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
By Ebi B Asain By now, there’s a preponderance of evidence the Arewa Consultative Forum is made up of war mongers who has come to the tragic conclusion that the Nigerian military is their trump card to be used against the south. In line with their military calculations, president... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has reassured that his pet project, the Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF), would ensure that “no child chooses between education and food”. Imoke gave the assurance in Calabar at the sixth edition of the TBLF’s... Read more
From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Thousands of displaced Bakassi people settling in refugee camps within Cross River have been reassured of a permanent resettlement in areas where they can ply their fishing trade. Mr John Inaku, Director-General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA), gave the assurance in an interview... Read more
Water vendors popularly known as meruwa in Bayyelsa State, have downed tools to protest multiple taxation from Bayelsa Environmental Sanitation Authority. It was gathered that the water vendors, dominant suppliers of water have commenced a five day warning strike in the state capital Yenagoa resulting to acute water... Read more
From: Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar The Monorail System, Calabar, is currently ready for use but only awaiting its inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari on a date convenient to the Presidency. The monorail when fully operational will use an Intamin P8 electric powered shuttle train to convey passengers from Tinapa Resort,... Read more
Secondary school teacher under the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in Bayelsa on Monday protested over unpaid four months’ salary arrears. The aggrieved teachers, who came out in their numbers, barricaded some major roads in Yenagoa, the state capital causing traffic hiccups for hours.. They carried placards... Read more
By Reno Omokri On the 15th of August 1945, the axis nations fighting in the Pacific theater defeated imperial Japan and two weeks later, Japan formally surrendered to allied forces led by the U.S. General, Douglas McArthur, who formally accepted the signed articles of surrender. But though the U.S.... Read more
Mrs Lilian Ekanem is Chairperson, Cross River State Child Protection Network. She spoke with Dianabasi Effiong on Child Witches branding. Excerpts: Main communities With Child Witch Syndrome This child witch syndrome in Cross River State or witchcraft-branding is really prevailing in Akpabuyo, Calabar South, we have a... Read more
This is a rebuttal to a write up by one Ena Ofugara titled: “HISTORY OF MINORITIES NEED FOR SELF ACTUALIZATION: IT PREDATES IGBO STRUGGLE FOR BIAFRA”. I am merely responding to correct some misconceptions that were created by those who don’t mean well for Nigeria and present these falsities... Read more
