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  • CORAfrica Releases Names Of Successful Persons For The Annual HELP -A-KID Programme, Requests For Their Account Details

    CORAfrica Releases Names Of Successful Persons For The Annual HELP -A-KID Programme, Requests For Their Account Details

    PUBLIC NOTICE

    Successful persons for the CORAfrica Annual HELP-A-KID Programme

    Children of Rural Africa Nigeria (CORAfrica), founded by Very Rev Fr Dr Peter Obele Abue each year pledges to support vulnerable children/ students in our Annual HELP -A-KID Programme in Cross River State.

    The underlisted persons are expected to send their account details on WhatsApp to; 08121032474 for the release of funds.

    CATEGORY 1
    One hundred thousand naira only (#100,000.00) each to two (2) graduates who have successfully finished their studies and wish to start a small business.

    1. Achu Owalu
    2. Ofere Nicholas

    CATEGORY 2
    Thirty thousand naira only (#30,000.00) each to four (10) vulnerable undergraduate students, who are incapacitated and really need support to aid their education.

    1. Ibiang Benedict
    2. Inyambri Blessing
    3. Ogar Precious
    4. Mbi Isaiah Victor
    5. Abua Cordelia
    6. Jude Otubakwu
    7. Veronica Ugbe
    8. Obambon Kelvyn Ayiom
    9. Ugbe Anita Alorye
    10. Mary Agbong

    CATEGORY 3
    Twenty thousand naira only (#20,000.00) each to ten (11) students who have just been admitted into a higher institution and need help to settle a pressing problem in the school.

    1. Aleke Simon
    2. Adah Precious
    3. Faith Ogah
    4. Ogar Emmanuel
    5. Sunday Ochuole
    6. Abua Joseph Ulimukah
    7. Etim Grace Sunday
    8. Akpo Cletus Ashitonile
    9. Ettah Bekind Bufa
    10. Blessing Alims
    11. Daniel Precious

    CATEGORY 4
    Ten thousand naira only (#10,000.00) each to ten (10) students who wish to enter college or higher institutions but have no money to buy JAMB form, etc

    1. Ayeni Gregory
    2. Adah Francis
    3. Adie Francis
    4. Emmanuel Ofem
    5. Ikpong Emmanuel
    6. Ogar Gabriel
    7. Mary Ibiam
    8. Ettah Irene
    9. Onigah Margaret
    10. Offor Eno Ekpo

    CORAfrica in the past has built, operated and handed over Ophanages, schools and a health centres both at Idum-Mbube in Ogoja Local Government Area as well as a Primary/Nursery School at Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area, to the Catholic Diocese of Ogoja.

    Between 2022 and 2023, CORAfrica provided educational support for over 1500 Cameroonian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Cross River, Benue, and Taraba States.

    Between 2020 and 2021, CORAfrica provided livelihood support for over 500 Cameroonian Refugees in Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State.

    CORAfrica is currently building an ultramodern classroom block for Cameroonian Refugees Children and the vulnerable children in the society, located at Adagom 3, Ogoja Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 500 pupils with a bus conveying pupils to school and back home after dismissal.

    CORAfrica is also currently building an ultramodern primary and secondary school for vulnerable children in the society, located in Victoria village in Ikom Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 300 pupils.

    CORAfrica has, through the Economic Empowerment Program (STAP-EEP), provided soft loans for youths, businessmen, and women at St Thomas Aquinas Parish Igoli-Ogoja

    CORAfrica facilitated and equipped a youth resource centre with a provision shop and sacramentals for the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON),

    Elijah Ugani
    Programme Manager
    CORAfrica
    08121032474

  • Cross Riverians In Diaspora Invites The Public To The Inauguration Poineer Executive

    Cross Riverians In Diaspora Invites The Public To The Inauguration Poineer Executive

    Cross Riverians in Diaspora are set to inaugurate her poineer executive.
    This was made known in a release sighted by TheLumineNews and signed by the Chairman, Board of Directors, Mr Julius Uti Nchor PhD.

    The release reads in part, “On behalf of the leadership, I write to invite you to the inauguration of the executive members of Cross Riverians in the Diaspora (CRID) is set to inaugurate its pioneer executive council members”.

    The date is Saturday, 10th June 2023, time is 7PM UK/Nigerian time. To join the zoom meeting click here, the meeting ID is 97569138970, and the passcode is 596390.

