Eket…aftermath of a spill By Theophilus Ilevbare The ongoing national conference has been fraught with some very controversial issues one of which is the agitation for control of resources by the delegates from South-South Nigeria pitching them against their Northern compatriots. If the last resource control debate... Read more
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State called for the collaborative efforts of the people, irrespective of their religious and ethnic backgrounds in proffering lasting solution to the lingering security challenges in the country. This is just as the Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, his Ogun State counterpart, Senator Ibikunle... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba Wednesday offered some solutions to communal conflicts saying such crisis could largely be resolved by taking development to the people. He gave the advice in an interview with journalists at the flag off of his constituency visit to Cross River Central Senatorial... Read more
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
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
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
