Editorials

The legal counsels of Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State have adduced reasons why the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Umana Okon Umana’s ambition of becoming the Governor of the State will not see the light of day. The Akwa Ibom State governorship election petition …

Recently, I have tried to keep off certain public issues, especially when same has traits of a political background. And if i have to do otherwise, I try to be very calculative on how and where I get involved. Reason(s) being centred on my understanding that in a state like …

…’We are solidly behind you’—Lawmakers …As PDP assures Udom of a second term ticket if he indicates interest in 2019 Members of the sixth assembly of The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, have unanimously resolve that the current legislature will not engage the executive arm led by governor Udom …

28TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATE CREATION AND LAUNCH OF DAKKADA CAMPAIGN – DECLARATION OF WORK FREE DAY In commemoration of the 28th Anniversary of the creation of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, the Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has declared Wednesday, 23rd September, 2015 as a work free day in the State. …

  PRESS RELEASE 21st September, 2015  DSS FOUND NO FIRE ARMS, FOREIGN CURRENCY IN AK GOVT HOUSE Akwa Ibom Government has again stated that no firearm nor currency of any kind was discovered during the recent raid of Government House, Uyo by some agents of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) …

The African American Institute came to town recently. As part of the package of their annual conference I was requested to give a keynote on the future of education in Africa. I was not quite sure of the effect of what I said to those in the audience, but I …

With the current situation of things in our country Nigeria, and the extremism by which our political actors have deployed into the game to ensure that they get into power, it has therefore become imperative and duty bound to remind our dear and amiable Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Mr …

I had remained a frequent but reluctant visitor to Akwa Ibom State till 2007 having taken habitation in Lagos since the early 90’s. My reluctance to return to the State was informed by the slow pace of development, decrepit infrastructure, pristine condition and literal lack of opportunities. Apart from the …

My attention has just been drawn to a false and malicious publication in a recent edition of the weekend guide where I Dr EmemAbasi Bassey, the immediate past Commissioner for Health was quoted as saying that equipment in the recently commissioned Ibom Specialist Hospital were hired. To set the records …

An Akwa Ibom-born two-star general, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Frank Bassey Nyoyoko, has emerged the lone survivor in last week’s shake-up in which the Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) three of the four Commands of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were redeployed. In what is increasingly looking like a return to …