By Obeten Godfrey Human rights activist, Rev. Olu Martins has said that life in Nigeria is cheap, short and brutish. He opined that the present day Nigerian leaders are at war with its younger generation, stating that youths must dare to take their destiny by themselves come 2019. Martins made the assertion Friday in Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal A legal practitioner and notary public, Mr. Leonard Anyogo has said that Nigeria is moving to an era where the individual and not the political party win election. The Yache in Yala born native stated this recently in an interview with Channels Television where he said the emergence of Senator Adeleke in
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State chapter of the Law officers officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) has embarked on an indefinite strike, calling on the state government to implement the 1978 harmonization policy and to pay recently employed law officers their salary arrears. The association has lawyers in the ministry of justice as members
The story of the Cross River State Rice City project can be likened to that of a budding pregnancy. At first, it bears symptoms of an onset of fever and progresses further into physiognomic changes in the carrier of the fetus with manifest signs like vomiting, nausea as well as skin changes. At that embryonic
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has written the Cross River House of Assembly notifying them of his intent to proceed on his annual vacation. The vacation which begins today, July 2, 2018 is expected to last for two weeks. A statement from the Assembly says Mr. Ayade’s deputy,
By Obeten Godfrey The Cross River State Ministry of Justice says it has come to it’s notice that a certain group of people under the agies of Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) are planning to shut down the Ministry today Monday, the 2nd of July 2018. According to the State Attorney General and Commissioner for
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 Violet Isek A non-governmental organization in Calabar, Child Protection Network (CPN), has rescued a 2-year old child (name withheld) in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The child was rescued in a critical condition and taken to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, after she had been punished severely and burnt by her uncle