By Archibong Jeremiah Information reaching our newsroom has it that members of the Law Officers Association of Nigeria (LOAN) Cross River State chapter have just suspended their 21 days old industrial action embarked upon since 2nd July, 2018. Arising from an emergency general meeting convened by the LOAN leadership and well attended by members at
By Obeten Godfrey The Cross River State House of Assembly has resolved to pay the family of late Hon. Steven Akomaye Ukpukpen all remunerations due him till the end of the 8th Assembly. This was disclosed by the Speaker of the House, Hon. John Gaul Lebo (PDP Abi) at the funeral ceremony of the lawmaker
By Jonathan Ugbal A first time visit to Alifokpa-Yache community in Yala local government area will definitely trigger questions about the sincerity of past and present governments across the three tiers due to the almost impassable road network which is only about 20 kilometers in length. The community, mostly agrarian, produces large chunks of the
By Ilam Patricia A former Chairman of Yala local government area, Mr. Gabe Ugor, has said there is need for the state government to focus more on the security of lives than on infrastructure as a panacea to end the lingering plethora of boundary crisis between communities in Cross River and those from neighboring states.
By Ilam Patricia The National Coordinator of Women in Survey (WIS) Nigeria, Dr. Gertrude Njar has called on the Cross River State Government to update the auto-photo map, (a comprehensive map of an area acquired through aerial survey) of the State saying the current one is obsolete. Dr. Njar decried the inefficient condition of the
By Violet Isek The Clan heads of Igwo community in Obudu local government area, Chief Spokesman Agogo and his counterpart in Ntrigom, South Ukelle community of Yala, Chief Stephen Odom have blamed the National Boundary Commission for the protracted boundary crisis between communities in Cross River and their neighboring communities in Benue and Ebonyi states.
By Ogar Monday/Obeten Godfrey A former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke has stated that he is nobody’s godfather as he has left the political scene for younger persons to take charge and therefore will not like to micro-manage anyone. Imoke made this known while delivering a welcome speech at the 8th Annual
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent It was all tears and emotions as the late lawmaker representing Obudu in the Cross River House of Assembly, Mr. Stephen Ukpukpen was on Saturday laid to rest at his native Bedia community in Obudu local government area. Ukpukpen’s death brought the sleepy community to life as family, friends,