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Police Arrest Church Founder For Blinding Teenager With A Punch In Calabar

He eventually took her, after much delay, to a pharmacy along Marian (Ndidem Usang-Iso) road, and when they couldn't handle it, he reluctantly took her to UCTH where he was rude to those on duty and abandoned her for two weeks until he was arrested last weekend

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GADA Crusades For Gender Equity, Charge Religious Leaders To Balance Teaching On GBV In Cross River

By Kelvin Ololo  In a bid to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State, Gender and Development Action (GADA) has engaged church leaders, youth, and women organizations on ways to mitigate harmful social norms and violence against women among religious folks in the state. The one-day interactive Forum, with the theme ‘Male responsibility for

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JUST IN: ITM Ugep Staff Protest Four Months Unpaid Salaries

The Institution, set up by the then Governor Liyel Imoke’s administration in 2012, was scrapped last year after the State Government handed its facilities over to the Federal Polytechnic Ugep.

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Court Sentence Church Founder To Life Imprisonment For Raping 16-Year-Old In Calabar

By Kelvin Ololo The General Overseer of Refiners Fire Global Assembly, Pastor Favour Maxy Okoise, has been found guilty of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 16-years-old “spiritual daughter” in Calabar. The judgement which held at the Family Court and was presided by His Lordship, Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu Obin, convicted the

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JUST IN: Governor Otu Sacks His Image Maker, Appoint Linus Obogo As New CPS

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

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When Truth Becomes A Crime: Inside The Campaign To Silence WikkiTimes

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

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After Project Commissioning Controversy, State Government Set Panel To Probe

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

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NASSWatch: 8 Bills, 7 Motions – Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Presents Mid-Term Scorecard

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.

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