By PHILIP AGBESE In every constitutional democracy, the legitimacy of law does not rest on sentiment or speed, but on process. Laws derive their authority not merely from political will or popular approval, but from scrupulous adherence to the procedures laid down by the Constitution and statute. It is against this background that recent publ...
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State In his outing during the week at the Government House, Port Harcourt, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, added a fresh concern to a question that is literally on the lips of every Rivers State resident, as well as others with interest in the affairs of the oil-rich […]
•Natasha and Akpabio The jaundiced reportage by OPR News purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is necessary, in the interest of accuracy and ...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Olanipekun Olukoyede shook the headlines when he threatened to throw in the towel if the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello wasn’t prosecuted for the alleged embezzlement of public funds to the tune of about N80.2 billion naira. In his words: “If ...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Over the weekend the internet was abuzz with the “news” that the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio had suddenly collapsed, rushed in an air ambulance and flown to London where he was admitted into the intensive care unit of an unnamed London hospital. They claimed he was battling f...
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life is an […]
•Senate President Godswill Akpabio Yesterday, Friday, December 5, 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unf...
•Gov Eno hosting the National President of the NUJ, Comrade Alhassan Yahya Abdul When public discourse becomes clouded by misinformation, it becomes the duty of right-thinking citizens to set the record straight. The recent claim by Mr Mojeed Misikilu of the International Press Institute (IPI) alleging “media repression” in Akwa Ibom State und...
•Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State The recent report by the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigeria, authored by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times alleging an unfounded “Media Repression” in Akwa Ibom State under the leadership of His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, Ph.D, Governor of Akwa Ibom State is clearly misinforming, b...
•Trump and Ozigbo SIR: There is a video of me in 2018, when I first chaired Unusual Praise in Lagos — long before my foray into politics. That year, our leadership chose to dedicate the project to raising awareness and support for our brothers and sisters in Benue State, who had become victims of relentless […]

