OPINION By Etim Etim Watching a football game live at the stadium provides a different set of thrills and fun. The shouts, drumming, cheers, boos and the side comments and commentaries from the fans create an exciting atmosphere that you don’t have watching it on TV. This is part of the reasons I flew into…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio OPINION By Etim Etim I have seen the screenshot of the text messages that went between Senator Godswill Akpabio and the late Ufot Ebong in which Ebong, in his sick bed at Ibom Specialty Hospital, Uyo, acknowledged receipt of $35,000 from the Senate President. The money was meant to assist…
By Anietie Akpan The implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aimed at ensuring that commodities imported into the European Union (EU) are not driving deforestation and forest degradation has been postponed by one year. The regulation was due to come into force by December 2024 as part of the resolution of the delegation…
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu. By Anietie Akpan As the Rivers State crisis deepens, the Spiritual Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS, Olumba Olumba Obu is invoking spiritual intervention for Governor Sim Fubara and his administration. Accordingly, he has ordered his teeming faithful to converge in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State…
Gov. Umo Eno. OPINION By Etim Etim Let me begin by thanking Gov. Umo Eno for allowing the APC candidate win the Local Government election in Essien Udim LGA, Senator Akpabio’s LGA. The election was conducted yesterday, Saturday, October 5, and of the 31 LGAs, PDP won all but Essien Udim. We all know that…
By Anietie Akpan Governor Umo Eno on Sunday clarified his decision to present his first daughter as the Coordinator of the office of the wife of the Governor after the sudden demise of his wife, Pastor Patience Umo Eno on Thursday, September 26, 2024. He spoke while addressing a congregation of the All Nations Christian…