Coordinator, Office of the First Lady, AkS, Lady Helen Obareki (Centre), flanked by Comptroller of the Centre, Frank Okonkwo (L) and the Assistant Comptroller of the Centre, Ezekiel Inyang during the presentation. By Anietie Akpan Inmates of the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service have been charged not to give up…
Governor Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan Civil Society Organizations CSOs) have called on the Cross River State government to look into the issues an environmental activist, Comrade Odey Oyama was arrested and what he stood for. They said by so doing, the truth on current interplay on issues of environment and the wanton destruction of…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Itam Offor The Lawmaker representing Yala I State Constituency Hon. Odey Brian Wonah has described the early assent to the Local Government Amendment Bill 2025 as a demonstration of the State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu’s commitment to sustainable growth across the State. The Lawmaker who Co-sponsored the bill, spoke…
By Anietie Akpan The people of Cross River State have raised the alarm on the appalling state of the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway, saying “it is a national embarrassment”. In a statement on February 7, the Cross River South Consultative Forum (CRSCF) said the road has remained “a source of untold hardship to the people…
Director General of the Cross River State Health Insurance Scheme, Chief Godwin Iyala (2nd from L) with Joshua Moses, a six-year-old boy suffering from a strangulated hernia, his father, Morris Moses and others. By Kingsley Agim In a strong show of compassion and commitment to the welfare of the people, Governor Bassey Otu has taken…
OPINION By Etim Etim Akwa Ibom State Chapter of APC has two secretariats in Uyo, the state capital. They stand four kilometers apart, separated by acrimony and bad blood, but bonded by decay and abandonment. They are a clear restatement to the parlous conditions of the party in the state, long strewn in crisis, bitterness…