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INVASION OF LUNATICS AND DESTITUTES IN UYO, A GROWING CONCERN

      By Uwem Akpabio   A first time visitor to the prowling city of Uyo, would by hindsight, feel the city is overtaken by a colony of mentally deranged individuals and destitutes. A cross section of the public seems to be submerged by this development, where it would be assumed that an average proportion of this lunatic and destitute population is on the increase by the indices of population growth and control. Through this development could be reviewed as prevailing development phenomenon associated with growing and developing societies…

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Ekon: An Asset To Akwa Ibom And Proud Product of PDP

    By Victor Essang   ‘‘You are an asset and a proud product of our great party,’’ the State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Harrison Ekpo told Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Ekon, before presenting the award of excellence conferred on the lawmaker by the Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation (AKNC),publisher of The Pioneer Newspaper at its 30th anniversary celebration recently. Few days after PDP poured encomium on the lawmaker, a Federal Government organisation that has felt the impact of Ekon’s oversight functions and collaborative efforts sent a heartwarming…

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Etinan Federal Constituency 2019: Demand for Luke resonating loud & clear

    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…

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EPHRIAM INYANG: GOVERNOR UDOM’S INDUSTRIALIZATION CATALYST

  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…

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TAKEAWAYS FROM THE INSPIRING LIFESTYLE OF SENATOR BASSEY ALBERT @ 45

  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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Senator Albert: A Classic Mix of Charisma, Courage and Candour

By Anny Michael The décor at Senator Bassey Albert’s Liaison Office, Uyo is a great appeal for the good people of Uyo Senatorial District and the people centric Senator. That hall which seats at least 500 persons and is tastefully furnished with split ACs was within the first six months of the Distinguished Senator’s current stay at Nigeria’s senate built and donated to the good people of Akwa Ibom North East (Uyo) Senatorial District to enable them have a befitting event centre for marriages, naming Ceremonies and other allied social…

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ANOTHER CHANCE FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in one of his cerebral extrapolations noted, “if you can write a better book than your neighbour, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap, even if you live in the woods, the world would make a beaten path to your door” This postulation owing to its verifiable validity has been widely paraphrased and cast into many study modules. An instance is one which notes that the world makes way for anybody who knows where he is going.   It is in this vein that…

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Season Of Insults By Dopse Eberefiak

According to Ecclesiastes 3:1 ”There is a time for every thing. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest that which is planted. A time of war and a time of peace. This time according to the above mentioned bible portion continues endlessly, cutting across every facets of life one could imagine. However, in the past 365days in Akwa Ibom State, this theory of time has fully manifested in the political cycle especially during this yuletide season; This is…

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Akwa Ibom State Politics: On the Matter of Sen. Udoedehe and Umana Okon Umana: My Opinion By Thompson Essien

Not too long ago, we read that the Akwa Ibom State APC has been convening a meeting, consulting with stake-holders, and assembling in preparation for the party to take over the State from PDP in 2019. It is disappointing that all the news about restructuring has turned into a matter of the camp of Senator Udoedehe versus the camp of Umana Okon Umana, with each side competing on how well crafted it can be in throwing insults at the principal of the opposite side. It is important to point out…

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Dakkada: Annang, Oro, and Ekid People are no Slaves in Akwa Ibom

It could be a sad fact to admit without sugar coating that it was Lord Luggard’s manipulation that brought about the entity called Nigeria, with different ethnic nations, still struggling to remain indivisible till date. In Akwa Ibom State, as in Nigeria has several ethnic groups occupying the same geographical space for years. The marriage of cultures and values has been refreshingly beneficial to all and we wouldn’t wish for anything different if there is a life after now. I however write these lines today clothed as an Ibibio man…

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