Hoodlums suspected to be bandits have attacked a Mosque in Kwata, Jibia Local Government Area of Kastina State. They abducted over 40 worshippers during the attack. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 12am on Monday morning during the Laylatul Qadr prayer. The Laylatul Qadr prayer which is the Night of Decree or…
CALLY AIR RECRUITMENT The Cross River State Government in conjunction with the operators of the Cally Air is recruiting suitably qualified Nigerians for the commencement of operations of the airline. Cally Air is an airline primed for a paradigm shift in the aviation industry. According to a press release with reference number: Our Ref: GO/PRESS/012/VOL.I/268,…
Two Chibok girls, Joy Bishira and Lydia Pogu who escaped Boko Haram captivity have graduated from a United States university. Just like the other 276 girls, Bishira and Pogu’s story is defiance against cruelty. The two Chibok teenage girls were captured in 2014 and escaped Boko Haram captivity by leaping from a moving vehicle that…
A 54-year-old Cameroonian refugee, Samuel Ojong who was part of the over 200 persons sponsored and trained by the Community Refugee Relief Initiative, CRRI, has disclosed that he had no choice but to learn a new trade in a bid to feed his family and pay his bills since getting another job in Nigeria was…
By Ovat Abeng Following the current security situation in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to address young Nigerians on the second week of June, 2021. Comrade Odu Olisaemeka Onyeka, South East Zonal Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital on Sunday, during a…
By Ovat Abeng Onitsha residents are currently in fear as a truck fully loaded with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its content all around the street in the commercial city of Anambra state. Paradise News gathered that the incident occurred at Awka Road on Sunday morning as early worshipers were…
EKURI COMMUNITY C/o The Clan Head, New Ekuri, Akamkpa LGA, Cross River State, Nigeria. Email: ekuriclan@yahoo.com 4th May, 2021. His Excellency, The President of Nigeria, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Your Excellency Sir, Ongoing Second Superhighway threatens Ekuri Community Forest: A Clarion Call to Halt Road Construction and Logging of Ekuri Forest. Background: We write to…
By Ademola Orunbon The need to boost food security, job creation and industrialisation, through an established agricultural agenda, to the reviving of Ogun State economy has been reaffirmed. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina who made this known while receiving Award of Excellence presented to him by delegates from Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry,…
As the country prepares for the 2021 National Table Tennis Federal, NTTF National Championship in Lagos this May, the Chairman of the Canaan Table Tennis Club Ltd., Calabar, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke has said the club will bring more honour to Cross River State as it has done many years ago. Duke who is certain…
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and founder of the Eastern Security Network(ESN) has sent a sound warning to the Nigerian military and police. Kanu on Sunday morning warned that the commanders of the Nigeria security forces will be hunted and punished if they order the killings of Biafra…