Police Smoke Out Kidnap Kingpin, Gang Members In Calabar As Tenant Masterminds Landlady’s kidnap
Cross River State Commissioner of Police (CP), Gyogon Grimah The Police in Cross River state have nabbed a kidnap kingpin in Calabar popularly known as "Black" and three other gang members behind the foiled abduction of an ex- staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. Caroline Bassey.
50 A’Ibom Undergraduates Bag Scholarships, Gov Eno Hails Inoyo Toro Foundation, Savannah Energy On Impactful Education
Awardees and some dignitaries at the award ceremony at weekend in Uyo. Savannah Energy in collaboration with Inoyo Toro Foundation has inaugurated a fully funded scholarship to 50 new undergraduates in private and public Universities. The Managing Director of Savannah Energy, Mr. Oladapo Durotoye announced the...
An Evening With A Senator
OPINION By Etim Etim I finally caught up with Senator Ekong Sampson last Monday in Abuja. Scheduling a meeting with him is an arduous task given his busy agenda. He represents Akwa Ibom South in the 10th Senate, is the Vice Chairman of Basic & Secondary Education Committee; Vice...
Governor’s Wife Splashes Cash, Gift Items On Mothers Of Multiple Birth Children In Akwa Ibom
Wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Patience Umo Eno In a bid to curb the scourge of maternal mortality and child morbidity in Akwa Ibom state, Wife of the State Governor, Mrs. Patience Umo Eno on Friday, gifted mothers of multiple birth children in ONNA Local Government Area (LGA) cash and baby...
Carnival Calabar: Gov Otu Promises Investors Tax Heaven
Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu (4th R) Seagull Carnival Band Leader, Dame Princes Florence Ita-Giwa (3rd R), Bayside carnival Band Leader, Her Excellency, Mrs, Onari Duke (5th L) flanked by MDs and CEOs of organizations during the 2023 Carnival Calabar Breakfast Round Table with CEOs in Wheat Baker Hotel, Lagos Cross...
FG To Lift 50 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty In 42 Months
Betta Edu The Federal Government has mapped out programmes to lift 50 Million Nigerians out of poverty in 42 months. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu at the three days cabinet retreat outlined some of the specifics that will be done to remove 50 million people...
Hundreds Flee As Cameroon Deploys Heavy War Arsenals To Bakassi Peninsula
Hundreds of Nigerians residing in Atabong, Bakassi Peninsula are fleeing their homes as Cameroon is said to have deployed warplanes and warships to sack Biafra Separatist groups operating in the area. Between October 30 and November 3, there have been clashes between the separatist groups and the Cameroonian Forces in the peninsula causing serious...
The $1.35 billion Project Funding For Lagos
OPINION By Etim Etim It is gratifying that Lagos State government is forging ahead with the construction of the Fourth Mainland bridge by securing a $1.35 billion funding from the Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM Bank) and Access Bank, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets. The money will also be used...
Chronicle Partially Comes Back To Life Three Years After EndSars Crisis
The Information Commissioner, Mr. Erasmus Ekpang performing the commissioning of the Computer Unit The Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of Nigerian and Weekend Chronicle, completely vandalized three years ago in the web of the infamous EndSars crisis in the country, is partially back to life. The over 50 years old structure with...
Cameroon Launches Airstrikes in Bakassi Peninsula, Seeks To Flush Out Biafra Separatists
As the intermittent clashes between the Cameroonian Forces and Biafra Separatist groups persist, Cameroonian Air Force has carried out airstrikes in the creeks of Bakassi Peninsula of the Gulf of Guinea. Sources close to the separatist groups told Pillar Today that the aerial bombardment which took place in the early hours of November 2...