By Anietie Akpan About five members of the Rapid d’intervention Battalions (BIR) of Cameroon were reportedly killed on Thursday morning at Bakassi Peninsula by the Biafra Separatist groups. Sources close to the groups, said the attack was carried out by the Black Marine being the largest group, and the Dragon Fighter Marine associated with the…
Gov. Umo Eno. By Etim Etim With a 129-km coast line – the longest in the country – and many inland waterways, Akwa Ibom State is designing new schemes to exploit the huge potentials in its maritime economy. And this costs a lot of money. The government is building a deep sea port, designed for…
Acting Gov. Rt. Hon. Peter Odey (L) and Juliet Chiluwe, Chief of the UNICEF Enugu Field Office at the signing ceremony. By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State Government has formalized a strategic partnership with UNICEF through a two-year work plan aimed at advancing Health, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, Social Policy, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene…
From L-R: The Secretary, NUJ, Mr. Mike Abang, former chapter President, Rev. Grace Ekanem, Chairman, President NCWS, Rt. Hon. Mrs. Marjorie Asuquo, NUJ Chairman, Comrade Archibong Bassey and others. By Ita Williams, Calabar The President of the Cross River State Chapter of the National Council for Women Society (NCWS), Rt. Hon. Mrs. Marjorie Asuquo, has…
Amaju Pinnick. By Dianabasi Effiong Nigeria’s candidate, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, narrowly failed to retain his FIFA Council seat, losing by a single vote at the poll that took place as part of the 14th CAF Extraordinary Congress in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday. The former NFF President scored 28 votes, one short of both Ahmed Yahya…
By Anietie Akpan For any meaningful change to take place in Nigeria, Political Scientists have called for the need to make political offices less attractive financially. In a Communique signed by the Chairman, Dr. Sunday Ibanga and Secretary, Dr. Benson Udom of the Nigerian Political Science Association –South -South Zone,at the end of a…