CALABAR – In a significant stride towards consolidating free, fair, and credible local government elections, the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has emerged as a beacon of hope for grassroots democracy. Tasked with the critical mandate of conducting, organising, and supervising local government elections, CROSIEC is not only central to electoral processes but…
By Atibile Williams In George Orwell’s globally acclaimed bestseller, ‘The Animal’s Farm’, it is said that all animals are equal, but some are more equal to others. In the human sphere, great minds are like others but with extraordinary determination to achieve success. Hon. Bette Philip Obi, this pedagogic suasion underscores your indelible prints, extraordinary…
By Agba Jalingo See their list of legal team and let me tell you about two wolves inside. Tony Adinye Esq, is a former DG of Cross River State Pollution Control Agency, under Governor Ayade, who maliciously used a truck load of Policemen to brutalize a street orange seller and her daughter in Calabar…
Yenagoa, Nigeria – Tonye Soloman, a talented freestyle football juggler from Bayelsa State, Nigeria, has made history by securing two Guinness World Records (GWR) through his remarkable skills in ball control and endurance. His first record was set on August 10, 2023, in Yenagoa, where he climbed 150 steps on a ladder while balancing a…
He understood the consequences, but he was too patriotic to chicken out. Chief Frank Kokori was the General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG) during the Sani Abacha era. After the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election and Abacha’s taking over, Kokori joined the masses who…
Born into the family of Mr Adoga Raphael Morphy and Mrs Anthonia Omgbonya Morphy in Ishibori in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State over four decades ago, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Cross River State in charge of the Department of Projects/Programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPPME), Adoga Raphael Morphy Jnr, remains…
