By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Government has released the full schedule for the 2025 edition of Africa’s biggest street party, the Calabar Carnival, unveiling a rich 32-day cultural and entertainment calendar themed “Traces of Time.” The program which runs from November 30, 2025, to January 1, 2026, features more than 60 major events
By Sylvia Akpan The Executive Director of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), Mrs. Eseoghene Ibor, has made a passionate plea for a kinder approach to children, describing them as the “purest manifestation of love and divinity”. She made the call during the Foster Care Quarterly meeting held in Calabar, Cross River State, on November, 27,
By Sylvia Akpan Following a disturbing viral video allegedly showing an elderly man being enclosed in a casket alongside a corpse by a group of irate youths, Authorities in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State have begun an intensive investigation into the matter. The video, which surfaced online on November 20, 2025, shows
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent In view of the prevailing security situation in the country, the Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has directed the cancellation of the 2025 Agbokim Waterfalls Green Marathon. In a press release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Owan Enoh, states that the
By Sylvia Akpan A teenage girl identified as Favour Okokon Oqua, has been declared missing in Calabar after attending second carnival Calabar dry run. Favour, 16, hails from Big Qua in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area and recently gained admission into the University of Calabar, (UNICAL), where she is enrolled in the Department of Peace
By TheInvestigator The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, November 17, 2025, convicted the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment for sexually harassing his female students. Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho found Prof. Ndifon guilty on two of the
By Kelvin Ololo The Cross River State Deaf Sports Association (CRSDSA) has suspended its planned protest over the government’s delayed support for the team’s participation in the 6th National Deaf Football Championship scheduled for November 18 to 29, 2025, in Jos, Plateau State. The decision came after a decisive engagement with the Senior Special Adviser
By Patrick Obia The Chief of Judge of Cross River State, His Lordship, Honorable Justice Akon B. Ikpeme will embark on a State wide tour of all Correctional Centers in the state. This was communicated in a memo signed by the Chief Registrar, Iquo Ekanem, Esq., on behalf of the State Judicial Service Commission and