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Cross River Reaffirms Inclusive Governance as Northern District Hosts 2027 Budget Consultative Forum

Editor3 weeks ago02 mins

By Kelvin Obambon As part of efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability, and public participation in fiscal policy, the Cross River State Government has hosted the 2027 Budget Consultative Forum for the Northern Senatorial District at the Ogoja Local Government Council Secretariat. The consultative exercise brought together government dignitaries, community leaders, key stakeholders, and local residents…

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US walks out of UN Security Council meeting as France compares it to North Korea and Russia

Editor3 weeks ago02 mins

The US delegation walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday, in protest at comments made by France that compared Washington’s voting on human rights to that of authoritarian states. The diplomatic row was initially sparked last week, when the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending Volker Turk’s term…

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Xenophobia: Tinubu snubs South African envoy

Editor3 weeks ago05 mins

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…

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Orok Duke, NDDC Board Members Join Global Experts in London to Strengthen Niger Delta Governance

Editor3 weeks ago04 mins

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…

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NiMet predicts three days of sunshine, thunderstorms from Sunday

Editor3 weeks ago03 mins

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…

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August Meeting: Soludo’s wife urges Anambra women to find strategic solutions to rising abuse, maltreatment of maids

Editor4 weeks ago03 mins

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…

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Anambra Govt Evacuates 14-Year-Old Toxic Wastes Discover In Obosi Community

Editor4 weeks ago03 mins

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…

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There’s no leadership crisis in Nnewi – Osumuoh dismisses online rumour

Editor4 weeks ago03 mins

By Ovat Abeng The President General of Nzuko-Ora Nnewi Town Union, Hon Prince Jude Osumuoh, has dismissed a publication making the round that the Anambra State industrial city is currently engulfing in a serious leadership crisis over the longevity of the present Executive Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Hon Echezona Anazodo. He urged…

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Stakeholders Sound Alarm over Rainforest Destruction in Cross River, Propose Legal Reform and Anti-Mining Roadmap

Editor4 weeks ago05 mins

By Kelvin Obambon Environmental experts, legal practitioners, conservationists, and community leaders gathered in Calabar on Thursday for the 4th Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Deforestation in Cross River State, issuing an urgent call to action against illegal logging, destructive mining, and agricultural encroachment threatening Nigeria’s primary rainforest ecosystem. The event, organized by civil society group We The…

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ADC Chieftain Lists Lagos-Calabar Highway, Oil Fields as Key Determinants of Cross River’s Future

Editor4 weeks ago02 mins

Senator Gershom Bassey, a prominent member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and immediate past representative of the Cross River Southern Senatorial District, has voiced strong optimism regarding the transformative potential of the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project for Cross River State. Speaking during a media chat, the two-term senator urged all stakeholders to support…

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NDC South-South Secretary Urges INEC to Safeguard 2027 Elections, Rules Out Rigging

2027: Cross River Government Challenges PDP Governorship Candidate, Arthur Jarvis to a Debate

Police arrest 49-year-old armed robbery suspect, recover ammunition

UNICROSS Opens 2026/2027 Admission with 19 New Academic Programmes

The Crown I Missed as a Teen, I Will Help Today’s Girls Wear, Says Archibong Bassey

NDC South-South Zonal Secretary Congratulates Adeleke, says re-election a win for democracy

Orok Duke Urges Cross River APC To Intensify Mobilisation Ahead of 2027, Cites Adeleke’s Victory in Osun

Engr Dr Amba Ndoma-Egba Offers 3 Nuggets For Blissful Home As Daughter Marries

CP Ama launches control room to supervise police checkpoints, patrol teams in Anambra

Beyond the Podium: Giving Orok Duke His Well-Deserved Literary Flowers

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Cross River Reaffirms Inclusive Governance as Northern District Hosts 2027 Budget Consultative Forum

US walks out of UN Security Council meeting as France compares it to North Korea and Russia

Xenophobia: Tinubu snubs South African envoy

Orok Duke, NDDC Board Members Join Global Experts in London to Strengthen Niger Delta Governance

NiMet predicts three days of sunshine, thunderstorms from Sunday

August Meeting: Soludo’s wife urges Anambra women to find strategic solutions to rising abuse, maltreatment of maids

Anambra Govt Evacuates 14-Year-Old Toxic Wastes Discover In Obosi Community

There’s no leadership crisis in Nnewi – Osumuoh dismisses online rumour

Stakeholders Sound Alarm over Rainforest Destruction in Cross River, Propose Legal Reform and Anti-Mining Roadmap

ADC Chieftain Lists Lagos-Calabar Highway, Oil Fields as Key Determinants of Cross River’s Future