Spotlight On The 12th Annual Utomo-Obong Yuletide Homage
BY Ita Williams, Calabar In a grand display of cultural heritage and celebration, the 12th Annual Utomo-Obong Yuletide Homage to the Efik King, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, took place over the weekend. The event, held at the country home of the Obong, Adiabo Ikot Otu, Odukpani Local Government Area...
Same Sex Marriage Is Demonic, Sign Of End Times, Olumba Olumba Obu
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu Leader and Sole Spiritual Head of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), Olumba Olumba Obu has condemned the practice of same sex marriage by some churches and governments, saying it's a clear indication of end times. In a special goodwill message on Monday, December...
God Brought You To Save My Life, Cancer Patient Tells Humanitarian Minister
Dr. Betta Edu (L) and Eno Essien the cancer patient It was a stroke of luck on Saturday December 23 for a 50-year-old abandoned Eno Asuquo Essien who is battling with suspected chronic cancer of the breast for over three years. Daily she sits down by the roadside at Ekorinim by...
Where Is The N100 Million NDDC Christmas Palliatives To Cross River? Obono-Obla Queries
Rt Hon Orok Otu Duke, the State's NDDC Representative. Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, former Presidential aide to former President Mohammadu Buhari, has raised the alarm over the "missing" N100 million Christmas package given to youths and women of Cross River state by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC). In a statement on...
FG Sets To Launch Grant For Very Poor, Vulnerable Groups In Cross River
R-L, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong, Dr. Betta Edu, Barr. Nellla Andem-Ewa, SAN and others at the ceremony. The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has declared the Federal Government's intention to launch grant for the very poor and vulnerable groups in Cross River State. Dr. Edu said...
Prosecute Illegal Loggers In Cross River, NGO
Gov. Bassey Otu Worried by the menace of illegal loggers, a non governmental organization (NGO), Citizens Against Crime and Corruption (CACC) has called for the prosecution of all illegal loggers in Cross River State. The CACC has also called for the prosecution officials of government particularly an unnamed Director in the...
Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana: Congratulations, But What Of Zamfara 8?
OPINION By Etim Etim I am elated to learn that Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana has been released by the kidnappers after six days in captivity. She was abducted last Monday on her way from Oron where she serves as a High Court judge. Receiving her at Government House yesterday,...
416,270 Police Constable Applicants For Screening January 8
The Police Recruitment Board has approved January 8th as the date for the commencement of screening for successful applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. The Board met today, Thursday December 21st at the Corporate Headquarters of the Police Service Commission (PSC) in Jabi, Abuja and took several decisions...
The kidnap Of Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana
OPINION By Etim Etim In the late afternoon of Monday, December 18, a High Court judge in Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Joy Isaiah Unwana, was kidnapped on her way from work. Her chauffer was also seized, but the police orderly was shot and killed during the operation. Expectedly,...
NSCDC In Cross River Nabs 5-Man Robbery Gang
The suspects Nemesis has caught up with a five-man robbery gang terrorising parts of Calabar Metropolis in Cross Rive State. The robbery gang which is also said to specialise in robbing hotels and Point of Sale (PoS) Operators especially in Calabar South Local Government Area of the State, were nabbed...