By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State House of Assembly has scheduled a public hearing on the Open Defecation (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, signaling renewed legislative action to tackle one of the state’s most persistent public health and environmental challenges. The hearing, organized by the House Committee on Water Resources and Sanitation, will be held on
By Lukman Abdulmalik, The Whistler By day, the city’s main arteries hum with commerce and prayer. By night, another economy comes alive, quiet, nimble, and dangerous. At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, on a busy roadside of Sabon Titi, Kumbotso LGA, a young man (Abdullahi Sadiq), in a faded hoodie, pauses beside a parked
By Abdulrahman Abdulmalik, Premium Times A covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS), helped thwart a deadly plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Multiple senior administration insiders said the plot began to unravel in late September 2025
By Aminu Adamu, WikkiTimes Malam Mukhtar Abubakar Kanan Haki, a farmer in his early 40s from Daudawa community in Faskari LGA of Katsina State said he leased three hectares of land for ₦1.2 million in his quest to remain in farming business. He said, after incurring other heavy investment on seeds, fertiliser and labour; soldiers
By Kelvin Ololo The Senator representing Cross River South Senatorial District, Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong, has empowered 1,032 undergraduate and postgraduate students with ₦110,000 each, reaffirming his long-standing commitment to education as a tool for social mobility and regional development. The education support scheme was delivered through the 4th edition of the Asuquo Ekpenyong Foundation (AEF)
Twenty-five years is long enough to build a legacy. For the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), that legacy is one of systematic starvation. In a quarter-century of existence, successive state governments have failed to construct a single significant physical structure on its campuses. Walk through UNICROSS today and you will find classrooms, laboratories, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Another child identified as Handsome Godwin, has been found in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, the State Police Command says. The four years old child, dark in complexion, about 3 feet plus in height, and speaks English and Efik fluently, was found loitering along Calabar Road, Calabar South, in the early
By Kelvin Ololo Residents and road users in Calabar have been advised to brace for temporary traffic disruptions as the Cross River State Carnival Commission announces the grand finale of ‘NKOT MBOK Efik’, Efut and Qua; a major cultural highlight of the Carnival Calabar and festival calendar. In a public announcement issued by the Commission