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  The European Union (EU) has appointed Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui as an unpaid Volunteer Stakeholder Member of the Polifonia Project. Polifonia is a 3M€ project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Programme that will run from January 2021 until April 2024 to recreate the connections between music, people, places and events from the sixteenth century to modern day. The Funds of the Research Programme under grant agreement N. 101004746 is not meant for any individual or group but rather, the finances will be used in the development of AIs for enhancing the understanding of musical heritage from 1500s to 1950s. Members of the Stakeholder Network will voluntarily devote hours into supporting the Research Initiative.  The appointment was made public through the project website. The Polifonia consortium is an interdisciplinary team of passionate researchers and music lovers: computer scientists, anthropologists and ethnomusicologists, historians of music, linguists, musical heritage ...

Our attention has been drawn to an onslaught of malicious, defamatory fabrication of lies, misrepresentation of facts and outright demonstration of crass ignorance aimed at tarnishing the hard-earned image, name and reputation of our highly esteemed and respected man of God, His Lordship, Bishop Josef Bassey Ordinarily, we would have completely ignored it as the Lord whom we serve knows the truth and is the ultimate defender of his own; but so that people of goodwill and good conscience do not get deceived or swayed by this ignominious perpetuation of these agents of Satan obviously doing the bidding of their master, we therefore feel obliged to set the records straight as follows; 1. That the first marriage of our man of God ended since October, 2016 after the former wife abandoned the marriage. 2. That all attempts at mediation and reconciliation through different authorities and persons within and outside the church were rebuffed by her, including those by some of the most highly re...

  With no end insight to the current industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), efforts made by students like Miss Promise Ekpong, can only be considered as a brave one. ASUU had embarked on strike February 14, 2022, which has crippled students progress and also affected the time for their academic pursuits thereby causing a lot of Nigerian students to seek other survival methods with some engaging in entrepreneurial ventures. This is the case of Miss Promise Paul Ekpong, a female final year student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS who has embraced the part of dignity using the current nation wide industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to her favour. Promise, who is a final year student in the department of Microbiology, University of Cross River State UNICROSS, is an indigene of Ekumtak Mbube, in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, said she decided to seek for employme...

  The credibility, popularity and acceptability of the senatorial candidate of Cross River South, Mr. Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr., and of course, other candidates of the All Progressives Congress is navigating with great waves and attracting the attention of electorates, with overriding mass defection of people from the major opposition PDP and other political parties.  Mr Ekpenyong's visit at its inception was in response to an invitation by the leadership of Ehom Ward, to inaugurate a ward-based ad-hoc committee that would be saddled with the responsibility of monitoring political activities within the ward. Apparently, his appearance attracted tumultuous crowd, where the people trooped in and changed the atmosphere to a gathering that turned out to be an extensive interaction with party faithfuls and scores of defectors from the irredeemable People's Democratic Party. In his usual passion for the people, he took time out for a productive dialogue. The defectors dumped the PDP over...

National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, Dr Betta Edu, the deputy National Women Leader,  hon Zainab Ibrahim and the national leader of people living with disabilities,  hon Tolu Bankole earlier today  hosted members of the APC Women With Disabilities Forum in her office at the APC national secretariat, Abuja.  In a statement by the special Adviser to the national women leader on Political Matters, Seun Bosede Osamaye,  the group comprising of women with disabilities whose membership were drawn from the 36 states  of the federation and the FCT were on a courtesy visit to the National Women Leader in solidarity with the activities of the office of the Woman leader and in support of the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  The leader of the group who led the delegation, Hon. Lois Auta reaffirmed confidence in the office of the woman leader, stating that members of the group are proud of the leadership qualitie...

Report by: Okpokiri Peter The State Commandant Patriot (Dr.) Okweche Dominic Odey thanked the Governorship candidate for the visit. He commended him for outlining blueprints that have direct benefits for the people. He urged him and the team to continue to hope for the best, for, in the end, he is confident that the best candidate would emerge.  "And Peace Corps of Nigeria, Cross River State will support the best Candidate and will make a valid statement and the statement will run from the command to the divisions.  Earlier the Cross River State Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Comrade Effiom Okokon described Peace Corps as an endearing organization that had attracted many because of its activities, aimed at changing and repositioning society to part of Peace and harmony.  He said this when he visited the State Command Office in Calabar, to consult and seek support and partnership for the 2023 election.  Comrade Okokon who hails from Akpabuyo Lo...

By George Odok Jnr The Cross River Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) says it had arrested one suspect for alleged attempt to vandalise a pipeline. Mr Samuel Fadeyi, state Commandant of the corps, made this known on Monday in Calabar, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the corps. Fadeyi disclosed that the suspect was arrested on Aug. 26, in connection with an attempt to vandalise a pipeline of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the tank farm in Calabar. He also disclosed that the suspect was the security personnel of the moribund tank farm, owned by Mettle Energy and Gas, where the pipeline was connected to. He explained that the suspect was arrested by his men on surveillance patrol alongside the maintenance unit of Latee Jay company, a private outfit involved in the monitoring of pipelines in the state. According to him, during the surveillance, they noticed a small collapse hole around the area, suggesting that there was a pit...