By Ubong Inyang It took the efforts of armed security operatives to avert bloodshed at the election petition sitting in Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday as crisis erupted between supporters of various candidates over a fresh application from the lead counsel to PDP candidates, Barrister Paul Erokoro (SAN) challenging the competence of the Tribunal
This write up was prompted as a comment to a post from one of my Facebook friends this morning to the effect that Cross River State is not an oil producing state. Of a truth, Cross River State is not an oil producing state but that doesn’t mean that the state is not an oil
Okuni, a village barely 13 km to Ikom shares boundary with some villages in Akampka Local government. This sounds like a surprise? Yes. Why then do one need to go through Apiapum Ugep, Adim Akpet to get to Akampka? It is within this context you can now understand Ben Ayade’s Super Highway that would shorten
By Our Correspondent The Special Assistant to the Cross River State Governor on Petroleum and Local Content Implementation, Mr. Anthony Imoh has frowned at companies within the State that don’t complement the government’s efforts in providing jobs for indigenes of the State. He made this known in a meeting held recently with the management team
By Our Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has explained why the state has been unable to host the National Sports Festival which was originally billed to be hosted in the state capital in November 2014. The governor explained recently that the huge salary arrears that his administration inherited from the
By Kanjal Godshield The Special Assistant (SA) to Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Events and Marketing, Mr. Samuel Bassey has debunked rumors that the 2015 Calabar Carnival might not take place within the stipulated time. Bassey, who spoke to our reporter via telephone, said that this year’s carnival is going to be
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has blamed incessant rainfall, the need to meet international best practices and Customs delays, as factors responsible for the delayed take-off of the garment factory in Calabar. Ayade disclosed this, Tuesday while on an inspection tour of the site located along the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has described the State Branch Chairman of the Nigeria Institution of Surveyors, NIS, Dr. Njar Gertrude Nnanjar as a hard working woman that can compete with men fervently. The Governor made the assertion while speaking at the 2015 induction ceremony of the Calabar Sport