Author: David Akonuche

THE Federal Government of Nigeria will officially flag off the construction of the Ikom-Etomi-Agbokim Waterfalls Road on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in a highly anticipated event to be held at the Prince Nico Mbarga Roundabout, Etomi Road Junction, Ikom, Cross River State. The ceremony will be attended by Senator John Owan Enoh, Minister of State for Industry under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, alongside other distinguished dignitaries, including officials of NDDC,key government officials, traditional rulers, and community leaders. This significant infrastructure project is aimed at improving access to Agbokim Waterfalls, a major natural attraction in Cross River…

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STRONG indications have emerged that more governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may move to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2027 general election. This newspaper gathered that moves by the PDP governors to dump their party may not be in connection with lingering and unresolved crisis in the party, especially with the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party and also in some states and zonal levels. According to a source, the prelude to the defection is the fact that while some governors have begun visits to President Bola Tinubu in…

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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has justified the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration and labelled it a “necessary” move to secure the country’s future Tinubu declared an end to the subsidy regime during his swearing-in ceremony in May 2023, leading to a hike in the cost of the essential commodity. There were protests and condemnation of the move which critics say has triggered untold hardship on the teeming masses. But during his visit to Enugu State on Saturday, Tinubu defended the bold move and said it was needed for a better Nigeria. “You are all a member of one big,…

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