Former Akwa Ibom deputy governor, Obong Chris Ekpenyong celebrates 60th birthday

Obong Chris Ekpenyong (2nd from left) cuts his birthday cake, assisted by his wife, daughter and Obong Benjamin Okoko (6th from left)

The former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Chris Ekpenyong over the weekend celebrated his 60^th birthday at EMJMM Hotels along Dominic Utuk Avenue, Uyo. Among the dignitaries that graced the occasion were member of PDP BOT from Akwa Ibom State, Atuekong Don Etiebet and a governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom, Obong Benjamin Okoko.

Chris Ekpenyong is said to be the Director-General of Benjamin Okoko campaign organization.

We wish Obong Chris Ekpenyong, alias Ukarakpa, long life and good health in years ahead.

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Top female fashion designer from Akwa Ibom warns lesbians to stop sending her seductive messages

Princess Karen.  .....Sorry, I don't do women

By Nse Peter

Princess Karen, the Akwa Ibom woman behind the popular fashion brand, Nsine, recently took to Facebook to warn lesbians to stop sending seductive messages to her box.

Princess Karen with a tone of anger wrote on her wall “To those who are sodomnized, especially the ladies, here is my message to you. Stop. I repeat stop sending nonsense inbox messages to me on whether I do women.”

Karen who stopped short of mentioning names, revealed that there were two of her female ‘friends’ she thought were ‘God’s mouth piece’, but were also sending her dirty messages.

She said she has already blocked four women from her Facebook page, and that she wouldn’t mind blocking more persons.

“I am Evangelist (Princess) Karen John. JP., that's if you ever care to note. I'm not a lesbian Evangelist, plssssssss!

Read Princess Karen’s full message after the cut……

Breaking news: Michael Bush now Director of Operations for Umana

Mr. Michael Bush

By Nse Peter

Ace broadcaster and CEO of Bush House Nigeria, Mr. Michael Bush has been appointed the Director of Operations for Mr. Umana Okon Umana who is aspiring to succeed Chief Godswill Akpabio as the next governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2015.

Ebola virus: How prepared is Akwa Ibom State?

Dr. EmemAbasi Bassey, Commissioner for Health, Akwa Ibom State

Now that there’s a reported case of Ebola in nearby Port Harcourt, Rivers State, how prepared is Akwa Ibom State against the deadly virus? Are there special areas set aside for quarantine, in case there is any Ebola case in Akwa Ibom State? Are the people well-informed on how to handle and report any suspected case of Ebola in the state?

We in Think Akwa Ibom! are eager to know what the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health is doing or not doing ahead of time against this dreaded virus!

2015: Udom’s supporter publishes disparaging article against Akpabio for allegedly dumping the SSG

Mr. Joseph Okon's Facebook page, showing the article

By Nse Peter

Mr. Joseph Okon, Uyo-based journalist and a known supporter of Akwa Ibom SSG, Mr. Udom Emmanuel’s 2015 governorship ambition recently published on his Facebook page, an article which severely criticizes Governor Godswill Akpabio for allegedly withdrawing political support for the SSG who is his protégé.

The article with the title ‘ACA: A Divided House of Godswill Akpabio’ was posted on Mr. Joseph Okon’s Facebook page on 25 August, 2014.

The article frowns at the 2015 governorship aspiration of Governor Akpabio’s in-law, Mr. Mike Sebastine.  

It has been confirmed that Mike Sebastine who is from Ikot Abasi Local Government Area and married to Uduak, a direct sister to Sir Emem Akpabio, is also personally seeking for the PDP governorship ticket, even though he was appointed the vice chairman of ACA (Akwa Ibom Consolidation Alliance), a political platform campaigning for Udom Emmanuel.

Mr. Mike Sebastine is running is 2015 governorship on the theme ‘The Grace Factor’.

“If Godswill Akpabio want to front his in-law for the 2015 governorship of the state which he may not like the result, he should have first consulted his predecessor, Obong Victor Attah who may have briefed him on how it was in 2006 when Obong Attah wanted his Son in-law, Dr Udoma Bob Ekarika to succeed him as the next governor of the state in 2007,” the article pointed out.

The article went on to say “If truly that Mike Sebastine wants to contest the governorship as he has said, he should resigned his position in ACA because he has digressed from the vision, aims, and objectives of the group since the group according to the founding fathers, was formed solely to deliver Udom Emmanuel as the next Governor of Akwa Ibom state.”

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Mariah Carey separates with husband, Nick Cannon

File photo: Mariah Carey with now estranged husband, Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon, husband to popular American musician, Mariah Carey has confirmed that he and Carey have separated.

Nick Cannon is 33, while Carey is 44. Their marriage has produced 3-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe aka ‘Dem babies’.

Click after the cut, to see photo of Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon and 'Dem babies'.

