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 PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS THE ONLY POLITICAL PARTY IN IKONO LGA- Hon Okoibu ...As AKS PDP unit to unit frontiers tours Ikono middle ward, 1, 2, 3, and 8   Inspite of the attempt by opposition party to weaken the already established strength of Peoples Democratic Party in Ikono LGA, the party is increasingly waxing stronger as the Council Chairman, Hon Nyakno Okoibu reassured electorates that it is the only political party in the area. Hon Okoibu disclosed this yesterday when members and leadership of Aks PDP Unit to Unit frontiers toured some wards in the area to continuously galvanize and mobilize natives for the success of PDP in the 2023 general elections. The council helsman lauded the frontiers for their efforts in moving from Unit to units to sensitize people on the need to support the peoples Democratic party. He further informed the people of Ikono middle that PDP has done a lot to the cradle of Ibibio, ranging from provision of roads and most especially, maintenanc...

  AKS PDP UNIT2UNIT FRONTIERS INTERFACE STAKEHOLDERS OF WARD 5 IN IKONO   ...Stop over in ward 8, a s Sgt, Samuel Akpan becomes first ward chairman to endorse team   Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Ukpom, Ward 5, Ikono Local Government Area have been tasked to focus on mobilizing, Collaborating, integrating, reconciling, and working tirelessly to ensure that all Candidates of the party emerge victorious in the forth coming General elections.   The State Coordinator of the PDP advance team, Sir Rustom Alexander engaged the Stakeholders yesterday 4th, August, 2022, at Ukpom Civic Center when he led the team to interface with the who is who in the ward. Alexander said the electorates should not   fight with one another, stressing that the team is poised   to close the gap and put reasonable reconciliation so that they can   work as a family.   Hear him, "We have adequately made solid consultation to bring people on...

  IKONO/INI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY 2023: THE TERRAIN AND CHARACTER ANALYSIS . “… For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?” – Luke 14:28. Edet John It is ethically and professionally correct that any one who sets out to build a house should first of all carry out the soil test with the aim of determining the composition of the soil, if it can properly supports the foundation. This is also true of road, rail and other civil construction works as failure may result in catastrophe too heavy to bear.  In our daily relation with humans, ‘soil test’ is also a necessity as we do not expect a short tempered man to be a perfect husband for an irritated woman neither do we expect a dishonest man to be a perfect custodian of a forgetful man’s treasury.   In complete disregard to the question raised in the Holy Scripture as contained in Luke 14:28 – For which of you desiring to put up a towe...

 *A FAKE PASTOR NABBED WITH MYSTICAL OIL AND BOOK:  A VICTIM'S ACCOUNT.* *_...defrauds his victims._* *_... uses ladies' panties for diabolical reasons._* A victim of one of the fake pastor resident in Uyo Akwa Ibom State, in her bid to warn, advise and expose the activities of a syndicate of fake pastors in Akwa Ibom State took to the social media narrating her ordeal and that of other ladies in the hands of these so call "men of God". Below is her narration. My name is Nseobong Otu a Nigerian, female and a business lady resident in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria.  I became a victim to this "fake" Pastor, one Mr. Utibe Eshiet Edet  residing at Nsima's Compound, Efa Ikot Akpabio in Ibesikpo Asutan LGA where I thought I have found love in the hands of a man.  In the course of our barely three months old relationship, I noticed actions and characters unbecoming of a pastor so I kept mute hoping I will better understand him in the future.  On his last visi...

PHILANTHROPISM: THE MAKING OF LIVES. - THE AMBASSADOR OKON MKPAFIT MODEL)    Graded internal roads in the community    Pays monthly stipend to many    Gives scholarship to students “ We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give ” – Winston Churchill. It is a common saying that men are never respected merely for their riches but rather for their philanthropy, and that we do not value the sun for its height but for its use. This was what played out at Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya Ikono Local Government Area; the country-home of Ambassador Okon Mkpafit, as he earned the respect and accolades from the community not because he is rich, but because he has demonstrated his genuine love for his people through his benevolent altruism. The Abuja-based businessman, in his magnanimity undertook the grading of a total of 12km internal roads in Ikot Akpa Edok Ndiya, ward 8 which before now were impassable, nightmarish and deatht...

THE MANY SINS OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF IKONO LGA ….As Ediene Ward 10 becomes the fontanelle   Edet John Ibianang Ediene, Ikono LGA, AKS It is no more news whenever we wake each day to either be told in our radio stations or read in the social media how the good people of Ikono Local government Area has been subjected to different forms of inhumane treatments and neglects by government at various level of governance. For the sake of the reading public who may not really understand who the people of Ikono are and their pride of place in Akwa Ibom State. There is no gainsaying that Ikono Local Government Area is the Ntippe Ibibio (i.e. the Cradle of Ibibio nation).   To put it differently, “ Ikono LGA is the place of origin in which every other Ibibio speaking Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State and beyond were nurtured and protected in their earlier period of existence” .   I am aware that someone, while reading through the h...

IKONO YOUTHS: BEACONS OF HOPE FOR A GREATER IKONO. By: Edet John Ibianang Ediene May I begin this piece with this simple advice from Jennifer Gayle, one of the finest Actresses in her time when she said “… be a guiding light, a safe harbor, a beacon of hope and a solid foundation for those around you” . Taking a lift from this goodly advice, it will be safe to conclude that as a youth and most importantly a fellow indigene of the geographical landmark known and called Ikono LGA, we are supposed to be “ beacons of hope ” to each other. The word, “beacon” has been variously defined to mean a different thing to different people depending on the context wherefor it is used. It is said to mean a signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy commonly of warning. It could be said to be a signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore as a guide to mariners and other of such definitions. But permit me, for the avoidance of doubt and easy underst...