By Our Reporter Amidst reports of growing cases of sea and land mishaps to commuters in the country, the Joint National Transport Safety Committee of Nigeria (JNTSCN) has called on all stakeholders in the transport sector to ensure safety remained a top priority. Speaking while inaugurating JNTSCN Executive Committee in Cross River State, the National…
By Our Reporter Not fewer that seven persons were reportedly arrested by law enforcement agents at the Henshaw Town community of Calabar South, Thursday, while allegedly attending a peace meeting convened by a faction of the Henshaw Town Council (HTC) leadership. Recall that the Henshaw Town crisis, which began about six years ago, had pitched…
By Our Reporter Although stakeholders have indicated interest for a peaceful resolution of their differences, the leadership crisis in Henshaw Town community of Calabar South local government area is far from being amicably resolved with two groups of leaders still locked in supremacy battle over who controls the Henshaw Town Council (HTC). While the Paramount…
By Princewill Kingston Hosting the African Sub-Sovereign Government Network (AfSNET) summit in Cross River state in which about 40 to 70 sub-sovereign leaders across Africa will converge with their business delegations, investors, and policy experts, would bring enormous economic benefits to the State, Governor Bassey Otu has stated. PillarToday learnt that AfSNET Conference is Africa’s…
…As HRM Etubom Nyong Efiom Okon Pledges Unwavering Support to Obong’s Throne By Magnus Effiong The Obong of Calabar, Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V has charged the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South, HRM Etubom Nyong Efiom Okon to ensure peace and unity returns to the embattled Henshaw Town Council, the Calabar South Traditional Rulers…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianabasi Effiong President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed the Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas (Rtd), to vacate the State Government House, Port Harcourt, by midnight Wednesday as the six-month Emergency Rule ended on Sept. 17. This was made known in a State House Statement by the President “on the…