Saviour Ekpe

By Saviour Ekpe, Ph.D What began as a birthday celebration for Princess Dr. Victoria Ibokette soon transformed into what many described as a week-long celebration of a woman whose humanitarian disposition, peace advocacy and commitment to the wellbeing of others have earned her admirers across different spheres of society.

By Saviour Ekpe, Ph.D As personalities, community leaders, professionals, women, youths and beneficiaries converged at her Uyo residence in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital for a week-long birthday celebration that was meant to be for just a day, the tributes became more than birthday felicitations—they were a testament to a life of service, compassion and grassroots transformation. Birthdays are often occasions for celebration, reflection and thanksgiving.

…As Azi Marine lament on lack of patronage by IOCs operating in A’Ibom By Saviour Ekpe The Energy and Maritime Reporters of Nigeria (EMR), Akwa Ibom State Branch has called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to make strategic investments in commercial diving training and indigenous marine capacity development, saying such a move would position the state to fully harness the vast economic opportunities available in the offshore oil and gas industry and the emerging blue economy.