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By UbongAbasi Ise The member-elected to represent Essien Udim Local, Mr. Nse Ntuen, who won under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was not issued his certificate of return because, according to the REC, Mike Igini yesterday, results from the area were marred with irregularities and declared under duress. While responding to reasons he denied certificate of return to Essien Udim state constituency, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini said reports from collation officers sent to the area stated that election results were signed under duress. He said as such, the commission at the national level would handle the issue of the council area, adding that he has executed his job of carrying out elections in the state. He said, “As an umpire, we have been given the opportunity to serve the people and our fatherland in the just-concluded general election, and that we have done.” Meanwhile, the Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, his depu...

By UbongAbasi Ise Mr. Iboro Otu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, who is from Akwa Ibom Northwest (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District, has justified his involvement in the just concluded election, condemning the rotational zoning of governorship position in the state base on geo-political formations. While fielding questions from journalists in Uyo over weekend during a world press conference he co-hosted with the gubernatorial candidate of Young Democratic Party, Arc. Ezekiel Nyaetok, who is also from Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Mr. Otu said zoning of offices is only a policy adopted internally by certain political parties, noting that his own party, ANRP, including his counterpart’s YDP, have not observed such political arrangement, hence, their contestation in this year’s gubernatorial race. It would be recalled that since 1999 when democracy returned after military junta, the governorship position in Akwa Ibom State appears to be u...

By UbongAbasi Ise Despite condemning massive vote-buying and widespread brutality that characterized March 9 polls in Akwa Ibom State, the gubernatorial candidate of Young Democratic Party, YDP, Arc. Ezekiel Nyaetok, says he will not approach election tribunal for redress after sapping his energy on the just concluded electioneering campaigns, but expressed willingness to extend his hand of friendship to whoever that would be recognized as the state governor following tribunal’s decision. Arc. Nyaetok, who jointly addressed a world press conference recently in Uyo with the gubernatorial candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Mr. Iboro Otu, said it was his personal decision not to belabour himself with post-election squabbles but to owe his allegiance to anyone sworn in as the governor of the state. He further stated his willingness to wage anti-vote-commercialization war that would go beyond the state and the nation to the international arena so that the ma...

By Etok Okon A medical researcher, Prof. Andreas Lopata has discovered consumption of fresh fish as potential remedy for asthma, a disease of the respiratory system believed to be reactions to allergies. Lopata,   a Professor at the Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Australia, made this known in the research published on Tuesday 19, March, 2019 in the medium “Sciencedaily”. He noted that asthma incidence has almost doubled in the last thirty years, and added that nearly half of asthma cases have not responded to treatment with available drugs, thus the “growing interest in non-drug treatment options”. Prof. Lopata further stressed that there is an increasing consumption of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUF) found in vegetables oils and a decrease in consumption of marine oils. He noted further that there has been a global shift from fresh fish to fast food. He said also, “we found that certain types of n-3 from marine oils were sig...

By UbongAbasi Ise As post-election disputes are heading to tribunal, the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised alarm over electoral manipulation as it notifies the Attorney General of the Federation on alleged attempt by the State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr. Mike Igini, agents of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and Akwa Ibom State Government, to destroy electoral materials needed to substantiate the election petitions of the APC candidates. In a letter issued Thursday and signed by the State APC Chairman, Mr. Ini Okopido, with copies to The Inspector General of Police; Director General, Department of State Security Service; and Director General, National Intelligence Agency, the APC accuses the Akwa Ibom REC of superintending over a grand scheme to create confusion and to thwart the justice. “We want to place on record and bring to your attention the very obvious and noticeable attempt by the INEC Resident Electo...

The Deputy Speaker and Member representing Okobo State Constituency in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Princess Felicia Bassey has said that the death of Deaconess (Mrs) Ikwo Okon Okpo, mother of a renowned journalist and media consultant, Elder Edet Okpo, at the age of 76 must be accepted with total submission because the deceased was a committed soldier of Christ all through her life on earth. The Deputy Speaker gave the encouragement while on a condolence visit to Elder Edet Okpo on the death of his mother, Deaconess Ikwo Okon Okpo at his Shelter Antique Extension residence, earlier today. On the entourage of the Deputy Speaker   were the Chairman and Members of the   Executive Council of Okobo Local Government Area, Hon. Ubuo Ubuo,   Members of the Legislative Council of Okobo Local Government, serving   and former councilors, State officer of PDP,   Mr. Emmanuel George as well as PDP   Structure in Okobo, led by Hon. Maurice Fimbar. ...

By UbongAbasi Ise Given the reports making the rounds in the media claiming that Nsima Ekere Campaign Organisation was writing the EFCC and the ICPC, asking them to probe some leaders and elders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State for embezzling campaign funds, Eseme Eyiboh, the Chairman, Information and Strategic Communication committee and spokesperson of Akwa Ibom state APC Campaign council, has come out to dismiss the claims, accusing the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as a brain behind such allegation. According to a statement released recently to the media, no APC leader was reported to any anti-corruption agency for campaign funds embezzlement, maintaining that the writer of the “badly written story” has no iota of idea of the campaign structure of the APC in Akwa Ibom State as there is nothing like “Nsima Ekere Campaign Organisation”, which the report purports to have written to the anti-graft agencies. The APC campaign committee said the Akwa I...

