By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor Senator Ben Ayade has postulated that “The Western world is the past, East Asia is the present and Africa indeed is the future. Therefore Africa holds a lot of promise to the world.” Governor Ayade made the foreshadowing in Calabar yesterday while declaring open the Carnival Calabar
By Efa Sunday and David Nsa Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State flagged open the 2018 edition of the Calabar Carnival and Festivals in the capital city, with cultural performances from different States across Nigeria. Twenty five out of the thirty six States present at the event danced in their traditional costumes and attire
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By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Wanted militant and leader of the Bakassi Strike Force, Simply Benjamin Ene popularly referred to as G1, on Monday surrendered arms alongside members of his team in a special amnesty offered by the Cross River State Government. The amnesty comes almost two years after Mr. Benjamin had indicated interest
By Our Reporter About two thousand members of the Bakassi Strike Force led by Benjamin Ene on Monday surrendered a cache of dreadful looking arms and ammunition to weapons to Operation Delta Safe bringing to an end five years of militancy at the Bakassi Peninsula and surrounding creeks. The event which took place at the
By Ushang Ewa A former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl (names withheld) for a period spanning about three years. The girl is said to have been coerced into aborting two
By Elijah Ugani; Health Correspondent The Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade has stated that one out of every three women suffers violence. Dr. Ayade stated this in Calabar the Cross River capital during the commissioning of a gender based response center at the State Ministry of Women Affairs. According to
By David Nsa and Rose Ofem Leader Olumba Olumba Obu (OOO) of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) has prophesied that “Nigeria will go back to its original twelve States.” Disclosing the prophesy to pressmen in its world headquarters at Ambo, Calabar South, Cross River State of Nigeria was a delegation of Christ