By Patrick Obia On a busy Friday morning at the bustling Etta Agbor in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Cornelius Ellah took his car to a nearby mechanic workshop for maintenance. What followed brought him to tears. He noticed one of the mechanics holding a very young baby. Assuming the
By Godwin Ajom The Federal High Court, Calabar Division has fined Gender and Development Action (GADA) the sume of twenty thousand (20,000) Naira for ‘blatant disregard”. GADA is also fingered of “stalling the hearing” of a suite initiated itself against Nigerian University Commission (NUC), University of Calabar (UNICAL); the Vice Chancellor of UNICAL Professor Florence
1. You cannot in all honesty be using a phone that costs over 1 Million or even half a million, when you are still a student or dependent, and not be a thief or wayward. You have to have very rich parents, lavish relations or sugar daddies or sugar mummies, to be able to sustain
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Following the negative impacts resulting from mining activities by artisanal and industrial miners, the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has directed the immediate withdrawal of all miners and quarries from sites within the State. He gave the directives in a press release signed by the
By Sylvia Akpan In a bid to protest the poor quality of education students receive and to demand instruction in their native languages, the Cross River State Ministry of Women Affairs, in collaboration with Save the Children International, set aside June 21, 2023, to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The 2024 International
By Patrick Obia Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has praised the 10th International Day of Yoga, highlighting its benefits for mental and physical fitness. Speaking at the event organized by the Indian High Commission at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday, June 22, 2024, Senator Owan-Enoh recognized the significance
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has appointed the Paramount Ruler of Abi Local Government Area, His Royal Majesty Ovai (Elder) Solomon Osim Edward JP, as the new State Council of Chiefs Chairman. HRM, Ovai Solomon will replace the former chairman, the Paramount of Bakassi HRH,
By Sylvia Akpan Following the election held on the 7th of June, 2024 by the Association of Cross River State Public Procurement Officers, (ACRIPPO) new members have been inaugurated and presented to the State Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau (DPPIB). The inauguration was held at the office of the Director-General, DPPIB, where a formal