By Udo Silas “Hello, Chairman? Thank you for moving our friend’s wife into Electoral Operations, as discussed. A household broom sweeps more obediently than a borrowed one.” “Minister, this telephone has ears.” “Then let them hear hymns. Your announcement that the coming election belongs to God was magnificent.” “It was an expression of faith.” “Precisely. Give the people heaven; they will stop auditing earth. Their God is the last court where adjournments require no transport fare.” “You make prayer sound like anaesthesia.” “Only when the surgeon needs silence.” “And the temporary election workers?” “I have arranged the counterfeit corps members.…
Author: Ini Sam
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has barred its personnel from escorting politicians during campaigns for the 2027 general elections, warning against the use of official vehicles and sirens for political activities and private engagements. The directive was issued by the Zonal Commanding Officer of RS6, ACM Abimbola Owolabi, during her maiden visit to the Cross River State Command in Calabar on Wednesday. Owolabi warned that FRSC patrol vehicles and sirens must not be deployed for political activities or private engagements, including weddings and funeral processions. She directed officers assigned to campaign venues to concentrate exclusively on traffic management to…
Amnesty International has condemned the arrest, detention and four-year prison sentence imposed on 23-year-old journalist Farida Isiak in Kaduna State, describing the development as vindictive and an attempt to silence criticism of police conduct. Isiak, a reporter with Nagarta Radio in Kaduna, was reportedly arrested around 10 p.m. on Monday, October 20, by police officers under the command of the Divisional Police Officer of Mararaban Jos, Usman Adamu. According to Amnesty International, the incident began with a disagreement between Isiak’s mother and a neighbour over ₦100 change during a charcoal sale. Police officers initially arrested her mother and later detained…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, over comments on President Bola Tinubu’s re-election prospects, urging him to focus on the economic hardship confronting Nigerians. HURIWA said Oyedele should concentrate on his economic responsibilities rather than make statements projecting Tinubu’s chances of securing a second term in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, the association said Nigerians needed practical answers to rising living costs, high petrol prices and declining purchasing power instead of assurances about the expectations of…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two suspects in separate operations in Uyo, recovering a large quantity of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and cable wires. The arrests were made on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, following intelligence about alleged illicit drug sales and a report of theft, according to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John. In the first operation, police operatives arrested a suspect identified as Gideon David at about 9:30 p.m. along Aka Itiam Street in Uyo Local Government Area. The operation followed intelligence about the alleged sale of illicit…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated four national commissioners and two resident electoral commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fill vacancies arising from the expiration of existing tenures. The nominations were announced in a State House press release issued on Friday, October 16, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. According to the statement, the Senate will scrutinise all the nominees ahead of their confirmation. President Tinubu has also reappointed Dr Bala Bila as the national commissioner representing the North-East geopolitical zone. The newly nominated national commissioners include Professor Mustapha…
By Ofonime Honesty Almost every attempt to restore sanity and order in society faces stiff, hydra-headed resistance from those accustomed to disorder and chaos. Recently, I was at Ibom Plaza when the Uyo Capital City Development Authority (UCCDA) anti-street trading enforcement team arrived with police officers. They came in their vehicles. They came with the law in their hands. They came to meet roadside traders who had blatantly refused to relocate into designated stalls inside the plaza or other approved markets after a grace period. The traders were defiant. But the UCCDA team was not moved. They had watched the…
-Orders Withdrawal of Official Car, Security -As Helen Runs to Remi Tinubu for Intervention -Helen ‘Crops Out’ Father’s Image in Cryptic Social Media Post The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Umo Eno, has suspended his eldest daughter, Lady Helen Obareki, as the Coordinator, Office of the First Lady, Akwa Ibom State, The Guide Newspaper can authoritatively report. The governor has also allegedly locked out the daughter from the office of the First Lady and ordered the withdrawal of her official car and security details. It can be recalled that the governor’s daughter was appointed Senior Special Assistant to the…
President Bola Tinubu has announced that he will not attend every All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally ahead of the 2027 general election, a move that may shut the possibility of the President visiting Akwa Ibom State before the end of his first tenure. It can be recalled that the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, had repeatedly announced that the President would be visiting the state to commission some projects as part of the state anniversary celebration. But The Guide Newspaper reported that President Tinubu had rejected pleas from Pastor Umo Eno, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio…
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, that transactions totalling ₦1.425 billion were carried out for foreign exchange purchases between December 15, 2021, and February 21, 2022. The witness, Jamilu Abdullahi, a bureau de change operator who testified as Prosecution Witness 19 (PW19), said the foreign currencies purchased through the transactions were delivered to Abba Adaudu. Abdullahi gave the testimony on Thursday, October 15, 2026, before Justice Maryanne Anineh while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN. Explaining the…