The majesty of the moment is that the Governor epitomises a fresh faith in the old dream of the creation of Akwa Ibom.

Gus was exhibiting a sense of injured pride. He felt like a man who had accomplished his mission well and acquitted himself diligently and elegantly, and then, just in the last step and moment, was now being forced to experience an embarrassment that was totally avoidable.

I submit that the power to appoint or recommend for appointment ju dicial officers vested in NJC by Section 158[1] of the Constitution and Paragraph 21[a] and [g] of the Third Schedule to the Constitution includes the power to remove or suspend such judicial officers: See Section 11[1][b] of the Interpretation Act, which provides: When an enactment confers a power to appoint a person either to an office or to exercise any functions, whether for a specified period or not, the power includes

It may sound like a fairy tale but some decades ago, stories were told about school children being slammed with all manner of punishment for speaking Igbo language in the classroom!

HOw sweet the sound of victory is! It is even sweeter when the victory is won “home and away” like the Brazilian team of USA ’94 would do to any team that crosses their path. Such was the mood from Uyo to Calabar, Port Harcourt to Lagos and Abuja to other parts Nigeria when, on Friday, September 15, the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar upheld the election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State. And the victory sound was blared from all corners of the world, blowing the good news across the lands and waters of Africa.