By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent In a plenary held Wednesday 12th February, 2025, a motion adopted and sponsored by the Member representing Calabar Municipality State Constituency, Honorable Stanley Nsemo calls for establishment of alternative girl school in Cross River State. Presenting the motion, the Lawmaker stated it’s the Federal Government of Nigeria’s initiative
By Favour Adinya The Police in Cross River State, has arrested three suspects in connection with the chieftaincy crisis rocking Iko-Esai village in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Irene Ugbo in a press release on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, identified the suspects as Chief
By Alaba Adeyemi, Map News Africa During the campaign leading to the 2023 elections President Bola Tinubu, then the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) promised the establishment of the Agro- rangers to solve the incessant farmers-herders’ crises. Therefore when the Federal Government of Nigeria, in the middle of 2024, announced the
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