By Mo Isa President Bola Tinubu has restored funding for 13 national health regulators. This was revealed during the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by the President on 25 January 2024. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, the regulatory agencies were initially defunded in the…
By Chris Njoku A cleric, Bishop Emmah Isong, says the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is a wake-up call for the sub-regional bloc. Isong, who is the General Overseer/Founder of Christian Central Chapel International, CCCI disclosed this in an interview with the News…
By Our Reporter Sen. Jarigbe Agom, senator representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District, has called a company allegedly owned by the family of former governor Ben Ayade to return funds queried by the Report of the Office of the State Auditor General. Jarigbe made the call on Sunday in an address to his constituents which…
By Frank Ulom Struggling host, Ivory Coast came out on top after stunning the defending champions, Senegal, in the round 16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, at the Stade Charles Konan Banny, Yamoussoukro on Monday, 29 January 2024. The Elephants went behind when Habibou Diallo calmly slotted in Sadio Mane’s byline cross…
By Mo Isa Recently commissioned Dangote Refinery will be importing crude oil from the United States in the coming months, SaharaReporters reports. According to the report, traders with knowledge of the matter said Trafigura Group sold 2 million barrels of WTI Midland to Dangote refinery for end-February delivery. This is the first time that the…
By Frank Ulom Mr Kingsley Benson, a Bolt driver has just stopped another su!c!de after saving a female passenger who intended to take her own life in Calabar, Cross River State. Narrating the incident on Monday after taking the passenger to Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar Road, Benson said the female passenger (name withheld) made a…
By Our Reporter No fewer than 15 persons have been reportedly killed following an exchange of gunfire between the Biafra separatist fighter group, Dragon Fighter Marine and the Rapid d’intervention Battalions (BIR) of Cameroon As reported by Sunrise Daily TV, the pro-Biafra militant group in a bid to capture localities in Isangele subdivision of Bakassi…
By Joseph Obung The Chairman of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council and Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area, HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet in this interview with Joseph Obung, said 18 years after the government promised settlement/resettlement for the displaced people of Bakassi Peninsula, it has remained empty promises. What step do…
By Frank Ulom Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, 28 January 2024, defeated Egypt in round 16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The game ended in a draw after Mostafa Mohamed’s 45+1 minute penalty cancelled Meschack Elia’s 37th-minute strike in the first half. No one was able to find the…
By Frank Ulom A 16-room apartment has been razed down by fire along Glado Street in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River. The incident which happened on Sunday, 21 January 2024, rendered 38 occupants homeless. Though the cause of the fire could not be ascertained, the caretaker of the house, Pastor David Ogar…
