AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER, MINISTRY OF NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, SENATOR GODSWILL AKPABIO ON THE ABANDONED CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EKPARAKWA, UKANAFUN, AZUMINI-ABA HIGHWAY. The Honourable Minister Sir, It is with great sense of respect to your highly revered office as the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs […] More
Regina Udobong, a retired senior staff of ExxonMobil is set to institute another suit against Mfon Abia, a separated staff of same organization, to enforce an earlier judgement of Akwa Ibom State High Court that awarded N500, 000 damages against the latter over her libelous publication against the former. Mrs Udobong, who was plaintiff in […] More
JULY 30 will likely remain historic. It marked the first time a prominent private citizen, Udom Inoyo, publicly give fillip to Governor Udom Emmanuel’s war against criminal cults in Akwa Ibom State. The state government’s definite stance against cults came to the force with legal spine in March 2018 through an Executive Order signed to […] More
Udom’s Maintain Peace Movement and 2023 Challenges—by Ufok Ibekwe The next General Election in the country is scheduled to commence on 18th February 2023 according INEC timetable released sometime in April this year. That is barely 18 months from now. Before then, there will be other pre-election buildup activities, such as holding of congresses and […] More
Inoyo’s New Renaissance Message and the Scramblers As the 2023 general elections draw closer, PDP gubernatorial aspirants in Akwa Ibom have started intensive mobilization by consulting widely to facilitate their chances of clenching victory at the primaries and eventually emerging as the flag bearer of the party in the State. Various groups and structures are […] More
What Gov Udom Should Do About Calabar- Itu Highway Horror Traveling through Calabar -Itu highway this day is like fearfully passing through the valley of the shadow of death. You can only know when you commence the journey with no certainty on when you will reach your destination. The road which can aptly be described […] More
Nigeria in tangled web of insecurity——by Ufok Ibekwe The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing—Edmund Burke Nigeria is currently caught in a tangled web of frightening security challenges. Like an evil spider web that signifies a bad omen and possible birth of a horrifying event, the […] More
IBOM 2023: The Big Task Before Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman —by Ufok Ibekwe “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. ” – Nelson Mandela Only few politicians in Akwa Ibom have the capacity to be calm, collected, intelligent, focused and yet successful like the newly elected PDP […] More
