By Anietie Akpan Police in Nigeria have arrested ‘Apostle’ Ubong Bassey Etim for the alleged murder of his 16-year-old daughter, a child with Down Syndrome. This was contained in a press release by Safe Child Africa. The suspect had earlier alleged that the deceased was a witch and a snake. Safe Child Africa shared the…
By Dianabasi Effiong “The Artifact”, an action-packed adventure movie, is set to hit cinemas nationwide from March 21 2025! This highly anticipated adventure-laden movie is directed by one of Nollywood’s leading visionary greats, Tolu Awobiyi, a.k.a. LordTanner. It promises to take audiences on a gripping and thrilling, jaw-dropping adventure across Nigeria. “The Artifact” follows the…
Some of the Honourees. By Ita Williams, Calabar The National Senior Citizens Center (NSCC) has honoured 50 distinguished alumni from the Hope Waddell Training Institution. This is done in commemoration of the institution’s 130th anniversary, recognizing them as senior citizens of Nigeria. The investiture ceremony which promotes intergenerational learning and youth mentoring, was held on…
The victorious South South teams By Akanimo Kufre Again, the South South female and male Cricket teams extended their quality performances over South East and South West at the Abuja finals to emerge 6th edition Champions. Earlier on Sunday, the South South female team defeated South East females by 9 wickets. Glory Okolo took 4…
By Anietie Akpan The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has charged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) not to allow the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to take control of money of all the 774 Local Governments (LGs) in the country from the federation account. The sub-committee of the Secretary to the…
First Lady of Cross River State, Bishop Eyoanwan Otu. By Anietie Akpan The wife of the Governor and First Lady of Cross River State, Bishop Eyoanwan Otu, has, in commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, touched the lives of women and thousands of others in Ikom Local Government Area (LGA) of the state…