By Our Correspondent Cross River Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Sylvester Okey Ezeani has presented election material to visually impaired persons in the State. The items presented were in response to a demand forwarded to the national office of the commission by people living with disabilities in November 2014 and Cross River has become the first
It is an indisputable fact that right from the period when political aspirants of different political shades and coloration in the late part of 2014 started gearing up for the various political parties’ primaries, the state political landscape has been astronomically charged, as each contestant strives to out do the others to obtain their party’s
Character is an essential ingredient in leadership which must not be taken for granted. Your character is your pass port to greatness and your visa to success in life. Character is very important in leadership, the great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Had always encouraged his followers not to judge people by their
By Frank Edima/Jonathan Ugbal The former Vice Chancellor of the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, Professor Ekanem Braide today buried the remains of her late husband, Professor Victor Bowerson-Chase Braide in Calabar. Professor Braide who is currently the pioneer Pro Chancellor, Federal University Lafia got married to the late Professor Victor Braide in 1969
By Ekemini Raymond The ongoing construction of the tallest tower in Calabar, embarked upon by the Catholic church in UNICAL has claimed the life of the engineer handling the project. The sad incident occurred in the early hours of today,when the late engineer was said to have climbed up to put finishing touches some work
By Usman Abdullahi Just as the AIG was declaring war on armed robbers in Calabar, a group of armed robbers numbering about 18 on Thursday caused pandemonium at the NNPC deport behind the Nigerian Police Force Zone 6, Esukutan Calabar between 10:30pm and 11:30pm where they robbed and killed three men, leaving two seriously injured.
By Lanre Arotimi Cross River House of Assembly candidate for Calabar Municipality, Hon. Edim Okon, has expressed displeasure over the increasing incident of street children in Calabar, warning that their presence poses a threat to the State’s tourism drive. Okon, a renowned artist and youth leader who seeks to actualize his mandate on the platform
By Godshield Kanjal The newly inaugurated Chairman of the Cross River state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN, Pastor Lawrence Ekwok has raised alarm over the increasing number of fake pastors in the state, advising them to desist from such ungodly acts. Pastor Ekwok, who frowned at this act in Calabar, recently during