A family court in Cross River State, presided over by the Honourable Justice Blessing Egwu of Family Court II Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, has sentenced one 48 year old man, Ita Okon, to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year old girl in Calabar. Okon, in addition to the life sentence, by the court, was…
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former Attorney General of Cross River State, Tanko Ashang, family sources in Abuja confirmed, died in Abuja, Tuesday morning, October 8, 2024, as he readied himself for work. It was not medically clear, at press time, what may have caused his death, but friends, associates and admirers of the…
While the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, had announced that chairman and councillorship aspirants in this month’s local government elections will have to part with N5 million and N1 million respectively, for forms as stipulated in the amended State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC law, state governor, Bassey Edet Otu, has made a formal…
27 new permanent secretaries, have been sworn in by Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu, into the state civil service, emphasizing the need for heightened efficiency and productivity in the public sector. Addressing the new permanent secretaries, Otu stated that, “It is truly commendable to witness a greater representation of women in the role of…
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In dramaturgy, there is rarely a connection with fictional drama and reality. But there now appears to be a confluence of the two after reading Elias Ozikpu’s horrible and despicable open letter. In his desperate attempt at dramatizing governance in Cross River State, he furtively struggled to align his fiction of governance with reality by…
Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom State, has lost his wife, Patience Umo Eno, following an illness. Ini Ememobong, Commissioner for Information, Akwa Ibom State, in a press release made available, informed that the first lady “passed away peacefully at the hospital, on 26th September, 2024, in the presence of her family.” “The family submits…
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