By Comfort Isaac At the South-South stakeholders’ meeting of APC in Benin in July, the star attraction was not the beautiful speeches of the governors or the flamboyant costumes of the politicians. The main allure of the event turned out to be a 20-minute cultural entertainment offered by a group of children from Akwa Ibom…
Gov. Bassey Otu signs the bills into law as others watch. By Nsa Gill Lastweek, His Excellency, Governor Bassey Edet Otu, signed four important bills into law, each one a stepping stone toward the next phase of Cross River State’s development. Let’s break them down in plain language: 1. Cross River State Supplementary Appropriation Bill…
By Dianabasi Effiong In a show of solidarity and affirmation of continuity, the Board of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Saturday in Abuja returned Dr Ibrahim Abdul as its President for a second term of four years. Abdul’s re-election took place at the NWF 2025 Elective Congress held at the Gymnasium Hall, Package B…
The inaugural lecturer, Prof. Stanislaus Orjighjigh Iyorza (left), receiving a memento from the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Prof. Tony Eyang who represented the Vice Chancellor. By Anietie Akpan A university don has urged the Federal Government to make local dialect a compulsory subject for gaining University admission. While delivering the 142nd inaugural lecture of the…
Representative of the First Lady Designate, the Special Assistant to the Governor on General Duties, Pastor Ann Abraham (left), presenting the maternal care packs to one of the pregnant women in Eket. By Anietie Akpan Women in Akwa Ibom State have been charged to indulge in exclusive breastfeeding of their babies within the first six…
Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika who represented the Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd). By Dianabasi Effiong The Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) says his administration is working to mobilise resources for an improved flood management system in the State by establishing the Rivers State Emergency Management…