By Oto-Obong Clement Utomo Obong is a reactivated traditional event celebrated annually which allows the component communities of the Efik Kingdom come out, in the spirit of loyalty, solidarity, kinship and friendship, to pay homage to their apex King. It also avails non-indigenous resident communities the opportunity to demonstrate their loyalty and goodwill to their host community represented by the Obong. See
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By Rauf Oyewole, WikkiTimes Adamu Yusuf Misau became a widower on August 5, 2020, at the age of 43 when his wife died during childbirth in Bauchi metropolis. His wife, Zaliha Yahaya Muhammad, was taken to the State Low-Cost Primary Health Centre where she had a stillbirth and died of complications afterwards, he said. Adamu
In the winding months of 2014 into 2015, governor Imoke acquired the sobriquet, “sleeping governor” for his inability to evacuate the heaps of garbage that had overtaken several streets in Calabar. The entire government machinery was so distracted at the time that all the outcry landed on deaf ears. Election campaigns had started and Jedy
By Government House Press The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River swelled Thursday as prominent chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southern Senatorial district of the State and their supporters joined it’s rank. At the rally in Calabar to welcome the defectors, the State Governor, Sen. Ben
By Vincent Ufuoma, ICIR The National Judiciary Council (NJC) has barred three judges of the Federal High Court from promotion within the next three to five years for granting conflicting ex-parte orders. NJC’s National Director of Information Soji Oye made this known in a statement on Thursday. According to Oye, the decision was the outcome of
By Patrick Obia 50 students, from 10 secondary schools in Cross River State, on Tuesday , benefited from the 2021/2022 Teacher Essien Ita Education Foundation scholarship scheme. The foundation, set up eight years ago in honor of Esien Ita Itam, father of retired Director General of the State Security Services (SSS), Ekpenyong Essien Ita Jr,
By Patrick Obia Barring any last minute change, the Cross River State House of Assembly is set to pass the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill this week. This followed the public hearing on the bill and that of the disability rights on Thursday and Friday last week. The bills are sponsored by the Deputy