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LEADERSHIP OF NON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR EMMANUEL'S RE-ELECTION

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LEADERSHIP OF NON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR EMMANUEL'S RE-ELECTION Leaders of Non Indegenes in Akwa Ibom State to day paid a solidarity visit to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Mr Udom Emmanuel. The group which cuts across the various ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Hausa (Arewa Peoples Congress), the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, the Yoruba Community and the Ijaws declared their total support for the re-election of Mr Udom Emmanuel come 2019. The forum led by ace broadcaster and Chairman of Actors Guild of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Comrade Emmanuel Owuala (Emma Solution) extolled the Governor's strides which includes a peaceful atmosphere in Akwa Ibom, delivering on his major campaign promises, and most especially accommodating the non indegenes in his policies. The various ethnic leaders jointly condemned the recent seize of the AKHA by the opposition party in the state aided by the security agencies, stating that it was anti democratic for such things to happen to a very

EKET YOUTHS PROTEST, DEMAND SACK OF POLICE COMMISSIONER

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EKET YOUTHS PROTEST, DEMAND SACK OF POLICE COMMISSIONER - SEEK PEACE IN AKHA. By: Ifreke Udoyo Hundreds of youths in Eket LGA of Akwa Ibom State today, trooped out on the streets of Eket in a peaceful protest to secure peace in Akwa Ibom. As one of the local governments in Akwa Ibom state which is contributing to the economy of the state and Nigeria at large, the people provoked to the streets, blocking ExxonMobil facilities in the area with coffin and placards with different inscriptions portraying their resolve to embrace peace. According to the youths, their peaceful protest is to send serious signal across to the federal government and the Inspector  general of police to restore back peace in the state. The protesters , including members of all the youth associations in the area , alleged that APC in Akwa Ibom State and the Federal Government failed to find a lasting solution to the siege in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly problem. In a refined voice, the youths also c

FEYReP PARTNERS EMZOR PHARMACEUTICAL TO DEWORM AK CHILDREN

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FEYReP  PARTNERS EMZOR PHARMACEUTICAL TO DEWORM AK CHILDREN In her avowed commitment towards ensuring a healthy status for  Akwa Ibom children, the Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path-Initiative, (FEYReP), a humanitarian platform of the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel; has partnered with Emzor Pharmaceutical company and the state Ministry of Health to deworm Akwa Ibom children.  At the flagg-off  of the exercise  tagged: 2018 Akwa Ibom Children Deworming programme which held at Ibom Hall, Uyo, the wife of the governor said the programme targets deworming over 30,000 children of school age in all the 31 local government areas of the state. She said she embarked on the second phase of the exercise having taken cognizance of the fact that a healthy population translates into a wealthy state. Mrs. Emmanuel encouraged mothers to ensure they engage in deworming their wards at least twice a year, stating that children are susceptible to environmental hazar

AKHA: STAY OF EXECUTION ORDER, TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR ITUEN, OTHERS –BARR. ANDEM

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AKHA: STAY OF EXECUTION ORDER, TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR ITUEN, OTHERS –BARR. ANDEM By Umoh-Obong Kingsley The Special Assistant to the Governor Legal Matters, Barr. Ndem Andem, has described the efforts by the former member representing Itu State Constituency, Hon. Idongesit Ituen, to obtain a stay of execution from the Federal High Court in order to reverse his eviction from the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, as a move rather too late. Speaking on a live radio programme, Akwa Ibom Rising, on Inspiration FM on developing issues in the polity, Barr. Andem stated that the Stay of Execution cannot be granted on an action that has already been carried out, adding that the seat has already been deemed vacant and stay of execution cannot return Idongesit Ituen and his co-travelers back on seat. He said “The seats had already been declared vacant on Monday as provided by the Constitution of the country. "Mr.  Idongesit Ituen, and his co-travelers remain former members of the Akwa

10 Facts Highlighting Obong Attah's Contribution to Manpower Development in Akwa Ibom Airport and AKSU

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10 Facts Highlighting Obong Attah's Contribution to Manpower Development in Akwa Ibom Airport and AKSU 1. Obong Attah understood the relevance of training and equipping Akwa Ibom sons and daughters, to prepare them to become managers of the state and nation's economy in the future. 2. To birth his vision, he drafted in a team of experienced professionals to look at possibility of gathering the best in the state and sponsor them for training in the best of institutions, to prepare them for take off of the Ibom Int'l Airport as well as Akwa Ibom State University of Science and Technology 3. The window was opened for thousands of Akwa people, which over hundred were selected through a free, fair and credible process, supervised by reputable professionals in related fields 4. The selected persons were sent for training in avionics and some related fields of Engineering. One of such institutions, being the highly rated Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, in the USA, where

OBONG NSIMA EKERE PRESENTED WITH GUNS AND KNIFES DURING APC RALLY IN AKWA IBOM STATE.

