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 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…
President Bola Tinubu. By Etim Etim If any evidence was needed to prove the efficacy of President Tinubu’s fiscal reforms, the latest report from the Ministry of Budget & National Planning would suffice. For the period January – August 2025, the federal government collected a total revenue of N20.59 trillion, a 40.5% increase from N14.6…
Arase (left) and Ani. By Ikechukwu Ani It has already been a week, and your unexpected and shocking departure still looks like a dream. How I wish it were! When the news hovered without confirmation last Sunday, there was panic and confusion. Many refused or chose not to believe it, and others went into prayer…
By Etim Etim The visit of former Governor Udom Emmanuel to Akwa Ibom State last Wednesday has triggered spirited discussions in some quarters, particularly because some appointees of Gov. Umo Eno went to the airport to receive the former governor. Eno defected from PDP to APC in June, but his predecessor has remained in the…