On March 21, 137 civilians were killed in localities near Niger’s border with Mali, in what the Niger Government described as attacks perpetrated by “armed bandits”. Sadly, the deadly attacks were not a standalone incident or an anomaly. Since January, four separate attacks by armed groups left at least 300 people dead in the land-locked
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State Government Security “Operation Akpakwu” has arrested some kidnappers in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the State. They are Etinyin Akamba Eyo, a.k.a 30 30, who is the Clan Head of Ikot Atambi in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the State including his son and wife. His two houses
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. The Presidency says Isa Pantami has repented of his jihadist utterances supporting Bin Laden, the Taliban, Boko Haram and the mass murder of people. It is
By Patrick Obia Youths of Cross River State, have been urged to know their neighbors and take total charge of security in their immediate environment. Security experts gave the spur in a one-day security summit and launch of Operation Know Your Neighbor, spearheaded by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), in Calabar. The security
Early into Ayade’s Government, it was the EFCC they began with. In 2015, agents of Ayade administration made all kinds of wild allegations against former Director of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Service, Dr. Peter Oti. Operatives were sent from the then zonal office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt to bundle Oti from
By Chuks Okocha, ThisDay Newspaper In line with the directives of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee headed by the former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday night met with the National Assembly caucus from Cross River State. The objective of the
By Patrick Obia The Fourth Estate of the realm, the media has been charged on effective reporting on Tuberculosis (TB) disease. This was the call from a one-day workshop for Health Correspondents and Reporters in six States across the country, by the National Tuberculosis Program and Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH). The facilitator of the
By Socrates Mbamalu, Foundation for Investigative Journalism Multi-million-naira projects for which money has already been allocated and withdrawn have been abandoned in Cross River State, BudgIT Tracka is reporting. At Model Government Secondary School, Okpoma, Cross River State, a N15 million project for the construction of a schoolgate has been abandoned. The school, located in