President Bola Tinubu. By Shola Onimago A silent but defining battle is unfolding in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry,not one fought with guns or politics, but with power and control. On one side stands the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), the vocal labour body representing thousands of oil and gas workers….
By Etim Etim From my observation, many PDP members in Akwa Ibom State have been seriously troubled by the movement of Gov. Umo Eno into the APC. The symptoms of these traumas come in various forms. But there are many coping mechanisms to deal with the loss of a privileged political status. I have been…
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 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…