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Fire Guts Students Accomodation In Calabar

By Unimke Jeremiah Fire from unknown source has burnt four rooms belonging to some students of CRUTECH and UNICAL at No. 4/7 Orok Orok Lane, Calabar South. The fire which is said to have started at about 5:30am yesterday morning consumed virtually all their belongings. According to our reporter at the scene, the occupants of

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APC CONGRESS: Aggrieved Members In Cross River Seek Nullification, Drag Party And INEC To Court

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Cross River State, who are unhappy with the result of the party’s recently held Congresses, have dragged the party before the Federal High Court, Abuja seeking nullification of the ward, local government and state congresses. ThisDay Newspapers reports that jn the suit filed

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BREAKING: Ayade Unveils ‘Africanism’ As 2018 Carnival Theme

By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Senator Ben Ayade, the governor of Cross River State has unveiled “Africanism” as the theme for the 2018 edition of the Carnival Calabar and Festivals. Mr. Ayade charged band leaders to ensure they promote the true African cultural heritage in their parades. “This year’s carnival Calabar will tell the

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Tackling The Worldwide Explosion In Illicit Drugs (Part I) BY REKPENE BASSEY

At its seventeenth special session, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Political Declaration and Global Program of Action against dangerous drugs. Nothing less was expected from a session devoted to the question of worldwide action and cooperation against illicit drugs. Issues in supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic

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EXCLUSIVE: Abiola’s Family Meet Tinubu, Say He Was Instrumental To PMB’s June 12 Declarations (AUDIO)

By Jonathan Ugbal Hafsat Abiola-Costello, the eight child of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections, Moshood Abiola has said that former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu was instrumental to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declarations to honor her late father. She said the family visited Mr. Tinubu earlier today to thank him for

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My Successor In 2023 Will Be From Southern Cross River – Ayade

By Ogar Monday Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has confirmed his intention to run for a second term in office in the 2019 general elections as well as hand over to a successor from the southern senatorial district in 2023. Mr. Ayade has been endorsed by different groups since February 2018 and in his

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How Drug Barons Infiltrate Government Officials (Part I) BY REKPENE BASSEY

The largest, richest and deadliest criminal enterprise in history is penetrating deeply into civil structures that make democracy what it is: justice systems, police forces, political parties, legislatures, electoral campaigns, civilian – controlled armies, government ministries and presidential palaces – David Schrieberg Newsweek Magazine, 22 January 1996. The instinct for survival is a creed in

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Group Holds Retreat For Students Union Leaders, Donate 1 Million To Endowment Fund

By Ogar Monday A group that identifies itself as “The Men of Our Times” has donated NGN1 million to an endowment fund set up in honor of Professor Kelvin Eta, the first indigenous Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar. The donation was made at a retreat organised by the group for past and present

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