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Often times, I feel the Akwa Ibom PDP chair is in the wrong vocation. He shouldn't be in politics. He lacks the duplicitous character of a chameleon, the slipperiness of a serpent, and the slyness of a conman. He is not at all gifted in the art of doublespeak. In his days in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, I used to shoot him friendly fires, teasing him for carrying on like the high school headteacher he was in Ukanafun before his adventure into politics.  He was the Chairman, House Services Committee. During no-plenary days of the House, you were as sure as finding gold in Transvaal that Elder Aniekan Akpan would be in his office dutifully attending to hordes of his constituents and other visitors. His passion for service is unmatched.  Our friendship spans years. Years of mutual regard sustained by shared values and of political perceptions that are rooted in noble ideals. Class and age do not determine his relations with people. He possesses the discretions of a General and th...

  Wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Dr Martha Udom Emmanuel 24 hours after Governor Udom Emmanuel sacked Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen as his Chief of Staff, the first lady Dr. Martha Emmanuel, has relieved Mrs Ime Inyang-eyen, wife to the sacked Chief of Staff, of her position as Coordinator of Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path Initiative, FEYReP. Sacked Coordinator of FEYREP, Mrs Ime Inyang-eyen The Eyes Newspaper gathered that the wife of ONNA local government Chairman, Dr. Idorenyin Ekanem has been appointed Acting Coordinator of FEYReP. It can be recalled that in a letter dated Tuesday 22 February, 2022, signed by  Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem Secretary to State Government,  appreciation was conveyed to Ephraim Inyang-eyen on behalf of the Akwa Ibom State Governor Mr. Udom Emmanuel for his worthy contributions to the development of the State while serving as Chief of Staff to the Governor. Findings indicated that after the sack of Ephraim Inyang-eyen, the Governo...

  By Lucynda Clement An indigene of Afaha Offiong in Nsit Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Kufre Okpon has consulted the Peoples Redemption Party PRP, to declare his intention for the governorship position in the forthcoming 2023 election in the State. Pastor Okpon who consulted the State Working Committee of PRP last weekend in Uyo, noted that Akwa Ibom citizens have been enslaved by greedy politicians over the years, promising that he will take the people out of slavery to the land of plenty when elected as the next governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2023. He identified starvation, unemployment, youth restiveness and bad political policies as major problems bedevilling the growth of the State, and reiterated that his administration will put an end to the menaces. "I have lived and witness series of governments in Akwa Ibom State, and I can categorically tell you that there is no government that have been able to tackle the problems of hunger/starvation,  you...

Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen, Immediate past CoS to Gov Udom Emmanuel Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has sacked his Chief of Staff over what pundits noticed as clash of interest in Senate and governorship interests between the duo. In a release signed by the Secretary to the Government of Akwa Ibom State, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem and made public today Tuesday February 22, 2022, the Governor noted that the sack is necessitated by urgent need to match skill set and competencies to the task of maintaining the momentum of economic development in peace. However, pundits believe the sack may not be unconnected to the recent declaration and expression of interest for the Eket Senatorial District race by Mr Inyang-eyen and his stance for the governorship position against that of his former boss, Udom Emmanuel. Gov Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State The release reads: MR EPHRAIM INYANG SACKED FROM AKWA IBOM STATE EXCO: 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 SSG/AKS/S/200/VOL.1/406 22 February, 2022 Akparawa Ephraim I...

  Ambassador Ogar Osim, IPAC Chairman, Cross River State The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria IPAC,  in Cross River State has commended Youth Lobby Group for assembling over fifty thousand youths from the nine States of South-South region of Nigeria on leadership training and increased  participation in politics, governance, business and nation-building. In a release signed by the State's IPAC Chairman Ambassador Ogar Osim, and made available to our newsroom yesterday, IPAC described the initiative as all important, expressing optimism that leaders across  board will begin to engage the youths meaningfully, adding that  youths are not only tomorrow’s but today's leaders. The summit which is slated to hold on Saturday February 19, 2022 at the Esuene Sports Stadium in Calabar, with the theme "The Future is Now" has been described as apt and timely. The release reads in part: The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Cross River State congratulates the Yout...

  Elder Fred Obot, AAC Chairman, Akwa Ibom State The Akwa Ibom State Working Committee of African Action Congress (AAC) has reiterated its preparedness for the 2023 general elections. The party announced that it remains open for new membership and credible aspirants who are willing to contest the elections. In a State Working Committee meeting presided by the State Chairman of the Party, Elder Fred Obot, at Watbridge Hotel Uyo yesterday, they described AAC as the only credible alternative for Akwa Ibom State. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, State Publicity Secretary of the Party, Honourable Uduak Asian Wilson, said that his Party is deeply rooted in all the units, wards, and local government across the thirty-one local government areas of Akwa Ibom State. He assured that his party wil produce democratically elected candidates for Akwa Ibom people to vote into power, adding that AAC will form the majority in the 8th Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. The Publicity Se...

  By Alfonsus Ibok Against the backdrop where some Elders have thrown sanity to the winds, deploying insults and pull down syndrome as elections gradually gather momentum, the Ward Leader, Central 1 in Uruan Local Government Area Pastor Bassey Isin has tasked Elders and youths alike to desist from playing politics of insulting and disparaging our Elders or people who do not agree with our decisions at any given time. Pastor Isin made this known while responding to a release issued by some Elders under the auspices of PDP Elders Forum Uruan Local Government  bothering on the issues of Political Leadership of Uruan where the person of Engr. Offiong Akpabio was brought to disrepute. He stated unequivocally that since he was part of the enlarged meeting where Engr. Offiong Akpabio was selected as the Leader of Uyo Senatorial District Elders Forum, as such, he could not have been part of another meeting back lashing him. "My attention has been drawn to a publication said to have my...