By Victoria Effiong Cross River State Civil Society Network (CCSN) major stakeholders and others joins the global community to mark World Environment Day 2021 with the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. The world environment Day (WED) is an annual celebration slated for June 5 by the United Nation as a way to increase awareness and action by
By Maxwell Effiong Over thirty (30) pupils of Saint Peter’s Catholic Primary School Esuk Mbat, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State have been given new pair of school uniform, exercise books, pen, and pencil each by an NGO, Atycare Initiative. The NGO which is registered with the CAC to alleviate the plight of the
By Olufemi Olaniyi, Punch The Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Former Governor Of Cross River State, And Former Minister Of Power And Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke, Fields Questions On The Political Developments In His State. Olufemi Olaniyi, Who Was There, Presents The Excerpts. You Are A Founding Member Of The PDP. You’Vve Also Held Various Key Positions In The
By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard News Nigeria The Cross River Police Command on Friday warned that it will no longer condone any form of street protest by any group in the State, stressing that a lot of strange elements were waiting to leverage on such avenues to carry out mayhem. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru
By News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade says he was attracted to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) by the personal character of President Muhammadu Buhari.” Sen. Ayade recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC. “I moved into the APC because of my
By Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Barely two weeks after he defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He was led to the State House by Chief of Staff
For months, speculations of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dominated discourse in the new and traditional media. Like others before him, Professor Ben Ayade, twice elected Governor of Cross River State on the platform of the PDP, played the ostrich, in a fashion that was
By Gabriel Ewepu, Vanguard News Nigeria Food production and productivity of farmers have given concern to well-meaning development partners as Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in collaboration with Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) project, Wednesday, commenced training of 61 Commercial Seed Entrepreneurs (CSEs), drawn from