By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has directed the immediate audit and verification of civil and unified local government service staff. A release signed by the Permanent Secretary (GAO), Dr. Innocent Eteng, for the Secretary to the State Government, enjoined staff in the northern senatorial district of the
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Fire Service amendment bill has passed the second reading during a plenary held on Tuesday 25 July, 2023 at the State House of Assembly Chamber. The bill is sponsored by the member representing Biase State Constituency, Hon. Ogban Francis Onette who has been committed
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed an amendment to the 2023 Appropriation law of the State with Governor Bassey Otu expected to assent to it as soon as possible. It is unclear at the moment when the revised budget was presented before the House. But, sources have reliably informed
By Patrick Obia Suspected brake failure is said to have left three persons dead and cars destroyed in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The accident occurred today Wednesday 25th July along the IBB Way by CUDA, a few meters away from the Margaret Ekpo International Airport and a stone throw from Eta Agbor Roundabout
By Musa Umar Bologi, Nation Newspaper The Army has said that it detained Lance Corporal Musa Adamu, a soldier with the Amphibious Training School, Calabar, Cross River State, for violating some provisions of the Armed Forces Act and not because he changed his faith. The Army made the clarification in a statement by the Director
By Iormaan Alphonsus The Cross River State Police Command has said the viral “voice notes”making rounds on social media that a lady was murdered by three ‘Yahoo’ boys in a hotel in Calabar is false. The Command debunked the claims in a press release issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Irene Ugbo
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has suspended the curfew imposed after 22 days in Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of the State. Governor Otu had on July 3rd, 2023 imposed a 7:PM to 6:AM curfew in the two LGAs due to insecurity. In
By Richard Ndoma, Leadership Newspaper In an effort to encourage more women to go into the engineering field, the Association of Professional Women Engineers in Nigeria (APWEN), Calabar chapter, at the weekend, awarded scholarship, cash prizes, and gift items to winners of a STEM competition in Cross River State. The lucky beneficiaries of the scholarship