Tuesday, April 30, 2024

REIGNERS PROBE PANEL: GOV EMMANUEL IN A TIGHTROPE -BY FRANKLYN ISONG

Yesterday, Akwa Ibom State Government stunned the people of the state with a press release issued by its Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Charles Udoh, titled: “IMPLEMENTATION OF REPORT ON REIGNERS...

The Conflict between the Property Bill and the Nigerian Constitution (Part 4)

In this Part 4 of my commentaries on the Real Property Charge Bill, 2016, being sponsored by the member representing Esit Eket/Ibeno state constituency in the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly,...

NDDC: Can this board make the difference?

Amid allegations of mismanagement at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, government sacked the last Board and appointed a sole administrator to run the place. However, there is a renewed hope that...

[Opinion] PDP Is Old “Religion” In Akwa Ibom -By Franklyn Isong

“We gather today to affirm our belief that PDP is a Religion in Akwa Ibom State…” Akwa Ibom PDP state chairman, Mr Paul Ekpo, declaring at the flag off of PDP...

2023: Akwa Ibom Needs A Carpenter As Governor

2023: Akwa Ibom Needs A Carpenter As Governor By Franklyn Isong The State seems broken down unrepairable. Things seem not working as it...

CJN ARRAIGNMENT: I STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION ~By Franklyn ISONG

  The federal government through Code of Conduct Bureau had given indication to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct Tribunal...

(OPINION) IS OSHIOMHOLE TAKING APC TO THE RED SEA? -By Franklyn Isong

    “Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The deep waters have covered them; they sank to...

{OPINION} Akwa Ibom Lawmaker, Hate Speech And Mkpat Enin Constituents, By Franklyn Isong

  At first, I dismissed as untrue reports insinuating that the Member representing me, vis-à-vis; the people of Mkpat Enin state constituency in the sixth Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mr...

NDDC ABANDONED PROJECTS: WHAT DOES UDOM GOVERNMENT WANT? (PART ONE) -BY FRANKLYN ISONG

Oh! Akwa Ibom. My coinage from “Oh! Uyo” (with apologies to former Governor Godswill Akpabio). A state with a people perpetually at war against itself. A people accursed with the seven...

(OPINION) On The Military Incursion In Zimbabwe -By Franklyn ISONG

Even when a coup is the worst approach to solving the Zimbabwe political crisis, I believe Mr Robert Mugabe had abused the fabric of democratic system and thus deserved to be...