By Emmanuel Unah Mpkani, the home of Mr. Clement Ebri, former Governor of Cross River State and current Board of Trustee (BoT) member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is embroiled in a fierce intra communal conflict with many people reportedly killed. Reports from the area which is about one hundred kilometres from Calabar say
I am moved to send you a note from the confines of my loneliness. By cosmic grace, the authorities of Afokang prison in Calabar where I am confined provided a television in an open hall for all of us who our deeds and/or misdeeds have confluenced. So I have the rare privilege of seeing how
By Emmanuel Ulayi Tech giant, Microsoft and the Cross River State Government have entered into a partnership to establish an ICT/Data Academy in Calabar, the State capital. This development is a boost to the efforts of Governor Ben Ayade to make Calabar the first smart city in Nigeria. Speaking in his office at the end
1. His investigative article, “How Ayade Approved and Diverted 500 million Naira for Cross River Micro Finance Bank” is true. No one has said otherwise. 2. Till date, the Cross River State Government hasn’t come clean on questions raised by the investigation: a) Where is the money? b) Nine months after, why has no one
By Kingsley Agim The Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has stressed on the sacrosanctity of Nigeria’s unity and the fundamental rights of citizens ahead of the Nation’s 59th Independence anniversary. The Governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Tina Banku Agbor, made the remark during the Muslim Ju’mat
By Endurance Onun The Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Due Process has directed the State Ministry of Works to furnish it with all procurement documents for all projects overseen by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry. The Committee, headed by Hon. Edward Ajang said the purpose is to checkmate and ensure that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the permanent forfeiture of some assets returned by a suspect linked to the suspended Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. Details of the case were not read out in the open court when Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa made the order of
By Patrick Obia Following the security challenges stirring at Cross River State and Nigeria on the face, Obol Lopon of Mkpani, Obol Sunday Obono; former lawmaker, Alex Irek and the Chairman, Preventive and Early Warning Committee of the Partner for Peace, Alhaji Shabaan Abdullahi, have said that all hands must be on deck to curb