Bishop Emmah Isong, Publicity Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has disclosed that though Nigeria has enjoyed uninterrupted democracy for 25 years, only about five per cent of Nigerians have enjoyed democratic dividends. Isong made the assertion on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar while reacting…
Suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said President Bola Tinubu fought for the democracy Nigeria is enjoying today. Edu stated this as part of her June 12 Democracy Day message to President Tinubu, describing him as a soldier of democracy. “On this auspicious occasion of Nigeria’s democracy day and…
The Federal Government says it has reduced the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway size from 10 lanes to six as a cost-saving measure for the legacy project. The Government also said it has rerouted the project’s path to avoid any possible damage to subsea cables belonging to telecommunication companies. This was disclosed by Engr. David Umahi, Minister…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his sincere condolences to His Excellency, President Lazarus Chakwera, and the people of Malawi over the passing of Vice-President Saulos Chilima and other officials in a plane crash. President Tinubu commiserated with the families of the deceased over this deeply distressing incident, which happened on a mournful Monday, 10th June…
By Our Reporter Efut Combined Assembly, the apex decision-making body of the Efut Kingdom has berated Prof. Itam Hogan Itam for trying to mislead the public with a news item in the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC), Calabar, purportedly withdrawing certificates of recognition of some certificated Clan heads in Efut. The body, in a press…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has taken a resolution removing the Chairman of the State Traditional Rulers’ Council, HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet. The resolution, CONVERSEER gathered was made during today, Tuesday’s plenary by the House headed by Speaker Elvert Ayambem. The reason for Edet’s removal, the House stated, was because he had…
