Opinion
Weight of a good name
There are two estates every human being leaves behind. One is visible; the other is invisible. The visible estate consists of houses, bank accounts, investments, titles and every material possession accumulated over a lifetime. The invisible estate is reputation. While the first is administered by executors,…
Read More »A collosuss: Aremo Olusegun Osoba @ 87
By Lanre Ogundipe Some birthdays merely add another year to a man’s life. Others compel society to pause, not to count the years, but to measure the influence those years have deposited upon humanity. Such occasions are less about age than about legacy; less about longevity than about significance.…
Read More »Ita Benedict, have you ever given anyone even a grain of rice
By Emmanuel Nicholas Ita Benedict epitomizes a loquacious personality whose public conduct betrays a profound deficit of altruism. Throughout his tenure as an aide to Senator Godswill Akpabio during his governorship, he did not, on a single occasion, extend even the most rudimentary benevolence, not even a grain of rice,…
Read More »How Governor Umo Eno rescued Akwa Ibom companies from liquidation
By Emmanuel Nicholas Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has, within three years and two months, engineered a turnaround of the state’s commercial assets through targeted intervention, operational restructuring and the preservation of equity value, without resorting to any new borrowing. His administration has prioritized the stabilization of…
Read More »Smart Airport terminal building: Putting Akwa Ibom on world map
By Emmanuel Nicholas Yesterday, I departed Akwa Ibom on an educational advancement trip to the Federal Capital Territory. Upon arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, I was received by a driver from Benue State who conveyed me directly to the National Assembly Complex for my…
Read More »Akpabio -Umo Eno bond of love, collaboration, progress
Emmanuel Nicholas “My visit to the hometown of Governor Umo Eno is to share one truth from the heart: that love reigns between Governor Umo Eno and the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.” With those words, spoken at the Governor’s country home in Ikot Ekpene Udo, Nsit Ubium, Senator Akpabio…
Read More »What an elder statesman told me about Umo Eno on Ibom Air flight to Abuja
By Emmanuel Nicholas Akwa Ibom stands at a crossroads. The doubt that once trailed Governor Umo Eno is quietly giving way to something else. Something people are not yet saying aloud. I was on my way to Abuja when fate made the seating arrangement. Beside me sat an elder…
Read More »Country or Contraband? Nigeria, we have created
By Abidemi Adebamiwa At times, it feels like Nigeria is treated less like a country and more like contraband, meaning something a few people grab, divide, and protect when challenged. Citizens shouldn’t have to fight to know who leads, where public funds go, how agencies form, or…
Read More »UI, UCH, question of inclusive leadership
By Mallam Ibrahim Agunbiade agunbiadeib@gmail.com Appointment of Professor Peter Olamakinde Olapegba as the 14th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), effective November 1, 2026, is worthy of congratulations. I wish him a successful tenure as he takes on the responsibility of leading Nigeria’s premier university. The reported…
Read More »Oluremi Tinubu, wealth worship, future of Nigeria
By Austin Orette A society that mocks honest labour is a society preparing for its own destruction. Nations do not become prosperous by celebrating wealth alone; they become prosperous by honouring the labour that creates wealth. The dignity of labour is the foundation upon which every great civilization…
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