November 2017 – Newslink

The 2019 general election is about 13 months away but from a definite look of things, the people of Etinan Federal Constituency may have made up their minds already on who to represent them at the Green Chambers come next political dispensation, writes Editor, Udeme Inyang. With three Local Government Areas making up this Federal Constituency, over the years, Etinan, Nsit Ubium and Nsit Ibom have been saddled with the task of producing a single representative per political dispensation to represent them. Recently, as PDP…

Sports

INTERVIEW: Akwa United still negotiating with new players – Media Officer, Mfon Patrick

November 21, 2017 admin

Mfon Patrick has carved a niche for himself as far as Sports Reporting in Akwa Ibom State is concerned. Over the years, he has anchored attention-grabbing sports programmes on radio stations like UniUyo FM and Radio Nigeria Atlantic FM. He is also the brain-behind the Akwa Ibom Sports Arena, an online sports interactive group that has the crème de la crème of sports reporters and enthusiasts in Akwa Ibom State as members. Last year, Mfon was appointed Media Officer of a seemingly revamped Akwa United who abandoned…

News

LG Polls: PDP campaigns in Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Onna, Eastern Obolo …presents Flags to Councillorship Candidates

November 8, 2017 admin

By Martins Inyangetoh As the December 2 date for Local Government Election in Akwa Ibom state draws near, the Peoples Democratic Party, Akwa Ibom State Chapter, has taken its campaigns to Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Eastern Obolo and Onna, presents Flags to successful Councillorship Candidates. The State Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo who led the Members of the State Executive Council of the Party alongside other Party Stakeholders from the different LGAs, to the events, in his speech, said that, PDP which has become a sort of religion to Akwa Ibom…

Features

EPHRIAM INYANG: GOVERNOR UDOM’S INDUSTRIALIZATION CATALYST

November 8, 2017 admin

By Udeme Afia To majority of the politically inclined indigenes of Nigeria’s 21st State (Akwa Ibom), the emergence of a former executive director of Zenith Bank and one of Nigeria’s finest bankers, the firm-spoken Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, as the tenth chief executive of the 30-year old state, was among the greatest positive consequences of theGod’swillAkpabio’s 8-year regime. To this category of individuals, that a man who was not in their political reckoning could emerge as Akpabio’s successor was one of the wonders of the state. A lot were…

Cover Story

Fresh problem for Macaire

November 8, 2017 admin

“Leave Women Affairs Commissioner alone” Ini LGA warn ‘Troublesome’ politician It’s one week, one trouble for the self-acclaimed Political Leader of Ikono, Mr Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, popularly known as Macaire. Just a week after getting a stern letter from key youth leaders of Ikono Local Government Area warning him 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, this time, another collection of youth leaders from neighbouring Ini LGA…

Cover Story

UniUyo Armed Robber arrested

November 8, 2017 admin

. Finally nabbed after months of robbing fellow students of valuables A notorious criminal gang operating within the confines of the University Of Uyo has finally been busted. The gang which has been fond of robbing students, mainly new students ran out of luck on Monday “Another robber was caught today by University Security Officers after he and two others reportedly dispossessed a student of phones and valuables at gun point in the early hours of today”, Inside Uniuyo wrote. Continuing, it said: “While the other two members…

APC AND ECONOMIC SABOTAGE AGAINST PDP STATES

November 8, 2017 admin

By Emmanuel Nicholas A treacherous economic reform deters growth, so malicious political policies causes instability and perpetuates economic uncertainties. The current economic cum political manipulation by the All Progressives Congress led Federal Government to deprive the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led States of their due funds, is a bid to slow down the pace of development in those regions and crash the economic growth of those States. The APC led government is trying to use deprivation of funds to these States in order…