Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, By Ken Harries Peace is the foundation of every prosperous society and few Nigerian leaders have pursued it with the consistency and conviction of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, President of the Tenth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. From his earliest days in public service to his current…
Gov. Umo Eno. By Tom FredFish What happened at D’Angelo Hotel, Uyo, on October 30 was not a conference but a political clearance sale cum auction. A handful of men who once wore the title of Speaker gathered under one roof to auction off whatever remained of their integrity. Their so-called Conference of Former Speakers…
Dr. Betta Edu By Rasheed Olanrewaju Zubair “Men do not shape destiny; destiny produces the man for the hour.”- Fidel Castro At 39, energetic, academically fortified, enterprising, and imbued with youthful zeal, Dr. Betta Edu stands as one of the brightest examples of destiny shaping leadership. Her trajectory through medicine, governance, humanitarian work, and politics…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. By Sufuyan Ojeifo History, in its long and patient arc, is a master storyteller. Its finest tales often begin with conflict rather than applause, with accusation rather than acclaim. Before the garlands and the gratitude, there is the crucible, the fire through which greatness is tested and purified. The recent…
By Etim Etim At an event at London School of Economics recently, CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso announced that the bank has integrated AI into its monetary policy framework for macroeconomic forecasting and decision-making. The CBN has therefore joined other central banks like the European Central Bank, Bank of Cananda, Bank of Indonesia, etc in adopting…
By Clement Warrie The Peoples Democratic Party, once formidable and feared—no, more than feared; revered—in all of Africa, is dead. That’s the coroner’s verdict. Its once massive territories and flourishes are gone, along with the halos, its strong men and war chest. All that is left is a traumatized structure waiting to cave in. Forget…