By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has announced a new minimum wage of forty thousand (N40,000), only for workers in the State, lamenting the low productivity of workers. He made the pronouncement while addressing Cross River workers at the U.J Esuene sports stadium in Calabar, the State capital where
By Godwin Otang On August 12, 2020, a fire incident destroyed over 200 businesses at Ika-Ika Oqua (Marian) Market, Calabar. Cross River’s State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA also confirms that following fire incidents on April 8 and March 27, 2024; a total of 649 shops and 32 motorcycles were burnt while a life was lost
By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The convoy of the Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Honorable Elvert Ayambem on Sunday 28 April 2024 foiled a suspected kidnap operation along the Afi, Nde-Ogoja/Ikom highway. The incident unfolded at about 5:PM as a group of unknown gunmen blocked the road, halting traffic in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Committee to appoint former ace winger Finidi George as Head Coach of the Senior Men National Football Team, Super Eagles. George, who spent 20 months as assistant to José Santos Peseiro before the Portuguese voluntarily
By Street News A teenager has allegedly killed a two-year old boy in Ikang Town Community of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. A video of the two years old found lifeless in a laundry shop in Ikang Town, surfaced online. StreetNews reports that the sad event occurred on Friday, April 26 at
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu joined dozens of public office holders, entrepreneurs, family, friends, allies and associates of this predecessor, Senator Ben Ayade for the funeral of his father in-law, Pa Francis Ingwubel Akpo in Obudu on Saturday. Pa Akpo, passed away on Good Friday, March 29, 2023 and was interred
Enoh who has navigated the sports sector without controversy, a departure from the past, has several times, said he will not do the jobs of the federations for them, even though he holds an opinion like every other Nigerian and will support them.
By Ben Aroh Despite a Supreme Court judgment in Ukeje vs Ukeje in 2014 which affirmed that women have the same right to inherit their fathers’ estates as their male counterparts, many Igbo women are being denied access to such by their male counterparts. BEN AROH explores this denial in selected locales of Enugu State.