By Ikwen Atuaka The All Progressives Congress last weekend awarded party chieftains in the Cross River State for their contributions toward the development of the party and the nation. This was part of activities in what party sources say was a fence mending event which will be ‘iced’ with defections in Obudu. But, despite initial
By Jonathan Ugbal Payment for the construction of the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan bypass is yet to be completed by the Cross River State government says the contractor, SERMATECH Nigeria Limited (SNL) more than 27 months after its commissioning. The road; a seven (7) kilometer multi lane highway beginning from Atimbo by IBB roundabout terminates with
By Ushang Ewa The Hausa community in Cross River State has denied reports that they are leaving the state in droves due to the quit notice issued Igbos in northern Nigeria by one organization. “It is not true that Hausa businessmen are leaving the state. Cross River remains our state and the only state we
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s Secret police, the Department of State Service (DSS) has denied that its operatives recovered the sum of USD9,000,000 (Nine Million Dollars)from the home of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen last weekend. PRNigeria, a communications and public relations outfit reports that a top security officer with the intelligence
By Jonathan Ugbal The dredging of the Calabar Channel is currently threatened as the federal government and major stakeholders in the project are bickering over who is responsible for the delay in commencement of the project. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman had told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
By Inyali Peter The National Vice Chairman, South-South of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hilliard Eta has maintained that the northern senatorial district of the state should be allowed to produce governor for eight years like the south and the central senatorial districts. Eta said this on Saturday during the reception/investiture of honors of distinguished party members
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A youth group, The National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) has called for the implementation of the national youth policy as a means to end youth restiveness. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its South-South regional summit held Friday, in Calabar the Cross River State capital
By Ogar Monday The Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta (PIND) an organization, working with Partners to build peace and equitable economic development in the region has described Calabar South, Calabar Municipal and Odukpani as Local Government areas in Cross River State with the highest occurrence of conflicts and the areas with most casualties.