By Ushang Ewa A video shared by aides of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State shows Magnetic MRO, a Chinese owned airline maintenance company based in Tallin, Estonia painting one of the two aircrafts purchased for the State owned Cally Air. This Newspaper had first reported that the State has acquired two aircrafts with
By Kayode Oyero, Punch Newspaper Journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo, says the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is afraid of Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele Sowore. He said Sowore and the other activists locked up since their arrest on New Year’s Eve in Abuja committed no crime for holding a protest
By Agency Report Qatar has donated $50,000 (about N25 million) for the construction of an education learning centre at Wassa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Abuja. The Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Nigeria, Mubarak Al Muhannadi, made the donation on Tuesday in Abuja when Basheer Mohammed, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for
By Patrick Obia Three residents of Okambi community have been shot by a combined team of Police personnel and civilian gunmen in Obudu Local Government Area of northern Cross River State, over the controversial proposed Passenger and Cargo Airport, eyewitnesses say. The victims are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed medical facility while two others
By Patrick Obia Youths of Obudu Local Government Area in Cross River State, have staged a peaceful protest rejecting the ongoing Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport project. According to Mr. Kajetan Ifeayi, who took to social media disclosed that, “Youths of the four affected villages – Igwo, Okambi, Atiekpe and Ikwomikwu have pledged not
By Archibong Jeremiah Sarra Sellimi Of Tunisia has emerged winner of Miss Africa Calabar. She won the crown in the fifth (5th) edition of the pageant hosted by the Cross River State Government.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Government has written Citizen Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist who was incarcerated for 179 days for alleged acts of treason and terrorism after an opinion article he published over his support for inmates in a prison facility in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar. “I write in appreciation to acknowledge
By Agba Jalingo One of the Boeing aircrafts purchased by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River for Cally Air is set to depart for Nigeria. According to sources familiar with the transaction details, two aircrafts have actually been purchased and they are set to land in Nigeria before the new year. Update Airline: Cally Air