By Anietie Akpan As the world celebrated the 2025 International Day of Education, investigations have shown that Cross River state is yet to be Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education compliant. Findings by Pillar Today also revealed that…
By Anietie Akpan January 25, 2025, between the hours of 7am and 10am is yet another monthly sanitation day in Cross River State. In Calabar, residents turned out in large number to keep the city…
Nigeria’s captain William Ekong heads in the Super Eagles’ goal in the 2023 final in Abidjan. Hosts CIV came from behind to win 2-1. By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Draw Ceremony for the 35th Africa…
Gov. Umo Eno By Anietie Akpan The Extended Verification Exercise being carried out by the Akwa Ibom State Government is to vet the 8924 public servants who failed the just concluded verification exercise. Some persons…
Gov.. Umo Eno. OPINION By Clement Warrie It was Anietie Usen, the award winning journalist, author, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on media, who first pulled back the curtain on governor Umo Eno’s…
OPINION By Etim Etim The 2027 political season is arriving a bit too early in Akwa Ibom State, and as usual, the starting point is mudslinging and salacious political publications targeting at the incumbent…
Director RRDC, Odey Oyama. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar on January 22, 2025 granted an environmental activist, Comrade Odey Oyama bail after spending about eight days in police…
Chairman of the State Secondary Education Board, (SSEB), Dr. Ekaette Ebong (2nd right), commissioning the science laboratory while others assist. By Anietie Akpan, Community Secondary Commercial School, Ikot Oku Ikono in Uyo Local Government Area…
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has said that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria infusing figures from the underground economy into its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculation for the…
President Bola Tinubu By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja assured Ogoni leaders that his administration would prioritise peace, justice, and sustainable development in the area. This was made known…
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The second module of the 7th Edition of the IOC/NOC Advanced Sport Management Course to equip sports administrators with the knowledge and tools for improvement within their organisations, has begun…
By Itam Offor, Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the Ministry of Environment and other agencies involved in animal control to stop the menace of unrestrained domestic animals within…
By Akanimo Kufre, Uyo It was a moment of joy as Cricket World Cup debutants, Nigeria stunned New Zealand, a cricket powerhouse by 2 runs to seal a historic victory in Malaysia on Monday…
Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, (4th from right), the Principal, Rev. Father (Dr) Emem Umoren (3rd from right) and others at the ceremony. OPINION By Etim Etim There are many stories of old students going back to…
By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The trial of an Environmental Activist, Comrade Odey Oyama, was Monday stalled as the Cross River State Police command failed to produce him in court He was billed to appear…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar Civil SocietyOrganizations have called for the immediate release of an Environmental Activist Odey Oyama, saying his arrest is and detention by the Nigerian Police signifies a rising trend…
Former Governor Udom Emmanuel OPINION By Essien Ndueso, PhD The truth is that Mr Fejiro Oliver has just commenced the time table of his paymasters ahead of the 2027 General Elections. Why the sudden resort…
Governor Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The Cross River state government will commence the implementation of its comprehensive action plan on environment this year. The State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses Osogi, announced this…
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Police Service Commission at an extraordinary meeting on Friday approved the appointment of AIG Banji Lawal, AIG incharge of Border Patrol, Force Headquarters, Abuja as a substantive Deputy Inspector…
By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The remains of the foremost feminist and leftist, co-founder, Girls Power Initiative (GPI) and renowned Professor of Botany, Professor Bebe Madunagu has been laid to rest. Bene who was the…
By Akanimo Kufre, Calabar Lagos State's female and male teams on Thursday overcame their Akwa Ibom State counterparts to win the National Flag Football Tournament at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Akwa Ibom…
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Miller Dantawaye as the substantive Commissioner of Police at Kogi State Command. The Commission also approved the appointment of Betty…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The Nigerian Navy Hydrographic Department option for the Bakassi Deep Seaport Hydrographic survey served the state government over $77 billion . Recently the state government had engaged the…
One of the teams celebrating victory By Akanimo Kufre Aketi Bowl American Flag Football Finals Season 3 will come to an end today, Thursday as Akwa Ibom, Ondo and Lagos teams maintain dominance The semifinals…
By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo 2018 silver-medallists Nigeria will be up against Senegal, Sudan, and the Republic of Congo in Group D of the 8th African Nations Championship, scheduled for August 2025, with Tanzania, Kenya,…
President Bola Tinubu By Anietie Akpan, Calabar Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Federal Government of undermining the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by persistently under-funding its implementation. Expressing dissatisfaction,…
The Suspects. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Mathias Amunde and Emmanuel Oruru, in connection with the gruesome murder of Mrs. Justina Amunde. Amuse, a 50-year-old woman…
By Anietie Akpan, Calabar An giant iroko has fallen from the Bumaji forest of Eastern Boki in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. This is the second time in a week the…
By Magnus Effiong The Government of Cross River State has restated its position on regulations guiding refuse disposal in the state, especially within the Calabar metropolis. A release made available by the Special Adviser to…
Lawrence Mpama, a seasoned journalist, on Monday introduced a new community newspaper called "Cross Atlantic" to the Cross River chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Mpama, the former Editor of Watchman magazines,…
