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APC Guber hopeful, Obong Nsima Ekere     .Iniobong John fingers Nsima Ekere’s wife     Ahead of the 2019 governorship election of Akwa Ibom state, there is a serious fear among youth groups in the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the return of “mbiam”, a traditional oath. The Akwa Ibom state coordinator of APC National Youth Caucus, Otuekong Iniobong John revealed this via a WhatsApp message, where he indicted the wife of the NDDC MD, Mrs. Ese Nsima Ekere. In a WhatsApp message, Mr. John accused one Steve of…

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  AFTER several months of intrigues, former Military Administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd), has taken over as National Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, an umbrella body of the people of the South-South geo-political zone. Nkanga, in a statement, yesterday, confirmed that the National Executive Council, NEC, was inaugurated by the National Leader of PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark. Chief Francis Doukpola from Bayelsa State is the new deputy national chairman, Dr. Alfred Mulade, National Secretary, Kenneth Robinson, Assistant National Secretary, Agbiji M Agbiji, National…

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Udeme Ufot(MFR) with wife, Dorothy flanked by their kids at Qua Iboe Church Afaha Akpan Ekpo during Udeme’s birthday thanksgiving service on Sunday.   By Udeme Inyang   Globally, Udeme Ufot is known as the Marketing Communications & Advertising guru that has left a mark in his chosen career. When Udeme, as he is fondly called turned 60 recently, a plethora of goodwill messages were churned out to celebrate a man that defied a rather uncertain beginning to emerge as a signpost as far as advertising is concerned in Nigeria.…

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    . Goes desperate over second term bid . Zoning favours Nsit Ubium – Party   By Signor Emedu, Newslinkng.com In a desperate bid to secure a second term in the House of Representatives come 2019, incumbent member representing Etinan-Nsit Ubium- Nsit Ibom Federal Constituency, Hon Sam Ikon has resorted to begging Governor Udom Emmanuel and Senator Godswill Akpabio to aid his return to the Green Chambers with an automatic ticket that looks impossible at the moment. Newslinkng.com can authoritatively report that Ikon has totally lost faith in his…

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By Udeme Inyang   There’s massive pressure on frontline Uyo born entrepreneur Ime Uwah to aspire for the Uyo Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives come 2019, Newslinkng.com can authoritatively report. The House of Representative seat is currently occupied by under-fire Hon Michael Enyong. The Federal Assemblyman popularly referred to as Baba Ntan has been criticized lately by his kinsmen for his lackluster representation since getting elected in 2015. According to impeccable information made available to Newslinkng.com, stakeholders from Uyo, Uruan, ibesikpo Asutan and Nsit Atai Local Government…

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Elders of Ediene\Itak Clan in Ikono LGA have insisted that the House of Assembly position in 2019 should be zoned to Ediene Itak in the interest of zoning and fairness. According to a communiqué signed by elders and political stakeholders of Ediene\Itak Clan and made available to NEWS LINK, the history of zoning political offices in Ikono was laid bare with facts. They wrote: “whereas His Excellency has done exceedingly well and whereas no sane electorate changes a winning team, we hereby declare our total and absolute support for the…

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.4 killed, several injured   By Harris-Okon Emmanuel   Four persons died, with many injured, as cultists clashed, weekend, in Oron town, the headquarters of Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.   According to Vanguard, trouble started when members of Day Bam and Vikings had disagreement at a pub, “but before we knew what was happening members of Day Bam mobilised and attacked members of the Vikings, while Black Axe came in to support the Vikings,” a source said.   The source said residents scampered for safety when…

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