By Solomon Azu Territorial Archbishop of Calabar and Convener of the Cross River State Christian Leaders Forum, Archbishop Josef Bassey, has described Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s three years in office as “absolutely extraordinary”, declaring that Cross River State is recovering from the deep fiscal, institutional and infrastructural challenges inherited in 2023. Archbishop Bassey made the…
By Ovat Abeng The Honourable Minister of Work, Engr Dave Umahi, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment towards safety of Nigerians across highways in the country. Umahi stated this while inspecting a damaged portion of the inter-change section of the Second Niger Bridge at Obosi-Onitsha-Owerri highway, Anambra State. The Minister was at the spot on…
Congratulations, Your Excellency Apostle Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, on your appointment as South-South Coordinator, APC Presidential Campaign Council 2027. Your stewardship continues to bring pride to Cross River State. I pray for wisdom, strength, and resounding success in this national assignment. From: Elder Owa Egbara Owa PhD Honourable Federal Commissioner Public Complaints Commission, Abuja …
…Says BOO electorate deserves a new direction, improved representation and greater accountability The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Bekwarra Chapter, has issued a formal political notice to Hon. Peter Akpanke, popularly known as “Cracking Rock”, urged the member representing Bekwarra, Obanliku and Obudu (BOO) Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives to prepare to relinquish the…
Relationship coach and pastor, Kingsley Okonkwo, has unveiled a Christian matchmaking platform, Mentor To Marry, for singles seeking marriage, with membership plans ranging from N70,000 to N700,000 annually. Okonkwo, the lead pastor of David’s Christian Centre, unveiled the platform in a series of posts on X on Wednesday, saying it was designed to help serious…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has declared a state of emergency on the environment, warning that worsening gully erosion, flooding and land degradation pose an existential threat to the state. Soludo made the declaration in a statewide broadcast in Awka as Anambra marked 35 years of statehood, while unveiling a renewed Clean…
The Federal Government has disclosed that more than N600 billion in cash transfers has been disbursed to slightly over nine million households to cushion the impact of economic shocks, saying an impact assessment is underway to determine the programme’s measurable effect on poverty reduction. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro,…
By Uthman Oriyomi The latest comments by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on petrol subsidy raise a fundamental question: is he seriously proposing an economic policy, or is he simply playing politics with the temporary discomfort Nigerians face? Within a week, Nigerians have heard three different explanations of what an Atiku administration would do about petrol…
Thirty-three state governments spent at least N512.10bn on Government Houses, Governors’ Offices and travel and transport in the first six months of 2026, an amount about 4,713 times higher than the combined six-month salary of Nigeria’s 36 governors, an analysis of state budget implementation reports has shown on Monday. The analysis showed that while a…
In every democracy, political contestation is legitimate, but so is the demand for truth. As the political atmosphere around the Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency becomes increasingly charged, claims and counterclaims are bound to emerge. Yet beneath the noise of political rhetoric lies a more enduring question: what does the evidence say? The record presented by Rt….
