Keep Cross River Clean

By Anietie Akpan January 25, 2025, between the hours of 7am and 10am is yet another monthly sanitation day in Cross River State. In Calabar, residents turned out in  large number to keep the city clean. The Commissioner for Environment Hon. Moses Osogi as usual embarked on a monitoring and supervision of the Environmental sanitation…

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AFCON Draw: Super Eagles In Pot 1

Nigeria’s captain William Ekong heads in the Super Eagles’ goal in the 2023 final in Abidjan. Hosts CIV came from behind to win 2-1. By Dianabasi Effiong, Uyo The Draw Ceremony for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals will be held at the Mohamed V National Theatre in Rabat, Casablanca, on Monday evening with…

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Governor Umo Eno And His Close Friends

Gov.. Umo Eno. OPINION By Clement Warrie It was Anietie Usen, the award winning journalist, author, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on media, who  first pulled back the curtain on governor Umo Eno’s real friends in his article titled “A Governor and his friends”. This was in the nascent days of the Governor’s…

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Umo Eno, Akpabio and The Politics of 2027

  OPINION By Etim Etim The 2027 political season is arriving a bit too early in Akwa Ibom State, and as usual, the starting point is mudslinging and salacious political publications targeting at the incumbent governor and his predecessor. This week, an NGO, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) filed a petition at the EFCC…

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Court Grants Environmental Activist, Oyama, Bail After Eight Days in Police Custody, Says Matter Lacks Merit

    Director RRDC, Odey Oyama. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar on January 22, 2025 granted an environmental activist, Comrade Odey Oyama bail after spending about eight days  in police custody, saying the matter lacked merit and there was no case file and no motion. Consequently the matter was adjourned…

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