CIVIL WAR Question: Chief Awolowo, …Your stand on the civil war, however unpopular it might have been to the Biafrans or Ibo people, helped to shorten the war. Today, you’re being castigated as the sole enemy of the Ibo people ...

The Zone 6 Police Headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State, has berated the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, and its Zonal Manager, Collins Igwe, for slamming a N31m bill on it and disconnecting its power supply. A statement titled ‘RE: ...

Poverty as they say is about not knowing, it is not about not having. You will find out, we the people are the problem at the end of the day. The leaders always love to play the game along. In ...

I was promised salesgirl job in Ogun but turned into sex slave – 16-year-old Cross River girl Abigail (pseudonym) was said to have gone out with ‘a customer’ around 2pm on Wednesday, April 28, when our correspondent visited Kolab Hotel ...

Power consumers have raised the alarm that power distribution companies were now selling the free meters that were provided for electricity users by the Federal Government. In October 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated the National Mass Metering Programme in respect ...

Alaafin Oyo was initially regarded as the Paramount ruler in Oodua (Yoruba) Land because, Oyo happened to be an empire and political headquarter of some Oodua people (Yorubas). but it is trite to know that, Oyo Empire didn’t cover the ...

Nigeria holds the largest number of projects in West Africa with 21 projects (28%), valued at US$54.2bn. This is according to the Africa Construction Trends publication. Here are the largest construction projects in Nigeria and their value. Lagos – Calabar Coastal Railway ...

…as Gbajabiamila intervenes ABUJA – A heated argument on the details of the $500billion Chinese loans to Nigeria has forced the Committee of the House of Representatives to a 30-minutes break. The Committee on Loans, Treaties and Protocols chaired by ...

Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo , has said that his jailers made life unbearable for him at the Afokang Prison in Calabar where he was detained for 179 days .

Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, has finally spoken about the continuous detention of Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist who is standing treason trial for criticising the governor.