Paramount Ruler Marks 12 years of Loss of Bakassi to Cameroon, Mourns Day with Special Dress
Diana Okon-Effiong,Calabar Dr Etim Okon Edet, Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River says the problem of resettlement still plagued Bakassi people 12 years after the Peninsula was ceded to Cameroun. Edet who is also Chairman Cross River State Traditional Rulers’ Council stated this in Calabar... Read more
Akpabio, A’Ibom Lawmakers Risk Jail over Exco Nominee’s LLB Certificate Scam
 From Bassey Ekereuwem …Exco Nominee Allegedly forges LLB Certificate, Lies Under Oath This is not the best of times for the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio as he faces allegations of certificate scam and forgery rocking one of his nominees into the State executive council, Mr Monday Ebong... Read more
The Jonathan National Dialog: Conflict Resolution or Conflict Insemination.
By Dr. S. Okechukwu Mezu “Fellow Nigerians, our administration has taken cognizance of suggestions over the years by well-meaning Nigerians on the need for a national dialogue on the future of our beloved country. When there are issues that constantly stoke tension and bring about friction, it makes perfect sense... Read more
Trailing from behind in a 2014 World Cup qualifying play-off in Addis Ababa, Nigeria’s Super Eagles rattled Ethiopia to a 2-1 defeat making the return leg in a fortnight a mere formality. Ethiopia’s Asafa put his side in the lead with the first goal that came early in the... Read more
Baraje PDP Faction not Worried Over Lagos Court Ruling As Party Pleads with Faction, Governors to Return
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted the ruling by a Lagos High Court, presided over by Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, who on October 10, 2013, threw out the suit instituted against the group it described as “the illegal party regime of Alhaji... Read more
Gunmen Abduct Cross River Deputy Governor’s Father
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Etubom Essien Cobham, the father of State Deputy Governor,Mr Efiok Cobham, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his country home, Eyewitnesses said the gunmen took away the elder statesman at about 2.am Friday in his residence at Creek Town, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross... Read more
Italian Divers Recover More Bodies from Shipwreck
Divers in Italy recovered 38 more bodies on Monday from a shipwreck in which over 300 African asylum seekers are feared to have died, as EU states prepared to address the growing refugee crisis. Hundreds of rescuers and army personnel have been deployed to the island of Lampedusa whose... Read more
Factional PDP Directs G7 Governors to Meet Jonathan, Urges Tukur’s Resignation
  The Alhaji Kawu Baraje led-factional PDP has directed the remaining G7 governors who are yet to embark on Haji in Mecca who include Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Alh. Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and Alh. Kwankwaso of Kano State to meet President Goodluck Jonathan by... Read more
Success full of high hopes with Eaglets …As Manu Boys tackle American University on Wednesday
With 10 days to the start of the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE, Golden Eaglets’ Isaac Success has said here that the overall success of the team is far more important than any individual ambition. Success comes into this fray in a blaze of glory as Africa’s best striker after... Read more
Rape by Another Name: Nigeria’s National Assembly’s Jumbo Salary As Typical Example
By Kelechi Decca Attempts to defend Nigerian legislators’ outsize pay must crash as spectacularly as the ignoble third term lobby of the Obasanjo administration seven years ago.   Few weeks ago, Nigeria’s emerging nemesis for politicians Oby Ezekwesili took on the members of the National Assembly over their ‘wastefulness’... Read more