The two pioneer female chairmen of NUJ, Grace Ike of the FCT chapter; and Archibong Etim Bassey of the Cross River State chapter; are among distinguished Nigerians listed in the 2025 edition of Changemakers: 100 Nigerians Leading Change. In a statement by the editors, Kammonke Abam and Steve Ogah, the two journalists were listed for…
The Cross River State Government has flagged off the cultivation of 30 million coffee seedlings across the 18 Local Government Areas, signalling a major leap in the state’s agricultural revival efforts under the leadership of Governor Senator Prince Bassey Otu. Speaking during the launch ceremony held at state executive council chamber, Governor Otu described the…
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has expressed profound excitement following the Federal Government’s unveiling of a new strategic framework that prioritizes the completion of the Bakassi Deep Seaport. The roadmap, encapsulated in the newly launched National Policy on Marine and Blue Economy, identifies Bakassi among nine key deep seaports marked for accelerated…
Project Alert on Violence Against Women, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) has asserted that sexual violence against minors in the society goes beyond just rape. The group disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar during its close-out meeting of sexual violence and young persons in academic institution Project in Cross River and Akwa Ibom. The News…
By Ovat Abeng Leadership of Hausa community under the umbrella of Northern Community Leaders (NCL), in Anambra State, has denied working against governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s reelection bid ahead of the November 8, 2025 governorship election in the state. They argue that a publication currently making the round that the ‘The Hausa community in Anambra…
The Federal Government has formally endorsed the Leboku-In-Abuja 2025, the yearly New Yam Festival celebrated in Abuja by the Yakurr people of Cross River State. Leboku is a new yam cultural extravaganza that spans over 28 days in the month of August, climaxing with a colourful carnival parade in Ugep, the headquarters of Yakurr Council…
By Kelvin Obambon Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Cross River chapter, Comrade Emmanuel Olayi, has debunked allegation that the Council under his watch misappropriated 5 million naira being part of a 10 million naira subvention given to the youth body by the state government. Recall that recently the immediate past…
By Kelvin Obambon A civil society organization, We The People (WTP) Center For Social Studies And Development, has engaged women in mining host communities in Akpabuyo and Akamkpa local government areas of Cross River State on rights advocacy and legal empowerment. The town hall meeting held on Thursday July 3, 2025, in Mfamosing community, had…
The Federal Government is set to begin payment of the second tranche of stipends of N20,000 to each of the 774,000 participants in its Special Public Works (SPW) programme. The government started a partial payment of N20,000 stipends to the 774,000 workers in April, three months after the Minister of State for Labour and Employment,…
May be she must have given hope on him, her friends and family must have told her to leave him, she must have been under too many family pressure but she conquered all of that and now she’s married to someone she truly loves. This is the story of Riyanami, a girl who dated her…