By Omini Oden Far from Nigeria’s shores lies one of the world’s most fragile arteries of global commerce the Strait of Hormuz. Narrow, tense, and strategically indispensable, this thin stretch of water between Iran and Oman carries nearly a fifth of the world’s oil supply. When tensions rise there, the tremors are felt in petrol…
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Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has declared, as he commenced the first leg of consultations ahead of the 2027 elections in Obanliku LGA, that “I have come to formally share my intention to seek re-election” As he commenced consultations, Jarigbe was clear that he is seeking stakeholders support and prayers,…
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His Excellency, Bassey Otu, Governor of Cross River State, has extended warm felicitations to Muslim faithful across the state and Nigeria as they join millions of believers around the world to celebrate the joyous festival of Eid al-Fitr. In a goodwill message released by his Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
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Cross River State governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has “…directed that any member of the State Executive Council, as well as all political appointees who intend to contest in the 2027 general elections, must resign from office on or before March 26, 2026.” Otu who gave this directive during today’s Executive Council meeting, says his directive…
John Owan Enoh, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Industry, says the Ofodua rice processing mills cluster in Obubra LGA, Cross River State, has continued to play an important role in supporting local rice production, creating jobs, and strengthening the rural economy. He was particular that, while mill owners, workers, and traders whose livelihoods depend on…
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Cracks threatening the unity of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Ugep Urban parish, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, are widening after church representatives declared in a press statement that, the parish will severe links with the upper echelon of the Presbyterian Church in the Synod, over what she maintains are injustices meted out to the…