Author: Anietie Akpan
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Otu Reiterates Commitment To Fighting Crime In C’River
The Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, in a hand shake with the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of South-South, DIG Sokari Pedro during the courtesy visit. . By Anietie Akpan Governor Bassey Otu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to supporting security agencies to exterminate the remaining small pockets of crime in Cross…
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UNICEF, IHS Donate Oxygen Plant To Cross River Gov’t, Train 250 Health Workers
Cross River Deputy Governor, Hon Peter (2nd L), commissioning the oxygen gas plant project on Friday while Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Ayuk (1st L), Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Juliet Chiluwe (1st R) and Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh (2nd R) assist. By Anietie Akpan A multi-million naira Oxygen Gas…
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Olumba Obu Speaks At AU’s Africa Spiritual Day In Ethiopia
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu By Anietie Akpan A renowned Spiritual Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has been invited to speak at a 2-day Africa Spiritual Day summit at African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia. The summit started on Wednesday and will end today. The Summit…
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Cross River State House Of Assembly Impeaches Speaker
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Elvert Anyambem, has been impeached amidst uproar. The impeachment which took place in the early hours of Wednesday during plenary on the floor of the assembly followed a motion of urgent public interest moved by member representing Calabar South 1…
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NDDC’s N84 billion Projects
OPINION By Etim Etim There is calm these days at the corporate headquarters of NDDC, the 24-year-old interventionist agency established by the Federal Government to fix developmental gaps in the Niger Delta region. The 13-storey edifice, commissioned in 2021, breaks into view as you turn into Eastern bypass in Port Harcourt. Inside, executives are hard…
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Another Helicopter Crash, Another Dignitary Perishes
OPINION By Etim Etim I am writing with a heavy heart. A helicopter carrying the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian and several others, crashed in a heavy fog yesterday, Sunday, May 19, in the north-western part of the country. They all perished. The weather was bad, I understand, and the…
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Business Diplomacy And Africa’s Development
OPINION By Etim Etim From May 16 to 17, over 2,000 of Africa’s business leaders, investors, policy makers and political leaders as well as their counterparts from around the world met in Kigali, Rwanda under the auspices of the Africa CEO Forum 2024 to discuss the continent’s development, opportunities and challenges. The Africa…
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10th Nigeria Pitch Awards: Finidi, Osimhen, Umo Eno, Solaja, Ajibade, Sanwo-Olu, Others Vie For Honours
By Anietie Akpan Organizers of the Nigeria Pitch Awards are set to take the ‘uncommon transformation’ city of Uyo by storm with the tenth edition of Nigeria’s longest-running football awards scheduled for Saturday, 8th June at the Ibom Meridien Hotel and Resorts. President of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips said…
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Crisis Looms In Niger Delta As Group Calls For A Halt To Divestment By Shell, ExxonMobil, Agip
By Anietie Akpan Fresh crisis Looms in the oil rich Niger Delta region as the Niger Delta Activists Forum (NDAF) has called for a halt to the divestment process of oil and gas assets belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), ExxonMobil Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC). In view…
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WAFU B U17 Championship:Nigeria Begins Title Defence May 15
By Anietie Akpan Champions, Nigerian will begin their WAFU B U17 Championship title defence at this year’s edition of the competition on May 15 in Accra, Ghana. The Golden Eaglets, five-time champions of the world, swept aside every opposition before them to achieve glory in another Ghanaian city, Kumasi two years ago. …
