By Patrick Obia The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Cross River State Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo has tied up the knot and off the market. Irene tied the knot with her Edo State-born lover, Mr. M. Obase, in an event held on Saturday February 22nd, 2025 in Benin City. The joyous occasion saw
Nigerian politician and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, shares his love for running and other sports, in this interview with ABIODUN ADEWALE, punch Newspaper You’ve participated in some editions of the Lagos City Marathon. What’s your connection with sports? Resilience. The marathon is one of the few endeavors I’ve engaged in that shows that even
By Chika Mefor-Nwachukwu, The Whistlers It was just past midnight when Sam Yakubu’s phone rang, waking him up from a deep sleep. He wasn’t startled, though, as he has grown accustomed to midnight calls from families with medical emergencies. The call was not different from the other calls he usually received: a woman in labor
By Babaji Usman, WikiTimes In Bauchi State’s mining communities, children as young as 10 abandon classrooms for mining sites. They toil alongside adults, extracting sand and breaking rocks under the scorching sun, hoping to scrape together enough for their families to survive. For these children, education is a distant dream distorted by the immediate demands
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The sister to Senator Musa Adede – Madam Elizabeth Adede has passed on. Late Madam Elizabeth, a one-time Finance Commissioner of Cross Rivers State, passed on at the Garki Hospital, Abuja, after a surgical procedure on Friday, February 21, 2025. The tragedy was shared by her elder brother, Senator Musa Adede, via
By Patrick Obia Amid ongoing controversy surrounding the agitation of delisting Bakassi Local Government Area from the list of 774 LGAs in the country, as proposed by Senator Florence Ita Giwa and Barrister Okoi Obono-Obla during an Arise TV interview, Obono-Obla has fought back and criticized the Cross River State House of Assembly. The state
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of efforts to tackle security at the senatorial level, the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has appointed three directors to oversee the Homeland Security Agency. This was contained in a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gill Nsa on Thursday, February
By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has said the proposed examination for her students will go ahead despite the date and time clashing with the state monthly clean-up. In an announcement, Prof. Tony Eyang, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), confirmed that all examinations scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, will proceed