Category: Life
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Foreign Expatriates, Others Extol Obong of Calabar
By Princewill Kingston Chinese expatriates operating in Nigeria, people of other ethnic nationalities and indeed Cross Riverians from all walks of life have attributed the prevailing peace and unity in Calabar and indeed all Cross River state to the pragmatic leadership dispositions of the Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V…
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College of Health Technology Matriculates 684 Students
By Uno Onete The College of Health Technology, Calabar has matriculated 684 students in her 18th matriculation ceremony amidst pomp and pageantry. The matriculation took place last week at the college’s premises with a mammoth crowd in attendance. In his remarks at the occasion, the Visitor to the college, Governor Bassey Otu, applauded the high…
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Experts Decry Low Rate of Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Cross River
By Anietie Akpan Health experts have decried the low rate of early initiation of breastfeeding by mothers in Cross River State, saying the time has come for action. Speaking recently at a one day workshop on exclusive breastfeeding organized by the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHDA) in Calabar in conjunction with the…
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Celebration as Mma Ebom Goes Home in Style
By Anietie Akpan December 7, 2024, the raffia city of Ikot Ekpene stood still as the remains of Mrs. Edna Udo Akpan Essien Ebom JP, the matriarch of the Eboms, was laid to rest in a state-like burial 67 Abak road, Ikot Ekpene L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State. This was preceded by a brief but solemn lying in…
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CSOs Coalition Demands Ban on GMOs Over Health Concerns
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…
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How Governor Otu’s radical rural development program is bringing succour to dwellers in isolated communities.
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…
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Marxist, Radical Feminist, Professor Bene Madunagu Is Dead
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…
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Presidency to honour Gov Otu’s DCPS, others for community leadership
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…
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Excitement as Obong of Calabar Inducts New Etubom, Otuekongs
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…
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Governors, Top Clergy, Mammoth Crowd Honour Archbishop Isong’s Installation
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…
