Former President Donald Trump has said he took a bullet for democracy. This is coming in barely a week when the Republican Party hopeful for the 5th November 2024 presidential election was shot in his right ear during a rally in Pennsylvania. Speaking at a rally in Michigan on Saturday, he said: “They keep saying…
By Bayo Onanuga “REVEALED: Peter Obi’s supporters are the people planning mayhem in Nigeria: Obi should be held responsible for anarchy Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from…
Mrs Nkoyo Toyo, Former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti, has disclosed that Nigeria’s 35 per cent Affirmative Action (AA) policy, was not working. Toyo made the assertion on Saturday in Calabar during a one-day stakeholder meeting organised by Gender and Development Action (GADA), on boosting female representation in the nation’s politics. The News Agency…
Former Governor of Cross River, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has charged Nigerian youths to develop skills that would yield income both from home and abroad. Imoke said this in his opening remarks at the 14th Career Day Conference organised by the Bridge Leadership Foundation on Saturday in Calabar with the theme, “The Creative Economy: Building Nigeria’s…
…says he was given the chance to choose which committee to serve as Vice Chairman Senator Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno North Senatorial District, has broken the silence after his removal as the Chief Whip of the Senate, saying he led the campaign that made Senator Godswill Akpabio the Senate President. Ndume stated this on…
Ntue-Atue (Dr) Emmanuel Oru Ojong, Paramount Ruler of Etung Local Government Area, has written Governor Bassey Otu over the alleged detention of former Governor Ben Ayade’s SA on Cocoa Allocation, Dr Oscar Ofuka. The letter titled “My Reaction To The Alleged Illegal Arrest and Detention of Dr Oscar Ofuka, Former Aide To Governor Ben Ayade”…
Cross River State Government has flagged off the livelihood component of the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme with distribution of boats to fishermen and riverine communities of the state. Governor Bassey Otu, while presenting the items to beneficiaries on Thursday at Calabar Municipality headquarters, described the event as another milestone in his…
Lawmakers in the Federal House of Representatives have passed a resolution to slash their salaries by fifty per cent for six months to provide succour for Nigerians and avert a planned nationwide protest over economic hardship. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu moved the motion at the plenary on Tuesday during a debate on the need to…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has summoned a meeting involving key stakeholders of the party over the suspension of Governor Bassey Otu’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Helen Isamoh. In a press release signed by Hon Emmanuel Edem Inyang, State Publicity Secretary…
The Organised Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have given reasons why they accepted ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage. This is coming in after much deliberations between the unions and the Federal Government. Reacting on Thursday on why they accepted the ₦70,000 as against the ₦250,000…
