Editorials

1st August, 2014 His Excellency Dr. Godswill Obot Akpabio Office of the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State Government House Uyo. Sir, THOMAS THOMAS AND THE NEED TO PROVE BOOKMAKERS WRONG Akwa Ibom State is a society in transition, seeking perfection in every facet. Though such perfections are practically impossible, …

All Akwa Ibom Gubernatorial Aspirants WHY YOU WILL NOT BE OUR GOVERNOR: WE are tired of ungubernatorial speeches For weeks I have been contemplating writing this letter, but discarded the idea 12 times. But since Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka says that, ‘The man dies in all who keep silent in the …

  On Thursday 31 July, 2014 the Presidential Committee on Victim Support Fund in pursuit of one her cardinal mandate held a fund raising dinner to raise funds for victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. During the visit of Malala to the president, the decision to put in …

Chief Assam Ekanem Assam SAN is a study in political inconsistency. His condition has become very peculiar that even his good morning greetings require the receiver’s verification before reply. But since he is an intelligent man, a lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, there are still a few unsuspecting members …

A friend and comrade brother, Franklyn Isong, recently expressed his displeasure and frustration with the government owned, censored and controlled Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation (AKBC), I can understand his grudge not just as a celebrated journalist but as a publisher of one of the leading newspapers in Akwa Ibom State …

THE TIME TO RESCUE AKWA IBOM STATE IS NOW! When I first heard the story from those who attended the event, my immediate reaction was that of utter disbelief. I disbelieved because I found it extremely difficult to imagine that a sane and emotionally stable person holding such an exalted …

It is a litany of sad tales. From the odious to the unexpected. Outrageous and bizarre to the tenth degree. Grave enough to prick the mothers heart of the founder of the Family Life Enhancement Initiative and First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Her Excellency, Mrs Ekaette Unoma Akpabio. Here …

I read with absolute shock, the recent social media broadcast by my friend and brother, Hon. Robinson Uwak, member representing Oron Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives . He started by saying , “My fellow brothers in the struggle”, those he described as the people with ‘Oro blood.’ and …

Whenever there is a discourse on the thoughts of African political thinkers-namely, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, known for his Philosophical Consciencism, Nnamdi Azikiwe known for his Neo-Welfarism, Leopold Senghor (Negritude), Obafemi Awolowo, (Democratic Socialism), Julius Nyeyere (Ujaama), there is also a man whose name readily comes to mind and who …

Thomas Thomas is a big fish in the ocean of Akwa Ibom Journalism, whatever the divide you stand. His arrest and subsequent prosecution by the Akwa Ibom State Government has elicited protests in some quarters, akin to the #Bring back our girls campaign. On a personal level, I have been …