Tag: Etim Etim
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Nyesom Wike: His style, achievements and the fate of FCT workers – By Etim Etim
President Tinubu is obviously impressed by the many infrastructural projects Nyesom Wike has built in the last 18 months as the 17th minister of the FCT. A drive around the city reveals the extent of his accomplishments in the sheer number of roads and bridges he’s been able to build in such short period of…
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Umo Eno, ADA and the politics of 2027 – By Etim Etim
Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State was formally received into APC on Saturday, June 21, in a huge rally in Uyo; attended by dignitaries from across the country, including Vice President Kashim Shetima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; 21 APC governors; NWC members and other party chieftains.
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PDP: The plot thickens – By Etim Etim
Those who are still in doubt about the fate of the PDP and why some of its elected officials are decamping to other parties should read a letter written by INEC last week to the party’s National Chairman.
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What next shall we name after Tinubu? – By Etim Etim
FCT Minister Nyesome Wike spent a whopping N39 billion to renovate the International Conference Centre in Abuja and renamed it Bola Tinubu International Conference Center in continuation of the administration’s craze to name everything after the president.
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Umo Eno’s defection: The excitement, anxiety and expectations – By Etim Etim
The defection of Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State from PDP to APC on Friday was not a surprise, after all. I first got wind wind of the plan since last year, and since then, I have written two articles on it.
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Banks’ profits, charges and customers’ complaints – By Etim Etim
Grumbling about banks’ profit is a favourite Nigerian pastime that gets louder and louder in the first quarter of the year when their financial performance for the previous year is announced. But lately, the grumblers have shifted attention to bank charges, with some arguing that the lenders are too profitable and should waive
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ETIM ETIM: Aniefiok Festus Udott, August 9, 1961 – April 15, 2025
It feels so surreal that I am writing Aniefiok’s eulogy. Ani and I were born in the same year –just four months apart; grew up in the same town; attended the same secondary school and university and lived in Lagos at the same time. We were your typical childhood friends, and so I took it…
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Contradictions, agony and implications for pan Africanism – By Etim Etim
Although the rest of Africa seems to have forgotten about the crisis and wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some scholars, intellectuals and thinkers from the continent are continually engrossed in finding the pathways to resolving the perennial problems in the continent’s largest country. Last weekend,
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Watch out! Our women are fighting back – By Etim Etim
Since late February when Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan nearly brought down the roof of the Senate, wagging her finger at the Senate President and shouting, ‘’I’m not afraid of you’’, Nigerian women have found
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Why African countries should trade amongst themselves – By Etim Etim
Africans could be incredibly hard on themselves. We complain about bad leadership, corruption, economy, the weather and even our accent. But the continent continues to record noticeable achievements in key