Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom's hotel management U-turn draws criticism while Edo local government chairman praises new funding arrangements, highlighting contrasting governance challenges across Nigerian states.

Families in three Akwa Ibom communities live metres from continuous gas flares, facing severe air and water contamination that highlights the environmental cost of Nigeria's oil extraction practices.

The ruling All Progressives Congress confronts a paradox: consolidating power in Abuja while losing ground in strategic states, revealing fractures that could reshape the 2027 electoral landscape.