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OBONG NSIMA EKERE PRESENTED WITH GUNS AND KNIFES DURING APC RALLY IN AKWA IBOM STATE. The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Nsima Ekere, was presented with guns and knifes during reception rally for president Muhammadu Buhari and him in Ikot Ekpene some weeks ago. At the occasion, Ekere was presented with a symbolic guns and knifes by the people of Ikot Ekpene in preparation of the acclaimed Warsaw war invasion of Akwa Ibom state during 2019 general elections. Speaking during the rally, Senator Akpabio who is the emerging Adolph Hitler of Akwa Ibom state seized the opportunity to intimate his kinsmen on the need to cook themselves ready for any encounter ahead of 2019 elections, as it's going to be bloody: eye for an eye and blood for blood.  " in 2019, APC will capture Akwa Ibom state like the Hitler of Poland, war will see Warsaw and Warsaw will see war. V

AN ACT OF BENEVOLENCE THAT DESERVES COMMENDATION!

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AN  ACT OF BENEVOLENCE THAT DESERVES COMMENDATION! The picture above pop-up in my wallet this evening, I felt I should share it. Perhaps it might change a perception or lifestyle, or bring humanity closer to those privileged by divinity to stand out. It is not about politics, nor about firm, but feeling the pangs of others and placing yourself in their seeming comfort, just to ascertain whether the yearning for change is a mantra in their heart. The picture is that of a ramshackled apartment made of old rusted roofing sheets, without a cemented floor and surrounded by farmland in the oil producing city of Eket. It accommodated a family of five; two girls, a boy with the mother and grandmother. Having served in a mechanized poultry farm during my NYSC, I will say with all amount of sincerity that a poultry pen is better than that living house, but it was an apartment that kept that family of five comfortably amidst the rainy, stormy and sunny seasons. No one is too poor to help anoth
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*13 Years After: Gov Emmanuel Reinstates 6 Sacked Lecturers*

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*13 Years After: Gov Emmanuel Reinstates 6 Sacked Lecturers* An agelong Labour dispute involving four Chief Lecturers and two Princpal lecturers in Akwa Ibom State College of Education, Afaha Nsit has been resolved by the State  Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel. The governor who expressed shock and disbelief on what the lectures must have gone through in 13 excruciating   years without salaries  directed that they should be reinstated, immediately. It could be recalled that 4 Chief Lecturers-  Mr. B. O. Essien,  Mr. Fidelis Ekpo, Mr. Okon Inuenwi,  Dr Mrs. Maria Eka and 2 Principal Lecturers - Mr. Akpabio Etokufot and Mr. Effiong Thompson  were accused of allegedly being behind the students' unrest in the College sometimes in 2005 and were demoted and sent to Secondary schools to teach. Having exhausted all the internal disputes resolution mechanisms available in the Public Service, the lecturers decided to approach the court to seek redress.  A partial reprieve came the way of the

2019 Ekere’s APC Governorship Primaries: APC Board Chairman enmeshed in murder, juju scandal

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2019 Ekere’s APC Governorship Primaries: APC Board Chairman enmeshed in murder, juju scandal …Drama as lawyer from Akpabio’s law firm petitions Ekere’s associate to Police An APC federal board member and chairman, the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), Hon Emma Bassey is currently enmeshed in a murder and juju scandal. Bassey, a one time House of Representative member is a close associate of Mr Nsima Ekere, the APC governorship candidate and Managing Director of NDDC. In a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State signed by Barr Patrick Umoh, the board chairman is accused of attempted murder and administering fetish oath(Mbiam) on some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC to curry support for his friend, Mr Nsima Ekere to win the 2019 APC governorship primary. Umoh, the lawyer behind the petition is a close associate of Senator Godswill Akpabio and currently works in the former Governor’s law firm. The former Governor appointed him Secretary of