By Patrick Obia Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in totality the “unwholesome act of bickering and infighting witnessed amongst some party faithfuls during the Ogoja/Yala by-election” primary. The PDP in a press statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Prince Mike Ojisi sympathised with victims of the “bizarre
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested seven private guards and shut three security companies in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The companies are Close Watch Security Limited, Adonai Security Limited and Excel Security and Protection Services Limited. The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Samuel Fadeyi
By Patrick Obia Sweetest Kiddies Sanctuary has distributed sanitary pads and educational materials to students of Government Comprehensive Secondary school, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. The NGO is a subsidiary of Sweetest Kiddies Empire, it’s objective is to spur every child to greatness shared 300 sanitary pads to girls, 60 copies of the
For four years, Cally Air ✈️ flew over 400 million nautical miles across the pages of social media. Taking off from Twitter and landing on Facebook and from Facebook to Instagram. And sometimes touching down in Snapchat and Tiktok. Then last year, after all the hype and propaganda, came the pomp. Two Boeing planes were
By Jonathan Ugbal A former Chairman of the Yala Local Government Council, Mr. Mike Usibe on Thursday emerged as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the February 26 legislative by-elections to fill in the vacancy for the Ogoja/Yala constituency seat in the House of Representatives. The by-election is necessitated by the swearing-in
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The Cross River State Police Command has received the five patrol vehicles promised by the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba when he visited the command last week. The State Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan had told the Inspector General of Police that the command lacked operational vehicles and
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard Newspaper The Senate has disclosed that the Federal Government agencies, the Cross River Government and some private individuals lost property worth over N45 billion to the #EndSARS protest in the State. The Senate said yesterday that the financial value of the vandalized properties/items were also submitted by the affected persons verified
By Egufe Yafugborhi, Vanguard Newspaper In furtherance of his demand for accountability on Rivers State assets sold under the preceding administration, Governor Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, challenged his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, to account for proceeds of the Dash 8 Propeller aircraft sold to Cross River State. Wike, while briefing political