Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun in steering the economy during such a difficult period, saying time will soon prove her right.Obasanjo, who spoke at the ongoing National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) in Abeokuta, Ogun... Read more
A new batch of 60 children from the Niger Delta has been awarded the special secondary school scholarship of The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture, Cradle to Career covering tuition and all other bills for six years in four of the topmost private secondary schools in Port... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar No fewer than 253, 000 signatories including forest dependent communities in Cross River state and the international community have called on Nigeria’s Federal Government to compel the state government to cancel the revocation of the traditional rights of occupancy of all the... Read more
One killed, houses razed As Neighbours Allegedly Invade Cross River Community Over Land Dispute
News September 28, 2016
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar One person was killed while two others sustained various degree of gunshot wounds on Monday following alleged invasion of New Netim Town by its neighbours from Odukpani Qua Town in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. More than 20 houses... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar The Cross River State Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) says it would spend N7.5 billion for projects under the 2012-2015 Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) Matching Grant. The Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Stephen Odey, stated this in Calabar at a briefing with... Read more
Senator Bassey Otu Canvasses Support for Buhari’s “Change Begins With Me” Campaign
News September 28, 2016
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar Senator. Bassey Otu has urged Nigerians to support the “Change Begins With Me’” campaign inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari to foster attitudinal orientation required in the country He gave the advice when he hosted a group of artisans, fashion designers, hair dressers and eatery and... Read more
The N350 million Lassa Fever Virology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre built by the Ebonyi State Government has been inaugurated by the Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Adewole, who was in company with his Agriculture counterpart, Chief Audu, Ogbeh and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, during the ceremony,... Read more
The Nigerian Army has confirmed death of four Soldiers in a boat mishap within Bayelsa waterways saying that the remains of the four soldiers were yet to be found, but residents say two bodies have so far been salvaged. Four soldiers drowned during the ongoing military... Read more
By Duru Lyndia Chika The 8th wonder of the world is how Nigerian President; Muhammadu Buhari managed to convince sane adults and some foreign countries that his govt is waging war against graft. Fact is, there is no war against corruption. The so called anti-graft war is one hell... Read more
By Adekoya Boladale Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, Florence Chukwu, Abdullahi Umaru, Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, Bridget Agbaheme and Eunice Elisha all have one thing in common; they were gruesomely murdered in cold blood by religious fanatics acting on the disguise of impulsive cerebral dysfunction termed blasphemy. For Christiana, a mother of... Read more
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