – In a recent public statement, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced it would terminate its credit rating relationship with Fitch Ratings. The rationale for this decision was particularly striking. The bank attributed the move to its “firm belief that the credit rating exercise no longer reflects a good understanding…
By Anietie Usen ♦️Nigeria has 177,000 polling units, 15,000 have NO NETWORK. Buy Starlink for these 15,000 locations at an estimate of N500k each, that is N7.5bn. PROBLEM SOLVED… ♦️This might appear to be an advert for Starlink, but here are the facts: ♦️Starlink is a satellite-based internet constellation operated by SpaceX that provides high-speed,…
