By Favour Adinya The Female Commercial Drivers Association of Cross River State has expressed gratitude to the First Lady of the State, Rev. Eyoanwa Bassey Otu, for her dedicated support toward women empowerment in the state. The Association members commended her recent gesture in awarding substantial cash prizes to nine female drivers who demonstrated exceptional
By Boluwatife Adedokun, BONews When Adewale Rofiat Mayowa, a Blind mother of three, was employed by the Osun State Government to teach at the School for Special Needs in Osogbo in 2022, her joy knew no bounds. The 35-year-old mother of 3 from Osogbo had long anticipated this moment; the chance to contribute to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has officially inaugurated the 18 local government chairmen and vice chairmen who emerged winners of the November 2 local government elections in the state. The newly elected chairmen and their vices all emerged under the flagship of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as the
By SaharaReporters The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged and acquitted former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, overturning his 2019 conviction for false asset declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Justice Onnoghen, who was convicted on April 18, 2019, by the tribunal led by Umar Yakubu Danladi,
By Ben Aroh, The Whistlers The gloomy countenance of the natives of Achom in Alor-Uno, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State is at variance with the villagers’ signpost with the inscription, “Welcome to Achom Village.” The picture of Achom is far from welcoming. The signpost, already consumed by grasses, stands beside a gully, which
Sources say the elected Council bosses may be sworn in tomorrow, Monday at the temporary Executive Council Chambers after which they will travel home and inaugurate the local legislatures.
This is the question the Gender and Development Action (GADA) along with concerned mothers of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) law students sought to know from the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar. However, on the 31st October 2024, after months of case work, Justice I. L. Ojukwu declined jurisdiction in the case, on grounds
As it is with Nigerian politicians; and in the realm of governance, it has always been commonplace to promise in poetry and deliver in prose. Promises are often mere rhetoric, lost in the labyrinth of political discourse. However, the recent actions of the Cross River State governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, mark a radical