By Anietie Akpan A driver and 18 passengers of the Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) bus have been kidnapped. The driver and the passengers were kidnapped in a broad daylight by daring unknown gun men along the Azumini axis of Abia state. The incident occurred last Wednesday as the Portharcourt bound bus travelled from…
Dr Eunice Thomas (3rd from L) with the Ala-Uchi Women Development Initiative during the advocacy visit at weekend. By Anietie Akpan Women group in Akwa Ibom state has called on the Federal Government to bring to an end gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. International Oil Companies (IOCs) like ExxonMobil, Shell Petroleum Development…
OPINION By Etim Etim I was one of the 102 senior journalists invited from all over the country to tour the Dangote Fertilizer and Petrochemical Refinery Complex last Sunday and it turned out to be an unbelievably humbling and revealing experience. Unmistakably visible to us was the power of vision, determination to succeed in the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Anietie Akpan The Committee For The Defence Of Human Rights (CDHR), Akwa Ibom State Branch has called for the conclusion of the endless negotiations between the organized Labour and the Federal Government on the minimum wage imbroglio without further delay. The Non Governmental, and not-for-profit Organization (NGO), rising from her…
By Ita Williams, Calabar The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR has inducted a total of 142 new members into its Chartered Membership ranks across the country. Among the 142 inducted members, 12 were inducted under the Cross River State Chapter of NIPR. The induction ceremony was led by the President and Chairman of Governing…
Former Governor Liyel Imoke By Anietie Akpan Cross River state governor, Senator Bassey Otu has conveyed felicitations to erstwhile governor, Senator Liyel Imoke on the occasion of his 63rd birth anniversary. Expressing his warm wishes in a message to the sexagenarian elder statesman, Governor Otu wrote, “It’s my pleasure, on behalf of my family and…