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OPINION: The Pioneer at 37: Running at Birth, Crawling With Age
By Ikpong Essien-Udom Friday, April 11, 2025, was exactly 37 years since The Pioneer – Akwa Ibom State-owned newspaper – sponsored by the government, hit the newsstands. April 11, 1988, was a Monday. The paper had, the previous evening (Sunday, April 10, at Qua River Hotel in Eket, about 10pm), been officially unveiled by Col.(now…
