By Archibong Jeremiah Senator Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State has directed all his political appointees to immediately deploy and mobilize all those who have attained the voting age to register in the ongoing Voters Registration Exercise being carried out in the 18 local government areas of the State by the Independent National Electoral
By Archibong Jeremiah Emmanuel Dominic, a 400 level student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been taken into custody by men of the Nigeria Police Force, State Housing Division, Calabar Cross River State for allegedly stealing three hundred thousand (N300, 000) naira from a fruit seller in Calabar. According to the fruit seller who
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate General Electric’s (GE) USD250 million manufacturing plant in Calabar, the Cross River State capital by the third quarter of 2017 says the president and chief executive officer of GE Nigeria, Mr. Lazarus Angbazo. Former Vice President Namadi Sambo had broke ground for GE’s ambitious
By Grace Orok Contrary to the wide spread belief by many Cross Riverians that the intervention of the APC led federal government in several failed federal highways in Cross River state is influenced by leaders of the party holding federal appointments, the Cross River state government has emphasized that it is the persistent effort of
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders in Calabar the Cross River State capital have advocated for National Governments in the African continent to work actively to ensure that children in the continent enjoy their fundamental rights. The Chairperson of Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT), Mrs. Eseoghene Edoja-Ibor, Sharon Frank of Second Chance Initiative the Cross River
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government has released the program to commence burial activities of the late Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam. A statement by the Attorney General of the State, Joe Oshie Abang indicates that official activities will begin today Wednesday 14/6/2017 with the opening of mourning
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some returnees from the ceded Bakassi Peninsula have lamented that their leaders have been hijacking relief materials meant for them. The returnees, who are resident at the Bakassi Resettlement Camp at Ekpri-Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, also insist there are no other camps for the Bakassi Internally
By Jonathan Ugbal The dredging of the Calabar Channel is currently threatened as the federal government and major stakeholders in the project are bickering over who is responsible for the delay in commencement of the project. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman had told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)