By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River State has confirmed the collapse of two storey building in Calabar. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Eric Anderson confirmed the tragedy in a press statement saying the incident happened at Nta Eke Street, along the Efio-Ette axis of Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality of the
By Patrick Obia And Mary Bassey Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the harmonization retirement age of teachers in the State public service from 35 to 40 years. Governor Ayade’s approval is coming as the Federal Government of Nigeria increased the attainment of sixty-five (65) age or forty (40) years of service
By Archibong Jeremiah A Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr. David Ayoka Atim has frowned at a news report alleging that Hon. Patrick Uguge allegedly raped his ward. Men of the Nigeria Police arrested Hon. Uguge yesterday for allegedly rapping his ward following a complaint by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative,
PREAMBLE This paper is provoked by the sad discovery that a vast majority of Cross Riverians appear to have lost faith and or given up on the fact that, we are an oil-bearing state with all the potential to become an oil-producing state, if and when all the politics/issues holding us captive are addressed. Having
By Sylvia Akpan Former Chairperson of Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, late Mrs. Esther Bassey has been laid to eternal rest. The Deaconess passed on in the wee hours of Friday 24th February 2023, less than 24 hours before the Presidential and National Assembly elections. At a funeral service held in
Cross River State began the construction of the Obudu Airport a few months before the Ebonyi Airport in Abakaliki, in 2019. Cross River State and Ebonyi State, are at per at the bottom of earnings from the federal allocation FAAC, in Nigeria. Governor Ayade vowed before red cap chiefs in Obudu that if he doesn’t
By Donatus Anichukwueze, Channels Television President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday asserted that while the All Progressives Congress (APC) worked hard to retain power in the 2023 elections, the combined opposition was a victim of overconfidence. According to a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke at the State House when he received the Progressives
By George Odok, News Agency of Nigeria Prof. Florence Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, has refunded an undisclosed amount of money illegally collected by some departments in the institution to 196 students. Obi refunded the money to the students on behalf of the university at the Senate Chamber of the institution