11 months after, Bakassi Refugees at FG’s Resettlement Camp Wants Permanent Resettlement
FeaturedSpecial Reports March 3, 2014
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Eleven months after their displacement and placement at a refugee camp in Cross River the Bakassi returnees have restated their appeal to the Federal Government to resettle them permanently. They stated this in separate interviews with our Regional Correspondent who visited their resettlement camps in Akpabuyo, Akpabuyo Local... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, has called for a change of strategy in dealing with the national security challenges posed by the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram group. Ndoma-Egba’s made the call in Calabar while reacting to the death of hundreds of Nigerians in... Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State says it has learnt with shock of the allegation by the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr. Felix Obuah, that the Rivers State Government and the APC leadership have a hand in the allege... Read more
From:Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Journalists in Cross River state have condemned in strong terms a recent statement credited to the General Manager of Nigerian Chronicle, Mr Dominic Kidzu, alleging that “the Cross River state Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is on its knees” and it has “a stooge” as Chairman.... Read more
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the executive leadership of the Nigerian Agribusiness Group. The event held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja was for small, medium and large scale investors in agriculture, agro processing, marketing and input/machinery supplies from across the... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River State Government has charged its delegates to the forthcoming national conference to canvass for resource control, compensation over loss of Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River State gave the charge in Calabar while addressing stakeholders at... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar A group of Ibibio people in Diaspora has called on the Federal Government to make appointments to any office in Nigeria to reflect its ethnic diversity. The group under the umbrella of Ibibio Nation stated its position in a statement which summarised what it... Read more
From: DianaOkon-Effiong,Calabar Leaders from the southern part of Nigeria under the umbrella “Southern Leaders’ Summit’’ rose from a meeting in Calabar and passed a vote of confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The group, which stated this in a communiqué at the end of the summit with the... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, says the All Progressive Congress (APC) has no substantial foot hold in Rivers State. According to him what appears to be the only stronghold of the APC in the State is Governor Rotimi Amaechi whose tenure will... Read more
The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Aloysius Etok has again come under fire with a prominent member of his district, describing his seven years in the senate as wasted years. A commissioner in Akwa Ibom State Executive Council,... Read more
