By Patrick Obia Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state would no longer allow what he described as electoral cheating ahead of the 2027 general elections. Otu stated this on Sunday, September 1, 2026, while addressing APC supporters at the Governor’s Office in
By Patrick Obia The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, who doubles as Director of the Directorate of Manufacturing and MSME Sector Mobilization of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, has inaugurated “Project Beyond 2027” Excos. He gave the charge during the Tinubu/Shettima Project Beyond 2027 in collaboration with Senator John Owan Enoh,
By Kelvin Ololo Residents and motorists plying the Awi axis of Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State have raised concerns over a decomposing body of an unidentified man lying on the highway for four days, warning that the situation poses a serious environmental and public health risk. The body, suspected to be that
By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has inaugurated the All Progressive Congress (APC) State Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections. Governor Otu Inaugurating the council led by the Commissioner of Education, Professor Stephen Odey as Director General, charged them to be “apostles of continuity and disciples of conviction”
Every year, thousands of Nigerian graduates leave their homes and families to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. For many young graduates, the program represents an opportunity to contribute to national development, gain professional experience and interact with people from different ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. Established in 1973 after the Nigerian
The Definitive Ebom Position: Non-Contiguity And Support For Peaceful Alternative Resettlement Ebom seeks neither perpetual hostility nor confrontation with Ebijakara. However, the bitter lessons of over a century of recurrent clashes, culminated by the atrocities of 2006, 2018, and 2019, have established an incontrovertible imperative: the physical contiguity of Ebom and Ebijakara as immediate residential
By Sarah Ooja The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar, AIG Rashid Bello Afegbua, on Thursday, 29th October, 2026, visited the Cross River State Police Command as part of his familiarization tour of formations under the Zone. The visit is in line with the policing vision of the Inspector-General of
THE JANUARY 2006 INVASION: OFFICIAL FINDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY Following the outbreak of violence in January 2006, His Excellency Mr. Donald Duke constituted the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Hostilities between Ebom and Ebijakara Communities in Abi Local Government Area, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice Sylvester A. Obi (Rtd). The official