  • UNICAL VC, Florence Obi To Be Honored With NYASA Award

    UNICAL VC, Florence Obi To Be Honored With NYASA Award

     

    The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has been selected to be honoured as the recipient of the 2023 “The Thomas and Corinne Nyquist Distinguished Service Award”.

    A release signed by the President, Dr Bekeh Ukelina and Vice President, Dr Ndubueze Mbah of the New York African Studies Association (NYASA), disclosed that the choice of Prof. Florence Obi was based on her outstanding contributions through dedicated service in the advancement of higher education and knowledge of Africa.

    The release specifically recognised the many years of service of Prof. Florence Obi in diverse capacities as a lecturer, Professor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Member of the University’s Governing Council, Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Member of Cross River State Executive Council and now first female Vice Chancellor of the institution.

    The award will be presented to the Vice Chancellor at the 46th NYASA Annual Conference slated to be held at the University of Calabar on June 30, 2023.

    The New African Studies Association (NYASA) is a body open to all those having a scholarly or professional interest in African Studies.

    The University of Calabar felicitates with the Vice Chancellor on the occasion of this great and glorious honour.

  • My Administration Will Sustain Fight Against Gender-based Violence, Says UNICAL VC

    My Administration Will Sustain Fight Against Gender-based Violence, Says UNICAL VC

     

    Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, says her administration will always sustain the fight against gender-based violence in the institution.

    Prof. Obi stated this when officials of the International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH), led by the Executive Director, paid an advocacy visit to her in her office.

    She said Unical has been at the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence and will leave nothing to chance in its avowed determination to stamp out the menace.

    The varsity administrator said the institution will always embrace any form of partnership geared towards tackling gender-based issues, even as she restated her administration’s commitment towards partnering with ISMPH.

    She said the need to tackle gender-based issues in Unical culminated in the establishment of a Center for Gender Development, which she said, has been up and running since inception.

    “We are open to any form of partnership on gender-related issues. As an institution, we have been very keen on ending gender-based violence and it is for this reason that I am pledging to sustain the fight against the menace,” she said.

    Earlier, the Executive Director of ISMPH, Mrs Moji Makanjoula, described the advocacy visit as a ‘defining moment’, maintaining that, the need to institutionalize violence against women for better prevention, response protocols and programmes have become imperative.

    She said ISMPH in conjunction with UNESCO developed a manual on eliminating Sexual and Gender-based Violence and Harmful practices, adding that, it has been deployed, accepted and effectively operational in pilot tertiary institutions as a resource to beef up the existing policies and response framework on sexual and Gender-Based Violence.

    Makanjoula said the ISMPH project is also aimed at conducting training for staff and other engagements within the University Community which require in-depth discourse on the development of novella strategies to combat violence against women and girls.

    The Executive Director said if violence against women and girls must be eliminated, education, sensitization and development of rules and guidelines at the school level are imperative.

    She said the overreaching goal of the project is to work with three Universities, including Unical, to mainstream and promote women and girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the school curriculum.

    To achieve this goal, she said ISMPH will work closely with the University Management and varsity-based unions to organize campus rallies to create awareness of the institutionalization of violence against women and girls prevention and response protocols.

  • Ongoing: Sen Jarigbe Facilitates Construction Of Mbube East Road, Ogoja LGA

    Ongoing: Sen Jarigbe Facilitates Construction Of Mbube East Road, Ogoja LGA

     

    The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, DSSRS, has facilitated the construction of Mbube East road in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State.

    The construction which runs through Egbe axis linking Utugwang in Obudu Local Government Area is ongoing and facilitated by the lawmaker.

    Senator Jarigbe noted that, he believes the commencement of construction work on the road is a huge relief for commuters and a plus for both Obudu/Ogoja communities serviced by the road.

    Residents of the benefitting communities have showered praises on the facilitator, Distinguished Senator Jarigbe for making good his promises of ensuring that constituents have accessible roads in their respective communities.

    TEAM JARI MEDIA

     

  • Who Will Tell Former Governor Ben Ayade To Park And Go? BY DOMINIC KIDZU

    Who Will Tell Former Governor Ben Ayade To Park And Go? BY DOMINIC KIDZU

     

    At this point, all men of goodwill who still have the ear of former Governor Ben Ayade have a responsibility to whisper to him that his tenure is over, because the man himself doesn’t seem to realize the fact.

    After eight long years on the saddle, with the political calendar hanging everywhere like a signpost, the former Governor should have packed his personal belongings out of Perigrino House at least a week before the inauguration of the new Governor, to allow him redesign the place after his own taste.

