Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Mr Teddy Bai, Secretary, National Congress committee of the APC says logistics and difficult terrain were some of the reasons the chapter Congress in Cross River was rescheduled to April 15. Bai, who stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent Sunday in Calabar, explained... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Asaba The Delta State Government on Wednesday took pre-emptive measures aimed at curtailing the menace of cattle rearers ravaging parts of the country by constituting a high-powered security committee to control the movement of cattle in the state. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this to newsmen after an expanded Security... Read more
Governments at all levels, multinational oil companies, security agencies and host communities have been urged to play more active roles in stopping the menace of crude oil theft. Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and stakeholders in the oil and gas industry at the second Delta State Oil and... Read more
Dear Mr. Jonathan, With a troubled spirit, a bleeding soul and a broken heart I write you this letter. I pray that you receive the message with an open mind and with little regard to the messenger. My spirit is troubled by the unprecedented level of insecurity in our... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Prof. Okon Edet Uya, a Professor of African and African-American-American History and one time Nigerian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Argentina is dead. Uya, formerly Chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) in the regime of President Ibrahim Babangida died Thursday afternoon at the... Read more
By Emeka Eugene Maduewesi, Esq., LL.M I can write a bestseller about my father and all his many outstanding qualities. However, as the Bible says, there is a time for everything. This is not the time to write a book. My father was an extraordinary man, physically and spiritually... Read more
Tributes, As Burial of Akunwata Clement Jackson Chukwunwike (CJC) Maduewesi Approaches
Press Releases April 14, 2014
My Dad – GLORIOUS EXIT OF A GREAT MAN, AKUNWATA CLEMENT JACKSON CHUKWUNWIKE (CJC) MADUEWESI Akunwata Clement Jackson Chukwunwike (CJC) was the second son of late Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Alice Maduewesi of Uyanwa Eze-Oguine Ezenwa Royal Family of Obi-Uno, Otolo, Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Govt. Area. He was... Read more
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has berated international oil companies over what he referred to as, ‘insensitivity to the plight of oil producing communities in the Niger Delta.’ He stated that over the years, the accumulated effects of their activities were beginning to have its toll on the people of... Read more
Diana-Okon-Effiong, Calabar, Bishop Emmah Isong, Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Cross River Chapter says Nigerians are by no means traumatised by the Abuja bomb blast which claims many lives Monday. Isong who is also National Patron Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) stated this Monday in an interview with our... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Although Nigeria’s constitution does not provide for a referendum on the report of the national conference, its report will be subjected to normal legislative process if brought before the National Assembly. This assurance was given by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, in an interview with journalists... Read more
