By Patrick Obia At least five hundred (500) students in the Cross River Southern senatorial district have benefited from the Teacher Esien Ita Education Trust Fund scholarship. This was disclosed during the presentation of cheques by the benefactor – Ekpenyong Esien Ita to students and teachers of various schools in Calabar. In his address shortly
By Ogar Monday President Muhammad Buhari has nominated Orok Duke, a former speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly as the member representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In a letter signed by the president and read before a senate plenary, the president appointed his Laureta Onochie, as
By Ogar Monday Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke has been named as the Chairman of the Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council, and he will therefore head the party’s charge toward taking back the Peregrino House. The decision was contained in a long list of campaign councils announced by the
By Ogar Monday The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State, Prof. Gabriel Yomere has revealed that INEC in the state is ready for the 2023 general elections, as the State has started receiving non-sensitive materials for the elections. Yomere, who insisted that the electoral umpire will
By Patrick Obia The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has ended its two days of awareness and sensitization workshop on Transparency and Accountability in Calabar, enjoining stakeholders for robust collaborations. Held in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State with the theme: ‘sustaining the gains of fiscal transparency and accountability in States’, participants drawn from the
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Mr. Victor Muruako has disclosed that domestic debt owed by six States in the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria has reached N988.06 billion while the zone’s foreign debt stood at $873.3 million. The figure, according to the FRC Chairman, is the debt profile for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Joshua Omini and Dr. Ekpo Egong, both members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross River State chapter, who were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Friday, November 18th, 2022 have been released. Chairman of NMA in the State, Dr. Felix Archibong, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency
By Patrick Obia Currently, the main gate of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar campus has been shut down by students protesting insecurity in the campus. Armed robbers in the wee hours of Saturday 19 November 2022 invaded female hostels, and made away with students’ phones, laptops, cooking utensils, and other valuables in