By Obeten Godfrey UNICAL graduate, Miss. Rachel Nengi Fubara, and fashion designer needs Nine Million Naira for life saving surgery in India. Rachel, a model, fashion designer and a graduate of Genetics and Biotechnology from the University of Calabar was diagnosed in 2017 with acute angiosarcoma, a cancerous tumor located at her groin. Prior to
By Deborah Obot “When we think of Bakassi we get angry, after Nigeria Army and Cameroonian Gerndaimes have fought for years, ceding it to Cameroon is a disservice to Cross Riverians.” This is an assertion made by His Royal Majesty, Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount Ruler of Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River
By Margaret John A Rice farmer in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Moses Egbung has accused politicians in Cross River State of hijacking the Federal Government funded CBN anchors borrowers program and turning it into a family affair. Mr. Moses who was speaking as a guest on“The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”,
By Obeten Godfrey The Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River and Akwa Ibom State Branch, Engr. Giandomenic Massari has insisted that Public Private Partnership, PPP is the best strategy government can employ for open and sustainable economic and industrialization drive. Engr. Massari made his position known while speaking as a guest
By Isek Violet Th Cross River State Government has concluded plans to establish a cement factory in Yala Local Government Area of the State. The disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Peter Egba where he also revealed that “Yala Local Government has enough limestone deposits, more than what Lafarge
By Isek Violet The Director General of the Cross River State Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Barrister Alphonsus Eba has maintained that the relevant processes as captured in the 2017 Appropriation Act were duly followed in the State’s industrialization drive. He gave the affirmation while speaking as a guest on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” Sunday,
By Ogar Monday/Grace Orok In the fight to eradicate toxic waste materials, the Global Impact SAGE Team (GIST), a team of young ‘teenpreneurs’ in Calabar has been produced an Eco-friendly Inter-locking paving tiles, called GI (Global Impact) Interlocking, made from plastics and glass. The GIST team, a subsidiary of Students for the Advancement of Global
By Ilam Patricia A Cross River based Legal Practitioner, Barrister James Ibor has argued that there’s nothing to celebrate about the President’s assent to the law that gives the State Legislature and Judiciary financial autonomy, stating that “they both have had the powers and had not been able to exercise it.” Barrister James who is