    To still return to the official residence of the Governor of Cross River, to still hold unto the convoy of official cars and throw himself about as if he was still Governor belittles the office and offends the culture and tradition of that respected institution. It also unfortunately personalizes the office in a way that seems to suggest that Governor Ayade believes that he owns the place or does not understand the democratic transition of power.

    Only yesterday, there were unconfirmed rumours in Calabar that the former Governor and his Man Fridays were still haemoraging Cross River State bank accounts, still pillaging, still plundering the scanty bank balances that were still left there and the IGR instruments were still in the hands of the former Governor, three clear days after his tenure ended.

    It is shameful and pitifully disgraceful that we are talking about one of the most paper-learned governors Nigeria has ever had who should be counted among people like professor Ambrose Ali and professor Zulum who became governors from the apogee of the intellectual tree. To continue to act in the way that former Governor Ayade has done creates deep suspicions about the depth of his much vaunted intellect and sophistication.A word is enough for the wise.

  • Children of Rural Africa Calls For Nomination For Her Annual HELP -A-KID Programme

    Children of Rural Africa Calls For Nomination For Her Annual HELP -A-KID Programme

    CORAfrica Annual HELP-A-KID Programme

    Children of Rural Africa Nigeria (CORAfrica) each year pledges to support vulnerable children/ students in our Annual HELP -A-KID Programme in Cross River State. The programme this year boasts the following categories:

    1. One hundred thousand naira only (#100,000.00) each to two (2) graduates who have successfully finished their studies and wish to start a small business.

    2. Fifty thousand naira only (#50,000.00) each to four (4) vulnerable undergraduate students, who are incapacitated and really need support to aid their education.

    3. Twenty thousand naira only (#20,000.00) each to ten (10) students who have just been admitted into a higher institution and need help to settle a pressing problem in the school.

    4. Ten thousand naira only (#10,000.00) each to twenty (20) students who wish to enter college or higher institutions but have no money to buy JAMB form, etc.

    5. Five thousand naira only (#5,000.00) each to forty (40) pupils who wish to pay school fees or exam fees or any pressing school need but have no money to do so.

    If you know of any child/student in any of the above categories who really need support, kindly nominate such. Beneficiaries will be subjected to our vulnerability checklist for consideration.

    You can as well nominate yourself, stating clearly your name, institution, and course of study.

    CORAfrica in the past has built, operated and handed over Ophanages, schools and a health centres both at Idum-Mbube in Ogoja Local Government Area as well as a Primary/Nursery School at Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area, to the Catholic Diocese of Ogoja.

    Between 2022 and 2023, CORAfrica provided educational support for over 1500 Cameroonian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Cross River, Benue, and Taraba States.

    Between 2020 and 2021, CORAfrica provided livelihood support for over 500 Cameroonian Refugees in Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State.

    CORAfrica is currently building an ultramodern classroom block for Cameroonian Refugees Children and the vulnerable children in the society, located at Adagom 3, Ogoja Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 500 pupils with a bus conveying pupils to school and back home after dismissal.

    CORAfrica is also currently building an ultramodern primary and secondary school for vulnerable children in the society, located in Victoria village in Ikom Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 300 pupils.

    CORAfrica has, through the Economic Empowerment Program (STAP-EEP), provided soft loans for youths, businessmen, and women at St Thomas Aquinas Parish Igoli-Ogoja

    CORAfrica facilitated and equipped a youth resource centre with a provision shop and sacramentals for the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON),

    Please kindly nominate a child/student for our Annual HELP-A-KID Prigramme. Nomination ends on Saturday, 27th May, 2023.

    For further inquiries, call:

    Elijah Ugani
    Programme Manager
    CORAfrica
    08121032474

  • CORAfrica Calls For Nomination For Her Annual HELP-A-KID Programme

    CORAfrica Calls For Nomination For Her Annual HELP-A-KID Programme

    CORAfrica Annual HELP-A-KID Programme

    Children of Rural Africa Nigeria (CORAfrica) each year pledges to support vulnerable children/ students in our Annual HELP -A-KID Programme in Cross River State. The programme this year boasts the following categories:

    1. One hundred thousand naira only (#100,000.00) each to two (2) graduates who have successfully finished their studies and wish to start a small business.

    2. Fifty thousand naira only (#50,000.00) each to four (4) vulnerable undergraduate students, who are incapacitated and really need support to aid their education.

