By Archibong Jeremiah Consortium for Conflict Resolution and Development (CONCORD) Initiative, a network of state and non-state actors operating in the early warning, early response, and peacebuilding sector has been flagged off in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The network will serve as a community of practice and fulcrum of a national peace architecture
By Agency Reporter The wife of the Governor of Cross River, Rev. Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, has enjoined the Muslim Community in the State to continue to live in peace with their host communities, saying their contributions to the social, economic and political development of the state cannot be over-emphasized. The Governor’s wife, who described the
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River Government has assured the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in the State of the safe return of Prof. Ekanem Philip Ephraim. NMA led by its State Chairman, Dr. Felix Archibong, Tuesday 1 of August 2023 defied the heavy rain and marched to the Government House. Prof. Ekanem has
By Mary Bassey, House Of Assembly Correspondent The 10th Assembly of Cross River State has screened 11 Commissioner nominees out of 26. They were screened at the plenary held Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at the Assembly Chamber. Recalling that on 28 July 2023, Governor Bassey Otu transmitted 26 names to the Assembly for consideration. At
By Patrick Obia Over three Communities in Cross River State – Ugbem, Ekpri Iko, Iwuru Obio Ntan, and among others, all in Biase Local Government Area have staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate transfer of Magistrate I. I Abam; an embattled trial Magistrate accused of abuse of office. The Communities had on Tuesday, August
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Council of the Nigerian Labor Congress, NLC has voted to join the nationwide protests to draw attention to what the labor center describes as “the hardship being meted out to Nigerians by unfriendly, unpeopled Policies by the Federal Government.” This followed a resolution from the emergency State Executive
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has appointed Angela Ogeyi Odey as the new Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The appointment was contained in a press release signed by Edem Darlington, Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the Governor dated August 1,
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross River State chapter have staged a peace protest calling for the unconditional release of their colleague, Professor Ekanem Phillip Ephraim who was kidnapped from her residence at about 7:15 pm on Thursday 13 July 2023 along the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Atimbo by unknown