Lifting Of Ban On Logging, A Reality Or Farce?
OPINION By Chief Edwin Ogar Cross River State of Nigeria is endowed with forests which includes mangrove, tropical and savannah forest. These forests are rich in biological diversity and has huge environmental, economic, historical and cultural importance to the State and Nigeria as a whole. However, these...
Obong Attah: A Man Of Deep Intellect And Foresight
Obong Victor Attah OPINION By Senator Effiong Dickson Bob I did not know Obong Victor Attah up close before his emergence as governor of Akwa Ibom State in 1999. There was no personal relationship beyond a distant admiration based on political association until the ban on politics...
Advertised Child Support Scheme Platform Is Fake, Betta Edu
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has declared that the advertised "Federal government's N50, 000 Child Support Fund for All Nigerian Parents..." is fake. The Minister in a statement signed by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Olanrewaju Zubair said, the circulating bogus child support scheme and...
13 Feared Dead,15 Prisoners Escape As Twin Bomb Rock Bakassi Peninsula
Multiple explosions have rocked Atabong East Gendarmerie station in Idabato subdivision of Bakassi Peninsula leaving 13 persons dead. The explosion according to sources must have killed 12 Cameroonian Gendarmes and one civilian. As a result of the twin bomb attack on Saturday, November 18, more than 15 prisoners were said to...
NGOs, Activist Call For Psychosocial Support For Branded Witches In Nigeria
The Exhibition By Ita Williams, Calabar A Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and a Documentary Photographer, Etinosa Yyvonne have called for psychosocial support for children, women and the elderly accused of witchcraft. The call was made on Thursday at the National Museum, Old Residency, Calabar during an exhibition...
Addressing The Security Concerns In Cross River
Gov. Bassey Otu By Paul AmajamaWithout meaning to engage in macabre equivalence, it is expedient, however, to situate the current security challenges within the national space for a better understanding that Cross River State is faring better than other states in the country.This has become necessary in the face...
FG Approves 10 Per Of All Humanitarian, Social Safety Interventions For PLWDs In Nigeria
Dr. Betta Edu (centre), celebrating with some of the PLWDs beneficiaries. The Federal Government has approved a 10 percent inclusion for Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) in all Federal Government interventions and schemes of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The Minister of...
Cross River Signs MoU With US Firm To Create Value Chain In Bamboo, Food Crops Buffers, Others
Governor Bassey Otu (R) presenting a plaque to Dr.Victor Udoh, Leader of the ADC Inc. delegation with others during the visit. The Cross River State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afri Decarbonization Corporation Inc (ADC) of the United States (U.S) to focus on creating a value-chain in bamboo, food crops...
S’South Monarchs Felicitate Obong of Calabar, Appeal to Efik Leaders to Sheath Swords
By Magnus Effiong Few days after Governor Bassey Otu formally affirmed His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V as Obong of Calabar, traditional leaders, under the aegis of South South Monarchs Forum have paid a solidarity visit to Edidem Abasi-Otu V. The Monarch used the visit to call on Efik leaders, who may have lost out or been misled during the...
UN Agency Promises Nigeria $440 million Intervention Funds In 2024 As Edu Sues For Proper Coordination
Dr. Betta Edu (L) and the UN OCHA Deputy Director Operations and Advocacy Division in West and Central Africa and Leader of the delegation, Sofie Gerde Thomie during the courtesy visit. The Federal government has reiterated the need for proper coordination of humanitarian responses In Nigeria so as to improve results, ensure accountability and reduce...