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  • • •Host Community to Oil Watches Legacy Rot Away Uboho David, Inido Abaikpa & Bassey Blessing   In Ibotio and Ndon Ibotio, two oil-bearing villages in Ikpa ibom clan, Mkpat Enin local government area, there is a grief that does not make the news. It is the grief of watching your fathers’ legacy rot away. It is the grief of a once-proud boarding school that produced Akwa Ibom’s best, now reduced to one leaking classroom, palm trees growing through laboratories, and cattle grazing where students once marched during inter-house sports. This is the story of Government Secondary School Ibotio, formerly, Ibotio and Ndon Secondary School. This is the story of a community that feels forgotten, blacklisted, and buried under 16 years of broken promises. Eteidung Engr. Sunday Gaius Bassey of Ibotio still remembers when the school was the pride of the area.   “When I was in secondary school age, our parents built that school. It was fully boarded, with everything. I...

  …Urges believers not to fear opposition, conspiracies When the storms of life rage, opposition mounts and every human door appears closed, believers must remember that their ultimate hope is not in man, but in God. Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, gave this message of faith and reassurance on Sunday, August 9, 2026, as he ministered at All Nations Christian Ministry International, Eket, where he preached on the theme, “My Shield.” Drawing from Psalm 3:1-3, Governor Eno urged Christians not to interpret difficult seasons, opposition or conspiracies as evidence that God has abandoned them. According to him, life may sometimes present situations capable of frightening even the strongest believer, but such moments should become opportunities to deepen one's faith and trust in God's unfailing protection. Referencing Psalm 3:2, which says, “Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God,” the Governor cautioned believers against allowing the voices of ...