It’s a Monday morning and most of us are hitting the roads again with numerous burdens in our fragile hearts. The existential challenges relating to managing our debts, school fees, paying rents, feeding families, sustaining small businesses, and how to increase household income, has bequeath aches to the carapace of our minds. And I have
By Able Winnard The Government of Cross River State has offered support to global investors willing to invest in the State as a tax haven. Governor Otu gave the commitment when he hosted top global Chief Executive Officers in Lagos State, Nigeria’s economic capital at a breakfast meeting aimed at enhancing the tourism fortunes of
By Ruth Obo-Ekpo And Precious Odey Honorable Stanley Bassey Nsemo, a member representing Calabar Municipal State Constituency in Cross River State House of Assembly, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Governor Bassey Otu, for his recent decision to reduce taxes imposed on traders in Ika Ika Oqua (Marian) market. Nsemo said the move by Governor
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has met with some investors and charged them to plow their resources in the tourism, economic, and other sectors in the State. Governor Otu gave the charge during a two-day International Cooperation and Investment Summit held in the Calabar
By Godwin Otang Last June the Cross River State Government issued a press statement that announced the cancellation of agreement on the operation of the state’s owned commercial plane being managed by Aero Contractors. The state instead reassigned the lease manager of its Boeing 737-300, known as Cally Air, to Melers Global Resources, a company
By Anietie Akpan, Pillar Today Over 30 oil wells capped about 65 years ago by Shell Petroleum in Mbiabo Ikot Offiong community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State have been identified. The Clan Head of Mbiabo Ikot Offiong, Etubom Nya Asuquo told Pillar Today that “in the late fifties, Shell did some
By Veronica Utsu The Cross River Basin Development Authority, CRBDA, has warned traders occupying its gate to relocate or face the wrath of the law. In a statement issued on Monday, it gave them a five-day ultimatum to vacate the premises. The activities of the vendors have turned to the entrance into a mini market,
By Noah Ajala As Nigerians continue to grapple with the attendant effect of the removal of fuel subsidy and the cost of survival, residents of the Calabar metropolis have shared divergent views and difficulties as the days go by. Sharing their experiences on how the fuel hike has affected them, some of the residents told