By Kelvin Obambon As the global community marks World No Tobacco Day 2026, the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has issued a stark warning regarding the aggressive and deceptive marketing strategies employed by the tobacco industry to hook young Nigerians on nicotine and tobacco products. This year’s global theme, “Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine…
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says state governors are holding talks with the federal government to review the minimum wage to N100,000 per month. The Kwara State governor disclosed this in Lagos on Friday when he, and a few state governors paid Sallah homage to President Bola Tinubu. Vice President Kashim Shettima led the delegation. AbdulRazaq…
By Sylvia Okoi No fewer than sixty persons were on Saturday, May 30, 2026, arraigned before the Environmental Sanitation Mobile Court in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for violating laws guiding the monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The offenders were apprehended by the monitoring team of the Ministry of Environment during enforcement operations across parts…
Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, PhD has paid tributes as family, community leaders and associates gathered in Calabar to lay Chief Archibong Ewa Ekeng to rest following his death on February 9, 2026, after a protracted illness. Chief Ekeng was 71. While expressing sadness over his demise, Duke noted the late Chief Ekeng’s lifelong dedication…
By Kelvin Obambon The Cross River State Consultative Forum (CRSCF) has raised serious reservations over a recently published quality-of-life report by research firm SBM Intelligence, which ranked Cross River State poorly across several governance and livability metrics. In a statement issued in Calabar on May 28, 2026, and signed by its Chairman, Barr. Eyo Nsa…
By Ovat Abeng As the campaigns for the 2027 general elections draws nearer, the Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA), has pegged N50 million as a permit fee for each political party presidential candidate before being allowed to mount billboards and other outdoor campaigning activities in the state. The agency also approved the permit…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the South South Development Commission (SSDC), Ms. Usoro Akpabio, has been appointed into the National Campaign Council for the forthcoming Ekiti State Governorship Election. Ms. Akpabio was further named a member of the Women’s Mobilisation Committee, a strategic sub-committee of the National Campaign Council tasked with driving…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has challenged members of his cabinet and permanent secretaries to visualize the end result of their tenure to effectively drive development. Speaking at the Anambra State Executive Council Retreat, the Governor urged his team to draft their future valedictory address for March 2030 immediately and work…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State chapter of the City Boy Movement, a youth-driven support group advocating the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027, has distributed hundreds of sanitary pads to female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) Awka. The distribution took place at the ASUU-Unizik conference hall, on Friday, as part of its…
On behalf of the entire members of the Delivery Vehicle Owners and Drivers Association of Nigeria (DELVAN) nationwide, I warmly felicitate with His Excellency, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, Governor of Cross River State, and his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, on the occasion of their three years of fulfilling, purposeful, and people-oriented leadership. As…
