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By UbongAbasi Ise Talking from his experience, a newly married man, Mr. Ukeme Anwan, has advised young people in Akwa Ibom State that excuses for not marrying on right time owing to economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic, and lack of job creation by the government are no longer tenable for those wishing to settle to marital life. In a chat with our correspondent recently, Mr. Anwan who tied nuptial knot with his heartthrob, former Miss Edima Akpan, at The Apostolic Church at Four Towns, Uyo on August 15, 2020, urged young people to come out from the shield and set the ball rolling in spite of the hard times facing them. He said why it becomes difficult for young men to start the process of marriage mostly has to do with the mentality of their chosen partners that might not have the sustainable preparedness for marital life. According to him, 'There are women who are not ready to settle down so approaching them for marriage means effort in futility." Anwan, who is pas...

By UbongAbasi Ise The recent radio comment by the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong, in defense of the state government over the taxation crises rocking the transport sector has drawn the ire of the Akwa Ibom State-based legal practitioner and human rights activist, Barr. Clifford Thomas. Comrade Ememobong received knocks earlier today from Barr. Thomas over his claims that the state government has no hand in daily taxations of the transporters while shifting blames to the transport union executives. In the Passion FM’s morning programme which was monitored by our correspondent in Uyo today, Barr. Clifford Thomas, who featured as a guest, expressed surprise that the Information Commissioner is speaking as if the public is unaware of the state government’s open declaration of waiver on all levies in the state, wondering where the transport unions derive their powers to sabotage the good intention of Governor Udom Emmanuel. “I am s...

By UbongAbasi Ise Traders selling at Akpan Andem market in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, have decided to question the rationale behind the continued opening of the commercial facility on partial basis while other markets in the environs are fully opened for daily sales. At around 4.00pm today, the traders massively mobilized themselves and embarked on peaceful protest within the market premises, saying it is enough of the hardship imposed on them by the Akwa Ibom State government through continued partial lockdown of the market. Speaking with our correspondent, Mr. Etim Okon, a trader in the market, said markets like Itam, Okpokpo and several others in the state had since opened for daily business, wondering why the case of Akpan Andem market is different. Okon further noted that markets with massive populations at Aba and Onitsha in Abia and Anambra states respectively had long opened for traders to do their businesses, while Akpan Andem with least crowd coupled with their strict ...