2015 Gov’ Election: Etiebet canvasses open contest for PDP primaries in Akwa Ibom

Atuekong Don Etiebet

Atuekong Don Etiebet, member of the BOT of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for an open primary for the selection of the party’s flag bearer for the 2015 gubernatorial election in Akwa Ibom State.

Delivering a lecture entitled “Democracy and the challenge of leadership” at the 55th birthday celebration of Umana Okon Umana, Akwa Ibom PDP leading governorship aspirant, Etiebet advised qualified and interested  politicians in the 2015 governorship race from all parts of the state to feel free and contest for the party’s ticket.

PDP in A’Ibom ‘filled with usurpers, gold diggers’, says ex-Assembly man, Ukana Bassey

Obong Paul Ekpo, State Chairman, PDP, Akwa Ibom State

By Nse Peter

A former member of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Dr. Ukana Bassey has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State today is “filled with usurpers, gold diggers, and turn coats”.

Ukana Bassey who had represented Nsit Ibom State Constituency in the State House of Assembly during the administration of Governor Victor Attah, said in a message posted on his Facebook page recently, that those who founded PDP in Akwa Ibom have been sadly excluded from the affairs of the party in the state today.

Breaking News: Umana most suitable for governor, Akpabio reportedly says

Mr. Umana Okon Umana

By Nse Peter

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly said that the immediate past Secretary to Akwa Ibom State (SSG), Mr. Umana Okon Umana is the most suitable person to succeed him as governor in 2015.

Man stopped from entering Dubai because of his weird looks

Rolf Buchholz, World's Most Pierced Man

His name is Rolf Buchholz. He is the World's Most Pierced Man. He has been reportedly denied entry to Dubai, United Arab Emirate, apparently because of his weird looks.

OPINION: Governor Akpabio Pay Primary School Teachers Their Entitlements

Governor Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State

By Inibehe Effiong

Can you believe that up to today 17 August, 2014 the "uncommon transformation" governor of Akwa Ibom State is yet to pay primary school teachers in the state their July salary? Primary school teachers in the state who retired since 1991 till date have not received their gratuity.

2015: Akpabio using hunger as political weapon, pro-Akpabio newspaper confirms

Gov. Akpabio

By Nse Peter

Some lawmakers in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly who have refused to support a certain governorship aspirant from Eket Senatorial District have been starved of funds by the executive arm of government led by Governor Godswill Akpabio in the state, the Sensor newspaper has reported.

PHOTO SPEAK: 'Screening' for Ebola at Abuja Airport!

An immigration officer uses an infra-red laser thermometer to examine a policeman on his arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, August 11, 2014. Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola, up from seven at the last count, and two patients have died, including the Liberian who brought the virus in, the health minister said on Monday. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)

Osun Gov’ Election: Hmmmm… So, Senator Omisore is blaming INEC for defeat?

 

Senator Omisore ..... Blames INEC for defeat

We thought it was APC alone that was always doing the blame game!

After his defeat in the recent Osun governorship election, the PDP candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore is reported to have blamed INEC for it.

According to a news report in The Punch newspaper, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that his loss at the Saturday election is due to the malpractices perpetrated by a former Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state.

Breaking News: Robison Uwak Challenges Akpabio to Public Debate

Robinson Uwak and Gov. Godswill Akpabio

By Nse Peter

There appear to be no respite for embattled Governor Godswill Akpabio as the member representing Oron Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State, in the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, Mr. Robinson Uwak has challenged the governor to a public debate on the development issues affecting the five local government areas – Oron, Mbo, Urue offong/Uruko, Okobo and Udung Uko – in the Oron Federal Constituency.

Gen. Edet Akpan blasts Akpabio: “I don’t understand why the governor is desperate”

File Photo: Governor Godswill Akpabio

By Nse Peter

Edet Akpan, a retired major-general in the Nigerian army, is the latest high-ranking opinion leader in Akwa Ibom State to lambast Governor Godswill Akpabio over his leadership style which many people in the state of late have termed as either being too sectional, anti-people or self-centred.

General Edet Akpan’s open letter to Governor Godswill Akpabio

File photo: Maj-Gen Edet Akpan (rtd)

 

OPEN LETTER TO OUR GOVERNOR, HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF GODSWILL OBOT AKPABIO, CON

My dear Excellency,

ISSUES FROM THE VISIT OF THE PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ADAMU MU’AZU TO AKWA IBOM STATE ON WEDNESDAY, 16TH JULY, 2014

Please permit me to bring the following observations, though belated, to your attention with regards to the visit of the National Chairman of your Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu on Wednesday, 16th July, 2014. This letter is coming to you now due to the fact that I travelled out of the Country a few days after the visit and have just returned home.

Nigerian Tribune: Akwa Ibom community faces extinction

 

Despite the averred transformation by the present administration in Akwa Ibom State, some communities are still void of government presence and getting fast extinct from the surface of the earth. Mkpeti Itam in Itu Local Government of Akwa Ibom State is one of such communities. Udeme Utip writes from Uyo.