By Patrick Obia A leading producer of cement in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Lafarge Africa Plc has empowered twenty-five women from it’s host communities of Mfamosing, Abiati, Ekong Anaku, Mbobui and Akwa Ikot Effanga in Akamkpa and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River State. The empowerment ceremony held Saturday, September 18, 2021,
By Maxwell Effiong And Emmanuel Eni Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, have been charged to embrace entrepreneurial development for easy spiritual reliance. This was the central theme of the multi-stake career fair, organised by the church in Calabar, where thousands of young men and women were urged to be self
By Ike Uche Africa’s biggest platform for economic development, Black Wall Street (BWS) has donated computer tablets to empower Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria. The Association of Voice-Over Artistes in Nigeria led by famous actor and voice-over guru, Segun Arinze, received the donations on Monday from Linda Ezenwankwo who represents the Black Wall Street in Nigeria.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade has lamented the death of one – time Military Administrator of the old Rivers State (now Rivers and Bayelsa States), Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo (rtd). General Ukpo who was also a former Minister of Information died on Monday, days after his sister passed away in the United
By Jonathan Ugbal The former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo has died aged 74. Born Stephen Anthony Ukpo, the late military man who also served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information during the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime died on Monday after a brief sickness. A native of Okpoma in Yala Local
By Kejuo Regina More than five years after the Cross River Government signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Waste to Wealth initiative having been selected for the pilot scheme by the federal government and the Council of Entrepreneurs for Africa, Canada, the State has announced a collaboration with France on a similar project. The
By Francis Bassey, Isioma Amifor and Anthonia Odido As part of robust plan by Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL) to increase quality water supply in the State, arrangements are on top gear to partner a South African company, Osmotech Engineering Group. The partnership is aimed at enhancing production and delivery of more effective
By Jonathan Ugbal Education stakeholders on Tuesday in Calabar posited that teachers are vital to ensure the sector is best positioned as an engine for national development, as the world enters the fourth industrial revolutions. The role of teachers was the focus of conversations and presentations at the 7th induction of professional teachers in the