By Kennedy Nsan Members of Cross River State House of Assembly with their colleagues from Plateau State are currently on a retreat in the Obudu Mountain Resort facilitated by a German Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The event is slated for Monday 14th – Thursday 17th June, 2015. The various legislators arrived
16 years ago I attended a conference at York University in Canada, we conducted a field survey on black kids in Rexdale and Regent Park Toronto. In the survey, we asked them a straight question: what comes to your mind if the word “Africa” is mentioned? Their answers centered mostly on hungry looking children with
By Aplefe Ojong Officials and owners of Tank Farms in Cross River State have been given a three-day ultimatum by the State Government to clear all petroleum tankers and trucks parked along the Murtala Mohammed Highway, Calabar. A press Release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Tina Agbor, dated June 11, 2015,
By Our Correspondent Mr. Paul Erokoro, SAN, Counsel to the governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has described as ridiculous, any attempt to suggest that the governor forged his age declaration. In a clarification yesterday by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, he said, “The suggestion that the Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade forged his
By Archibong Jeremiah/Jonathan Ugbal/ Oto-Obong Edet The Speaker of the 8th Cross River State Assembly, CRSHA, Hon. John Gaul Lebo has said he is indebted to the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Liyel Imoke. He made the remark while speaking after his inauguration today in the Assembly. He went on to state that
By Thankgod Inyang The Commissioner of Police, Cross River State command, Henry Fadairo has tasked the Nigeria Police Secondary School Ex-Students Association (Police Ambassadors) executive members to lead by example and aspire within the ambits of the law. He made the charge while speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the union exco to pilot the
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Unlike the horse trading that trailed the emergence of the National Assembly leadership, all is now calmly set for the member-elect representing Abi State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. John Gaul Lebo to emerge Speaker of the Assembly at the inauguration billed for this
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to foster peace in troubled boundary communities in Cross River and Ebonyi states, the governments of both states have met and agreed that the various moribund peace committees at the four flash points of dispute will be resurrected. This among others were the resolutions of a