Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun in steering the economy during such a difficult period, saying time will soon prove her right.Obasanjo, who spoke at the ongoing National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) in Abeokuta, Ogun... Read more

A new batch of 60 children from the Niger Delta has been awarded the special secondary school scholarship of The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture, Cradle to Career covering tuition and all other bills for six years in four of the topmost private secondary schools in Port... Read more

    From Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar   No fewer than 253, 000 signatories including forest dependent communities in Cross River state and the international community have called on Nigeria’s Federal Government to compel the state government to cancel the revocation of the traditional rights of occupancy of all the... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar   The Cross River State Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) says it would spend N7.5 billion for projects under the 2012-2015 Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) Matching Grant.   The Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Stephen Odey, stated this in Calabar at a briefing with... Read more

The  N350 million Lassa Fever Virology Diagnostic and Treatment Centre built by  the Ebonyi State Government has been inaugurated by the Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Adewole, who was in company with his Agriculture counterpart, Chief Audu, Ogbeh and Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi,  during the ceremony,... Read more

  The  Nigerian Army has confirmed death of four Soldiers in a boat mishap within Bayelsa waterways saying that the remains of the four soldiers were yet to be found, but residents say two bodies have so far been salvaged.     Four soldiers drowned during the ongoing military... 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