By Kelvin Obambon Rovers Football Club Calabar on Saturday demonstrated ‘kindness’ towards Osun United FC by sharing point with the visitors in an atmosphere dominated by pressure. Some 15 minutes into the game played at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, both teams were still trying to find their feet as the ball moved back and…
Will the security challenges facing the people of Benue in their clash with Fulani Herdsmen ever end? Earlier this week, a teenage girl known as Ahura Jennifer Terwase, was allegedly attacked by unknown Fulani Herdsmen at Borno kru-kru in Taraba State. According to reports from African Vuvuzella on Facebook on Wednesday, Jennifer was macheted on…
To restore hope and eradicate stigma with People Living With HIV, (PLWHIV), the Ogun State Government has joined the rest of the world to celebrate those who have lost their lives in the course of the challenges and those who dedicated their lives to helping people living with the virus. The Executive Secretary/Project Manager, Ogun…
As hunger bites harder and the prices of food pummels in the market, Dr Glory Edet, Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Akwa Ibom State has resolved to sell garri which is now a hot cake in Nigeria. Dr Edet was sighted on Thursday at Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo, selling garri to Uyo residents who turned out…
The fight against gender based violence in the society is one that requires joint efforts from all stakeholders to win. It is in the light of this that UNICEF under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, partnered with the Cross River State Ministry of Humanity and Social Welfare, to train members of the Community Surveillance Team of…
Elder Imoh Okon, immediate past Chairman of Uyo Local Government Council, Akwa Ibom is currently cooling his feet in a police cell at the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Barracks Road over the sum of N420,000.00 (N.4m) allegedly withdrawn fraudulently by the Ex-Chairman from a secret Internally Generated Revenue account of the Council said to have…
Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has converted the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Secretariat in Calabar to the All Progressives Congress(APC) Secretariat. THE PARADISE gathered that the Secretariat which is currently under renovation was taken over on Friday by heavily armed Policemen under the directives of Governor Ayade. This is coming in barely 48 hours…
Armed Policemen have barricaded the Cross River State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Secretariat in Calabar. THE PARADISE gathered. This is coming in barely 2 days after Sen. Ben Ayade, Governor of the state defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress(APC). Our Reporter further gathered that the Policemen have been mounting the Secretariat located…
The family of Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Uyo that was allegedly murdered by Uduak Frank Akpan, has refuted various stories online that they have compromised justice for their late daughter. The family said all the online publications about their compromise aren’t true and that they have not received any…
No fewer than 1,300 direct job opportunities are to be created for the teeming youths in Akwa Ibom State at the St. Gabriel’s Coconut Factory when it becomes operational in September this year. Governor Udom Emmanuel made this known on Friday while inspecting the installation of production lines at the Coconut Factory located in Mkpat…