By Ogar Monday: House Of Assembly Correspondent A United States of America based development economist, Mr. Princewill Odidi has advised the Cross River State Government through the Cross River State House of Assembly to empower the plethora of unemployed youths in the streets and encourage them to form cooperatives so as to deal with the
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed into law, the Cross River State Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2016 at its sitting on Wednesday. While presenting the report on the bill, Hon. Nelson Ofem Chairman House Committee on Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petitions and Conflict
By Ushang Ewa With a less than 2 years to exit, the European Union Support to Immunization Governance in Nigeria (EU-SIGN) formally launched in Cross River State, Tuesday after 5 years of operating in the state and spending 41 million Naira to support routine immunization activities. The Head of the EU delegation to Nigeria and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Teachers in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State, Tuesday took to the streets to protest against the irregular payment of salaries and other arrears owed them by the Cross River State government. The governor, Senator Ben Ayade who hails from Obudu had earlier this week directed the immediate promotion
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has refuted claims by the Nigeria Police Force that the State Green Police is at variance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Government which spoke recently through the Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Rosemary Archibong says it’s a misunderstanding. Speaking
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to position the Nigerian Maritime sector for efficiency to drive trade, the Nigerian Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency says it will in the next three days brainstorm in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to develop a document that will guide its operations and will be
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River State Government Tuesday, signed a contract with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technology to make the capital city of Calabar Nigeria’s ‘first smart city’ through cloud technology over 22 months after a similar deal was struck with MTN. The Governor, Senator Ayade says the execution of the contract
By Inyali Peter The standard of education in Cross River State will improve measurably if Cross River representatives in the National Assembly invest 10 percent of their constituency allowances in the sector said Eyam Abeng, the president of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), Alumni association while briefing newsmen recently in Calabar. “The task to