Group Vows To Fight Crime In C’River
Vigilante Group of Nige ria, Cross River State Command, has restated its commitment to join hands with other law enforcement agents to fight all forms of criminal activities in the State. The State...
View ArticleEfik Threatens Secession Over Ceding Of Bakassi
Some aggrieved members of the Efik Eburutu Royal Fraternity Forum have vowed to pull out of Nigeria accusing the federal government of not doing enough to restrain the United Nations Boundary...
View ArticleInstitute To Create 2,500 New Jobs
The Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin, Sen. Lee Meaba, said on Thursday that the institute had the capacity to create 2,500 jobs. Meaba said this...
View ArticleLawyers Weep As Man, 26, Goes To Jail
There was mild drama at a Yenagoa High Court as a female counsel wept profusely over a 26 year old drug peddler who was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment with hard labour. The convict, Peter...
View ArticleNDDC Set To Complete 15-Floor Headquarters Complex
The Niger Delta Develop ment Commission, NDDC, has stepped up efforts to complete the new 15-floor tower which would serve as its permanent headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital....
View ArticleDelta To Empower Women With Vocational Skills
Commander, Joint Task Force (jtf) in the Niger Delta, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Atawe (left), presenting a plaque to visiting Army Chief of Training and Operations, Maj.-Gen. Ebibowei Awala, at it’s...
View ArticleUduaghan Seeks Increase In States, Councils Revenue
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has appealed to the Federal Government to increase the revenue allocations to states and Local government councils in view of their increasing...
View ArticleDelta Gov Mourns Umaru Dikko
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has expressed sympathy to the people and government of Kaduna State on the passing away of elder statesman and former Minister of Transport, Alhaji Umaru...
View ArticleMonarch Wants Baby Factory Owners To Die
The Paramount Ruler of Efut Nation, in Cross River State, Effiong Mbukpa, has called on government to publicly execute any one found to be operating illegal baby factory in the country. The Monarch...
View ArticleFoundation Commissions Early Child Dev Centre
A non-governmental orga nization OANDO Foundation last weekend took a giant stride towards improving early child development in the ancient city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, by launching...
View ArticleFG Inaugurates Transmission Sub-Station In C’ River
The Minister of State for power Hon. Mohammed Wakil, at the weekend commissioned a N401m Power Transmission Station in Calabar and he urged youths in the country to join hands with federal government...
View ArticleBishop Defends Search On Tambuwal Car
The Chairman of the Pen tecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Cross River State chapter, Bishop Emmah Isong, has defended the recent search of the vehicle of the Speaker of the House of...
View ArticleDelta Senator Alleges Threat To Life
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has raised alarm about “an orchestrated plot” to kill him and destroy his political career. Okowa, a former Secretary to Delta State Government is currently representing Delta...
View ArticleFurore Over Impeachment Of Edo Dep Speaker
The All Progressives Con gress (APC) in Edo State, last Thursday, said the impeachment of the suspended Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Festus Ebea, was an internal affair of the...
View ArticleMoney Laundering: Judge Demands Sylva’s Presence In Court
L-R: Commander, Joint Task Force, Bayelsa State, Commodore Ime Henry Ekpa, Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr Frank Hanachor and Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Benaebi Oba,...
View ArticleIPMAN Employs 13.2m Nationwide
A factional Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Calabar Depot, Mr Michael Udofia, says the union has 13.2 million Nigerians in its employ nationwide. Udofia said this...
View ArticleGov Denies Assassination Attempt On Former SSG
The Akwa Ibom State Government has described an alleged assassination attempt on Chief Sunny Udom as “bare-faced falsehood and blackmail,” designed to “taint and tarnish the hard-earned image,...
View ArticleBayelsa Seeks N40bn To Complete Cargo Airport
The Bayelsa State gov ernment is seeking N40 billion loan from commercial banks to enable it complete the construction of its cargo airport. The airport project is located near Amassomma in Southern...
View ArticleC’River Begins Systematic Land Registration
The Cross River State Government in collaboration with Growth and Employment in States (GEMs3) programmes have embarked on a Systematic Land Titling and Registration (SLTR) operation in Akim, Edim...
View ArticleBrotherhood Leader Warns Against Another Civil War
Leader, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba Obu, has decried the situation in the country and urged stakeholders to ensure that another civil war does not break out. Obu, who spoke when he...
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