By Ovat Abeng The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that about 24,000 ad hoc staff of all categories will be deployed in 5,718 polling units during the Anambra State governorship election slated for Saturday November 8, 2025. The National Commissioner Supervising Anambra and Chairman Tenders Board Committee, Dr Kenneth Ikeagu, disclosed this while addressing…
By Ovat Abeng The Executive Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon Stanley Nkwoka, has signed Anti-Cultism, land grabbing and taunting by-law to curbed criminalities in the area. The signing ceremony took place at the council’s conference hall in Ogidi on Friday. Speaking to Journalists shortly after the ceremony that attracted…
By Sylvia Okoi The Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses Osogi, has expressed satisfaction with the high level of compliance recorded in Akpabuyo Local Government Area during the October edition of the statewide monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The Commissioner, who monitored the exercise in the area alongside the Executive Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Council, Hon….
The city of Calabar was in a solemn mood recently as family, friends, and associates gathered to bid a final farewell to the late Mr. Orok Edwards Imaha, who passed away on August 24, 2025, at the age of 59. The burial service, held on Wednesday, was a poignant celebration of a life dedicated to…
By Ovat Abeng As part of the ongoing engagements with critical stakeholders ahead of the Anambra Governorship Election slated for November 8, 2025, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has intensified the non-kinetic approach to peace building by engaging key religious leaders and societal influencers to use their positions and platforms to promote…
By Ovat Abeng The Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha, Anambra State, His Grace, Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke has solicited to spirited individuals, group or organisations to assist Correctional center Onitsha, Anambra State by providing the inmates Solar lights. He also emphasized the Paramount aspect of renovating the roofing sheets of the edifice at the Correctional…
By Kingsley Agim The House of Representatives Committee on Health Care Services has commended the Cross River State Government for its remarkable progress in revitalizing the state’s primary healthcare system through the Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project and the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), describing the…
The fight against period poverty in Cross River State gained momentum as PadBank, a humanitarian initiative, extended its monthly mobile outreach to the Ekot Etonko community in Calabar South Local Government Area. The organization distributed free sanitary pads and conducted vital educational sessions on proper menstrual health management for women and schoolgirls in the community….
Governor Bassey Edet Otu of Cross River State has inaugurated the Governing Council of the Cross River State College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Obubra, with a charge to the members to drive innovation, research, and ethical governance in advancing agricultural education and food security in the State. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony held at…
By Dr Usani Joseph Ofem For over two months, the political atmosphere in Cross River Central has remained tense and polarized, largely due to orchestrated image-smearing campaigns targeted at Honorable Oden Ewa, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations. A man whose political antenna is towering to the heavens. Those behind these attacks; often…