AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY SENATOR BEN AYADE, GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 55TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION HELD ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2015 IN CALABAR Fellow Cross Riverians, Today offers us another opportunity to celebrate our nation’s Independence from her Colonial Masters. It is therefore with much delight and honour that I
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent Ahead of Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary, Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade inspected the facilities put in place for the celebration at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Ayade whose arrival was preceded by that of the resident Police Commissioner, Henry Fadairo, arrived the stadium at about 5:30 pm and
By Our Correspondent Not fewer than 69 fresh graduates from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science of the University of Calabar were recently inducted into the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, as professional Medical Laboratory Scientists. The event which was held at the international conference center of the institution had guests from all walks
By Jonathan Ugbal, Government House Correspondent The organized labor in Cross River state may embark on another strike beginning Friday, October 2, 2015 over non-payment of salaries and arrears as well as issues surrounding the almost 8billion Naira bailout funds. The organized Labor, consisting of Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress, action committee communicated
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