By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has made appointments into the office of the Audit Commission as well as appointed Acting Surveyor-General of the State. This was contained in a press release signed by Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor dated October 15th, 2023 with reference
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria In 2012, the Ondo State government launched a free shuttle bus scheme for primary and secondary school students, picking them up to school and returning them back home after school. The project was expected to reduce the burden of high transportation costs on parents and guardians, thereby reducing lateness
By Godwin Otang The Foundation for Partnership Initiative In the Niger Delta (PIND) has commenced a capacity-building program at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), to help in conflict resolution and promote peaceful coexistence. The Initiative was opened with the inauguration of the PIND’s UNICAL Peace Club on Thursday, October 12, 2023, made up of students
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has blown a trumpet that the 2023 Carnival Calabar will be the best. He made the assertion during the flagging off of the 2023 first Carnival dry run, at the Millennium Park on Sunday in Calabar, the State capital. The
By Alaba Adeyemi, Development News Nigeria The South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps was launched by governors. Amotekun received massive support from the people of the region who had been traumatized by the incessant cases of killing, kidnapping, and rape which made many flee their homes and abandon their livelihood. The bold move was
By Ebika Precious Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) has inaugurated its new executive in the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Peace Club. Giving an insight, the capacity building coordinator of the organization Dr. Chukwudi Njoku and Mrs. Violet Eneyor said the foundation focuses on peacebuilding and economic development, by managing crises and
National Assembly records show that from 1999 to the 8th National Assembly (2015-2019), the 469 seats at both the Senate and House of Reps have been occupied by 2,345 persons. This includes those who weren’t re-elected and the freshers who displaced them. In the 9th National Assembly, 64 Senators and 151 Reps, were not re-elected.
By Gladys Omirigbe A nursing mother of one identified as Mary Obeten Peter has cried out as her younger sister – Hannah secretly got married to her husband – Peter Obeten. The said couple hails from Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident is said to have occurred during the period