By Godwin Ajom In a two-day interactive session, brainstorming, training on police reforms, and knowledge enhancement on the implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and Law (ACJA/L) in Cross River, Nigeria, stakeholders have called for gender balance and other reforms in police recruitment and other security agencies. Speaking at the event in Calabar,
By Marvellous Nkanu An alleged gang clash in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State has left two people dead. The clash is said to have started on Sunday night at a club where two individuals – one KK and one Aye members (names not gotten at the time of this report), were celebrating
By Beatrice Ori And Kate Itam The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced a nationwide major protest on 15th September 2024, over the current fuel hike and hardship across the country. In a statement, the Senate President of NANS, Senator Okunomo Henry Adewumi, said the incessant increase in fuel prices has caused “untold
By Glory Odey And Kate Itam Journalist and Human Rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has received an award for recognition of outstanding commitment to the holistic development of the Nigerian child. Awarded by Sweetest Kiddies Empire, an organization at the front foot of nurturing young minds in spelling and overall child development in the area
By Suzan Ipieurim, Kate Itam And Glory Odey Some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, Cross River State Command, will on Friday, September 6, 2024, embark on a long-range shooting exercise. The long shooting is part of the officers retraining course. The shoot will be held at Anyanganse in Akpabuyo Local Government Area by 8:AM.
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of efforts to boost the oil palm subsector in the state, the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has procured 3.5 million to improve oil palm sprouted nuts from the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, under the Cross River State Oil Palm Development Initiative
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Through the Ministry of Education, the Cross River State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to reverse Government College Ikom, (GOVISCO), to an “All Male School” as it was conceived and operated in 1961 before its change. The House urged the Ministry of Education to take steps
By Miracle Njar And Glory Odey With the rejuvenated fuel scarcity and surfacing of long queues in most filling stations nationwide, the ruling Party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), has expressed fears that the current situation might lead to public aggression on the government. The APC Chairman in Cross River State, Barrister Alphonsus Eba, in