Author: Anietie Akpan
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Cross River Governor’s Wife Relocates Parents Of Quadruplets
Father of the Quadruplets, Mr. John Obikang Ashang (2nd from right), the Team Leader, Deaconess Auwundua Richard Efa (3rd right), Mother of the Quadruplets (1st left) and others. By Anietie Akpan The Wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Mrs. Eyoawan Otu, has fulfilled her promise to provide further support to the parents of…
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Update On Akwa Ibom Executive Jet
OPINION By Etim Etim The Gulf Stream Executive jet used by the Akwa Ibom State Governor will soon be put up for lease to earn income and relieve the state of its rising maintenance costs. Contrary to speculations, the government has no plans to sell off the aircraft. It prefers a lease arrangement with the…
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Brazen Robbery Leaves Customers Traumatized At Popular Calabar Eatery
By Ita Williams, Calabar In a shocking turn of events, a group of armed robbers invaded a well-known eatery in Calabar, leaving a trail of terror and theft in their wake. The incident, which occurred last Friday night, has left the local community shaken and authorities determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.…
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Searching For A New Generation Of Pan Africanists
OPINION By Etim Etim Africa is always in perpetual struggle for survival. It is the world’s second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia, but its past and future always seem to be in constant collision. In the past, our forebears confronted slavery, enslavement and colonialization, and this gave birth to pan Africanism.…
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Betta Edu Congratulates First Female Elected NUJ Chairman In Cross River
Dr. Betta Edu has congratulated Archibong Bassey Eso as the first Female Elected NUJ Chairman In Cross River In a statement on Friday personally signed by her, reads: “I heartily rejoice with and felicitate the first female elected Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council, Comrade Archibong Bassey, on her well-deserved…
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NUJ Cross River Council Gets First Female Chairman
NUJ Cross River Council Chairman, Archibong Eso By Ita Williams , Calabar The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State Council, has elected Archibong Eso as its new first female State Chairman. Eso is a career broadcast journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Chapel, Calabar. She replaces Comrade Nsa Gill,…
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Legal Luminary Criticizes Tinubu’s Policies, Calls For Empathetic Leadership In Nigeria
Barr. Fidelis Onyebueke BY Ita Williams, Calabar A renowned legal luminary and public affairs analyst, Barr. Fidelis Onyebueke, has raised serious concerns over the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s policies since taking office last year, particularly focusing on the controversial removal of oil subsidies. In a recent interview with Journalists in his Calabar Chamber,…
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Human Rights Groups Kick As Liberty Gospel Church Commences Campaign On Witch Hunting
Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Dragon Grimah By Anietie Akpan Current crusade by Pastor Helen Ukpabio and the Liberty Gospel Church in Calabar, Cross River state in South South Nigeria to free people from witchcraft attacks has attracted criticisms and condemnations from human rights groups. Accordingly the human rights groups in a…
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Arase Harps On International Human Rights Based Policing
Dr. Solomon Arase By Anietie Akpan Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, retired Inspector General of Police has harped on the need for nternational human rights based policing. Accordingto a press release by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, Arase said this in a training workshop organised by…
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Reinstate Betta Edu To Continue Renewed Hope Agenda, IYC Begs Tinubu
By Anietie Akpan The need to reinstate the suspended Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to continue with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda On Humanitarian Response and Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Nigeria have been stressed. The national leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council,(IYC) made this known in a…
