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The Itekpa Community development Association (ICODA) has send a “save our soul” message (SOS) to the governor of Cross River State ,His Excellency Professor Ben Ayade and all her political representatives to come to the aid of the community as the continues season flooding of the Uwu River that boundary Cross river with Benue state left without construction of the bridge will soon wipe away many part of the Itakpa communities. The National President of ICODA Mr. Patrick Odey make this called at this year annual celebration of Itekpa -Igede new Yam festival in Abuja while playing audiences to his follower community members who hosted him and others dignity for the annual new yam festival celebration. According to the National President ,Itekpa is very a strategic community border in Cross state with over sixteen communities wards but as he speak,the flooding of the Owu River had threatened and removed some of the community with more treat on the remaining ones if the bridge over...

King Charles III has pledged to serve the country “with loyalty, respect and love” in an emotional address in which he paid tribute to his mother, the Queen, saying: “May ‘flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.’” Speaking with “feelings of profound sorrow”, he said: “Queen Elizabeth’s was a life well-lived, a promise with destiny kept, and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today.” In a speech that reflected his transition from heir to the throne to king, he also acknowledged his role must change. He spoke of the “roles and duties of monarchy” and the sovereign’s relationship with the Church of England, in which, he said, his own faith was rooted. “I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government,” he said. A service of prayer and reflection at St Pau...

Aid projects in DRC and Zimbabwe encourage rural inhabitants to eat insects rich in vitamins and others minerals The UK aid spending is encouraging hunger-stricken Africans to eat insects, with projects aiming to develop the practice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe with extension to others Africa countries. Edible insects have long been touted as a resource-efficient source of protein, requiring less land and water than conventional livestock. However, taste and cultural resistance have proved to be stumbling blocks in extending the practice in many parts of the world. About £50,000 UK aid project in the DRC will be used to put African insects like caterpillars, migratory locusts and black soldier flies on the menu According to the Guardian Report, the initiative is being spearheaded in the North and South Kivu provinces of the DRC, where cattle farming is one of the few ways to make a living for rural inhabitants. But as the population in these regions gro...

Benue State had always been on spotlight, either for herdsmen and farmers deadly crashes,or for its politics of royal rainbow that often pierced the political gladiators against each other’s. To Many Nigerians,Benue State symbolizes the food baskets of the nation, the rich trough of arable-land with a vast species of all kind of fruits, root crops and vast ate-able grasses that won it a place for cattle ranches.This deposition of the state as a natural fertile valley for animals husbandry made the state, the enviable spot for the Federal ministry of Agriculture to designate it for the pilot scheme for the RUGA protect which has been becomes a brouhaha between Benue and the Buhari led government. Beside it natural vegetation, Benue remains rich in all area of natural resources,and it hidden asset are the people. Benue State is predominately occupy by three major tribes, the Tivs,Idoma and the Igede’s among other smaller ethnic groups.Although,Igede tribe is the smaller amon...

“No nation develops in another man's language,A nation can develop in its mother language faster no matter as how small they are” This is an empirical statement that had been thorize across some parts of Europe and Asia with a proven records. The like of Poland, Finland ,Sweden and even China had developed through this lines . In Africa, majority nationality were refused self independent to safe guard the colonial interest during the independent era. Ahead 2023 will be another years of laminations for Nigerians till all the regionals decide to develop in their mother tongues by asking for their regional autonomy or self governance. Nigeria's problem is not who mounts the Presidency but how we can unite about two hundred nations into one country which is an image that emerging leaders in the forthcoming elections will dare of. It is not done even in Europe, it was deliberately allowed in African nations as a guard for the colonial interest Nigerians must wake up!,Let chan...

The Founder and National President of Favoured Farmers Community Empowerment Trust (FFACET), Ambassador Tanimu Joseph Yakubu, has pledged the support and collaboration of the organization with the federal government in the effort to address hunger and guarantee food security in the midst of festering challenges. Ambassador Yakubu made the commitment in Abuja over the weekend, while inaugurating the senior team of FFACET aimed at fast tracking its operations with a view to impacting on the targeted groups in the country. He disclosed that FFACET has be given a mandate in partnership with a foreign organization to cultivate 25 hectares of arable land for massive wheat production in order to address the current hunger and starvation facing the country, noting that Nigerians, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or sectional creed, would be involved in the clearing, cultivation and planting of the produce. “It’s a task that must be done. We are willing and ready to address hunger in the la...

