Coastal communities send SOS to FG over Pirates’ activities

Posted by 2 April, 2013 (0) Comment

By Ola Zubair

Goodluck-Jonathan in army uniformPeople living around the estuaries of the Akpayafe River, Bakassi and environs have sent a save- our- soul appeal to the federal government over increased activities of pirates who are now terrorizing the area with impunity. Read the rest of this entry

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Gully erosion threatens N2b Niger Delta Skills Acquisition Centre

Posted by 2 April, 2013 (0) Comment

By Ola Zubair

10,-Buried-in-landslide,-community-submergedThe Skill Acquisition Centre at Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River State, whose contract of N2 billion was awarded by the Ministry of Niger Delta in 2010 may soon be washed away by gully erosion threatening the area. Read the rest of this entry

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Our Myopia Syndrome and Muzzling the Minorities

Posted by 2 April, 2013 (0) Comment

By Offong Okodio

Godswill-AkpabioHuman history is replete with conflicts and man’s inhumanity to man. Man’s inability to attain a level of wisdom that sees his present phase of life on earth in the light of King Solomon’s elucidation when he described life as “vanity upon vanity”, with further affirmation that -“all is vanity” is the reason for many social conflicts in this world. Read the rest of this entry

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Cameroon invades Bakassi village, kills five

Posted by 2 April, 2013 (0) Comment

By Magnus Effiong

Cameroon soldiers in a battle readinessFive persons who were natives of Efut Obot Ikot village in Bakassi peninsular have been killed by the Cameroon Gendarmes who invaded the area and sacked more than 1000 Nigerians who elected to remain in the peninsular. Read the rest of this entry

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State Pardon: Bishop Isong defends Jonathan, blames constitution

Posted by 31 March, 2013 (0) Comment

 

By Ubong Akra

bishop IsongBishop Emmah Isong of Christian Central Chapel, Calabar says any Nigerian president; including President Goodluck Jonathan, has the constitutional power to grant State Pardon to whosesoever he wants to, and tacitly laid the blame on the constitutional provisions which empowers the president to do so. Read the rest of this entry

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