By Kelvin Ololo The General Overseer of Refiners Fire Global Assembly, Pastor Favour Maxy Okoise, has being found guity of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-years-old “spiritual daughter” in Calabar. The judgement pursued by Gender and Development Action (GADA), held at Family Court at the Cross River State Customary Court of
By Favour Adinya The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has axed his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gill Nsa and appoints Mr. Linus Obogo as his new image maker. Mr. Linus Obogo will take over as the new Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. This is contained in a
By Usman Babaji, WikkiTimes On a hot February afternoon in 2023, Haruna Mohammed Salisu found himself shoved into a police van on the orders of the Bauchi governor. Moments earlier, the 34-year-old publisher of WikkiTimes — a small investigative news outlet in Bauchi State — had been interviewing voters during the presidential election. Now he
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Following the controversies that have trailed the commissioning of some projects in Calabar, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has set up a commission of judicial inquiry into the disruptions. There are allegations of project unveiling disruption hosted by the Management of the Niger Delta Development
By Kelvin Ololo One of the first messages called him a “failed writer.” Others warned him to stay out of Calabar. By the third day, Ogar Emmanuel Oko, a writer and former president of the Nigerian Union of Campus Journalists, found his life nearly in turmoil. His offense? Criticizing Governor Bassey Otu’s claim that people
This places him among the top performing first-term legislators and the Cross River delegation to the 10th National Assembly when lawmaking is the matrix considered.
By Kelvin Ololo A truck laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), better known as fuel has fallen along Lemna by Northwest fuel filing station. as mob troop to scoop fuel for fortune. The incident which happened at about 2:18PM on Saturday June 14, 2025, saw residents of the area muscle to scoop the fuel despite
At the federal - we talk of zoning; at the state - we talk of zoning. Now, at the citadels of hope (our precious institutions), we are also talking about zoning. Will the country go extinct before we will realize how bad the game we are playing is?