By Patrick Obia The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government of Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet, has been honored as the foremost humanitarian and purposeful leader award in Cross River State. The accolade which is courtesy of the Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Chieftaincy Rural Development and
By Godwin Otang The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has owned up to the arrest and custody of the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor of Cyril Osim Ndifon on Thursday 5th October 2023. The ICPC in a statement dated October 5, 2023, and signed
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has commemorated the 2023 World Teachers Day in the State, saying his government will address teachers’ concerns. The World Teachers Day is a day set aside to celebrate the contribution of teachers in the society. And Governor Bassey Otu
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has debunked claims that the embattled suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Cyril Ndifon was kidnapped. News filtered the air earlier today that Professor Ndifon was kidnapped a few days after UNICAL’s investigation panel
By Everest Prince And Ruth Obo-Ekpo The Management of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), has appointed new Heads of Departments (HoDs) for some of the newly approved programs in the institution. The appointments were made by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Augustin Angba at the varsity’s enlarged management meeting held in
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent And Mary Bassey, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Edet Otu has assured civil servants of his administration’s commitment to improving their welfare and the working conditions in the workforce, and said he wants civil servants to focus on their place of
By Veronica Utsu The Cross River State Government has clarified an earlier announcement on free tuition fees for its indigenes at primary and secondary school levels. The government made the clarification on the 26th of September 2023, to avoid disinformation and misinterpretation. In a press release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof.
By Ruth Obo-Ekpo And Precious Odey Honorable Stanley Bassey Nsemo, a member representing Calabar Municipal State Constituency in Cross River State House of Assembly, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Governor Bassey Otu, for his recent decision to reduce taxes imposed on traders in Ika Ika Oqua (Marian) market. Nsemo said the move by Governor