By Our Correspondent It took the quick intervention of the Special Adviser, Governor’s Office, Mr. Ken Aklah to avert a scheduled protest by the Timber Dealers Association of Cross River State, who vowed that they were ready to stake their lives to resist the attempt by Governor Ayade to create a new anti-logging/deforestation task force.
By Our Correspondent A United Nations training program involving about 28 countries from across Africa is in Calabar, the Cross River state capital brainstorming on how best to create successful policies and measures to address deforestation and environmental degradation in Africa. The UN Reduced Emission on Deforestation and Degradation REDD+ week long Program drew participation
By Our Correspondent The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has told the Cross River State Chapter of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to help launder the image of the state. Hon Lebo who made the remark yesterday when a delegation from the Institute paid him a
For over two months the two local governments of Obudu and Obanlikwu have been completely cut off from the national grid of electricity supply. Reason: to punish them for daring to complain and protest over the overbearing and fraudulent activities of the staff of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company PHEDC, that services the area!
BEING THE OPENING REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY, DR. (MRS.) LINDA AYADE, THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2015 YOUNG BUSINESS ICONS SUMMIT AND AWARD HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTER COMPLEX, CALABAR ON OCTOBER 31ST 2015. I feel quite honoured to be called upon to open this occasion.
BEING THE TEXT OF A SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. EMMANUEL ETIM, CHAIRMAN NIGERIA YOUTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CROSS RIVER STATE; ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2015 YOUNG BUSINESS ICONS AWARDS/SUMMIT HELD AT THE CULTURAL CENTER, CALABAR ON 31st OCTOBER, 2015. INTRODUCTION: There is a global consensus that young people are the greatest assets any state
By Jonathan Ugbal Education and innovation is the fulcrum of business in the 21st century with only the bold who dare and venture into the wild able to achieve any meaningful success says wife of Cross River State governor, Dr. Linda Ayade. Linda who says the state is currently governed by “a man who has
By Our Correspondent Barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the construction of the 260km superhighway in Cross River, German quality control experts have arrived the state to ensure strict compliance to international best practice. Speaking to newsmen in Calabar, shortly on arrival, some of the expatriates, Engineer Frank Neobaver and Mr. Gauther