By Ovat Abeng Ahead of the 2027 general election, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for Awka North/South Federal Constituency, Chief Austin Ogbonna Esq, (Also known as Okoliudo), has said he is hopeful of winning the election in the Constituency unchallenged. He urged his supporters and residents of Awka North and South to be steadfast,…
A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has slumped and died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob. The incident happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local…
The Director of Women Mobilisation APC, PCC Dr Betta Edu, has expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election. Edu also commended the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for convening the APC Women Stakeholders’ Mobilisation and Empowerment Campaign Roll-Out and supporting initiatives aimed at mobilising and empowering women across the…
By Solomon Azu The Nigerian Optometric Association, NOA, Cross River State Chapter, has raised alarm over growing quackery in eye care delivery, especially in rural and underserved communities. Chairperson of association, Dr. Ogechi Cecilia Chukwu, raised concern on Monday during advocacy visit to the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River Council, in Calabar…
By Ovat Abeng The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Nnanna Oji Ama, has ordered the immediate issuance of queries to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of 3-3 Police Station and a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), while directing the immediate commencement of disciplinary proceedings against an Inspector of Police, following allegations…
By Ovat Abeng The National Leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on the Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC, to stop destroying a political party that made him who he is today in Nigeria political space. The party made the call in a statement signed and made available to…
Santuscom Foods Limited, a subsidiary of Santuscom Group, has entered into a landmark N5 billion food production, marketing and distribution partnership with a United Kingdom-based firm, in a move aimed at expanding the reach of Nigerian agricultural products across the UK and the wider European market. The partnership, formalised at a meeting and signing ceremony…
By Kelvin Obambon The Cross River State Government has flagged off a three-day intensive food safety and hygiene capacity-building workshop for workers across the state’s hospitality sector, reaffirming its strategy to position the state as Africa’s premier tourism hub. The training, taking place at the Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar from Monday 5 to Wednesday, October…
By Ovat Abeng The people of Alor, the community of the former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has promised to deliver more than 100 percent votes for the All Progressive Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Idemili North/South Federal Constituency, Kingsley Ezekwelu…
By Kelvin Obambon On the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, PhD, the Cross River State Representative on the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has extended warm felicitations to educators across the state, describing them as indispensable nation-builders. In a statement made available to journalists in Calabar on…
