CROSS KOPA YAKURR

The Vice Chairman of Yakurr Local Government, Cross River State, Hon (Mrs) Obia Lawrence Basey advised Corps members to always take a stand and dedicate their all to it. This was during an interview conducted with her by the Publicity CDS group, Yakurr LGA, on Thursday, December 1st, 2016. Mrs Lawrence, a mother of three, who said she’s from a humble background, also urged Corps members to be dogged and persistent in following their dreams because success is guaranteed only if they are. The interviewers, Lawal Temitayo, the group’s president and Seriki Adebimpe, the secretary, took turns to ask her several questions bordering on her educational background, political career, pipeline vandalism, state of the nation among others. The interview, which started around 8:15 and ended at the top of the hour, was at her private residence at Donald Duke Way, Ugep. Others present at the interview were Solomon Tutu, Anoma Uche and Ajao Azeezah who are equally members of the said CDS group. By: ...

It was an exciting morning on Thursday, November 10th, 2016, when the Medical and Health CDS group organised their first sensitisation programme at St Patrick Technical College, Ugep. The speakers slated for the day were Ms Wuarola, Otukwa Armstrong and Maledo Collins and they spoke in that order. The first speaker, Ms Wuraola, took them through Depression and how it could be prevented. Her speech was followed immediately by Armstrong’s who taught the eager students problem solving methods and decision making techniques. Mr Collins, the CDS group’s President, did a thorough session on the Principles of Mental and Emotional health. The principal of the School, Father Clement Akpanke, couldn’t’ be happier with the new knowledge and right orientation the students had gotten as the visiting Corps members were duly appreciated. The sensitisation started by 8am and the students and some teachers of the School were in attendance, apart from the Corps members. By: Sol...

The Education CDS group in Yakurr LGA organised a seminar, their first sensitisation in 2016, at Girls Secondary School, Ugep on November the 18th. According to the reports made available by the group’s President, Awonuga Oluwaseun, to one of our correspondents, the sensitisation programme which was held with SS2 and SS3 students of the school had only one speaker to expound on a conventional but interesting topic "Striving to achieve academic excellence." Ms Emanualla Ogugua, the sole speaker for the day, took the students through academic excellence and the need for the students to achieve it. She also pointed out the importance of university education and how “the economy is run by solution providers” who are smart people and, of course, mostly university graduates. The students were then charged to overcome whatever challenges they face during this academic sojourn. Apart from the students, the 45-minute sensitisation which took place at the school hal...

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. N4.7bn fraud: Obanikoro to ‘testify’ against Fayose – EFCC Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has agreed to  testify against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his aide, Mr. Abiodun Agbele  on the alleged distribution of N4.7bn collected from the office of the National Security Adviser. 2. Rivers re-run : l have video evidence of CP plotting to rig – Wike Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike says he has  in his possession a video recording of how the Commissioner of Police in the state, Francis Odesanya intends to rig  the Dec. 10 re-run election. 3. Rivers Police kill 3, foil attack on airline The Rivers Police Command on Monday  foiled an attack on an airline in Port Harcourt, the state capital. 4. Ebonyi govt. begins seizure of foreign rice The Government of Ebonyi has set up a  taskforce to begin the confiscation foreign rice in markets in the stat...

Good afternoon, great minds. I dearly appreciate your incisive contributions during the meeting on Monday. The Publicity CDS executives, which I head and am constitutionally obligated to report to, met and made some important decisions. It's then imperative to acquaint you with the resolutions so deservedly made. It was emphatically averred that the Dinner is a Publicity CDS event and therefore be organised by its members. However, other CDS groups would be contacted whenever their contributions are needed (as the event cannot be organised without their members) and it's hoped that they'd be generous in doing that. For progress sake, however, it was PROPOSED, as part of our mandate to create easy publicity frameworks for Corps members in Yakurr LGA, that there'll be a Projects/Events Week wherein INTERESTED CDS groups with major projects or events to organise could come together and implement. Apart from the ease the organised nature with which the projects would be i...

It was an eventful morning on Thursday, 24th November 2016, as the Anti-corruption CDS group took their Sensitisation to Apostolic Secondary School, Ugep, where they expounded on the evils of corruption. The audience, which comprised mainly Senior school students were taken through topics on corruption and integrity. Taking the lead, after Mr Yerima, the CDS’ President, gave the opening speech, was Mr James. He familiarised them with what corruption is. Mr Taiwo Bukola then took to the stage to talk about the effects of corruption and ditched out few solutions. Ms Jumbo Christiana, the last scheduled speaker, came on board and did the recap of what had been discussed in addition to giving gifts to students who did well. Mr Lawal Temitayo, the Publicity CDS President, who went to cover the event gave a short but emotional talk on how corruption has eaten deep into the fabrics of our nation and the urgent need for us, particularly our generation, to change our ways. The closing remark...

1| Some Corps members serving in Asarama Community, Andoni Local Government, Rivers state were reportedly robbed and two of them raped by suspected militants. 2| Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia has started reporting at EFCC office for questioning after her 'phony hospital visit' was exposed. She was one of the judges accused of corruption. 3| The spokesman of the PDP 2015 Presidential Elections Publicity team, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been re-arrested by operatives of the EFCC for corruption allegations. His wife was also detained few days back for attempting to withdraw from a frozen account but was 'rescued' by Ekiti Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose. 4| The trials of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, have been streamlined and are to be conducted in one court for speedy prosecution. He was accused, among other things, to have illegally siphoned arms monies running into billions of dollars. 5| Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that corru...