By Ogar Monday Follow @ogar_monday The social housing units being constructed by the Cross River State government for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will be delivered by the end of March 2018 said the Commissioner for Social Housing, Mr. Edem Effiom, last week during an inspection tour of the housing units. Work has reached 70
By Obeten Godfrey The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State; His Royal Majesty Etinyin Etim Edet has described the present condition faced by the people of Bakassi as a national scandal. The Monarch made his position known while speaking as a guest on a topical issue based radio program “The
By Isek Violet The Supreme Court ruling directing INEC to recognize law No. 7 of the Cross River State House of Assembly has been described as victory of truth over lies, and light over darkness by the member representing Bakassi in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Ekpo Ekpo Bassey. Hon. Ekpo EKpo said this
By Jonathan Ugbal Follow @NaijaJonathan Cross River born table tennis champion and Africa’s fourth seed, Offiong Edem on Friday progressed to the Women Singles semifinals of the 2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup holding in Nairobi, Kenya. Offiong scaled through despite upsets on the opening day when she lost to unseeded Algerian, Lynda Logrhaibi who
By Elijah Ugani: Health Correspondent Follow @Elijah_ugani In a bid to ensure support for the over 16,000 Cameroonian refugees in Cross River as well as the southern part of Nigeria, the Nigerian Red Cross and United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) have completed a training for health workers in the country’s southern port city of
By Inyali Peter Follow @InyaliPeter The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian on Thursday expressed his intention to enrol into the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Institute of African and Asian Studies as a student. Mr. Pingjian stated this in Calabar while presenting scholarships valued at N100,000 to 47 students of the institution. The scholarship
By Inyali Peter Follow @InyaliPeter The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian on Thursday expressed his intention to enrol into the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Institute of African and Asian Studies as a student. Mr. Pingjian stated this in Calabar while presenting scholarships valued at N100,000 to 47 students of the institution. The scholarship
By Grace Orok Follow @grace_orok Female entrepreneurs in Cross River may soon become multimillionaires if the position of the national vice president of the African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Reverend Ruth Praise that it will create an international market for them is anything to go by. “Incentives will be provided for products from Cross River