The Lying in state. By Ita Williams, Calabar A valedictory service was held on Friday at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre, Calabar to honour the life and works of Comrade Jeremiah Ishel Ashiple, a renowned journalist who recently passed away. Colleagues and family members gathered to pay their last respect and bid farewell…
Communities and Agencies in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States have again been privileged to enjoy the benefits of clean and healthy surroundings. This is courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints annual “All Africa service project” initiative where members work with friends to offer various acts of services across communities, agencies and…
Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman The Shamsuddeen Usman Foundation (SUF) is set to establish the first artificial intelligence (AI) center in Nigeria to help in the development of education in the country, according to a trustee of the foundation, Sadiq Usman. He stated that that AI presents Nigeria an opportunity to leapfrog to the fourth industrial revolution…
By Irene Offiong The Gender and Development Action (GADA), alongside key stakeholders, have urged the Cross River State House of Assembly to pass the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill into law. The stakeholders, who cut across every sector of society, convened in Calabar, the Cross River State, southern Nigeria for deliberations ahead of the local…
Five persons have been arrested for dealing with illegal medicine in Calabar, Cross River State. The suspects were arrested by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) who also sealed 405 shops for violating pharmaceutical council rules. Briefing journalists at the conference hall of the Federal Secretariat in Calabar, on Friday, Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi, PCN’s Director…
