Category: Opinion
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OPINION: Access Holdings Shareholders Meet May 15, to Consider a ‘’Resilient Performance’’
By Etim Etim Shareholders of Access Holdings will meet in Lagos on May 15 to consider the group’s financial results for Financial Year (FY) 2024 and review its expansion strategy for the next few years. Analysts and industry watchers have variously described the 2024 financials as a strong and resilient performance, commending the business for…
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OPINION: Umo Eno, Tinubu and the 2027 Election
Gov. Umo Eno. By Etim Etim The most topical political issue this Easter weekend is Gov. Umo Eno’s public endorsement of President Tinubu for a second term and the discussions it generated across the country. Eno is a PDP governor who has not hidden his affection and support for the President and the Senate President,…
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OPINION: Oron Local Government Comes to the HCD Party
By Osondu Ahirika Watching the growth of the Human Capacity Building vision is now my adopted pet project. I’m thrilled to announce that Oron Local Government has come to the party. It was on April 14, 2025, that the ARISE Human Capital Development Strategy was launched by His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, PhD, in Akwa…
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OPINION: The Vice President’s Visit to Uyo
Vice President Kashim Shettima (left) and Gov. Umo Eno during the HCD launch. By Etim Etim Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Akwa Ibom on Monday to launch the second phase of the federal government’s National Human Capital Development programme (HCD); but the visit underscored a few subtexts that require further examination. In the first place,…
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2027: Gov Otu’s Chances Boosted as Sen Ekpenyong Gives Support
By Princewill Kingston The chances of Governor Bassey Otu and his Deputy, Rt Hon Peter Odey sailing through to 2031 has been boosted with the endorsement of Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong who naysayers had said was likely to square it up with the Governor in 2027 for the plum job. Senator Ekpenyong, representing Cross River South…
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OPINION : Democratic Republic of Congo: Contradictions, Agony And Implications For Pan Africanism
By Etim Etim Although the rest of Africa seems to have forgotten about the crisis and wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some scholars, intellectuals and thinkers from the continent are continually engrossed in finding the pathways to resolving the perennial problems in the continent’s largest country. Last weekend, they came together to…
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OPINION : Ovation as Commendations Continue to Trail Betta Edu’s Honours by UNICAL
Dr. Betta Edu (middle), showing off her award while the Vice Chancellor, UNICAL, Prof. Florence Obi (1st right) and others watch in admiration. By Rasheed Olanrewaju More than one and half decade after leaving the University of Calabar (Unical), medical school as a graduate of medicine, Dr. Betta Edu returned to the prestigious institution last…
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OPINION : Ayade May Defeat Jarigbe in 2027
Immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade. By Ogar Emmanuel Oko Former Governor Sir Benedict Ayade CON is an intellectual man. Apart from the late Sen. Paul Ukpo, PhD, who was a nuclear physicist, in terms of scholastics, no politician in the northern senatorial district comes close to Ben Ayade’s pedigree. He’s…
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OPINION : Can the New NNPCL Board Tackle Industry’s Critical Problems?
By Etim Etim The new directors of NNPCL appointed by President Bola Tinubu last week has been widely welcomed by Nigeria’s oil industry chieftains and analysts for their cognate experience and impressive private sector background, but they are taking over a corporation buffeted by chronic political problems and unethical business practices. These directors are from…
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OPINION : Akpabio’s Supernatural Powers
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio By Etim Etim Senator Godswill Akpabio has been in public service for over two decades, but it’s only recently that his supernatural powers have been brought to national attention. These days, the Senate President is regularly accused of doing things that would require some kind of paranormal abilities. Nigeria should…
