The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRHA), has intervened in the face up between Ekuri forest community and a timber investor, Ezemac international (Nig.) limited, charging all parties to sheath their swords while due process is on to resolve all issues. The Ekuri community had accused Ezemac International (Nig.) limited of logging illegally in…
The Special Adviser to the Governor of Cross River State on Youth Mobilization, Comrade Dan Obo, has clarified public misconceptions surrounding Hon. Oden Ewa’s recent youth tour, dismissing claims that it was linked to his alleged senatorial ambition ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a podcast interview with Friday Awade, Dan Obo addressed…
By Ovat Abeng The President of the Association of Non-Indigenes in Anambra State (ANIAS) Prince Chigozie Nweke has called on all non-indigenes residing and doing business in Anambra State to remain calm, law abiding and respectful of constituted authority following the directive by Governor Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo to lock down Onitsha Main Market for…
By Ovat Abeng Leadership of the Onitsha main market in Anambra State, has described the one-week closure of the market by governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo as a wise decision to restore their economic fortune, lost as a result of the Monday sit-at-home order initiated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Chairman of the…
By Clement Abuo Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), the renowned Roman orator, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, once observed that “as fire, when thrown into water, is cooled and extinguished, so also a false accusation, when brought against a man of pure and holy character, boils over, dissipates, and vanishes.” This timeless reflection aptly captures the…
By Kelvin Obambon In a strategic move to enhance transparency and improve public infrastructure, the BudgIT Foundation, in partnership with the Network for Water Hygiene and Sanitation in Nigeria (NEWSAN), hosted a one-day intensive training on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. The session, held at the Ikapture Center for Youth Development Hall in Calabar, focused on…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Health, has sealed fifty four health facilities across the state between January 2023 to December 2025 over quack practices. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Ben Obidike, who disclosed this in his address deliver during a press conference, held in Awka, on Monday,…
In a decisive move to enforce compliance with the state’s directive against the controversial Monday sit-at-home order, Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Onitsha main market for one week in the first instance. The action follows repeated defiance by traders at the popular Markets, who did not open…
There was visible excitement in Mkpani, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, as heavy-duty bulldozers moved in to commence construction of a 2-kilometre ring road linking the Aduma, Afaben, and Ajere communities. The project was officially launched by Senator Eteng Williams, representing the Cross River Central Senatorial District, in a strategic move aimed…
By Kelvin Obambon A political pressure group, the Ikom Grassroot Progressives, has raised an alarm over what it describes as a “calculated plot” by certain aggrieved and selfish interests within the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unseat the Acting State Chairman, Comrade Ekum Ekok Ojogu. In a strongly worded press statement released on Monday, January…