By Nicholas Kalu, The Nation Newspaper The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Army, Navy, Police and Interior to liaise with the Federal Government to set up a joint patrol team of the security agencies on the waterways to beef up security in the coastal areas. This followed a motion calling for intervention
By Philip Agba The Odukpani Leadership Academy, a nongovernmental organisation on Tuesday donated learning materials worth hundreds of thousands to schools in that local government area as well as Internally Displaced Persons camps. The aim of the campaign is to ensure that indigenes of Odukpani embrace education as a catalyst for development said the Chairman
By Ushang Ewa The federal government has called on the Ikot Offiong and Oku Iboku communities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states to sheathe their swords and embrace one another in a bid to settle the crisis which has raged on for over half a century the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Director
By Ushang Ewa The senator representing Cross River South in the red floor of the national assembly, Gershom Bassey has berated the federal government over the lingering crisis between herdsmen and local farmers. Senator Gershom in an interview with Vanguard also chided the National Boundary Commission (NBC) of being responsible for the clash between communities
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent The Governments of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states have begun a reconciliatory process to end the differences between Ikot Offiong and Oku-Iboku communities which resulted in over a dozen deaths between December 2016 and February 2017. The deputy governors of both states met Friday in Calabar during a