The Special Adviser on Media to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, has said the government is putting measures in place to make the state a tourist destination. Ogbeche said this at an event organised by his friends and media practitioners tagged: “Celebrating Our...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Participants at the Kanem Borno Global Summit has resolved to promote and sustain the cultural and historical values of Kanem Borno empire. Chairman of the Borno Emirates Concerned Citizens Forum, Ambassador Zanna Boguma, stated this in a communique issued after a press conference...
What is it about the sight of a woman’s naked body that evokes shame and disgust? Recently, artworks by Laetitia Ky, who has made the feminine body her primary subject, have gone viral on Nigerian social media spaces with the Ivorian artist’s unapologetic nude portraits and their unflinching depictions of menstruation...
The remains of Nollywood actor Tolani Oyebamiji aka Sisi Quadri who died on Friday, March 1, has been buried in his hometown in Agbowo area of Iwo. Sisi died after a brief illness at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso . Mr Marufudeen Lawal, Chairman Odun...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and his Yobe State counterpart, Governor Mai Mala Buni on Sunday, attended a grand durbar procession organized by Borno State Emirate Council in collaboration with the Borno State Government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) to commemorating a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged his government commitment to collaborate with the Federal Government and North East Development Commission (NEDC) among others to ensure the establishment of Kanemi Museum in Maiduguri, the state capital Governor Zulum also assured the traditional institution...
Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Retired Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has advocated the use of culture and tradition to promote national security and national unity. Buratai made the call on Saturday in Abuja at the Army Headquarters, Departments and Commands West...
The FCT-Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) on Saturday reminded an Abuja socialite, Mrs Aisha Achimugu to fulfil her tax obligations. FCT-IRS posted on its social media X handle that it wished the socialite warmest birthday as she lavishly celebrated her 50th birthday setting the Caribbean state of Grenada agog...
Popular American rapper, Snoop Dogg, has revealed why he turned down a $100 million offer to show his manhood on OnlyFans. OnlyFans is an internet content subscription service used primarily by sex workers who produce pornography. In a recent interview, the 52-year-old rapper said he was contacted by...
Five African-American women on Saturday in Calabar embraced Efik as their ancestral root after being inducted into the kingdom at a formal ceremony by Ntiero Edem Efiom Ekpo Royal House. Following their induction, the women had additional names added to their original names. They were named: Sandra Baker-Ekanem Abasi...
The Dec. 26, 2023 marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in a Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, according to her parents. They claimed that the marriage, conducted in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, was...
Calas Vegas Band has emerged overall winner of the Carnival Calabar competitive events. The winning band is led by the former Minister for Culture and Tourism and former Cross River Commissioner for Tourism, Chief Edem Duke. The band which was one of the newest bands, performed energetically and...
Calabar on Thursday stood still as the parade of the bands took centre stage in the ongoing cultural festival christened “Carnival Calabar”. The parade, which saw the various bands in their colourful costumes dance through the 12 kilometres carnival route, also saw a large number of residents, tourists...
Cultural troupes from Ghana, Cameroon and 15 states in Nigeria were among those that shone at the 2023 Cultural Carnival in Calabar on Wednesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The event, which witnessed cultural performances from the 18 Local Government Areas of Cross River, had...
No fewer than 15 million people across the globe will watch the main event of this year’s Calabar carnival that will be beamed live on DSTV on Thursday. This was disclosed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Information in Cross River, Mr Erasmus...
Visitors trooping to Cross River for the 2023 annual Calabar carnival are battling to find hotel space in the capital city, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reports that the 20th edition of the annual carnival which began on December 1st, have lived up to its...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – History was made in the Ogoja Local Government Area, as Senator Prince Bassey Otu’s administration kicked off Carnival activities in the Northern Senatorial District in Cross River State. The Ogoja carnival, adorned with colorful ambiance, featured five competing bands from the Northern...
It was shocking and difficult for me to come to terms with the reality of the news, about the death of a personified news character, in person of Aisha Bello Mustapha. Why won’t I be shocked to the marrow? when a few days ago my cell phone rang....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has said the state is ready to host the tourism world at this year’s Carnival Calabar International Festival. Otu, who made the assertion, Sunday, while flagging-off the third carnival dry run at the Millennium Park in...
When Henry Alfred Kissinger turned 100 on 27th May this year, I wrote this tribute in salute to a man who is undisputedly the greatest statesman and diplomatic centurion of the 20th and perhaps even the 21st century. I reproduce here a slightly amended version of that tribute as the world salutes...