BUHARI’S RE-ELECTION BID: MATTERS ARISING

By Joe Iniodu   President Buhari’s declaration to re-contest for second term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a classic example of lack...

CONSOLIDATING THE CHANGE REVOLUTION

By Ukpong Ukpong “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains”. - Rosa Luxemburg Nothing inspires more than success and there is no motivation...

A MOTION ON THE NEED TO MAKE THE TEACHING OF OUR...

SPONSOR: RT.HON (ELDER) ANIEKAN UKO Mr. Speaker/Distinguish Colleagues, THE HOUSE: ■ Notes that language is a very important means in the preservation and transmission of one's...

UDOM’S ONE YEAR OF ALTRUISTIC SERVICE

By Joe Iniodu At the approach of one year, many chief executives of States caught the fever of trepidation. The reason drawn from elementary...

UBONG EKPAI’S QUEST FOR GOALS

by Ukpong UKPONG Aside scoring the spectacular lone goal that saw Super Eagles soaring over the Brazilian national team during a recent international friendly, soccer...

GOVERNOR EMMANUEL: LEADING SOUTH-EAST/SOUTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION

  It seems to fit the idiom, “the more the merrier”. Put differently or more succinctly, “the bigger the better”. This seems to be the...

MONTY: A STUDY SPECIMEN AND AN ASSET TO AKWA IBOM STATE

By Kufre Umoefon As Akwaibomites, we will forever remain thankful to God who has generously bestowed so much on us as a people. We are...

THIS DREAM MUST NOT DIE

By Olukorede YISHAU He had a dream that one day all the billions of dollars we lose every year to medical trips abroad will become...

ASUQUO OKPO, ORON PEOPLE AND NDDC APPOINTMENTS

By N.T.A.EFO Feelers reaching me show that the battle for the post of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,...

EXCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP: THE FELIX EMMANSON BRAND

By Kufre UMOEFON It is an incontestable reality that God, in his known magnanimity does not starve any generation of leaders who, in total...

AKWA IBOM : GOV EMMANUEL PRIORITIZING WORKERS WELFARE IN THE FACE...

He is christened the Workers-friendliest Governor, a title very deserving of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, due to his strong and...

AS OSITA CHIDOKA SEEKS FOR SOLUTIONS OUTSIDE THE PDP

By Chief Otu Ita-Toyo I met and grew to respect Osita Chidoka when he was introduced to us by a kind Akwa Ibom professional...

ADVERTORIAL

ENOIDEM AND GLOBAL ACCORD’S GROSS PROFESSIONAL MISCHIEF: MATTERS ARISING

By Dan ETOKIDEM There is a Yoruba saying that the dog that would be lost would never hear the hunter's whistle. But the hunter must...

FOR THE LOVE OF RT. HON. SAM IKON: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Ladies and Gentlemen, Permit me once again to dwell on this issue that has been trending since Last Week. It is worthy of note...

PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON SHARES DARK SECRETS – THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ASO...

Reuben Abati, former Presidential spokesperson has written an expository article on the Aso rock presidential villa and its many problems. People tend to be...

UDOM INOYO: REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY

By Eric Ekwere People have asked me both privately and publicly why I admire Mr. Udom Inoyo that I choose to celebrate now as if...

ANOTHER EXECUTIVE – LEGISLATURE FEUD LOOMS

There were indications yesterday that the executive and the legislature may be heading for yet another showdown as the the Senate took certain drastic...

ITU/IBIONO 2019: IME OKON’s INSECURITY

By Ubong SAMPSON In a political season such as this, every participating factor acts his role of participation according to the definition of his interest-...

International Women Day: Jubilee Syringe Braces Trail In Gender Equality

By Godwin BENSON "We need women’s representation that reflects all women and girls in all their diversity and abilities,...

IKOT EKPENE FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY SEAT: WHAT SENATOR AKPABIO TOLD ME

I have been longing for a while to interview the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State and presently the Senate Minority Leader, Senator...

Cabinet list: Is Udom Really In A Dilemma?

By Udo SILAS These are interesting times in the politics and governance of Akwa Ibom State. Akwa Ibom is usually a boisterous political community where...

THE GRAVE DIGGERS

By Ray Ekpu What happened at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in Uyo a few days ago was a tragic twist of irony....

UNDERSTANDING UDOM EMMANUEL’S ECONOMIC TEMPLATE

Otobong SAMPSON In one of his visits to Akwa Ibom State, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, thoroughly impressed with the economic vision of Mr. Udom Emmanuel described...

YOU CANNOT BE THE ACCUSER, THE LAWYER AND THE JUDGE

By Chief Wole OLANIPEKUN, SAN (OFR)   Some people don’t know and some pretend not to know that law has its technicalities-both civil and criminal proceedings....

Saving AKWA SAVINGS & LOANS LIMITED

…the need to entrench corporate governance, accountability By Ukpong UKPONG It was a good step taken by the new management of ailing...

2019: ENOIDEM IS A TRUE PARTY MAN,  HAS NOT PLOTTED TO...

Ahead of the 2019 elections, there are sinister plots against politicians and Political office holders in Akwa Ibom State, which we are not ignorant...

GOVERNOR UDOM EMMANUEL: UPHOLDING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMIDST COVID-19 FIGHT

    Throughout the Bible, every King that ever succeeded attained such feat through uncompromising obedience to the Almighty God, and the principle has not changed...

OBONG PAUL EKPO’S UNDENIABLE SIGNATURE IN PARTY STEWARDSHIP  

    By Winifred Udosen       Obong Paul Asuquo ‘Politics’ Ekpo is a household name synonymous with loyalty, perseverance, team spirit, and forthrightness in service.       His several years of...

UDOM EMMANUEL VERSUS THE MASKED MEN

By Otobong SAMPSON Blood, death and sorrow were in large supply during the All Progressive Congress(APC) governorship primaries in Akwa Ibom which held on Sunday,...

OPEN LETTER ABOUT THE BAD CONDITION OF -URUTIN,EYEDE-OTIEKE-OFFI-NSIE ROADs-IN-OKOBO,AKWA-IBOM…(a-call-for urgent-intervention)

ABSTRACT By Victor Paul Unoh Development of rural roads brings multiple socio-economic benefits to the rural areas which form a strong base of the National economy...

RE: MANY BATTLES OF NDDC BOSS: AN EASTWARD VIEW

By Etekamba Umoren This is in direct reference to a piece as captioned above published on page 18 of Thisday Newspapers in Midweek Politics column...

OKPOLUPM ETTEH: YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE

  By N.T.A. Efo   Okpolupm Ikpong Ikpong Etteh, three-time member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and Commissioner for Special Duties, turns 50, on...