Tuesday, May 21, 2024

(Column) PDP BoT: A stronghold in the time of trouble By Iyke OZEMENA

The incidence of Mr. President’s 10–day medical tourism presents an opportunity for the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to criticize the President’s compliance or none of the provisions of s....

(COLUMN) LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY: SIFTING OUT DISTINGUISHED IRON SEAL LAWMAKERS -BY FRANKLYN ISONG

On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, in line with section 9(1), (2) and (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the 26-member Akwa Ibom State House...

Mark Esset Motion and The Banana Assembly

The mild drama that played out on the floor of the sixth Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Tuesday 7, March, 2017, which led to the withdrawal of a Motion...

(Column) 2019 Elections: A Journey With Thriller Pack Movies (Part I)

  I can't wait for these elections to come and go. So that peace can return to this country once again. Elsewhere elections are just means to democratically elect SERVANTS of the people...

[OPINION] FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON HOTEL: GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL GOT IT WRONG -By Franklyn...

I had thought I could stay out of trouble this week. But no! The week has just started. Today is Tuesday. A lot have happened and are happening in Akwa Ibom...

Zamfara Killings: A Vote Of No Confidence On Buhari’s Government

  Zamfara Killings: A Vote Of No Confidence On Buhari's Government ~By Franklyn Isong I had kept my cool on the ongoing genocide in Zamfara State in particular and Nigeria in general, until yesterday,...

(COLUMN) IKOT EKPENE SENATE: THE POLITICAL BAGGAGE GOV EMMANUEL MUST DROP -By Franklyn ISONG

Today is the senatorial primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state. The exercise is meant to decide who fly the flags...

(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...

Engr. Ita Awak and Akwa Ibom Seven Evil Spirits

According to my father of blessed memory, before 1960 when our British colonial masters granted us independence, the people of Calabar Province which is now Akwa Ibom, had existed as brother’s...

Redefining Akwa Ibom Information Strategy

  Redefining Akwa Ibom Information Strategy By Franklyn ISONG The Akwa Ibom State Government declared yesterday, Saturday, May 25, 2019 as a statewide environmental sanitation exercise. Though, I have issues with any act of...