Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON. By Eseme Eyiboh When Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio assumed office as President of Nigeria’s 10th Senate in June 2023, expectations were understandably high. Nigeria was grappling with economic…
The Dean of the Faculty of Oceanography, University of Calabar( Unical), Prof. Francis Nwosu, has charged the Federal Government to invest in marine science and manpower development to unlock Nigeria’s vast but largely untapped ocean…
By Ita Williams, Calabar Colourful attires, songs, dances and chants filled the Esuene Sports Stadium in Calabar on Thursday as thousands of market women gathered for a day many described as historic. The occasion marked…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Police Service Commission (PSC) has restated its commitment to consistently uphold a Merit-based recruitment process in the Nigerian Police. The commission made this known in a statement which also describes as…
By Dianabasi Effiong A new Executive Council of the Energy and Maritime Reporters of Nigeria (EMR), Akwa Ibom State Chapter, was formally inaugurated on Tuesday in Uyo with a charge to its leadership to make…
Senate President, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON. By Anietie Akpan The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has called on Nigerians to embrace unity, vigilance, and active participation in nation-building as the country…
…Residents Task FG on Security, Good Governance. By Princewill Kingston/Magnus Effiong It is no longer news that Nigeria is celebrating 27 years of uninterrupted democratic rule with pomp and pageantry even as government officials at…
…Community Fears More Killings by Others at Large, Tasks Police …Residents Demand Harsh Punishment for Suspects, Accomplices By Joseph Kingston Communities in Odukpani local government of Cross River state have been thrown into fear…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Deputy Governor of Delta, Sir Monday Onyeme, has said that no Nigerian should be a second-class citizen in the country. He made the statement on Monday when the leadership of the…
Governor Umo Eno (4th) from left with the Commission members. By Essien Ndueso_ The debate around the composition of the Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission, AKSERC, has exposed a troubling bias in public discourse:…
The committee members during inauguration. Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC) Reconciliation Committees for the Southern, Central and Northern Senatorial Districts of the state. The committees were…
Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu (left) and Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr. Olufemi Ogunyemi, during the latter's courtesy call on the Governor, with his management team in Calabar, on Monday By Anietie Akpan…
Members of the Forum of the Special Advisers to Governor Bassey Edet Otu during the Briefing on Monday. By Ita Williams, Calabar Forum of the Special Advisers to the Governor of Cross River State has…
By Dianabasi Effiong No fewer than 15 footballers of Nigerian descent will feature for other nations at the FIFA World Cup 2026 to be played across Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. This is in spite…
First Lady of Nigeria Oluremi Tinubu (m) with winners of the 3rd Edition of the National Girls in ICT during the Award Dinner held at the State House Abuja on Friday 6th June 2026…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, GCON. By Anietie Akpan The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied misleading reports circulating in sections of the media suggesting that the President of the Senate…
Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim. By Anietie Akpan President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, on his election as Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee…
By Dianabasi Effiong Global music icons from Nigeria - Rema, Burna Boy, Davido, and Arya Starr - have been listed in the official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album squad unveiled by FIFA Communications Division for…
PadBank team posed with the Students, and Teachers during the Padbank Mobile Outreach Programme on Tuesday. By Ita Williams, Calabar The drive to improve menstrual health and end period poverty among young girls in Cross…
4th from right, Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Hon. Johnson Ebokpo, 5th from right: Comrade Archibong Bassey, NUJ Chairman, CRS, Council, and members of the Ministry By Ita Williams, Calabar The Cross River State…
By Dianabasi Effiong Prof. Samuel Odewumi, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UniUyo), has unveiled a professor of Radiology, Dianabasi Udoette Eduwem, as the 135th Inaugural Lecturer of the University. Odewumi told…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianabasi Effiong The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described as worrisome, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar's fixation on terror threats rather than commending the Nigerian military's quick gains in the…
Being The Text of The Third Anniversary Speech By His Excellency, Pastor Umo Eno, Ph.D., Government House, May 29, 2026 My dear Akwa Ibomites, 1. I come to you today, with a heart filled with…
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno doing the planting. By Ubon Marcus On Thursday, May 28, 2026, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, officially launched the Akwa Ibom State Tree Crop…
By Our Reporter The OBIdient Movement (TOM) in Cross River State has warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against choosing its governorship candidate from the northern part of the State . In a press statement…
By Princewill Kingston/Magnus Effiong Many Cross Riverians, particularly supporters of Gov Bassey Otu, have continued to applaud what they describe as remarkable strides recorded by his administration within three years in office. And, while many…
By Dianabasi Effiong The he Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Idi Abbas, has restated the Nigerian Navy's resolve to safeguard the country's territorial waters and critical national asset. Abbas stated this during the…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has hailed Nigerian children on the occasion of this year's Children's Day Celebration, advising them to shun…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, GCON President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has felicitated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his vice, Kashim Shettima and Muslim faithful in Nigeria and around the world as they celebrate…
Ex-Governor Clement Ebri By Dianabasi Effiong The Chairman of the Cross River State Elders Advisory Council, Chief Clement Ebri, has congratulated Governor Bassey Edet Otu on his emphatic victory at the governorship primary of the…
