The story of Lagos governorship election would remain one of the most topical in the 2019 general elections. This is because the state revealed what could pass as the most potent metaphors of the inconclusive dramas that would trail the fifth election cycle in the country since Nigeria regained the path to presidential democracy.   …

Following the court verdict in his favour, senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district, Dr. Christopher Ekpenyong, he has charged the loser and former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to accept his defeat in good faith. Reacting to the court verdict, which struck out a case instituted by Akpabio, Ekpenyong, a…

It is bitter irony of the winner-take-all American system we have imported hook, line and sinker that the man who secured more than 11 million votes may have no role in the new government that would take effect from May 29, 2019. Unlike what we had in 2015, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the loser of the…

Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has attributed his support for the governorship bid of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Obong Nsima Ekere, to the forgiving spirit of the aspirant despite being forced to resign as his deputy six years ago. Akpabio, who spoke at the thanksgiving…

Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that his heart was with President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 election, despite being a member of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio, who was the senate minority leader before his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), spoke yesterday when…

It is not easy to situate the political barometer of former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu in the Southwest geopolitical zone. Tinubu’s political fortunes increased exponentially after he served out his two terms as governor and handed over to his preferred candidate, his former chief of staff.    While Tinubu flourished both economically and politically…

Akwa Ibom State government has challenged the immediate past governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to come up with facts to prove that the Four Points by Sheraton hotel at Ikot Ekpene was completed in his tenure. In a release by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh, in Uyo yesterday, the Udom Emmanuel-led administration alleged…

Due to assumed depletion of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family in Akwa Ibom State, when the former governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio left the party, Governor Udom Emmanuel has debunked such assertion, saying the party was intact in the state. He said this, while receiving the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who was on…

In Akwa Ibom State, the menace of street trading is not different from other states. The reason for this not far fetched, following the influx of people from Old Cross River State ...