When Mariam Eniola Bolaji defeated Oksana Kozyna to clinch bronze in the women’s Para badminton SL3 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, she created history not just for herself and her country Nigeria, but also for an entire continent. Why? Because Bolaji is now the first African player, male or female, to win a badminton medal…
By Ibironke Ariyo On assuming office as the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on May 29, Shehu Mohammed brought a remarkable level of enthusiasm and dedication to implementing sweeping reforms within the organisation. In his inaugural address, the new Corps Marshal articulated his vision, which focuses on a comprehensive overhaul of…
By Magnus Effiong An advocacy group, ‘Think Cross River Initiative’ has given insight on why incessant communal clashes and killings, which had bedeviled the State for decades in many local government areas, reduced drastically within the past fifteen months. The initiator of the ‘Think Cross River Initiative’, Mr Edem Darlington, who made the disclosure in…
American tourists have said Nigerians do not take seriously the traditional healing and herbs that provide better healing. Peter Jenkins and Liza Gatsby, two American tourists residing in Cross River State, stated this in an interview with a content creator, David Nkwa. The two tourists, who recounted how they have spent 36 years in the…
A leader whose people are strongly behind will do more but a leader who is distracted will do less. This has always been an instrument in governance since time immemorial. Barely one year and four months after Governor Bassey Otu was sworn in as Governor of Cross River State, there have been policies, developments and…
