By Magnus Effiong Three Efik chiefs, who dragged the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V and others, to court over issues bordering on the succession tussle, have applied to the court for discontinuation of the matter. Our reporter gathered that the case, which has suit number HC/278/2023, was initiated by Etubom Ephraim Etim…
Gov. Bassey Otu briefing Journalists at the media parley. By Anietie Akpan The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has declared that money for the $3.5 billion Bakassi Deep Sea Port will not come from the state. He also stated clearly that the state government was not taking any loan for the project…
The High Court of South Africa, Northern Cape Division sitting in Kimberley, has sentenced Itumeleng Reclin Machabe, aka Bendow (27), to two life terms and 44 years of imprisonment after he was convicted of r3ping and k!lling 11-year-old Relebogile Segami, r3ping two other minors and distribution of p0rnographic images of young people. The National Prosecuting…
Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump. Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain During Donald Trump’s first presidential term and the Joe Biden presidential administration, proponents of education reform declared their movement dead. Their well-funded campaign to blame teachers for low scores on standardized tests, threaten public schools with closures, and ramp up market…
IKOM – Senator John Owan-Enoh, Minister of State for Industry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment, announced on Monday that the federal government has signed over 100 Import Duty Exemption Certificates (IDECs) in the past three months. The revelation came during a facility tour of the Ikom Cocoa Processing Factory, followed by a roundtable…