The question now is, how and when will this war end? Putin’s death will one day be inevitable, but Russia’s defeat is not.’ Russian soldiers walk through the debris of the Azovstal iron and steel works, June 2022. Photograph: AP “On the front page – war, on the back page – the crossword.” A line from my novel The Light and the Dark sprang to mind as I travelled on a train shortly after Russia’s invasion of “ Sitting across from me, a passenger was reading the paper: on the front page, there was the war; on the back page, the crossword. Time has passed since then, and the daily atrocities have started to disappear from the headlines, despite the battles growing more savage each day. But no one in the west wants to hear about war any more – people are tired of horror and solidarity. They want peace, no price rises, a quiet life and a nice holiday. It’s not the first time my writing has sounded the alarm over horrors to come. Before the, I used an analogy with the Russian folk tale ...

When Hon Abubakar Abduullahi Ahmad was declared as substantic PDP winner of the Sokoto South/North Federal constituency, little did the people know that the messiah whom they were looking for had come to deliver the dividend of democracy to them ,which they have been yearning for a long time. Hon. Ahmad Came in almost two years to the end of the 9th assembly ternure , but that did not deter him from achieving his dreams for the people of his constituency, hence all eyes were on him having aspired to represent the people from the township centre of Sokoto State. Already the PDP lawmaker without wasting time swung into action by making huge remarkable achievements in the area of constituency outreach and legislation to Sokoto South /North federal constituency . The Sokoto born lawmaker who served meritoriously with the state government and retired from the civil service is also known for his forthrightness and doggedness. He is respected for his ...

The National Association of Nigeria Drugs Monitoring (NANDRUM) a non governmental organization has mobilized a 5000 match to sensitize the public against Drug abuse in Abuja. The team of men and women were in National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja where they were received y the Committee clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives on Drug and Narcotic on behalf of the chairmen as part of this year sensitization program. Speaking to newsmen shortly after the event,the Organizer and Chief executive of the Organization,Mrs Christabel Okoye said, “the youths were brought together from across the states to discuss on how to reduce drugs abuse among the peers and also to sensitized the youths, producers ,retailers across the Drug chain lines on the danger of drugs abuse in the country . She claimed, NANDRUM has been mobilizing youths across the country over the last five years in it effort to educate drugs abuse among the youths and provide a platform to engage them on technica...

As the political activities toward the next general election Knick into it full gear, what will make the difference is how politicians play into the minds of the masses to win their votes, knowing too well that the era of ballot snatching is gradually leaving the electoral space with the introduction of BVAN and the online transmission of election results from a voting point or collection center by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). As part of my community reportage, I was opportune to report the community help projects undertaken by Hon, David Ogewu which was published in the February edition of The Dialogue Magazine, where the former House of Representative member for Oju/Obi Federal Constituent in Benue state boo doze every nooks and Conner of Igede land with a laudable project even before he aspired into politics to heel the called by Igede nation to represent them at the House of Rep in 2019. Nothing speaks more to the character of this Asute politician than...

> Rt. Hon. Regina Anyogo, Member Representing the good people of Yala1 State Constituency has congratulated Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on his victory in the primary election held on 14th, July 2022, at Ogoja Council Secretariat, Cross River State Northern Senatorial District. Reacting to the Victory,,Hon Regina Anyogo congratulate Prof. Ben Ayade on his victory at the party primaries and hail his emergence as the senatorial Candidate Cross River North and Flagbearer of our great party, “the APC” as a sign of good prospects for the party in the forthcoming 2023 senatorial Elections. According to Rt. Hon. Regina Anyogo,Ben Ayade’s resounding victory is an affirmation of his widely-acknowledged sterling performance both as a former senator and governor. She said: “Today, All Progressives Congress members in Cross River State State rose in their large numbers to exercise their democratic rights. “They voted massively to give Governor Ben Ayade a clear mandate to co...

Citizens across divides who wish Nigeria are raising their voices against the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress, the APC, are determined to force down the throats of Nigerians. The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is also an affront to the Nigerian Constitution if one considers the spirit and letters of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which states… “The government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons …” The ticket is therefore all-around in bad taste and bound to fail unless the party has perfected ways and means of circumventing the will of Nigerian electorates in the 2023 polls. With the new electoral act, which prescribes electronic accreditation and transfer of results, rigg...