By UbongAbasi Ise The Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health does not agree with the ranking of Akwa Ibom as the state with the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country as was recently reported by the   Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey, NAIIS. In a statement coming on the heel of the NAILS result which indicated that about 5.5% of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in Akwa Ibom State, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, maintains that HIV prevalence in the state is on the decline as the national prevalence has dropped    from   3%    (2014)    to    1.4%    (2018),   which points to the fact that Akwa Ibom State has also dropped from 10.8% in 2014 to 5.5%   in 2018. The commissioner said the    state    government    will    step    up    collaboration through Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKS...

By Henry Nkom In a bid to continue providing quality education comparable with only what is obtained in developed societies, Tower of Ivory Schools at the weekend added an ultra-modern hospital to its retinue of world class infrastructure. Commissioning the hospital, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Dr. EmemAbasi Bassey commended the Proprietor/Chairman Board of Governors of the School, DIG Udom Udo Ekpoudom for paying unequalled attention to students welfare, academics and extra-curricular activities. He said with the facilities in the hospital, the medical and paramedical staff he was convinced that students of the school and staff will enjoy maximum healthcare while they are in school adding that this will lead to improved performance. The CMD promised to partner with the school to ensure the hospital function optimally. Speaking at the Commissioning ceremony, the Chairman, Board of Governors, Tower of Ivory Schools, DIG Udom Udo Ek...

The Nto Annang Foundation has assured not to rest on its oars in its efforts to ensure the Annang Culture and tradition does not go into extinction, it is appreciated and made to have global acceptance. The National President of Nto Annang Foundation, Abom Ephraim Okon made this known on Saturday while presenting a brand new car to the winner of Nto Annang pageant Queendalene Dennis Akpakpan, a Medical Student at the University of Calabar. Cash gifts were also presented to the winner, 1 st , 2 nd runners up and the winner of the Essay Competition for Secondary Schools, Precious Ituen, a Student of St. Columbanus secondary School, Ikwen, Obot Akara Local Government Area. “Our vision is to ensure Annang language and tradition does not die. We are not partisan. All we are doing is to take this very valuable culture to the outside world, so that we can properly have our place in the global map” he explained. Abom Okon added that in the second year of organizing essay competition...

By UbongAbasi Ise After March 9 polls in Akwa Ibom where vote-stealing trickeries, wanton violence and bloodletting were shamelessly displayed in broad daylight before our children, our women and fellow church members, some band of political wayfarers came out with misleading group appellations to ridicule our saneness with tales of how the crooked, barbaric elections of the savages of the 21st century were credible and more civilized, devoid of blemish. This was sarcasm in its extremes. They forget that the people are wise enough to discern that such yarns were spun in their frantic struggle to cover up the skeletons in the closets of their paymasters. The politicians, electorates, umpires, security agents, observers, political agents, and the common masses, all knew what happened in those elections. No matter how wide the palms may be, they cannot cover up the skies. The first of these jobbers were the Akwa Ibom State Chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). This gro...

By UbongAbasi Ise A prominent socio-cultural group in Ibibio nation has urged Governor Udom Emmanuel to be magnanimous in discharging his mandate, advising him not to preclude citizens that have no political affiliation with the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, from participating in the governance of Akwa Ibom State.                 The group, Ukai Ibibio, which is a youth wing of Akwa Imaisong Ibibio, through its leader, Etubom Ukai Udeme Emmanuel, called on the state governor during the world press conference held in Uyo yesterday, to throw the door of his government open for all candidates that participated in the just concluded general elections. “We are here to plead that election have come and gone, everybody should sheath their sword; all hands should be on deck for the sake of peace and development of our dear state. “Now that the elections are over, we call on Governor Udom Emmanuel...

By Abigail Joshua The All Progressives Congress (APC) has mocked the ongoing celebration of PDP’s victory in the just concluded guber poll. The Party stalwart and Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Godswill Akpabio, said this impress statement made available to Sensor News Desk . Senator Akpabio described Governor Udom Emmanuel’s victory in Saturday’s governorship polls as a “purchased victory which must be reclaimed”. It could be recalled that the just concluded governorship election in the State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel scored 519,712 votes to defeat his APC counterpart, Obong Nsima Ekere who scored 171,978 votes. Speaking with our correspondent on the outcome of the elections in Uyo, Senator Akpabio said it was too early for Governor Emmanuel to celebrate his victory, adding that the APC would exploit appropriate legal means to reclaim its mandate. “The celebration is only temporary as the APC will explore every means to get back all its mandates”...

By UbongAbasi Ise The lawmaker representing Akwa Ibom Northwest (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has spoken on certain malpractices he personally observed during March 9 polls in Akwa Ibom State, bringing up some instances as he questioned the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, under the watch of Mr. Mike Igini, the Akwa Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC. Senator Akpabio, while interacting with newsmen on Monday, said he was not surprised about the outcome of Saturday’s election as long as the umpire in the state showed in all circumstances, that he was not prepared to superintend over justice as far as the 2019 general elections are concerned. He maintained that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, won at the polling units, but lost at the collation centres. The former senate minority leader noted that the result of his polling unit was cancelled by INEC under inexplicable circumstan...