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
By Archibong Jeremiah Ibom Air, an aviation company owned by the Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the addition of Calabar as it’s newest destination. According to a statement via its Facebook page, the company revealed that “beginning from Monday the 20th of July 2020, Ibom Air will fly from Lagos and Abuja to and
By Lovina Anthony, Daily Post Deplorable state of Federal roads, result of negligence. Privatisation of Federal roads, the solution to having lasting roads. The Senator representing Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Sen. Christopher Ekpenyong, has urged the Federal Government to consider Ikot Ekpene-Umuahia, Aba-Ikot Ekpene, and Ikot Ekpene-Calabar Highways for privatisation. Ekpenyong in an interview with
By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper The leadership crisis that has bedeviled the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the past five years has continued to linger despite recent Appeal Court Judgement and the subsequent development at the national level which led to the dissolution of the National Working Committee