By George Ozalla President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the creation of Akwa Ibom State 39 years ago was the fulfilment of the long-held aspirations of the state’s founding fathers and the people who campaigned for its creation. Akpabio stated this in a goodwill message to the government and people of Akwa Ibom […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum in the country despite the President’s extended working vacation abroad. Akpabio spoke on Tuesday in Akwa Ibom State while commissioning road projects […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited (BAT Nigeria) has marked the 2026 World Cleanup Day with an employee-led clean-up exercise at its manufacturing facility in Ibadan, Oyo State, reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible waste management. The exercise, held on September 21, brought together employees of the company who worked across […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described the late elder statesman and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as a detribalised Nigerian, great patriot and towering national figure whose contributions to the country transcended ethnic and political boundaries. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday when he […]
The Dangerous Normalisation of Leaked Private Conversations By Ken Harries, Esq. There is a point at which political contestation ceases to be an argument about ideas and becomes an assault on the very boundaries that make civil society possible. That point is reached when a private telephone conversation is allegedly recorded, extracted from its original […]
Opinion By Chukwudi George Ozalla “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”– Alice Walker Over the years, I have observed that Nigerians are very good at identifying what is wrong with the country. Almost everywhere you go, people have one complaint or another about the state […]
By George Ozalla Abuja is set to host a major gathering of media proprietors, journalists, content creators, influencers and digital entrepreneurs as the Association of Proprietors of Private Media Establishment of Nigeria (APPMEN) holds its Aso APPMEN/Content Creators 1-Day Conference 2026 on Thursday, September 24. The conference, with the theme, “Voice, Vision, Purpose,” will take […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has said the 2026 NUJ FCT Football Tournament will provide an opportunity to strengthen friendship and cooperation among journalists, security agencies, government institutions, private sector organisations and professional bodies. The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the 2026 NUJ FCT Football Competition, Ndubueze Chidoka, […]
Opinion By Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu (Ugonechora) I have been reflecting about something uncomfortable: perhaps Nigeria is not really ready for change. We constantly describe ourselves as resilient. But sometimes I wonder whether “resilience” has simply become a euphemism for adjusting to suffering. Fela called it suffering and smiling, and perhaps that is precisely what […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Africa Trading and Distribution Company (ATDC) have signed a US$500 million Global Credit facility agreement to support the trading, movement and distribution of commodities and products across African and global markets. The facility will provide ATDC with financing for the purchase and aggregation of African […]
