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Month: October 2017

12 most powerful Pastors in A’Ibom

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    . Their powers, myths, lifestyles & links   .The compliments & controversies surrounding them.             Akwa Ibom is a religion inclined state. Being a predominantly Christian domain, churches have prospered a great deal in the state. In the state, over the years, a plethora of Pentecostal Churches have sprung up, tending to diminish the age long influence of the orthodox ministries. NEWS LINK reporter, SIGNOR EMEDU unearths the top twelve Pentecostal Pastors in the state and reveals what he found out about their…

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Christmas In A’ Ibom: The Optimism & Hope

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    By Samuel Ayara     Nothing excites more about the last quarter of the year than the expectation of Christmas. Sadly too, nothing gets people into more trouble than the vain attempt to launch a spend thrift in a bid to get the best out of the Santa Clause season as the rest of the world gets in a haste, trying to catch up with the frenzy it offers. The heartaches and sad memories that are often the resultant factors in the haste of these last days of…

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URUAN AND THE NEW DEAL

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    By Joe Iniodu       The Udom administration has instituted and commenced a comprehensive process to change  the transportation narrative of the people of Uruan Local Government through the construction of roads totaling about 53 kilometers and cutting across major economic hubs within the local government as well as providing access to the largely agrarian settlement which is bounded by Uyo, Itu, Nsit Atai and Okobo Local Government Areas.   It goes without disputing that as a local government area, Uruan has for long been enmeshed in…

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TAKEAWAYS FROM THE INSPIRING LIFESTYLE OF SENATOR BASSEY ALBERT @ 45

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  By Anny MICHAELS   Many have come to know Distinguished Senator Bassey Albert Akpan (OBA) as a man who strongly believes in the philosophy that ‘’There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up’’. Again, for the vibrant Senator, Service is the game changer. For a fact, the Senator is indeed a man very committed to service, it is an attribute that has become his signature and one in which he is the head of logistics. This passion over the years right from…

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Ikono Youths warn ‘Troublemaker’ Macaire

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    . Leave Ephraim Inyang, Glory Edet alone, Macaire cautioned         The self-acclaimed Political Leader of Ikono, Mr Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, popularly known as Macaire has been warned to desist from acts that will fan embers of discord in Ikono and derail the thriving Local Government Area, plunging it back to the dark days of dirty politics. In a stern letter to Macaire, signed by key youth leaders of the Local Government Area and made available to NEWS LINK, the controversial oil company staff cum politician was…

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BAFIL plots defection to APC

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.How he intends to oust OBA from Senate .OBA: The battle of his life     A plan by legal-savvy politician Hon Bassey Etim(BAFIL) to immediately defect to the APC if he eventually gets to unseat Senator Bassey Albert has been uncovered. According to source close to Etim, the former House of Representative Member who represented Uyo Federal Constituency in the past has been in regular contact with the APC with a view of crossing-over after he might have ousted Senator Albert, popularly known as OBA. NEWS LINK also learnt…

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Luke: “The 6th Assembly has built on the formidable foundation of the past 23 years”

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  By Rt. Hon. (Barr) Onofiok Luke   It is my singular honour today to welcome you to this public lecture to mark the 25th anniversary celebration of the Akwa Ibom state legislature. I begin by giving glory to God Almighty for the 25 years of legislature in our state. I welcome our Special Guest of honour, His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel, governor of our state, the chairman of today’s event, the Senate Minority Leader, our former Governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, our Guest Lecturer, Senator Effiong Dickson Bob who is…

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Aiteo Cup 2017 Final: Gov. Udom Emmanuel, behold, Akwa United

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By Amos Etuk Your Excellency, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, Executive Governor, Akwa Ibom State in just over two years of your leadership, you have unarguably become a pillar in Nigeria’s sports development. The renaissance you have brought into the sector has charted a positive course of new milestones that has propelled your dear State to global prominence. Barely six months into office in 2015, Your Excellency, Akwa Ibom State won her first ever national trophy in football, the Federation Cup (now the Aiteo Cup) and you were proudly seated along with…

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Crisis in APC: Party Chairman, Fmr House of Reps member at war

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. “Tell him that we would lay him on a slate and flog him 12 strokes of cane if we receive any further complain” – Fmr House of Reps member threatens Party Chairman     A disagreement brewing between a former House of Representative member and Vice Chairman of the APC in Akwa Ibom State may throw the party into chaos, NEWS LINK can report. The disagreement NEWS LINK learnt stems from an attempt to change delegate lists and defrauding members of the party by the Vice Chairman, Eket Senatorial…

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Syringe, Meter Factories: Good Tales Coming Out Of Akwa Ibom

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By Kirk Leigh Two pleasant but unexpected stories from Akwa Ibom dominated the media last week; one was that the South South State has built the largest Syringe factory in Africa and the other is that it has also built an electricity  meters factory. Both factories are dead on point in terms of national need and viability. This is the way all states should go if the idea of non viable states will be a thing of the past. Reports from the state, which will celebrate 30 years of its…

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