By Able Winnard Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Cross River State chapter has paid a warm visit to the faculty of Communication Technology, University of Cross River State, to foster a healthy collaboration with the varsity. NIPR was established in 1963. The body attained the status of a Chartered Institute in June 1990 through
I can wake up today and decide to announce to everyone that I had a personal encounter with Christ and have been commanded to denounce my strong belief in African Traditional Religion and I have become born again and I am starting a ministry to propagate the Gospel of the Lord. Then a couple of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Edema Irom, recently led women on a humanitarian visit to a set of triplets being cared for by a good-spirited family due to the death of their mother during birth. The gesture, the commissioner disclosed, remains one of the Ministry’s
By Sylvia Akpan, Mary Bassey And Able Winnard Edgerley Memorial Girls Secondary School Calabar has celebrated its 125th anniversary in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The all-girls school located at Edgerley, Calabar South Local Government of the State was established 125 years ago by Missionaries to encourage girls’ education. Speaking to Mark the 125
By Godwin Otang Stakeholders at the forefront to end witchcraft branding in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States have blamed the act on institutional failures, government oversights, and Nollywood fiction films that depict characters as witches or wizards. These fingers were pointed during a Town Hall meeting held at the Old Residency, National Museums and
By Godwin Otang Suspected brake failure has left four staff of the Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) injured in Calabar, Cross River State. The incident occurred along Marian Road by Mary Slessor Roundabout in the prime hours of the day, when the vehicle loaded with refuse failed brake and swerved to the side of the
Words are powerful but can be lost when used arbitrarily and out of context. For those given to trifle and populism, it is easy to use certain words out of season in the hope to titillate a tiny segment of their naysayers’ horde. It is pertinent, to begin with the simplest aspect of the word
By Friday Okeregbe, Channels Television The joint National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have suspended the nationwide strike which entered its second day on Wednesday. The decision was reached at a meeting on Wednesday that deliberated on the outcome of an earlier interface with