Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. By Etim Etim By the time Gov. Umo Eno joined APC in June, the Akwa Ibom branch of the party was a disparate and disenchanted group of people that were in different groups and camps. It was riven by leadership crisis, mutual suspicions and mistrust. The internal fights…
Gov. Umo Eno laying the 2026 budget before the Assembly on Tuesday. …Roads get 387.5bn, Education N31.6bn, Health N136.1bn By Anietie Akpan Akwa Ibom state government has proposed a total of N1,390 trillion for 2026 Financial Year. Of this amount, N354.867 billion or 25 percent of total budget is for Recurrent Expenditure, while N1,035 trillion…
By Our Reporter The Vice‑Chancellor of the University of Calabar (Unical), Prof. Florence Obi, has officially commissioned the university’s ultramodern fuel station. Incorporated as Unical Petroleum and Gas Ltd, the new outlet located at Eta Agbor, close to the school campus, is a joint venture between the institution and DonCally Resources Limited. UniCal authorities said the gesture…
Uboho Bassey (right), presenting copies of her books to Nyaknno Osso in Abuja …recently. By Uboho Bassey A few days have passed, yet I still cannot get over the thrill of my visit to BLERF—the Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. This is one man’s dream that seems like a projectwhich only the most foresighted and…
Patrick Ogar, the Veteran Broadcaster who clocked 70 recently. By Eddy Ekpenyong The harmattan was tightening its bite on Calabar, as it often did at the year’s end. On a November morning in 1977, Senior Secondary School students from across Cross River State gathered at the historic Hope Waddel Training Institute for the finals of…
By Princewill Kingston The Calabar Urban Development Authority, CUDA, has kickstarted the opening up of blocked drainages from the Walkover Bus Stop to Unique Schools in 8 miles, Calabar which had caused uncontrollable flooding of the area thereby constituting a menace to residents and commuters for months now. PillarToday gathered that the area is always…