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Finishing Strong: Behold the Hour Cometh…

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2026

By Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh, mnipr There are moments in a nation’s life when institutions are reminded—quietly but unmistakably—that time does not negotiate with comfort. Nigeria’s Senate, returning from the conviviality of Christmas recess and New Year reflection to the discipline of plenary, has

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The Akpabio Synthesis: An Uncommon Statesman at 63

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

By Rt Hon Eseme Eyiboh mnipr Nigeria is a country that produces noise faster than it produces true heroes. Politics here moves at a velocity that forgives very little and forgets even less. To survive is one thing. To matter is another. To matter for nearly two decades at the highest levels of public life […]

NEWS

Senate President’s office denies fake quote attributed to Akpabio, warns against online misinformation

Daily Dispatch November 3, 2025

The Office of the President of the Senate has dismissed as false and malicious a social media post circulating online that attributes a controversial statement to Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. In a statement issued on Sunday, November 2, 2025, and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, the Senate […]

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The unbreakable Akpabio: Strength in the face of falsehood

Daily Dispatch October 20, 2025

By Eseme Eyiboh In the grand theatre of Nigerian public life, where noise often masquerades as news and envy parades as activism, one truth remains constant: the measure of a leader’s vision is often revealed by the weight of the storms they must weather. The recent deeply personal attacks aimed at the President of the […]

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The Trials and Triumphs of a Resilient Nigeria’s 10th Senate

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2025

By Eseme Eyiboh In the unfolding story of Nigeria’s democracy, the Senate remains one of its most enduring symbols of institutional resilience and national balance. Beyond the spectacle of debates and the colour of political persuasion, it is the grand arena where the destiny of the nation is shaped, refined, and defended through rules, order, […]

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Akwa Ibom at 38: Politics of Unity and Non- Partisanship Driving Development

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2025

By Rt.Hon. Eseme Eyiboh Akwa Ibom State, created on September 23, 1987, by the military administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, was the outcome of years of agitation by the people of the mainland part of the former Cross River State. Since its creation, the state has been administered by 11 leaders, including Tunde Ogbeha […]