By Ita Williams A coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) has raised concerns over the increased presence of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) products in Nigerian markets, and therefore called on the federal and state governments to legislate against GMO products to safeguard public health and ensure environmental sustainability. The group, which staged a peaceful protest…
By Nathaniel Otaba For several years, indigenes of Opaka, Ebo, Okpodon, Wanokom, Wanikande, and Uju rural communities in Yala local government area, northern Cross River State gropped in agony of not just poverty but sheer lack of basic social amenities, like access road, power supply just to mention a few. According to some of the…
By Anietie Akpan The Nigerian left has lost one of its own. She is Professor Bene Edwin Madunagu who passed on, Tuesday at about noon sending shock waves to the marxists, radical feminists, the University community, family and many others. Her husband, freind, activist and Marxist of the Nigerian Left, Dr Edwin Madunagu on Wednesday…
By Our Reporter The Initiator of the Think Cross River initiative, Edem Darlington would be honored by the presidency for his efforts in community engagement and leadership according to a statement by the senior special assistant to the president on community engagement, Gift Jumbo. The award, “Community Visionary Leadership” according to the statement is as…
By Magnus Effiong The Palace of the Obong of Calabar at Efanga Nsa Street, Calabar South, was agog on Friday as the First Class Monarch, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, inducted HRH Etubom Ekong Esu Effa as the Etubom of Adiabo Okutikang House in Western Calabar. Others also inducted as Otuekongs were ace…
By Our Reporter It was a gathering of who is who at the Christian Central Chapel Int’l, aka Faith Mansion World Centre in 8 miles, Calabar on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the political class, Christian and traditional leaders and indeed unprecedented crowd of worshippers flooded the Church to witness the elevation of the then…