By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has flagged off land clearing and developing of 12,000 hectares of farmland for on boarding out-growers. The out-growers are expected to cultivate rice, maize, cassava,…
Chairman of Abitto Global Service, Chief Akinaka Richard By Ita Williams, Calabar In a grand ceremony held in Calabar at weekend, a maiden Calabar To Uyo water transportation service courtesy, Abitto Ferry Service has been…
OPINION By Etim Etim The Senate is currently undertaking a comprehensive amendment of the Central Bank Act of 2007, but the exercise is generating mixed reactions in the banking industry. Operators are worried that some…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has commenced the process of rescuing and protecting her pristine vast rain forest to end the nefarious activities of illegal loggers in the state. Accordingly,…
Governor Umo Eno Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has attributed the successes recorded in his first year in office to God's grace and the massive support of Akwa Ibom people. He outlined…
OPINION By Etim Etim Congratulations to Gov. Umo Eno on the occasion of his first anniversary in office. I have just read the speech the governor gave this afternoon at the anniversary celebrations at Uyo…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has struck oil, launching herself back to the league of oil producing states in Nigeria. Thus to fully regain her membership in the exclusive club…
OPINION By Gabriel Njoku A citadel of learning and a leading African financial institution rolled out the drums Saturday in separate celebrations to mark this year’s International Africa Day. At the University of Uyo, the…
Governor Bassey Otu celebrating with the children. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has declared total priority on the welfare and development of children in the state as the world…
With millions of Cross Riverians rolling out the drums to celebrate Governor Bassey Otu’s one year in office, in this interview, Barr. Ekpenyong Akiba, Special Adviser to the Governor on General Duties, throws light on…
HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet is the Chairman of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and doubles as the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi local government area. In this interview, the Royal father poured encomium…
Hon Pius Edet is the Honourable Commissioner for works and infrastructure in Cross River State. In this brief interview, he scored Gov Otu high on infrastructural development and called on Cross Riverians to lend their…
By Ekanem Whyte/Emmanuela Ezin The proverbial journey of a thousand miles starting with one step aptly describes the generally acclaimed effort of Governor Bassey Otu to restore the battered socio-economic image of Cross River State…
By Magnus Effiong The people of Ukim Ita and several other communities in Odukpani, Calabar Municipality and Akpabuyo as well as contractors engaged for purported constructions of access roads, erosion control, schools, health facilities amongst others…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu For The Record Paid Conditional cash transfer of 25000 Naira to 3.2M verified poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria. ( From CBN account directly to Beneficiaries account after verification and validation…
The Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, in a hand shake with the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of South-South, DIG Sokari Pedro during the courtesy visit. . By Anietie Akpan Governor Bassey…
Cross River Deputy Governor, Hon Peter (2nd L), commissioning the oxygen gas plant project on Friday while Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk (1st L), Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Juliet Chiluwe (1st R)…
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu By Anietie Akpan A renowned Spiritual Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has been invited to speak at a 2-day Africa Spiritual…
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Elvert Anyambem, has been impeached amidst uproar. The impeachment which took place in the early hours of Wednesday during plenary…
OPINION By Etim Etim There is calm these days at the corporate headquarters of NDDC, the 24-year-old interventionist agency established by the Federal Government to fix developmental gaps in the Niger Delta region. The 13-storey…
OPINION By Etim Etim I am writing with a heavy heart. A helicopter carrying the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian and several others, crashed in a heavy fog yesterday, Sunday,…
OPINION By Etim Etim From May 16 to 17, over 2,000 of Africa’s business leaders, investors, policy makers and political leaders as well as their counterparts from around the world met in Kigali, Rwanda…
By Anietie Akpan Organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards are set to take the ‘uncommon transformation’ city of Uyo by storm with the tenth edition of Nigeria’s longest-running football awards…
By Anietie Akpan Fresh crisis Looms in the oil rich Niger Delta region as the Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has called for a halt to the divestment process of oil and gas…
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By Anietie Akpan Champions, Nigerian will begin their WAFU B U17 Championship title defence at this year’s edition of the competition on May 15 in Accra, Ghana. The Golden Eaglets, five-time champions of…
Father of the Quadruplets, Mr. John Obikang Ashang (2nd from right), the Team Leader, Deaconess Auwundua Richard Efa (3rd right), Mother of the Quadruplets (1st left) and others. By Anietie Akpan The Wife of the…
OPINION By Etim Etim The Gulf Stream Executive jet used by the Akwa Ibom State Governor will soon be put up for lease to earn income and relieve the state of its rising maintenance costs.…
By Ita Williams, Calabar In a shocking turn of events, a group of armed robbers invaded a well-known eatery in Calabar, leaving a trail of terror and theft in their wake. The incident,…
OPINION By Etim Etim Africa is always in perpetual struggle for survival. It is the world’s second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia, but its past and future always seem to be in…
