The House of Representatives last Thursday adopted at plenary, a report of its Committee on Emergency and Preparedness Response, chaired by Hon. Ali Isa from Gombe State. 

Reading the Punch Newspaper editorial, titled “Stopping Army-Shiites’ bloody clashes” gives one the impression that all Nigerians will act rationally and that the appeal in the piece would be taken to heart by all. Such desire is prompted by the knowledge that Nigerians behave alike; we have a tendency to fidget until the fire gets out of hand and singe us before we resort to lamenting “had I know”. The proper thing is not to prevaricate but to take decisive stand for the overall good at all time. This is the time to stop the Army-Shiites clashes before a successor to Boko Haram terrorist group emerges.

Nature is undoubtedly known to have its periodic ways of bringing up rare and unusually gifted individuals for the liberation of their people from economic and political oppression. 

Though Akwa Ibom State was created over two decades ago, it barely came to national and international consciousness under former Governor Godswill Akpabio.

About a decade ago, the prospect of Nigerians enjoying world class digital terrestrial television remained an elusive dream as the country trailed behind other developing and developed nations in this area.