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There is a revolution, a silent, noiseless revolution, that is going on in Akwa Ibom State now. And because it is not cacophonous or ear-splitting many people within the state may not have noticed its birth or its flowering.

Akpo Esajere (1954-2024) exited not in the bloom of youth at 70, but his influence outdid his final deadline. His legacy grips memories and imaginations, binding hearts and minds, and making his transition at 70 premature.

When the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, was asked to step aside by President Bola Tinubu, on January 8, the allegation against her was as clear as daylight, no equivocations around it.

Mr. President, last Friday I turned 60. There was no ceremony, just as you chose to remove festivities from yours recently. I heard some friends are still flexing muscles to do that at their convenience.

As Nigerians grapple with the latest hike in electricity tariffs, soaring from N66 to N225 per kilowatt, concerns arise regarding its implications on the effective delivery of essential public services. 

The book reviewer, Wale Adebanwi, a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, said the book is about the issue of meritocracy.

It is said that when Chief (Dr.) Chukwuemeka Ezeife died on December 14, 2023 at the ripe age of 86, Nigeria’s progressive community felt the loss the most, quite apart from his immediate surviving family – the respectable Ezeife dynasty

Today I celebrate an erudite scholar, a cerebral intellectual; an effective teacher; a very humane individual and indeed a deep thinker and philosopher of the Poststructuralist bent who is an embodiment of everything that have been said by greatest philosophers.

In January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo Mumuni, both senior lawyers; and I wrote to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), inviting it “to investigate the allegations of fraud detailed by the two committees set up by President Goodluck Jonathan in the wake of the 2012 fuel subsidy crisis.” It failed to do so.

The idea of our returning to the Parliamentary system of government is seriously being mulled. This is as a result of the frustrations the country has been experiencing since 1979 when we embraced the American Presidential system.

My essay entitled ‘’Glorification of Igho Natufe as an octogenarian’’ which ran for the immediate past two Fridays was officially concluded last Friday. Even though I didn’t say several necessary or pertinent things

Not content with his primary responsibility as FCT minister, Wike claims he single-handedly installed Siminalayi Fubara former accountant-general of the state as his successor, yet he wouldn’t allow him a breather to operate.