By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Asu Okang was on Saturday August 11, walked out of the venue of the announcement of the Obudu bye-election results. Asu Okang was walked out by a mobile Police Officer on the directive of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Frankland
By David Nsa An Enterprise Development Consultant, Mr. Great Ogban has cautioned the government not to pay more attention to political ambitions than creating safe spaces for youths. He made his position known on air when hosted on “The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo” on Hit 95.9fm Calabar. According to him, “Having over 4, 000 appointees
By Deborah Obot The founder of Lift Hub Calabar, Mr. Joseph Okorn has said that for enterprise and entrepreneurial development to flourish in Cross River State, we should “adopt the Silicon Valley approach.” Mr. Joseph further called on the organized private sector to leverage on shared energy in order to contribute to the empowerment of
By Efa Sunday The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged all residents and indigenes of Bakassi to get registered for their Permanent Voters Card (PVC), reiterating that the dead line is close. The INEC Bakassi Local Government Area Officer, Mr. Lawrence Inang gave the charge over the weekend while addressing Ikang youths in a
By Mary Umani The founder of iKapture Networks, a skill acquisition training organization, Miss Grace Ihejiamazu has opined that creating inclusive education programs will go a long way to empower vulnerable youths in the rural parts of Cross River State. She maintained that empowering vulnerable youths in the rural areas will prevent them from falling
By Jonathan Ugbal The winner of the August 11, 2018 house of assembly bye-election in Obudu local government area of northern Cross River State, Mrs. Abbey Ukpukpen has broken silence on her ambition pledging to give her constituents the “representation they deserve.” This was contained in a statement signed by her and issued Tuesday in
CrossRiverWatch Admin The Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Zana Akpagu has disowned a fake Facebook account bearing his name and pictures. The account, a statement from the Varsity issued on Monday says, was created by scammers to defraud the public on admission related issues and urged the public to disregard it even
By Jonathan Ugbal, Elijah Ugani, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka Collation has commenced across the 117 polling units in the 10 wards of Obudu local government area in the state house of assembly bye-election. A total of 74,363 eligible voters are expected to have cast their votes but low turnout in some areas, malfunctioning card