One of the first lessons students of journalism are ingrained in the classroom is, poet John Milton’s 1644 pamphlet “Areopagitica”, written in response to the British Parliament’s passage of a law requiring the government to approve all books prior to publication. In the Areopagitica, Milton argued that truth and understanding, “are not such wares as
By Jonathan Ugbal The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW football club has won the ninth edition of the Odey Adamade Unity Football Competition in Obudu. The union club won Okworogung football club one nil at the finals held at the UTI J. A Agba stadium on Friday, and took home the grand prize
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Mr. Chinedu Uroko is among over 2, 000 authors/publishers who submitted books to the Enugu State Education Resource Centre, an arm of the state education ministry, for reviews and possible recommendations for secondary school students in the state in 2021. The books are reviewed every three years, and secondary schools
By Patrick Obia and Godwin Otang Youths from Ikom, Bekwarra, Ogoja and other local government areas in Cross River North have jointly affirmed their unwavering support for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidates across the State. This was made known at the arrival of the gubernatorial candidate of SDP, Engineer Okokon Effiom, his deputy Daniel
You locked me up in jail for the first time for six months for doing nothing to you. You put me on a three years trial for horrible crimes like terrorism, treasonable felony, cultism, and an attempt to overthrow the government. My younger brother, Agbibia, who worked with me, died while you incarcerated me and
By SaharaReporters The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has alleged that some politicians are trying to weaponise anti-corruption agencies with politically-motivated petitions in order to outdo their opponents, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Commission who noted that such moves would not work with the ICPC, warned politicians to desist
By Ogar Monday Community leaders in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State have added their voices to the fight to eliminate all forms of Gender Based Violence, GBV, especially, against women and children, as a community surveillance team with a responsibility to report and escalate cases of GBV in their communities has been
By Asare Asare, Daily Post Director General of the Cross River Commodity and Quality Control Board, Mr. Ogbiji Nyiam has warned those that deliberately color palm oil to desist as it is capable of killing unsuspected consumers. He said the colorings used to make the appearance of the product more appealing are chemicals and are