Author: Anietie Akpan
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Gunmen Kidnap AKTC Driver, 18 Passengers In Abia State
By Anietie Akpan A driver and 18 passengers of the Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) bus have been kidnapped. The driver and the passengers were kidnapped in a broad daylight by daring unknown gun men along the Azumini axis of Abia state. The incident occurred last Wednesday as the Portharcourt bound bus travelled from…
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Women Group Wants End To Gas Flaring In Niger Delta
Dr Eunice Thomas (3rd from L) with the Ala-Uchi Women Development Initiative during the advocacy visit at weekend. By Anietie Akpan Women group in Akwa Ibom state has called on the Federal Government to bring to an end gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. International Oil Companies (IOCs) like ExxonMobil, Shell Petroleum Development…
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A Sunday With Aliko Dangote
OPINION By Etim Etim I was one of the 102 senior journalists invited from all over the country to tour the Dangote Fertilizer and Petrochemical Refinery Complex last Sunday and it turned out to be an unbelievably humbling and revealing experience. Unmistakably visible to us was the power of vision, determination to succeed in the…
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Group Wants End To Negotiations Between Labour, Federal Government On Minimum Wage
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Anietie Akpan The Committee For The Defence Of Human Rights (CDHR), Akwa Ibom State Branch has called for the conclusion of the endless negotiations between the organized Labour and the Federal Government on the minimum wage imbroglio without further delay. The Non Governmental, and not-for-profit Organization (NGO), rising from her…
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NIPR Inducts 142 Chartered Members
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR has inducted a total of 142 new members into its Chartered Membership ranks across the country. Among the 142 inducted members, 12 were inducted under the Cross River State Chapter of NIPR. The induction ceremony was led by the President and Chairman of Governing…
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Gov Otu Celebrates Imoke At 63
Former Governor Liyel Imoke By Anietie Akpan Cross River state governor, Senator Bassey Otu has conveyed felicitations to erstwhile governor, Senator Liyel Imoke on the occasion of his 63rd birth anniversary. Expressing his warm wishes in a message to the sexagenarian elder statesman, Governor Otu wrote, “It’s my pleasure, on behalf of my family and…
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Cross Riverians Thumb Up Governor Otu For Facilitating Return Of Remains Of Dr. Wayas
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan Cross Riverians have thumbed up the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu for facilitating the return of the remains of the former Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas, Dr Wayas had passed away in London about three years ago after a protracted illness but previous government of former Governor Ben Ayade…
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NFF, Ministry Of Interior Commit To Reintegration For Girl-Child In Correctional Centres
By Anietie Akpan An initiative of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate into the society, young girls who are in correctional centres across the country, has been received with great enthusiasm by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. This is made known in a statement by the NFF following a…
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Offiong Edem Foundation Table Tennis Tournament: Matthew Retains U17 Title
Ms.Offiong Edem (3rd L), the FOC, Eastern Naval Command Rear Admiral Olusola Oluwabhire (4th L) and the winners. By Akanimo Kufre John Mathew of Bayelsa State last Saturday defeated Bright Udoh of Cross River State 4-0 to clinch the U17 Boys gold for the second consecutive time. The over-excited Bayelsa table tennis champion, Mathew said…
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Cross River Puts Infrastructure, Social Development Initiatives, Priority
L-R: Chairman of APC in CRS, Barr Alphonsus Eba, the Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Peter Odey and the State Commissioner for Works Mr. Pius Ankpo at the ceremony. By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has reiterated her commitment to make infrastructure and social development Initiatives a priority. In this regards, the State Governor, Senator…
