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…
By Ben Nsemo The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has pledged to provide technical support to Nigeria in addressing climate change challenges, with a focus on the aviation sector. This commitment was made by WMO Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Ko Barrett, during a session with Nigeria’s delegation at the ongoing COP 29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan,…
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…
By Ademola Orunbon No fewer than 1,382 aged and 380 persons living with disabilities in Ogun State have been selected from the State Social Register of poor and vulnerable to receive Federal Government’s COVID-19 cash transfer, to cushion the effects of the pandemic. The State Coordinator, Ogun State Operations Coordinating Units (Ogun SOCU), Mr. Tunde…
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…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sorry over the plane crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other military officers. Bihari in a statement signed by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity on Friday also condoled with families of the deceased, the military, and…