Year: 2017

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) is now set to flag off its 2017 Christian Pilgrimage to Israel, Greece and Rome in Gombe. The Executive Secretary of NCPC, Rev. Tor Uja disclosed this in Abuja while fielding questions with news men. According to NCPC boss, “the flag off will take place on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Gombe International Airport. He explained that the Executive Governor of Plateau State, His Excellency, Hon. Samuel Lalong would be the Special Guest of Honour, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr.…

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The chairman, Senate Committee on Disapora and NGOs, Senator Rose Oko (representing Cross River North in the upper legislative chamber) and her colleague who is also the chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator John Owan-Enoh on Saturday paid glowing tributes to the late Col Sam Agi during the requiem mass in his honour in Yala, Cross River State. The mass which was held at the Mary Knoll Chaplaincy has in attendance top dignitaries including friends and family members of the deceased among which are AVM Clement Ogbeche and a Yala…

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The senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Rose Oko, has offered scholarship to the eldest daughter of her kinsman and strong supporter, late Timothy Ndulaka, to university level. This was disclosed by Sen Oko during a condolence visit to the family of the deceased at Okuku, where she appreciated his commitment and concern for the people of the area. According to her, she will continue to assist children of the indigent as part of her grassroots development programme that has been initiated to impact on the rural people…

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….as he marks two years in office One of Governor Ben Ayade’s appointees, Director-General, Cross River State Due process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Alphonsus Eba, on Sunday on his Facebook page pledged more commitment to serve the government and people of Cross River State as he marks two years in office. Eba said he thank God who gave him the opportunity through the Governor of the State to serve the people in this capacity for two years. He said: “Today December 3rd 2017 marks my Two ( 2) years in…

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…Dismisses Abdullahi’s book as sore grapes, full of lies, gossip The media adviser to former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze has responded to a statement by Borno Governor Kashim Shettima where he accused the ex-President of bad governance and poor choices, dismissing the Governor’s claims as parochial and jaundiced In a statement issued on Friday Jonathan’s spokesman strongly debunked the allegations of poor governance and highlighted Jonathan’s key achievements which he said were yet to be matched. He further challenged the Governor to come clean over the roles…

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Youths under the auspices of Youth Initiative for Education, Development and Empowerment of Niger Delta, Thursday, fingered minister of state for agriculture, Hon Heineken Lokpobiri and former Bayelsa State governor, Mr Timipre Sylva the alarm over alleged plot to remove Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), board and the Managing Director. This was stated by the President of the youth group, Amb. Agbonkpolor Splendour, at a world media conference held in Abuja, where he described their move as act of desperation and falsehood over the tenure of the present board of…

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Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), December 9 Convention in Abuja, a party chieftain, Sunny-Gabriel Odey, has submitted his form at the party’s national secretariat, which he is vying for the position of National Legal Adviser. Odey who was accompanied by a mammoth crowd of supporters to the secretariat was optimistic that the party’s convention will be successful by the grace of God based on the arrangements on-going, and promised selfless service to the party and Nigerians at large if 2019 general elections. He maintained that his quest for…

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