BY Anietie Akpan The Cross River State House of Assembly has raised the alarm as militants have laid incessant attacks on communities of Akpabuyo, Bakassi Local Government Areas of the state, killing one and taken over the waterways. Accordingly the House among other things called for an urgent Military Intervention following a motion of an…
On the morning of September 12th, the jury returned a verdict in the free speech trial of the century, where Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel faced bogus charges of working as Russian agents. The 12-person jury concluded a not guilty verdict on count number 2, “failure to register as a foreign agent,”…
Africa is big business – for everybody except Africans. If the oyibos could have their way, Africans would be like Native Americans – forgotten people herded into small reservations to drink themselves to extinction while the people who actually understand the value of the land take it over. That is why in Africa, whether you…
Marketers of petroleum products in Nigeria reportedly wrote to President Bola Tinubu to complain that the price of Dangote Refinery’s diesel, which is at N900 per litre, is negatively affecting their businesses. Devakumar Edwin, Vice President, Dangote Industries Limited, disclosed this on X (Twitter) Spaces session organised by Nairametrics. “Petroleum product marketers in Nigeria have…
The Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Hon. (Mrs) Abigail Duke Orok, has disclosed that the rebranded Cross River Trade Fair will be held in November this year. Dr Orok, who is also the Chairman of the Steering Committee, disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference held at the NUJ press centre in Calabar. According to…
