By Patrick Obia The Nigerian senior male football team, the Super Eagles of Nigeria has skyrocketed 14 places from 42 to 28 in the latest FIFA World Football ranking. The jump is Eagles highest placement in 16 years since 2008, said the Honorable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh; who was full of praises
By Stephen Kenechi, The Cable A federal high court in Abuja has admitted in evidence, two mobile phones seized by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), from Cyril Ndifon. Ndifon, an erstwhile law faculty dean at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been at the center of a sexual assault case.
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem has sworn in Achadu Ogiji Idagu Martins and Ashkia Pius Ashas as Members representing Yala 2 and Obanliku State Constituencies respectively. The swearing-in which was done during plenary followed the receipt of the Independent
By Godwin Otang As residents of Cross River State join the rest of the world in marking St. Valentine’s Day (also known as Lovers Day Celebration) members of Charging Point Club International have extended kind gestures to the Elderly and orphanage homes in Calabar, Cross River State capital of Nigeria. The President of the Club,
By Terkula Igidi, Daily Trust Six Nigerian States have signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank for a 150 million Euros facility to assist them open up rural roads and build markets for farm produce. The six states which included Benue, Borno, Taraba, Cross River, Edo, and Anambra would get the facility under the
By Able Winnard At least two persons – all drivers – survived vehicle head-on collisions today in the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Calabar campus. All Toyota Corolla products were driven from the Old Education Block and Post Graduate Department respectively when the head-on occurred by the school basketball court. An eyewitness told CrossRiverWatch
By Godwin Otang Not less than 18 secondary school teachers and 52 students in Cross River State have been trained by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) in partnership with the Cross River State Ministry of Education and the UNHCR in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State. Held at the premises of St. Catherine
By Sylvia Akpan 96 lecturers in Cross River State College of Health have lamented over six months of unpaid salaries. The 96 science lecturers in an open letter signed and made available by Patrick Williams on behalf of the affected lecturers and addressed to Governor Bassey Otu, the teachers hired into the Colleges of Nursing