The Itakpe Community Development Association (ICODA) of Yala local government areas of Cross river state has called on the the Cross River State governor,Professor Ben Ayade and the Federal ministry of works to weigh into the Federal government bridge contact that connects the community to it's Benue state neighbor awarded since 2007 by the federal ministry of works in Abuja and has been abandoned to be completed for the community. The president of the community ICODA Mr. Patrick Odey make this called on Sunday in Masaka Karu local government areas of Nassawa state venue of this year annual conference of the community that brings together all sons and daughters of Itakpa community across the country. According to the President, Itakpa community lack basic amenities like, school, water and health center so the purpose of this annual conference is to bring our people together to see what the community can do for themselves without really waiting for the government Mr Odey lame...

The approaching 2023 Presidential Election promises to be like none other in the nation’s annals. And the die is already cast as the pretenders and contenders have been already defined. It is a three-horse race, with Rabiu Kwankwaso already discounting himself as a possible winner if he does not pair up with Peter Obi as his running mate. It is therefore a three-horse race. The remaining 15 political parties are just vying for honours and personal records. Barring any strange odds, the race is between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Ifeanyi Okowa, All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his yet-to-be-determined running mate; and the Labour Party and its candidate Peter Obi together with his yet to be determined running. The three are truly worthy opponents and barring all odds, one of them will become president Buhari’s successor. One thing the three front-line runners have in common is their cos...

The Minister of FCT has directed that all gardens and Recreation centres within the Federal Capital area are to shot down operation of their business premises by 7pm . This directive are to be compliance by all the operators of such businesses as from 5th of July 2022 was message in news release, by the senior assistance of the FCT on Task Force on Environmental matters Mr. ikaro Atta. This directives finally added the Nigerian capital on the list of the sharia laws state in the country.

Fourth of July: Witnesses speak of their terror after at least six killed and 30 injured at public event in Highland Park Edward Helmore, Gabrielle Canon and agencies A person of interest in the mass killing that targeted a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park has been taken into custody, the Highland Park police chief said on Monday evening. More than 100 law enforcement officers had scoured the suburb and surrounding areas after at least six people were killed when a lone gunman rained down bullets on the town’s independence celebrations on Monday morning. Thirty people were injured in the attack, with ages ranging from eight to 85, said Dr Brigham Temple, medical director of emergency preparedness at NorthShore University health center where 26 of the injured were treated. At least four of the injured are believed to be children. On Monday afternoon, the police chief, Lou Jogmen, identified 22-year-old Robert E Crimo III as a person of interest in the sho...

The Calabar port served as an important focus of trade with the outside world for the Eastern States and a natural harbour for the Northern States of Nigeria right from the pre-colonial and colonial times. The Port was privately administered and operated by various shipping companies until December 1969 when the Federal Government took over the inadequate Calabar Port facilities from the erstwhile operators and vested it on the Nigerian Ports Authority. The development, modernization and expansion of the Calabar port was embarked upon under the 3rd National Development Plan of 1975–1980 in order to upgrade the port facility to cope with the ever increasing demand of our economy. The new port complex was commissioned on 9th June, 1979 and lies 45 nautical miles (about 83km) upstream from Fairway Buoy. Today, Calabar Port Complex comprises the following: the Old Port, the New Port and the Dockyard; and has jurisdiction over Crude Oil Terminals at Antan, Odudu, Yoho, QuaIboe; and o...

RT Hon. Regina Anyogo representing the good people of Yala 1 state constituency has sent a facilitation message to the people of her constituent while praising God for the peace and tranquility experienced among her people as she welcomed them to the new month of July. In a message posted on her face book page and signed by herself read, “It is a great opportunity from the decision of the Almighty God that allow us all to witness the beginning of June and see the end of it and even given us the privilege of witness the light of another beautiful month. May this new month of July bring many opportunities your way, To explore every joy of life and turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.Wishing you a fabulous MONTH with full of great achievements and experiences. According to the Honorable,A meaningful chapter waiting to be written HAPPY NEW MONTH! She urged the people to remember, that happiness keeps you sweet, Trials make you strong...