By Margaret John A 2019 gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Cross River State, Mr. Upan Odey has affirmed that he will not go into enterprises that are not sustainable as the state already has too many white elephant projects. Speaking on Sunday during the one hour program ‘The Dialogue With Agba
By Deborah Obot The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has inducted and licensed 143 new teachers in Cross River State. The event was held recently at the Senate Chambers of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) with the Vice Chancellor of the Varsity, Prof. Zana Akapagu, TRCN Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Josiah Olusegun, Dean of the
By Efa Sunday The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) says it is planning to set up a committee that will ensure efficiency in the discharge of services to patients. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Thomas Agan disclosed this while reacting to questions and concerns raised by doctors in the hospital during
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government has commenced the allocation of land at the Senator Ben Ayade industrial layout along the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan airport bypass in Calabar to investors willing to set up factories. The allocation is free of charge and currently houses the Cross River Garment factory, the
By Margaret John and Ololo Kelvin The Cross River University if Technology (CRUTECH) and University of Calabar (UCB) chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have resolved to embark on a one week solidarity strike over the failure of the federal government to negotiate the new minimum wage. The chapter chairman ASUU UCB,
By Deborah Obot, Efa Sunday and David Nsa Schools, banks and public offices in Calabar, the Cross River State capital were on Thursday, shut down in compliance with the directive of the organised labor for a nationwide strike over the failure of the Nigerian government to agree on the new minimum wage. Below are images
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Abang Nigeria’s Niger Delta affairs minister, Usani Usani has declared his intention to run for the position of the governor of Cross River State in the 2019 general election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) putting an end to speculations about his ambition. Addressing supporters in Calabar,
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent No fewer than 33 young girls have been trained on issues relating to sexual and reproductive health under the Health Initiative for Stability in Africa (HIFASS) Local Orphan and Vulnerable Children Partners in Nigeria Region three (LOPIN 3) as a means to ensure a viable future for them. 13 of