ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Sunday Antai I was still working on a different topic for this column when some young people chose to honour fathers last Sunday, during our church meeting. I thought it was some kind of joke when their president, in as respectful a manner as he could muster, requested all fathers in the house…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Des Wilson “In a successful marriage, there is no such thing as one’s way. There is only the way of both, only the bumpy, dusty, difficult, but always mutual path.” Phyllis McGinley – The Province of the Heart Each day Nigerians make a case for their self-destruction through acts that are clearly out…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe University of Calabar (Unical) Law Class of 1987 on Saturday, June 8, 2024, reunited in Uyo, renewing the strong bonds they shared during their university days. The inaugural meeting was hosted by a Justice of Appeal Court, Abuja, Honourable Justice Okon Efreti Abang, who was one of the 96 graduands of the Class…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Ernest Udoh-Robert Until we reinvent a Nigerian democracy or refashion it to suit our peculiar circumstances, we would be simply wasting our time and creating opportunities for those who would steal political power and wreak havoc on the country. The military era ended in 1999, marking a watershed moment in the political history…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Akwa Ibom State Government has announced that any structure built on the water ways, which does not allow for proper drainage, will be demolished to avoid collapse of buildings or flood. The Deputy Governor, Senator (Dr) Akon Eyakenyi, who is the Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), made this known on…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Nomination closes Sept. 20 By Samuel Abasiekong-Abasiekong Election stakeholders June 4 2024 rose from a meeting held with the Akwa Ibom State Independence Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) with the resolution to conduct election into the Local Government Councils in the State on Saturday, 26th October, 2024. Official statement released by AKISIEC and signed by its…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Rudolf Okonkwo Rarely do I feel like interfering in the affairs of men in your place of aboard. But I have been itching to write you since July of 2013 when you tactically referred to Patience Jonathan, the wife of President Jonathan, as a hippopotamus. I cringed as your admirers cheered you to…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesYouths from Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have visited the PDP State Chairman, Elder Aniekan Akpan, to counter a recent protest by a few individuals from Ikpe Ward 1. The youths reiterated that the chairmanship zoning arrangement in Ini LGA has always been between Zones A and B, to promote peace…
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Edet Ekpo Bassey Uwe Educational Foundation (EEBUEF), has awarded N1.1m worth of scholarships to eleven deserving students of Oro Nation. The award ceremony took place at the Villa Hilton Hotel, Uyo, on Tuesday, when the Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria, USA (AKISAN-USA), splashed nearly scholarships to 140 Akwa Ibom Students. According to…
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has assented to the National Anthem Bill 2024 reverting to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”. “This morning, Mr President signed into an Act of Parliament, the newly passed National Anthem 2024,” Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said today at a joint session of the National Assembly marking the…
