By Alaba Adeyemi, Map News Africa Everywhere in the world, public schools are either cheaper than privately owned schools or completely tuition-free. This is so because public schools are built and maintained with public funds or are grant-aided by the government. Therefore, public schools are almost the only options available to the lower class of
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has commended the Nigeria Federal Government’s commitment to transforming Obudu Cattle Ranch into a major hub for livestock and dairy production in Nigeria. The governor who spoke through his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, during a courtesy visit by the
By Favour Adinya The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has frowned at a current trend of indecent dressing witnessed in the campus by staff and students. The institution in a memo signed by the Dean of Students Affairs, Professor Egaga Patrick Ikani, reminded staff and students of the varsity’s code of policies and
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The 10th Cross River State House of Assembly, has committed to improving healthcare services for Cross Riverians. The House made the pledge at a public hearing on the Cross River State Drug and Health Commodities Management Bill 2024, and the Cross River State quackery Prohibition Bill 2023. Chairman,
The past week has been very exhilarating for me for one major reason. How our representatives have unleashed their media aides to give an account of their various constituency interventions and projects. The week can rightly be called “accountability week” in Cross River State. Once we demanded that our representatives in the House of Reps
By Godwin Ajom Against the backdrop of continuing environmental challenges courtesy of unabated deforestation, illegal mining and timber exploitation, the demand for environmental justice has taken the center stage in Cross River State, with stakeholders demanding for a stronger enforcement of environmental laws in the State. Data from Environmental Justice and Forest Conservation, shows that
By Sylvia Akpan The people of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, have rejected the agitation by Senator Florence Ita Giwa, Barr. Okoi Obono-Obla and others for the LGA to be delisted from Nigeria’s 774 LGAs. The group under the umbrella of Ikang Joint Assembly, chided the agitators after an interview they granted
By Godwin Ajom The Cross River South Consultative Forum has called out Nigeria’s Works Minister, Engineer David Umahi, over the poor state of the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway, which has brought untold hardship to the people of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The Forum headed by its Chairman, Honorable Eyo Ekpo, berated the minister