By Anietie Akpan A driver and 18 passengers of the Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) bus have been kidnapped. The driver and the passengers were kidnapped in a broad daylight by daring unknown gun men along the Azumini axis of Abia state. The incident occurred last Wednesday as the Portharcourt bound bus travelled from…
Dr Eunice Thomas (3rd from L) with the Ala-Uchi Women Development Initiative during the advocacy visit at weekend. By Anietie Akpan Women group in Akwa Ibom state has called on the Federal Government to bring to an end gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. International Oil Companies (IOCs) like ExxonMobil, Shell Petroleum Development…
…becomes the 4th member to pass on from the 10th House of Representatives A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Ekene Abubakar Adams is dead. He died in the early hours of today Tuesday, at the age of 39. His death is coming less than a week after the loss of Representative Olaide Akinremi…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Umon North Ward in Biase Local Government Area, has affirmed the indefinite suspension of Cross River State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Helen Isamoh Egodo for gross misconduct. The affirmation of Isamoh’s suspension was announced during a press conference in Calabar, on Tuesday by the APC Chairman, Umon North Ward,…
OPINION By Etim Etim I was one of the 102 senior journalists invited from all over the country to tour the Dangote Fertilizer and Petrochemical Refinery Complex last Sunday and it turned out to be an unbelievably humbling and revealing experience. Unmistakably visible to us was the power of vision, determination to succeed in the…
England National Team Coach, Gareth Southgate, has stepped down as manager after losing in back-to-back Euro finals. He coached the team for almost 8 years in 102 games, taking them to the 2020 and 2024 Euros, losing to both Italy and Spain in the final. He also took England to the semi-finals of the 2018…
The Federal Government through the Nation Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) funded and transported 99,882 pilgrims via 240 flights to and fro Saudi Arabia for Hajj in the first quarter of 2024. This was contained in a press release signed by Fatima Sanda Usara, Assistant Director/Public Affairs, for Chairman/CEO of NAHCON, on Tuesday. Summary On…
Vice President Kamala Harris has alleged that JD Vance supports nationwide abortion. Harris stated this in a post on X on Monday shortly after Republican Party hopeful, Donald Trump picked Vance as his Vice President for the 5th November 2024 U.S. presidential election. The Vice President, who is of the Democrat Party, also accused Vance…
Republican Party hopeful, Donald Trump has picked Senator J.D. Vance as his Vice President ahead of the 5th November 2024 presidential election. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social network on Monday. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to…
Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has inaugurated a 70,000 litre, solar-powered water project in Alesi, in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River, in a bid to foster a civil-military relationship in the nation. The inauguration which was carried out on Monday in Alesi community was a Special Intervention Civil-Military…
