By Patrick Obia The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has called on women to step out from their shells and get fully involved in governance and decision-making as they mark the 2023 International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8 to celebrate the efforts of women in every facet of society. This
By Ben Aroh, The Whistlers Dr. Offordile Fabian Onah was duly registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission to vote in the 2023 general elections. He had obtained his permanent voter card and waited for Feb 25, 2023, to cast his votes. Alas, Dr. Onah was rejected by the Bimodal Verification Accreditation System! The plight
By Adefemola Akintade, Peoples Gazette The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and State Assembly elections till March 18. The exercise was previously scheduled to hold on March 11, but INEC, citing a logistics crisis stemming from BVAS configuration and transportation, said the election could not hold again as scheduled following a meeting of its
March 8 every year is celebrated as International Women’s Day (IWD). The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is the government Ministry that coordinates the activities marking the day. The theme for this year’s event is Digitalization: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. This year’s IWD makes it 35 days since the kidnapping of the Commissioner for
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government on Tuesday launched its gender strategic plan to ensure a systemic and robust approach towards ending gender based violence. This formed part of the activities marking the 2023 edition of the International Women’s Day, IWD, which is celebrated annually on March 8th. The theme for the 2023
By Jonathan Ugbal The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom has said a photograph of him presenting his certificate of return to a former Governor in the State, Liyel Imoke while the incumbent, Benedict Ayade watches on is a computer-generated image. “It is photoshop! Jonathan quote me, it is photoshop and I
By Patrick Obia United Kingdom-based Cross Riverian, Iso Bassey has expressed optimism about the 2023 Nigeria general elections. In an interview with journalists in Calabar Municipal LGA, his hometown while exercising his franchise during the Presidential and National Assembly elections, he said as a Nigerian, it is important for him to fly down wherever he
By Patrick Obia The three Senators-elect in Cross River State – Jarigbe Agom, Eteng Jones, and Asuquo Ekpenyong Jrn have received their Certificate of Return. The trio received the certificate at the official presentation held at the International Conference Center, Abuja on Tuesday, 7th March 2023. Jarigbe Agom of the People’s Democratic Party was reelected