By Magnus Effiong Governor Bassey Otu has rejected agitations from a group, Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi Communities (IDPBC), which penultimate week, wrote to President Bola Tinubu demanding that Bakassi local government area be delisted from among the 18 local government areas in Cross River state. Governor Otu said the agitators may have been dissidents…
Late Chief Edwin Clarke. The passing of Chief Edwin Clarke, a revered elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, has left Nigeria in mourning. Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has expressed deep sorrow over the loss, extending heartfelt condolences to Chief Clarke’s family and the entire nation. In a press…
By Dianabasi Effiong The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has condoled the family of former Nigeria international midfielder, Ayo Ogunlana, who died in Kaduna on Friday after observing his early-morning walk. The NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, paid tributes to the departed midfield pearl in a statement The deceased was a star attraction during a…
By Dianabasi Effiong Sensitization for the creation of Ogoja state out of present Cross River has commenced in earnest. The sensitization programme is being organized by “The Movement for the Creation of Ogoja State” and on February 17, the movement met with the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu to brief him of its activities. As…
OPINION By Etim Etim Seplat Energy Plc, an indigenous oil and gas producer, is settling down to business in Akwa Ibom State with its successful acquisition of the assets and liabilities of ExxonMobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited last year. It was one of the protracted corporate purchases in Nigeria’s oil industry lasting well over five years….
By Etim Etim The family of Prof. Ignatius Uduk, the University of Uyo professor of Human Kinetics convicted of electoral fraud last week, says they’ve been financially and emotionally exhausted by the five-year trial of their father. Mrs Unwana Willie, the eldest child and Barr. Ruth Uduk, the fifth of Prof Uduk’s six children spoke…