    3. Twenty thousand naira only (#20,000.00) each to ten (10) students who have just been admitted into a higher institution and need help to settle a pressing problem in the school.

    4. Ten thousand naira only (#10,000.00) each to twenty (20) students who wish to enter college or higher institutions but have no money to buy JAMB form, etc.

    5. Five thousand naira only (#5,000.00) each to forty (40) pupils who wish to pay school fees or exam fees or any pressing school need but have no money to do so.

    If you know of any child/student in any of the above categories who really need support, kindly nominate such. Beneficiaries will be subjected to our vulnerability checklist for consideration.

    You can as well nominate yourself, stating clearly your name, institution, and course of study.

    CORAfrica in the past has built, operated and handed over Ophanages, schools and a health centres both at Idum-Mbube in Ogoja Local Government Area as well as a Primary/Nursery School at Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area, to the Catholic Diocese of Ogoja.

    Between 2022 and 2023, CORAfrica provided educational support for over 1500 Cameroonian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Cross River, Benue, and Taraba States.

    Between 2020 and 2021, CORAfrica provided livelihood support for over 500 Cameroonian Refugees in Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River State.

    CORAfrica is currently building an ultramodern classroom block for Cameroonian Refugees Children and the vulnerable children in the society, located at Adagom 3, Ogoja Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 500 pupils with a bus conveying pupils to school and back home after dismissal.

    CORAfrica is also currently building an ultramodern primary and secondary school for vulnerable children in the society, located in Victoria village in Ikom Local Government Area; with an enrollment of over 300 pupils.

    CORAfrica has, through the Economic Empowerment Program (STAP-EEP), provided soft loans for youths, businessmen, and women at St Thomas Aquinas Parish Igoli-Ogoja

    CORAfrica facilitated and equipped a youth resource centre with a provision shop and sacramentals for the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON),

    Please kindly nominate a child/student for our Annual HELP-A-KID Prigramme. Nomination ends on Saturday, 27th May, 2023.

    For further inquiries, call:

    Elijah Ugani
    Programme Manager
    CORAfrica
    08121032474

  • Jarigbe Donates Relief Materials to Communities Affected By Windstorm In Bekwarra LGA

    Jarigbe Donates Relief Materials to Communities Affected By Windstorm In Bekwarra LGA

     

    The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has donated relief materials to Ijibor Community, affected by windstorm in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State.

    The Constituency officer to the Senator, Mr Egar Mgbantul handed over the relief materials of one hundred (100) bundles of roofing sheets to the leadership of the community, on behalf of the lawmaker, yesterday.

    Mr Egar said, Senator Jarigbe is saddened by the event which has rendered over eighty (80) families homeless, hence the need to swiftly provide support for them.

    “He has also promised to call the attention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to come and carry out an on-the spot assessment as well to provide support for the victims”, he added.

    Receiving the items, the leadership and residents of the community commended the Senator for bringing succour to the affected families.

    They also promised that committees would be set up to oversee the distribution of the items as directed by the lawmaker.

    TEAM JARI MEDIA

     

  • Cross Riverians In The Diaspora (CRID), Gets New Executive

    Cross Riverians In The Diaspora (CRID), Gets New Executive

    CRID ELECTION 2023

    Last week, Cross Riverians in the Diaspora (CRID) had their elections. It was a friendly contest by Cross Riverians living in all regions of the world. It was a great experience for the Electoral Committee; Patrick Archibong (Secretary), Austa-Mary Gabriel-Unah (Member) and myself; who all played leading roles in ensuring free, transparent and credible online elections.

    Below is the List of Elected Executive members:

    1. President – Christopher Lekan (USA)

    2. Vice President – Patience Oluwasetu (UK)

    3. Secretary – Ignatius Oli (Germany)

    4. Assistant Secretary – Solomon Eko (Germany)

    5. Finance Officer – Paul Onah (USA)

    6. Public and Membership Relations Officer – Iseone Lawal (Germany)

    7. Project Coordinator – Augustine Obi (UK)

    8. Liaison Officer Europe – Otiko Tony Jp (UK)

    9. Liaison Officer North America – Olom Egana Basil-Uka (USA)

    Their inauguration ceremony is currently being planned. We pray God to give them the wisdom and enablement to be able to support the welfare of Cross Riverians in the diaspora and those at home.
    Congratulations 🥳

    Thanks and God bless Cross Riverians

    Justin Udie
    Electoral Committee Chairman
    2023