The paternal family of renowned parasitologist and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State, Eka Ikpi Braide, is in deep mourning after the untimely death yesterday, Saturday, September 16, of her younger brother, Edet, in a ghastly auto crash. Edet, driving from Ugep, Cross River State to Abuja, with his wife, three…
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Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has issued a cautionary statement to parents and guardians of prospective students seeking admission into the University of Calabar to study engineering. The council expressed its concerns that all engineering courses offered by the university have not been accredited, thereby rendering them unsuitable for producing qualified…
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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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