PERSPECTIVE – Death decimates Akwa Ibom APC
By Etim Etim Members of Akwa Ibom branch of APC are getting increasingly frightened at the rampant incidents of untimely deaths of its important leaders in the last few months. Some are worried that at…
Category: Akwa Ibom
PERSPECTIVE – Taking care of the poor: the Akwa Ibom example
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim.[/caption] By Etim Etim What does palliative mean to you? Free food items from the government? Subsidized transportation or increased in wages? While other states are distributing food items…
PERSPECTIVE – A visit to the Worship Center
[caption id="attachment_26051" align="alignnone" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim, left and a friend.[/caption] By Etim Etim Just before I rounded off my vacation in Uyo, I visited the Ibom Worship Center, the ecumenical center in the heart…
PERSPECTIVE – Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana: Congratulations, but what of Zamfara 8?
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="alignleft" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim.[/caption] By Etim Etim I am elated to learn that Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana has been released by the kidnappers after six days in captivity. She was abducted last…
PERSPECTIVE – The kidnap of Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana
By Etim Etim In the late afternoon of Monday, December 18, a High Court judge in Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana, was kidnapped on her way from work. Her chauffer was also…
PERSPECTIVE – 100 days in captivity: The story of the abducted corps members
By Etim Etim On Saturday, August 17, 2023, some eight young men and women travelling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Sokoto to begin their yearlong national youth service were kidnapped in Zamfara State.…
PERSPECTIVE – The plot against Senator Akpabio
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim.[/caption] By Etim Etim I had always suspected that it would be a matter of time before some forces move against Senator Godswill Akpabio. He occupies the most unstable…
Chukkol charges Media on vigilance in Fight against Corruption
[caption id="attachment_24844" align="alignleft" width="300"] EFFC's media workshop for journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.[/caption] The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulkarim Chukkol has charged the media to be more steadfast…
PERSPECTIVE – Ray Ekpu at 75
[caption id="attachment_17553" align="alignright" width="225"] Mr. Etim Etim.[/caption] By Etim Etim One of Nigeria’s most respected journalists and elder statesmen, Raymond Amos Ekpu, clocked 75 on Sunday, August 6, and I am particularly pleased to send…
PERSPECTIVE – As greedy as Senate President Akpabio
By Sonala Olumhense_ Following his swearing-in, Akpabio was singing like a very happy bird atop a tall tree. The 10th Senate, he declared, will “work to renew the hope of Nigerians via people-oriented legislation.” He…