By Ben Nsemo Former President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its triumph in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, which returned Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for another term. In a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, Buhari highlighted the confidence of voters in the APC and its leadership, describing…
By Frank Ulom The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has paid a courtesy call on the immediate past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR. Speaking during the visit, Prof. Obi recalled the roles played by the former president in uplifting the standard of education…
A political group, Cross River State Southern Senatorial District Assembly has called for calm in the state following the recent defection of the Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC). The group in a statement signed by its Leader, John Offiong on Sunday and made available to THE…
As hunger bites harder and the prices of food pummels in the market, Dr Glory Edet, Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Akwa Ibom State has resolved to sell garri which is now a hot cake in Nigeria. Dr Edet was sighted on Thursday at Idongesit Nkanga Secretariat, Uyo, selling garri to Uyo residents who turned out…
Elder Imoh Okon, immediate past Chairman of Uyo Local Government Council, Akwa Ibom is currently cooling his feet in a police cell at the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Barracks Road over the sum of N420,000.00 (N.4m) allegedly withdrawn fraudulently by the Ex-Chairman from a secret Internally Generated Revenue account of the Council said to have…
Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has converted the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Secretariat in Calabar to the All Progressives Congress(APC) Secretariat. THE PARADISE gathered that the Secretariat which is currently under renovation was taken over on Friday by heavily armed Policemen under the directives of Governor Ayade. This is coming in barely 48 hours…
No fewer than 1,300 direct job opportunities are to be created for the teeming youths in Akwa Ibom State at the St. Gabriel’s Coconut Factory when it becomes operational in September this year. Governor Udom Emmanuel made this known on Friday while inspecting the installation of production lines at the Coconut Factory located in Mkpat…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), has approved the dissolution of the State Caretaker Committee for the Cross River state chapter of the party. In a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, PDP on Friday, the party said the decision…
Sen. Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State has appointed Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa as the Ambassador of State’s Industrial Projects. Ita-Giwa’s appointment was contained in a press statement signed by Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity on Friday, May 21, 2021, and made available to THE PARADISE. “The State…
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has handed over 33 utility vehicles to the Security Committee working with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, field forensic auditors. Senator Akpabio, who inaugurated the vehicles at the new NDDC headquarters in Marine Base, Port Harcourt, said that they were meant to assist the security…
