By Ndueso Essien Present and past political office holders from Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, have thrown their weight behind the aspiration of the people of the area to produce the next governor of the state in 2015 at the expiration of the 8 year... Read more
By Maryam Uwais Once again, Senator Yerima is in the news, claiming Islam as the basis for his argument that a girl automatically transforms into an adult of ‘full age’ once she is married, with the attendant responsibilities that relate to the renunciation of citizenship, irrespective of her age... Read more
Egypt risks being engulfed in a civil war unless its newly installed interim government is expanded to include Islamists, the African Union warned on Thursday. The bloc, headquartered in Addis Ababa, suspended Egypt this month after the military ousted President Mohamed Mursi on July 3 following huge street protests... Read more
Diana-Okon Effiong Calabar, The Senate resolve to reject autonomy for local governments in Nigeria has been described as one decision that negates the wishes of a majority of Nigerians. This was stated in Calabar Wednesday by the leadership of two faith-based groups, the Justice Development and Peace Committee (JDPC)... Read more
By Diana-Okon Effiong The Cross River Government says it will diligently manage and maintain the 94 million Euro Water and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme Phase 11 (WSSSRP 11) project in the state. Mr Elemi Etowa, the Commissioner for Water Resources gave the assurances Wednesday at the closing ceremony of... Read more
“Umeh mounted the saddle of APGA in a ‘military coup’ type conspiracy”, says Okwu
FeaturedPoliticsPress Releases July 18, 2013
Protocols This event taking place right now today was preciously envisioned for Monday 15th July 2013 after the Court of Appeal would have delivered its judgment on the appeal lodged by our erstwhile National Chairman Chief Victor Umeh against the decision of the Enug…u High court in suit no... Read more
By Imo Eshiet There are many Nigerians who would easily connect with the magistrate in J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting For The Barbarians who remarks that,“ when men suffer unjustly…it is the duty of men who witness the suffering to suffer the shame”. Many decent Nigerians trying to earn honest living... Read more
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Nigeria on Sunday for an African Union summit on HIV/AIDS as his hosts chose to ignore an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Bashir, accused of masterminding genocide and other atrocities during Sudan’s Darfur conflict, which has left some 200,000 people... Read more
Tussle for monarch’s stool goes to Nigeria’s Supreme Court as Calabar Kingmakers Celebrate New Obong
By Dianabasi Effiong The tussle for the throne of the Obong of Calabar has been taken to the Supreme Court of Nigeria by five litigants led by the Country’s former Minister of Finance, Etubom Anthony Ani. They are challenging the July 4, 2013 Court of appeal, Calabar judgement by Justice... Read more
By Nkem Ekeopara On Monday July 8, 2013, the British interior ministry announced that the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram operating in Northern Nigeria is to be banned in Britain under anti-terror laws with effect from Friday July 12, 2013. To be banned too is Minbar Ansar Deen, also... Read more
