Bassey Etim Ironbar, former international athlete and Commonwealth medalist, long confined to doing menial road repair jobs on the Addo-Badore Road in Ajah, Lagos State, after he sustained a career ending injury while representing Nigeria, is on his way to a new life after Cross River State governor, Bassey Edet Otu, offered him automatic employment…
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Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, has in a terse statement, addressed issues that appear to have arisen from comments made about him and credited to female politician, Florence Ita-Giwa. Duke wrote: “In human interactions, two factors are sacrosanct, age and authority and even more so in the African context. On both counts, Mma…
The Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, CRS, has dismissed the electoral petition brought before it by former CRS governor, Ben Ayade, against the electoral victory of Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District in Nigeria’s Senate. The petition was dismissed after the Tribunal ruled that Ayade’s petition lacks merit and…
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Former National Ports Authority, NPA, board chairman and one-time Commissioner for Information, CRS, Akin Ricketts, has congratulated CRS governor, Bassey Edet Otu on the occasion of his 100 days in office as governor of the state. Ricketts, in his congratulatory message said: “Your Excellency, you have remarkably done your best to improve the lives of…
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Ijom Ukam Esq., the Cross River State Commissioner for Youths Development has extended his heartfelt gratitude to the Ijom-Abayong community in Biase LGA, for their unwavering support during the recently concluded gubernatorial election. The commissioner who spoke when he visited the community, his hometown, also came clear that he recognizwd the significant role the community…
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I am an alumni of the University of Calabar having obtained my first degree in Economics from there in 1995. More importantly, Prof. Cy Ndifon is supposed to be a special senior brother of sorts, a very close tribeman and an in-law to me. So, I am connected and feel particularly very sad about the…
