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…
Gov. Umo Eno during the Town Square meeting…recently. By Emmanuel Ndon The town square meeting for Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency has come and gone, but the memories will linger for a long time to come. It was a grand slam of some sort. Devoid of many speeches, but marked by free, sincere expression. The large…
Gov. Umo Eno (right) in a handshake with the Ibesikpo Asutan LGA Chairman, Hon. Edidiong Inyang. By Osondu Ahirika I love Ibesikpo Asutan LGA. I have lived there for all of 13 years and my wife hails therefrom. The totems of the two clans, Ibesikpo and Asutan are the Bull and the Lion respectively Their…
Minister of Interior- Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo By Olayinka Oyegbile Dear Minister, I am happy to write this letter to you and I hope it meets you well. I am writing this to you to laud your efforts at the Immigration office and the process of obtaining the Nigerian passport. I must confess that I am…
Joseph Odok, PhD Esq By Joseph Odok The silencing of a voice like verydarkman will be a devastating set back to our democracy. It is becoming more risky and difficult to have someone speaking truth to power in the Nigeria of today; the fear of the brutality of people in power is real and reasonable….
Two months ago, the Cross River State Police command had confirmed that one of its officers at Atakpa Police station in Calabar, Inspector Effiong Bassey, blatantly murdered a 41 years old lady, Ijeoma Wilson Obot, when he opened fire on civilians without any form of provocation. A press release signed by the Command’s Public Relation…