A Canada-based Nigerian woman, Ezinne Nwanorue, has stirred widespread reactions on social media after celebrating the death of her mother-in-law, Comfort Chika Nwanorue, while her marital dispute with her husband, Franklin Nwanorue, continues to play out online. The latest development comes days after the couple went viral for publicly taking a fidelity oath. In a…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday declined to receive a special delegation sent by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over ongoing xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerians in South Africa. Instead of meeting the visiting envoys directly, President Tinubu directed the South African team to engage with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye. The…
The Cross River State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Rt. Hon. (Otuekong) Orok Otu Duke, Ph.D, has joined the Chairman of the Commission, Chiedu Ebie, Esq., and other members of the NDDC Board in London for a three day Executive Programme in Strategic Leadership and Governance at the prestigious…
By Ovat Abeng Management of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state has dismissed as false and misleading reports alleging that large number of students of the institution were trapped in the building that collapsed Sunday night within the area. Public Relations Officer of the institution, Dr. Oguegbu Celestine Udoka in a statement on Monday said two…
By Ovat Abeng Many people are still trapped after a three-storey building known as Elite Five Star Lodge, located beside Tonimas Filling Station in Amokpala, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, collapsed on Sunday night. Several occupants are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble as rescue operations continue. The incident was…
By Emmanuel Edok It is remarkable how quickly people forget both historical milestones and personal experiences. This tendency is illustrated in a recent article by Linus Obogo, Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Cross River State. In his commentary, The Ghost of a Vanquished Ambition, Mr. Obogo…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has forecast sunshine, cloudiness and thunderstorms across the country from Sunday to Tuesday. In its weather outlook released in Abuja on Sunday, NiMet predicted sunny skies with patches of clouds over the northern region on Sunday. It also forecast thunderstorms accompanied by moderate rainfall over parts of Taraba, Adamawa and Kaduna…
By Sylvia Okoi The Cross River State Government has intensified its environmental sanitation campaign with a crackdown on illegal structures obstructing drainage channels, ordering an immediate clean-up of markets and warning that activities capable of worsening flooding will no longer be tolerated. The Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses John Osogi, gave the warning during the…
By Ovat Abeng The wife of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has urged women across the state to use this year’s Annual August Meetings as a platform to confront the disturbing rise in cases of violent abuse, molestation, neglect and inhumane treatment of domestic workers, insisting that the silence surrounding such acts must end. In…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Government through the Executive Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area, Hon Stanley Nkwoka, has evacuated a 14-year-old toxic waste products discovered at Owelle Aja in Obosi community within the council area. The evacuation exercise that took place between Wednesday, July 23rd, and Thursday, the 24th, 2026, in the…
