Tap from Our Knowledge Reservoir, Retirees Tell Govt
By Our Reporter Local government retirees in Cross River, under the aegis of Association of Cross River State Local Government Pensioners, have called on government at all levels to utilise the untapped reservoir of knowledge of retirees to achieve the desired economic growth and development of the state and country. The...
Gov. Wike Confers State Honours On 162 Nigerians
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ...Re-sates Commendation To Buhari Over 13 Percent Derivation Arrears Governor Nyesom Wike has honoured 162 distinguished Nigerians for their inspirational achievements, impactful life and contributions to the progress of Rivers State in particular and the nation in general. Among those honoured...
2023 Presidency: We Will Win In CRS, South-South States – Okowa, Others Declare
PDP top officials and others at the ceremony in Calabar Andy Esiet, Calabar The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party who is also the incumbent Governor of Delta State, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa and his South-South counterparts have declared that PDP is in-charge and will win the...
BnL Renews Calls For Kanu’s Release For Peace To Reign
Andy Esiet, Calabar Biafra Nations League (BnL), has again warned the federal government of it's continuous hold of the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This is coming weeks after a militant group suspected to be BnL affiliate attacked and abducted three oil workers in the...
Okowa, Udom Commission PDP Presidential Campaign Office in C/River, G-5 Governors, Sandy Onor, Vena Ikem Absent
By Our Reporter The People Democratic Party (PDP) has commissioned its presidential campaign office in Cross River with Governors, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Douye Diri of Bayelsa and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in attendance. Predictably, the Gov Nyesom Woke-led group, otherwise called G-5, did not...
Remain Calm And Steadfast, We Will Appeal This Travesty Of Justice, OBA’s Campaign Organisation
‘ Senator Bassey Albert Akwa Ubok Abasi Campaign Organisation has called on it’s teeming members as well as supporters of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, CON, to remain calm and steadfast over the Federal Court judgment, assuring that the case will be upturned on appeal. A statement...
A Senator’s Jail Term And Financial Controversies: How The 2023 Race Is Shaping Up In Akwa Ibom
OPINION By Etim Etim The conviction of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, the YPP Governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State by the Federal High Court in Uyo few days ago, has become an unexpected albatross for Gov Udom Emmanuel and his preferred governorship candidate, Mr Umo Eno of PDP. Together with...
Over 2.7 million young persons live with HIV in Nigeria
...41 percent of HIV new cases in Nigeria occur among youths, experts Andy Esiet, , Calabar The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has declared that about 2.7 million young people in Nigeria live with HIV as the graph is almost flat over past few years.
NFF Celebrates Kunle Solaja Over FIFA World Cup Honour In Qatar
Kunle Solaja with his certificate of achievement and replica of FIFA World Cup in Doha on Tuesday The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated foremost journalist, prolific author and respected diarist, Mr. Kunle Solaja on the occasion of his being honoured by world football -governing body, FIFA in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday.
2023 General Elections, The Nigerian Project And The Media
For The Record: Being The Text of Speech Delivered By Barr. Mike Igini (immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom State) on the occasion of the NUJ Week Cross River State Branch on 25th October 2022 at Transcorp Hotel Calabar on the topic: 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS,THE NIGERIAN PROJECT AND THE MEDIA Barr. Mike Igini...