By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has appointed the Paramount Ruler of Abi Local Government Area, His Royal Majesty Ovai (Elder) Solomon Osim Edward JP, as the new State Council of Chiefs Chairman. HRM, Ovai Solomon will replace the former chairman, the Paramount of Bakassi HRH,
By Sylvia Akpan Following the election held on the 7th of June, 2024 by the Association of Cross River State Public Procurement Officers, (ACRIPPO) new members have been inaugurated and presented to the State Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau (DPPIB). The inauguration was held at the office of the Director-General, DPPIB, where a formal
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Caucus of the Cross River 10th National Assembly has demanded the creation of Ogoja State, out from the present-day State. The caucus led by Senator Jarigbe Agom of the Northern Senatorial District, Senator Eteng Williams of the Central Senatorial District; House of Representatives members – Peter Akpanke and Godwin Offiono, and
The new President of the Students Union Government SUG of the University of Calabar UNICAL, Blessing Alims, who has now made the record as the first-ever female SUG President of the school, 49 years after it was founded, is from Gakem, in Bekwarra LGA, Cross River State. She’s studying Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution with
Our athletes have proven their mettle in athletics beyond the continent, and it is our place to give them all the needed support
By Mary Bassey The Government of Cross River State, has ordered the immediate suspension of the proposed National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) election. The State Security Adviser, Major General O. U Obono (Rtd) gave the directive in a letter addressed to the State Secretariat of the NYCN youth house, Calabar, stating that the election
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the State and beyond on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, urging that they uphold the values of sacrifice, compassion, and unity. The Governor gave the felicitations in a press release issued by his Chief Security Secretary,
Like many other lies that foreigners told us about Africa and we swallowed them hook, line and sinker; lies like, it was Mungo Park who discovered River Niger, we also bought into the lie that Africa is Pantheistic. Meaning African religions have multiple gods. Those who accept and romanticize that lie are doing so because