There have been reactions as a popular food seller was buried in a mortar-shaped coffin in Ghana. The remains of the food seller, whose name could not be ascertained at press time were paraded by some youths to the burial ground. According to a popular video shared on social media, the deceased was carried by…
A Nigerian man who just ended his two-month-old marriage has said he married an enemy. The man, whose only identified as Onogie is Priceless, said he thought his wife would change after marriage but she didn’t. Taking to social media (Facebook) to err his ordeal, the man wrote: “I regret of doing this. I curse…
The High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Elias Abua has thrown out a suit which sought an order of interlocutory injunction to remove Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V as the Obong of Calabar. Justice Abua said that giving such orders without any tangible reason would do “incalculable…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reiterated its demand for a N250,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The TUC president, Festus Osifo, on Tuesday, disclosed this at the inaugural Annual Convention of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Women Commission in Abuja, themed “The Dynamic Woman: Navigating Challenges in a Constantly…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Agba Jalingo, Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, in a lawsuit instigated by Mrs Elizabeth Alami Ayade, sister-in-law to former Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Jalingo was discharged and acquitted by the court presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on Monday. Recall that Jalingo was charged…
A memorial marking the deportation of Jews from Berlin during the Nazi era has been defaced with graffiti of a political nature, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. The memorial known as the Mirrored Wall is a Holocaust Memorial on a square in the Steglitz district in south-western Berlin. READ ALSO: Far-right German leader…
Cross River government has assured improved funding for nursing education as a catalyst to addressing the human resource situation in the health sector of the state. The Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, gave the assurance, Friday, during the inaugural matriculation of the College of Nursing Sciences and Midwifery, Obudu. Governor Otu, represented by the Commissioner for…
The new Cross River State Director of Information, Mr David Akate has assumed office. Akate’s assumption of office follows his redeployment from the Director of Orientation as a result of the retirement of the former State Director, Mrs Anita Ekpenyong. A letter conveying the redeployment signed by the Director of Administration, Mrs Alice Asu, for…
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98 lawyers have been shortlisted by the Legal Practitioners Privilege Committee (LPPC) for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki Bello, on Monday, 1st July 2024, inviting the general public to make…
