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…I’m doing it for Jesus, not politics, says Iboro Johnny By Ifiokabasi Abia Abak, Akwa Ibom State – November 2025 Stakeholders of Abak Local Government Area have showered encomiums on Engr. Iboro Johnny for his remarkable efforts in facilitating the 70-kilometre road construction project in Uruk Uso, Abak Local Government Area. During a courtesy visit and project inspection, the former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Ekpo, commended Engr. Johnny for his uncommon commitment to community development, describing him as a man who places humanity above self-enrichment and personal gain. “These projects are not about politics. You have chosen a life of service,” Mr. Ekpo stated, urging others to emulate Engr. Johnny’s passion for development and his dedication to improving the living standards of his people. Also speaking, Rt. Hon. Friday Iwok, a former lawmaker, lauded Engr. Johnny’s developmental vision, noting that the road network will significantly ease the transportatio...

   BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE In the Biafran dialogues, I have posited that Biafran actors have been de-marketing and undermining Nigeria as a Nation. Their actions should never be considered benign.   They have become a clear and present danger to our corporate existence as a people. They are starting a bush fire and don’t care who gets incinerated. This is to fulfill their anarchy ideology.   Recent events have confirmed my summation and concerns about Biafra that will never go away.   For fear that they will call someone Igbo hater has made it difficult to discuss this elephant in the room.   A group of Igbo officers in the US army wrote the letter that made Donald Trump tell the world he wants to invade Nigeria. He will make it so sweet because he will have special bullets that will know the difference between Christians and non-Christians.   What the Biafrans are doing is beyond treason. There are soldiers from all over the world in the United States Arm...

  By Ekemini James Governor Umo Eno’s commitment to ensuring a merit-based civil service recruitment has taken another major leap today, Tuesday, November 4, 2025, as the main Computer-Based Test (CBT) examinations for civil service applicants officially commence. The process which marks the begining of what promises to be one of the most transparent recruitment exercises in the history of the state's civil service is taking place at the CBT centre, located within the Idongesit Nkanta Secretariat complex, Uyo. Invitations to participate in the examination are being sent out in batches, ensuring that every qualified applicant has an opportunity to participate in due course. This indeed is a new dawn in the Governor’s quest to build a civil service anchored on competence, fairness, and integrity.  This approach also demonstrates the inclusive leadership style of the current administration which ensures that, everyone irrespective of political affiliation, background or connectio...

  BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE When I write about thorny issues of Biafra, the proponents of Biafra always tell me my observation is one-sided. This makes me laugh. What have they been doing since the end of the war? They have been telling a one sided story. I can’t help it but laugh. What were they expecting from me? Were they expecting a love letter that extols their braggadocio? Were they expecting me to accept the lies and grandiosity of Mr. Kanu? This is ridiculous.   Nigerians are beginning to counter the lies that the Biafrans have been telling their children. These people are disturbed that the only answer they have is emotional subterfuge that short circuits the observation that led to our present discontent.   Telling me that they are angry does not become a corollary to the facts that created our present history. Most things the current Biafrans say are not factual and they Know it and also stretch the truth that makes any third party and independent observer give the...

  When I write about thorny issues of Biafra, the proponents of Biafra always tell me my observation is one-sided. This makes me laugh. What have they been doing since the end of the war? They have been telling one sided stories. I can’t help it but laugh. What were they expecting from me? Were they expecting a love letter that extols their braggadocio? Were they expecting me to accept the lies and grandiosity of Mr Kanu? This is ridiculous.    Nigerians are beginning to counter the lies that the Biafrans have been telling their children. These people are emotionally disturbed that the only answer they have is emotional subterfuge that short circuits the observation that led to our present discontent. Telling me that they are angry does not become a corollary to the facts that created our present history.    Most things the current Biafrans say are not factual and they Know it and also stretch the truth that makes any third party and independent observer give th...

  BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   There is no deliberate policy to kill Christians. The crisis in the North since the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70’s and today is about land. The Hausa and other natives have the land and the Fulani people have no land.   The military throughout the past years tried to use government decrees to forcefully take land from the natives and give it to Fulani. One of those laws is the Land Use Decree authored by Olusegun Obasanjo.   Still, the natives resisted it. It is this struggle for land that led to various crises. The Fulani people are nomads. They used to be transient and seasonal visitors. Due to climate change and other modern issues, they now see the need for livestock settlements.  They have also become desperate.   Those using cow dung as manure for their farms are now hostile because the Fulani people are staying longer and beginning to have an attachment to the land that was not there. They tried very hard to use the military and t...

  The First Senior Advocate from Bayelsa State, Chief Anthony George-Ikoli, on Sunday described Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a paragon of virtue, compassion, and elegance. ‘’We will congregate on Friday, November 28, 2025, in Lagos to bid a fond farewell to a luminary whose radiance illuminated our lives for 93 extraordinary years. My mother, a paragon of virtue, compassion, and elegance, leaves behind a legacy that transcends mortal bounds. In an emotional tribute, the former Bayelsa State Attorney General called Elsie Ajayi Ikoli the epicenter of the family, the thread that stitched them together with love, laughter, and tears. "Like a sunrise that banishes the shadows, her presence brightened our lives, casting a warm glow that will forever be etched in our hearts. Her love knew no limits, her kindness unbridled, and her generosity boundless. She was the epicenter of our family, the thread that stitched us together with love, laughter, and tears’’. The foremost lawyer talked abou...