A brand is the idea or image of a specific product or service that consumers connect with by identifying the name, logo, slogan, or design of the company that owns the idea or image. Branding is when that idea or image is marketed so that it is recognizable by more and more people and identified with a certain service or product when there are many.....

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January 28, 2013, 9:05 am | 0 Comment(s)

A visit to the office of Akwa Ibom State deputy
governor draws attention to a tastefully but modestly furnished facility. Its inner aesthetics, particularly the display of artwork, speaks for itself. Apart from the strategically positioned protocol of photographs which starts with that of the nation’s Number One Citizen, President Goodluck .....

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January 28, 2013, 8:56 am | 0 Comment(s)

My wife, Ekaete Unoma Godswill Akpabio, and I extend our fondest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all indigenes and residents of Akwa Ibom State.
Today we celebrate a story which is historic, beautiful and simple. The story of a child who was born in the field, because there was no room for Him at the inn; but His mess.....

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January 8, 2013, 3:35 pm | 0 Comment(s)

As Akwa Ibom people and Nigerians continue to appreciate the success story of Governor Godswill Akpabio, the need to highlight those little things he did and personal attributes that played significant roles in his emergence as a leader on Akwa Ibom political turf, becomes imperative.
That is the task Effiong Abia, Esq., the commissioner f.....

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January 6, 2013, 5:11 pm | 0 Comment(s)

By Paul Ekpo

It was a unique occasion, and became a talk shop and market place of ideas on how to advance a people’s course for all sons and daughters and others who appreciate the Annang culture and tradition as they met last Saturday, December 15, 2012.
The occasion was the official inauguration and launching of N250m secr.....

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December 20, 2012, 6:32 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Before now, an international standard city centre plaza, a.k.a Ikot Ekpene plaza, was a mere fiction, existing only in the minds of those who normally see overseas wonderlands in cable network.
The city centre was a down-trodden, visionless, and petty site – always utilized by whoever cares to settle on it for business of all sorts Graphic.....

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October 3, 2012, 6:45 am | 91 Comment(s)

When a state is created, one of her immediate tasks is to put in place some infrastructure in order to meet the needs and aspirations of her people. Such infrastructure involves a good transportation system embracing road, water and air transport, among others. The key to accelerated economic development of a state is the availability of an aviatio.....

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October 3, 2012, 6:44 am | 101 Comment(s)

Health is wealth, so goes an adage. A healthy mind is also a wealthy mind. Any society that fails to cater for the health care of its citizens is doomed. It is bound to fail on several fronts because the ability to function efficiently in any capacity is determined by the physical and mental well-being of an individual.
Indeed, the shortco.....

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October 2, 2012, 6:39 am | 130 Comment(s)

The school was in the news last year when its executive director, Mrs Maria-Stella Mkpong, came out with a debut of Nigeria’s first reading reality television show for children between the ages of 6-12 years, tagged: “The Reading House”.
That pioneer outing, which was aired live on AKBC-TV and NTA-12, Uyo, just like other reality shows as.....

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September 12, 2012, 7:48 am | 230 Comment(s)

A team is a group of people with a commitment to one another, to the team, to a high level of achievement, to a common goal, and to a common vision. They understand that team success depends on the work of every member.
A good team functions as a single organism. Not only do members work together toward a common goal, but they complement and.....

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September 9, 2012, 7:22 pm | 230 Comment(s)