International News
Breaking News Business & Economy International News Investigation

Chinese-Run Company Aided By Government Officials Exports Charcoal And Timber Despite Ban, Threatening Nigeria’s Forests

By Chikezie Omeje, SaharaReporters In May 2019, the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, or NESREA, ordered a Chinese-run factory in the southeastern Nigerian state of Enugu to cease operation over illegal charcoal production and export. NESREA, established in 2007 by the Nigerian government to enforce environmental laws, said it would prosecute Kwo-Chief Investment Limited for

Read More
Breaking News International News Reports

UN-POLAC Appoint Ikom Born Enene Fonne International Peace Advocate

By Patrick Obia The United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC) has appointed Cross River born Mrs. Enene Fonne as an International Peace Advocate. With the appointment, the Ikom born Mrs. Enene Fonne will be actively involved in peace-making, conflict resolution and other activities that encourage peace and positive living anywhere in the world. The

Read More
Breaking News Health International News

Car Free Day: Lawmaker, Stakeholders Promote Cycling And Walking For Better Health

By Victoria Effiong Tackling environmental challenges and global warming may become easier if humans ditch their cars for bicycles and walking which will in turn, improve their health, stakeholders said at an event to mark by the World Car Free Day in Calabar on Wednesday. The event, flagged off by the Speaker of the ninth

Read More
Breaking News Business & Economy International News

Lafarge Africa Plc Empowers 25 Women, Charge Them To Be Good Ambassadors

By Patrick Obia A leading producer of cement in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Lafarge Africa Plc has empowered twenty-five women from it’s host communities of Mfamosing, Abiati, Ekong Anaku, Mbobui and Akwa Ikot Effanga in Akamkpa and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River State. The empowerment ceremony held Saturday, September 18, 2021,

Read More
Breaking News Business & Economy International News

CALABAR: Becoming Self Reliant Boosts Spirituality, Clergy Tells Church Members

By Maxwell Effiong And Emmanuel Eni Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have been charged to embrace entrepreneurial development for easy spiritual reliance. This was the central theme of the multi-stake career fair, organised by the church in Calabar, where thousands of young men and women were urged to be self

Read More
Breaking News International News Reports

Black Wall Street Empowers Voice-Over Artistes In Nigeria

By Ike Uche Africa’s biggest platform for economic development, Black Wall Street (BWS) has donated computer tablets to empower Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria. The Association of Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria led by famous actor and voice-over guru, Segun Arinze, received the donations on Monday from Linda Ezenwankwo who represents the Black Wall Street in Nigeria.

Read More
Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo rtd.
Breaking News International News National News

General Ukpo’s Death A Monumental Loss, Says Ayade

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United

Read More
Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo rtd.
Breaking News International News National News

Former Military Governor Of Rivers Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo Is Dead

By Jonathan Ugbal The former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo has died aged 74. Born Stephen Anthony Ukpo, the late military man who also served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information during the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime died on Monday after a brief sickness. A native of Okpoma in Yala Local

Read More
Share this now