By Emmanuel Addeh, This Day Newspaper Host oil-producing communities Sunday demanded the return of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the purview of the presidency for proper supervision, rather than leaving it under the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The communities under the Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON ), also
By Jonathan Ugbal The total number of SARS – CoV-2 infections confirmed in Cross River state is now 13. This follows the confirmation of an additional case on Saturday, July 18. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control announced 653 new COVID-19 cases across 28 states of the country. The distribution is as follows: Lagos-115 Kwara-85
By Jonathan Ugbal Four years after the Lagos line section of the Mile 2 market in Ikom was razed in an inferno, traders are currently counting their loses after their shops were consumed by fire on Friday night. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Friday with early reports suggesting a faulty electrical system
By Jonathan Ugbal Despite lodging at the presidential villa of the Obudu mountain resort located in Becheve, Obanliku local government area for more than a week now, Governor Ben Ayade has failed to address a lingering communal clash which has left at least six dead during his stay. The clash is between Lishiche community of
By Jonathan Ugbal The abandoned spaghetti flyover of the Cross River state government is currently causing a gridlock at the Odukpani junction axis of the Calabar – Itu – Ikot-Ekpene and Calabar – Ikom – Katsina-Ala highways. The spot is the only intersection linking Calabar, the Cross River capital with Northern, Eastern and Southern Nigeria.
By Judex Okoro, Daily Sun One of the Chairmanship aspirants in the pending PDP State congress in Cross River, Mr. Venatius Ikem in this interview speaks on various political issues ranging from in-fighting in PDP, zoning arrangements to his mission to rescue the party in the State. The Obudu-born politician has held various political offices ranging
By Nsa Gill – The Nation Newspaper A team from the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has visited Cross River State to track constituency projects awarded between the years; 2016 and 2018 to Senators and House of Representative members. The projects valued at over 1.9 billion naira took the ICPC team to all the Local
By Patrick Obia One of the major achievements of a Senator representing a particular people in the National Assembly especially in Nigeria is, sponsoring good bills that will be beneficial to it’s constituency. Cross River State, one of the six States that make up the South-South Zone of Nigeria, has three Senatorial District, namely: Southern