Category: Security

  • PSC Approves New CP For Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Lagos

    Chairman, Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd). By Dianabasi Effiong The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of four substantive Commissioners of Police for Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Lagos State Command The appointments followed the recent promotion of some senior Police Officers by the Commission, which created vacancies in some state…

  • Psc Chair Warns Against Police Involvement In Land, Rent, Marital Matters

    By Dianabasi Effiong Chairman of the Police Service  Commission (PSC),  DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has warned that serving Police Officers who are found involved in civil matters such as land, rent and marital matters will henceforth be sanctioned and their promotions suspended. Argungu noted that the failure of the Police will obviously be the failure…

  • Governor Otu Raises The Alarm On Porous Nigeria, Cameroon Maritime Border

    L-R: Cross River State Surveyor General, Surveyor Patrick Bassey; Special Adviser Cross River State Liaison Office Abuja, Mrs. Sarah Archibong; Governor Bassey Otu; the CNß, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and the Senior Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor on International Cooperation and Investment, Rev. Victor Edet after the courtesy visit to the CNS…

  • VON DG Seeks Enhanced Military/Media Relationship to Boost National Security

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    By Magnus Effiong The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to forge an enhanced symbiotic relationship with the media as part of efforts to build public trust thereby promoting national security. Speaking as a guest lecturer at the Nigerian Naval War College in Calabar,…

  • Igbo Must Go Campaign: Evict Igbos, Watch Nigeria Burn, Separatist Group Threatens

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    By Magnus Effiong A Bakassi peninsular-based separatist group, Biafra Nations League (BNL), has said it would rain destructions on Nigeria’s economic assets within the Gulf of Guinea if proponents of the ‘Igbo Must Go’ campaign make real their threat. BNL Leader, Princewill Chimezie Richards, who made the remarks in Ogoja, northern Cross River State, Tuesday,…

  • Protest: C/River APC Plans 11-Day Solidarity Rally, Warns Protesters 

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    By Magnus Effiong The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has said it would be on the Streets of Calabar and other major towns in the State from August 1 to 11, 2024 for a solidarity rally in support of good governance at both Federal and State levels. Chairman of the party in…

  • Create Buffer Zones In Disputed Land To Check Communal Clashes, Anglican Bishop Tells Government

    The Anglican Bishop of the Calabar Diocese Rt. Rev. Prof Nneoyi Egbe By Anietie Akpan The Anglican Communion, Calabar Diocese, has called on the Cross River State Government to  confiscate and set buffer zones in every disputed land in the state. The state for quite some time now has been enmeshed with incessant communal clashes…

  • Port Manager Calls For Collaboration Among Stakeholders To Ensure Safety In Maritime Industry

    The Manager, Calabar Port, Mr Olumati Festus By Ita Williams, Calabar In a bid to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of port operations, the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) has called for strategic collaboration among maritime stakeholders in the country. The appeal was made on Thursday by. the Manager of Calabar Port, Mr Olumati Festus during…

  • RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLUTION IN AKS: A CASE FOR UDA – ODUENIM – ORUKO – UBORO ROAD.

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      By Edet-Honesty Effiong In an essentially pedestrian, agro – centric, rural economy, infrastructure means Roads. And in socioeconomic governance, road means growth and development. This basically underscores the overwhelming importance of road infrastructure in the overall well-being of a people. Today, Akwa Ibom State is rated as the State with best network of roads…

  • Security: Complete DSS School in C/River, Obong of Calabar Urges FG

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    By Magnus Effiong The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, has appealed to the federal government to complete the Department of State Service school, christened ‘State Service Technical Academy,’ located in Adiabo in Odukpani local government area of Cross River state. Edidem Abasi-Otu V, who made the appeal in Calabar while…