By Emma Una Palpable fear has descended on members of the Cross River State House of Assembly and their wives following the abduction of Nseobong Ofem, wife of Nelson Ofem, the member representing Yakkur I State Constituency. The abductors according to a reliable source, on Thursday evening followed the woman who drove in her husband’s SUV to Ikot Ishie…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has assured the government and people of Cross River State that the Federal Government will assist with the funding of the 275km superhighway and Bakassi Deep Seaport if elected as president of Nigeria next year. Lamido stated this during a courtesy call on Governor Ben Ayade in Government…
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As we continue to raise the discourse on women’s issues, all of this week, we publish something from another of our female guest columnist, Alorye Ugar who pens us a few useful money tips for the woman. Whether it is too much debt or too little income, the lack of savings, loads of unsettled…
Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, the House of Representative member, representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Cross River State, has alerted his social media followers that some unscruplous persons have cloned his Facebook account. Jarigbe, in a Facebook post, not too long ago, said thus: “This is to let the Public know that a criminal has opened a Facebook…
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The Police in Calabar, Cross River State today paraded 47 suspects, arrested in the last one month for various crimes, across the state, www.calitown.com. Ten of the suspects were arrested for armed robbery, nine for internet fraud, eight for cultism, seven for unlawful possession of firearms amongst others. One of the paraded suspects, Effiong Edet…
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In continuation of our select articles to commemorate this year’s celebration of the International Women’s Day, our guest columnist, Jenny Ubi, examines and outlines what benefits must be tapped with active female participation in politics. This year, 2018, precisely in February, Britain celebrated 100 years of the suffragette movement. The movement began in the 18th…